Zoning
Friday, September 15, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
Rezoning denial may not matter after CodeNEXT
When the world (of the current Land Development Code) is coming to an end, a single property zoning decision can seem insignificant. At the Zoning and Platting Commission’s Sept. 5 meeting, commissioners denied what one Northwest Austin community perceived to…
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
Rezoning applicant loses rematch with neighborhood
A property owner expected different results at last Tuesday’s Zoning and Platting Commission meeting when making the same rezoning application for a Northwest Austin property. The zoning had been previously cut down by City Council, and the commission decided to…
Friday, September 1, 2017 by Jack Craver
Zoning
Council delves into liquor politics
A proposed liquor store in Northwest Austin still faces long odds due to intense opposition from surrounding neighbors, but it won a key procedural victory Thursday when City Council voted to give the property owner another chance to make his…
Friday, August 25, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
Mosaic Sound Collective one step closer to East Austin campus
Tuesday night, the Planning Commission voted to approve recommendations for the rezoning of a property in East Austin that would allow for the expansion of a local music collective’s campus, despite some commissioners’ wariness of how the upzoning might attract…
Friday, August 11, 2017 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
Surprise vote ends liquor store zoning case
With Mayor Steve Adler and Council Member Pio Renteria out of town, leaving just nine City Council members to vote at its meeting yesterday, the owner of the property at the intersection of Hymeadow Drive and U.S. Hwy 183 lost…
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
Commission decides mistake made in East Austin plan
Cold case zoning files may not have the same morbid allure as the cold case murders unearthed on late night television, but for the neighborhood and stakeholders involved in these mysteries, justice is still on the line. Last week, the…
