The Zoning and Platting Commission voted to postpone the only zoning discussion case of their first meeting of the year. The request was to grant Townhouse & Condominium Residence (SF-6) district zoning on 24.3 acres at 8201 Thaxton Road. But the discussion turned out to be a demonstration of how cases can be affected by […]
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Kathie Tovo: A ‘completely unexpected’ year
For Kathie Tovo, who has been on Austin City Council since 2011, 2020 was a year like no other. Tovo told the Austin Monitor that she’s most proud of some of the work she did on the city’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. She pointed to a resolution to expand eligibility criteria for utility assistance shortly […]
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Jimmy Flannigan: Taking care of unfinished business
Since losing to Mackenzie Kelly in Northwest Austin’s District 6 runoff election, City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan has focused on keeping his head down, continuing to work and trying to “figure out what’s next.” “There’s a lot of work that you do as a Council member hoping that you get a second term – a […]
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South Austin multifamily project gets ZAP approval, Council postponement
The Zoning and Platting Commission has recommended multifamily zoning for a project at 10304 Old San Antonio Road in South Austin. But City Council will not take up the case until next year amid questions about traffic safety and flooding. Wendy Rhoades with the Housing and Planning Department said at the ZAP meeting in early December […]
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Council approves church land use, zoning requests
City Council has granted initial approval to a series of land use and zoning changes for the David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in the Chestnut neighborhood of East Austin. The church, located at 2211 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., owns and occupies several tracts near the intersection of East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard […]
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Planning Commission recommends rezoning part of Baker School property historic, in break with landmark commission
At its Nov. 24 meeting, the Planning Commission voted to zone part of the Baker School property historic, embracing a staff-supported recommendation to omit historic zoning for the surrounding parking lots. The vote represented a break with the position of the Historic Landmark Commission, which had previously voted to zone the entire property at 3908 […]
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Environmental Commission endorses variance for new Concordia dorm
The Environmental Commission has recommended a variance for Concordia University in order to build a new residence hall on its campus in Northwest Austin. The university wants to construct another campus residence hall for students at 11400 Concordia University Drive off of FM 620. Kristy Nguyen, an environmental review specialist with the city’s Development Services […]
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Environmental Commission approves variances for water treatment plant upgrades
The Environmental Commission on Friday approved a series of environmental variances for improvements to the Albert H. Ullrich water treatment plant near Tom Miller Dam and Red Bud Isle west of downtown Austin. A total of seven variances are needed to construct a new electrical building, retaining walls, new electrical and mechanical equipment and duct […]
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ULI, Downtown Alliance tout cap-and-stitch design for I-35
A panel at the Urban Land Institute of Austin’s monthly breakfast on Wednesday discussed the cap-and-stitch model for Interstate 35. Groups like ULI and the Downtown Austin Alliance are behind an I-35 redesign that would cap the highway with parks and open space and provide amenities like bike lanes and wider sidewalks to stitch the […]
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ZAP approves commercial zoning for Johnny Morris Road property
The Zoning and Platting Commission has approved a rezoning for commercial development near Colony Park. Commissioners voted Tuesday to rezone a property at 7008 Johnny Morris Road in Northeast Austin to Community Commercial with mixed-use and conditional overlay combining districts. Wendy Rhoades with the Housing and Planning Department said the undeveloped property is currently zoned […]
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ZAP weighs industrial rezoning request near Colony Park
The Zoning and Platting Commission has recommended rezoning a tract near Colony Park in response to a request to build a refrigerated warehouse in Northeast Austin. The commission heard a rezoning request for a 14.7-acre property at 6215 1/2 Johnny Morris Road at its Nov. 4 meeting. Sherri Sirwaitis with the Housing and Planning Department […]
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Planning Commission approves zoning, land use changes for Govalle project
The Planning Commission has approved zoning and future land use map changes for a mixed-use project in the Govalle area of East Austin. A developer wanted to change the future land use map from commercial and single-family to mixed-use for tracts at 1135 and 1129 1/2 Gunter St., near the intersection of Airport Boulevard and […]