Development
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 by Jessi Devenyns
Land Development Code
Catholic school cites safety concerns for fence; BoA thinks fence will cause more
Most people would agree that when it comes to schools, safety is sacrosanct. In today’s climate, parents, educators and the community alike may consider a campus that is wide open to public access to be, at the least, worrisome. Under…
Monday, March 18, 2019 by Jack Craver
Land Development Code
City manager presents options for a new land development code
City Manager Spencer Cronk released a memo on Friday proposing the first steps of a new process to rewrite the land development code. The memo comes seven months after City Council voted unanimously to suspend its last land use code rewrite…
Friday, March 15, 2019 by Alyx Wilson
Development
Junction Athletic Complex concerns don’t find a place at ZAP meeting
The Zoning and Platting Commission’s hands were tied when it came to many of the concerns raised by neighbors at ZAP’s March 5 meeting on the proposed Junction Athletic Complex at 8921 W. U.S. Highway 290.The case was only set…
Thursday, March 14, 2019 by Jessi Devenyns
Land Development Code
BoA ponders historically zoned multifamily
For the owner of 608 Elmwood Place in the Hancock neighborhood, perhaps the third time in front of the Board of Adjustment will be the charm.After being postponed last month to allow for more discussion with the neighborhood about the…
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 by Chad Swiatecki
Housing
Lessons for Austin abound in cities where crises produced affordable housing
The good news about Austin’s growing housing affordability crisis – if there can be such a thing – is that the city hasn’t suffered a natural disaster or a financial meltdown that would serve as the impetus to build new…
