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ZAP approves East Austin zoning change with condition
At its Tuesday evening meeting, the Zoning and Platting Commission voted to recommend a zoning change at 5601 Nixon Lane. The commission voted in favor of the 4.67-acre property, at the corner of Nixon Lane and FM 969, changing from Community…
Zoning • By Nina Hernandez • Jul 9, 2020
Two Montopolis rezoning cases move forward
The battle over a group of Montopolis rezoning cases continued at the Planning Commission last Tuesday. One of the cases – 1.32 acres at 200 Montopolis Drive and 6206 Clovis – passed on consent, and three others were postponed. After…
Zoning • By Nina Hernandez • Jun 29, 2020
Planning Commission punts MLK zoning case so applicant can work with neighbors
This story has been corrected to reflect a reconsideration of the case by the Planning Commission at the end of its meeting. The Planning Commission voted at its Tuesday meeting to postpone consideration of a zoning change for 5201 E.…
Zoning • By Nina Hernandez • Jun 25, 2020
Montopolis rezonings draw community ire
The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a cluster of five development cases in Montopolis today, and it hasn’t escaped the notice of community leaders. Eight separate addresses covering more than 10 acres of the Southeast Austin neighborhood are seeking…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 23, 2020
ZAP deadlocked on Jollyville Apartments case
After three separate deadlocked votes, at its June 2 meeting the Zoning and Platting Commission moved on from the Jollyville Apartments case without making a recommendation to City Council. The applicant is requesting a rezoning of the 0.79-acre parcel at…
Zoning • By Nina Hernandez • Jun 11, 2020
Council OKs rule changes for old Motorola site
Last week City Council gave preliminary approval for a number of changes to an existing land development agreement at the site of the old Motorola chip fabrication facility at 3443 Ed Bluestein Blvd., giving area residents hope for much-needed jobs…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • May 29, 2020
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Opposition to RV park diminishes
Although members of the Lower Boggy Creek Neighborhood Association have opposed a zoning change that would allow construction of an RV campground, cafe and convenience store on Delwau Lane, it appears that they will accept the new development after negotiating…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • May 21, 2020
Delwau campground zoning moves forward
A zoning change that would allow property owners to open a campground for recreational vehicles, a convenience store and cafe at 7715 Delwau Lane took the next-to-last step forward last week, as Council approved General Commercial Services-Mixed Use (CS-MU) zoning…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • May 12, 2020
ZAP commissioners recommend zoning change for affordable senior living
The developer DMA Companies hopes to rezone a 4.5-acre site at 6306 McNeil Drive to Medium-Density Multifamily Residence (MF-3) from the existing Interim Rural Residence (I-RR) zoning. The change will allow for the construction of 147 affordable senior living units…
Zoning • By Jessi Devenyns • May 12, 2020
Council to consider zoning for apartments near McKinney Falls
The lone zoning case City Council is likely to discuss today would allow a developer to build low-density apartments, as well as a small commercial development, on a 23-acre tract on Colton Bluff Springs Road in Southeast Austin near McKinney…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Apr 9, 2020
Council postpones airport overlay amendments with related zoning case
The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport plans to double in size over the next two decades, welcoming and sending off about 812 flights per day and serving as many as 30 million passengers a year by 2037. That increase in operations, said…
Zoning • By Ryan Thornton • Mar 13, 2020
Council gives initial OK for Delwau campgrounds
The case of the Delwau campgrounds rezoning – which Council rejected in 2018 – has returned, minus the sales of hard alcohol that doomed its chances the first time. Last Thursday, Council gave first-round approval for the case that would…
