Commission urges Council to repeal city’s Project Duration Ordinance

Last week, after an extended executive session, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Council declare a public emergency to repeal the city’s Project Duration Ordinance and rewrite current vested rights rules so that they are in line with…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 18, 2013

Environmental Board backs variance to remove heritage pecan tree

With the backing of city arborists, the Environmental Board recommended approval of a variance that will allow for the removal of a 30-inch heritage pecan tree at its meeting last week.   The board voted 6-0 to recommend the variance…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 15, 2013

Council set to hire consultants for rewrite of Land Development Code

Council members are poised to select the consulting team that will oversee development of eagerly anticipated revisions to the city Land Development Code. Last Thursday, they had the opportunity to meet the teams, and hear their strategies in person.  …

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 14, 2013

Grumbling from neighbors postpones hearing on S. Lamar condo project

A proposed development at South Lamar Boulevard and Riverside Drive hit its first stumbling block – at its first city meeting Monday night at the Waterfront Planning Advisory Board.   The project is slated to be built on the site…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 13, 2013

Council tentatively approves East Riverside Corridor Plan

The East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan made it through Council on first reading last week after almost six long years of debate over competing priorities. Changes were already under way in the corridor back in 2007, and with the rumor…

Uncategorized • By Kimberly Reeves • Mar 13, 2013

Full Council rejects attempt to split zoning on single structure

The City Council dampened a novel attempt this past Thursday to split a South Austin house and zone each half differently.   The owner of 2111 Fortview Road, William Franklin, suggested the plan, which would rezone the building from the…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 12, 2013

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Elfant says city must finalize new Council districts by August 1

The man in charge of voter registration for Travis County says that the yet-to-be-formed 10-1 districting commission must have new Austin City Council districts approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and submitted to his office no later than August…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 12, 2013

Environmental Board rejects variance to remove heritage tree

Plans to develop more student housing in the University of Texas West Campus area hit a potential snag at the Environmental Board last week. The board voted to recommend denial of a variance that would allow removal of a heritage…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 11, 2013

Council looks at regulating rideshare services

Council members continued to grapple Thursday with the proliferation of potentially unregulated rideshare services. The heated atmosphere turned what might otherwise have been a mere formality into a discussion riddled with accusations from the local branch of the taxi industry.…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 11, 2013

Council questions staff over Austin Energy waste handling contracts

A clerical oversight by a city contractor is forcing deeper consideration of an Austin Energy waste-handling contract. And Austin City Council members are questioning the procedural operations of two city departments in the wake of that development.   The immediate…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 8, 2013

City Council narrowly approves rezoning for downtown boutique hotel

It didn’t come without a fight, but City Council narrowly approved rezoning for the new Hotel Zaza on Thursday.   Developers were seeking a change from CBD (Central Business District) to CBD-CURE for the lot at Fourth Street and Guadalupe…

Uncategorized • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 8, 2013

Lawsuit could muddle city plan to eliminate downtown parking regs

A pending lawsuit aimed at a perceived lack of accessible parking along two stretches of Sixth Street and a portion of South Congress Avenue could affect the City of Austin’s attempt to eliminate parking requirements in the central business district.…

Uncategorized • By Michael Kanin • Mar 7, 2013

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