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Atlas 14 flood plain ordinance advances with residential improvements waiver
The Watershed Protection Department has crafted a way to help residents living in the city’s flood plain continue to make improvements to their homes as one component of an ordinance amending city floodplain regulations. The Planning Commission endorsed the proposal…
Planning • By Ryan Thornton • Oct 24, 2019
Council OKs 'Domain on Riverside'
After months of combative public hearings, City Council has approved the vast, controversial Eastside development nicknamed the “Domain on Riverside.” The 97-acre project promises to bring housing, retail, restaurants and offices to Riverside Drive and Pleasant Valley Boulevard. But the…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 21, 2019
Developer turns variance process upside-down, asks Environmental Commission for 'feedback'
In an unusual request, development lawyer Richard Suttle with Armbrust & Brown appeared before the Environmental Commission on Oct. 16 to ask not for a site plan variance, but for feedback on a possible upcoming one. “I’m anticipating needing to…
Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 18, 2019
Memo suggests expanding Palm School plan to include Waller Creek, medical district
The city’s Planning and Zoning Department has recommended greatly expanding the scope of revitalization plans focused around the Palm School property, to include the entirety of the Waterloo Greenway project and more of the downtown core. The change suggested would…
Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 15, 2019
At Robinson Ranch, the apple may fall far from the tree
When Apple Inc. announced its plans to build a $1 billion campus late last year, there was a wave of speculation about what the company’s expansion would mean for Austin in terms of traffic congestion and employment opportunities. However, there…
Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 14, 2019
Zyle Road residents still have doubts about development
Residents of rural southwest Travis County have succeeded in getting a neighboring landowner to significantly reduce a proposed development they feared would cause safety issues in their isolated community. However, they continue to worry that a major development with inadequate…
Planning • By Jack Craver • Oct 11, 2019
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Planning Commission votes in favor of protecting future ears from airport expansion
Generally speaking, residential use is prohibited within the airport overlay zones. The exception is the third zone (AO3) of the airport overlay, which under certain circumstances permits residential development. “We don’t just meet one of the three thresholds, we meet…
Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 3, 2019
City awaits toilets for downtown public restroom project
Austin’s first permanent public restroom project downtown has been pushed back several months due to problems in the manufacturing process. Portland Loo, the company that makes the solar-powered restrooms, told staff earlier this month it has run into “parts and…
Planning • By Ryan Thornton • Sep 20, 2019
Arts Commission eyes MACC-Palm School link in supporting city's push for preservation
The Austin Arts Commission has signed on in support of the city’s goal of preserving the Palm School property as a historic cultural facility, in a nod to the ongoing negotiations with Travis County for ownership of the downtown site.…
Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 19, 2019
Asian American center plan could include Rutherford Lane campus
At today’s meeting, City Council will likely direct City Manager Spencer Cronk and his staff to come up with a proposal to incorporate the expansion of the Asian American Resource Center into a master plan for the center as well…
Planning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 19, 2019
Planning Commission endorses West Campus density
When the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) was established in 2004, the idea spurring its creation was to increase housing opportunities for students in an area close to classrooms and campus life. In the 15 years since, the need for affordable…
Planning • By Jessi Devenyns • Sep 17, 2019
Despite road safety concerns, ZAP approves final plat for Oaks at Slaughter development
Despite some residents’ concerns about road safety, on Sept. 3 the Zoning and Platting Commission approved the preliminary plan and final plat for the nearly 19-acre Oaks of Slaughter mixed-use development, which will house an HEB and retail shopping next…
