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Commission stalls demolition permit in favor of relocating house
A dramatic back story failed to earn an initiation of historic zoning at the Historic Landmark Commission last month, much to the relief of an East Austin couple hoping to sell off their property. The commission voted 4-0 to…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 5, 2013
County finds just $4.3 million to buy flood-ravaged homes
Travis County officials say they have searched their budgets, bond programs and possibly even the couch cushions to come up with $4.3 million to buy out damaged and destroyed homes from the Halloween floods. But it will be another…
Development • By Mark Richardson • Dec 4, 2013
ZAP cites density issues in denying planned Steiner Ranch project
The last residential project proposed for the Steiner Ranch development failed to win over a concerned Zoning and Platting Commission last month. “It’s like we’re holding this hostage, and that’s really not appropriate… (But) I don’t want to read…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 4, 2013
Council members question staff over code enforcement issues
Members of the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee Tuesday questioned city staff over their ongoing efforts to revamp code compliance. Code enforcement has been in the spotlight since a balcony collapse at the Woodridge Apartments set off a wave…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Dec 4, 2013
City panel reviews plan to convert East Sixth to a ‘Festival Street’
A proposed “Festival Street” for downtown East Sixth Street got high marks from those on hand at the Council’s Comprehensive Planning and Transportation Committee Monday afternoon. The city has $1 million on hand for the project’s design, thanks to the…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Dec 3, 2013
Council denies zoning change for Bluff Springs convenience store
With negotiations in shambles, there will be no zoning change for construction of the Bluff Springs Food Mart in the near future. The owner of the proposed convenience store was seeking the zoning change in order to remove a…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 26, 2013
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Landmark Commission gives 1928 bungalow month-long reprieve
The Historic Landmark Commission put off a proposed demolition last week, granting at least another month to a Heritage Neighborhood bungalow. Ed Lopez would like to tear down his 1928 bungalow at 2910 Rio Grande Street in order to…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 25, 2013
Council starts process aimed at putting limits on ‘stealth dorms’
Austin City Council members Thursday unanimously approved a measure that kicks off changes to the occupancy limits for Austin residences. When completed, the move could drop the allowed number of unrelated adults living in one place from the current limitation…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Nov 22, 2013
After long debate, Council OKs changes to Urban Farm Ordinance
After hours of discussion, the City Council approved changes to the Urban Farm Ordinance Thursday night, giving East Austin neighborhoods a victory in the battle to stop or prevent slaughtering of fowl and rabbits in single-family neighborhoods—the most important of…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Nov 22, 2013
Urban Farm stakeholders try to cut deal on chicken slaughtering
With Council members set to vote on an ordinance that would memorialize city policy in regard to urban farms, at least two stakeholders were pitching a compromise over the hotly contested issue Wednesday afternoon. It remained unclear, however, whether their…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Nov 21, 2013
Tovo now pushing for three rental registration programs for city
Council Member Kathie Tovo continued Tuesday to try to persuade her colleagues to approve what are now three separate additional rental registration programs for areas that have been deemed to host problematic rental properties. Those regions include the North…
Development • By Michael Kanin • Nov 21, 2013
Developers take concerns over Vested Rights Ordinance to Council
Key players in Austin’s development community brought their concerns about the potential outcome of an upcoming Austin City Council vote on a new Vested Rights Ordinance to Tuesday’s Council work session. There, they expressed concerns that fundamental portions of the…
