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CM Houston helps neighbors of Ferguson Crossing
City Council gave final approval to a zoning change that will allow a new warehouse complex in far-Northeast Austin and approved a conditional overlay to accommodate neighbors who live just across the street from the property but outside the city.…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Jul 19, 2018
North Austin apartment complex could include 125 affordable units
In many ways, the zoning case before the Planning Commission this Tuesday involving a proposed 258-unit apartment building was pretty typical. A developer wanted to build more units, and nearby neighbors were unhappy about it. What was unusual about the…
Zoning • By Jack Craver • Jul 13, 2018
Council gives final OK to 4 East project
Utilizing both the density bonus program within the Plaza Saltillo Transit-Oriented Development and the CURE density bonus program, developer Tocayo Investments GP LLC and CC Third and Comal LP won the right to develop six properties on East Fourth Street…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Jun 19, 2018
ZAP struggles to recommend zoning campsite
Deep in the eastern reaches of Austin is a campground project that Glen Coleman, an agent for the project, says “will bring back the good old days of Austin.” On June 5, Coleman brought the project, which is located at…
Zoning • By Jessi Devenyns • Jun 7, 2018
County residents learn zoning lesson
Some Travis County homeowners have learned zoning regulations the hard way as they oppose rezoning of property across the street from their homes. Last week, City Council voted 9-1 on first reading to approve mostly warehouse zoning, with some multifamily,…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • May 29, 2018
Despite staff objection, Slaughter zoning OK'd
Jim Wittliff of Land Answers Inc. represents the owner of two lots on Slaughter Lane, one of which is adjacent to a small residential street. After meeting with members of the Slaughter Lane Neighborhood Association last November, Wittliff told the…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • May 3, 2018
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Commission votes to allow residential buffer between neighborhood and small business development
At its April 17 meeting, the Zoning and Platting Commission approved a rezoning on Ferguson Lane and Sansom Road, despite strong urges to reject the proposal from the residents of Walnut Place Neighborhood Association. The agreed-upon motion includes a residential…
Zoning • By Sommer Brugal • Apr 20, 2018
Neighbors support one Champion rezoning
City Council approved a zoning change for a second Champion tract last week, but this time the developer had support from several neighborhoods that opposed the zoning change on the other one. With Council Member Alison Alter dissenting, Council approved…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Mar 29, 2018
Commission strikes compromise in contentious mixed use zoning request
In line with the emphasis on mixed use zoning proposed in the CodeNEXT draft, the Zoning and Platting Commission voted to approve staff’s recommendation of mixed use Limited Office zoning for a lot on Slaughter Lane during its Mar. 20…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 26, 2018
South Lamar neighbors to get office traffic instead of residential traffic
Nearly two years ago, the Planning Commission voted 10-1 to recommend a zoning change that would allow a 70-unit apartment building to be built on a vacant lot at 2413 Thornton Road. As is often the case in zoning battles,…
Zoning • By Jack Craver • Mar 20, 2018
Commission votes to deny rezoning for Northwest bar
The Zoning and Platting Commission voted to side with members of a Northwest Austin neighborhood against a request that would permit a bar to open in their neighborhood. It is not the first time this neighborhood has opposed similar requests,…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 20, 2018
Council torn on height of east side project
Even though they expressed a wide variety of opinions on the East Fourth Street zoning case, City Council members voted unanimously on first reading Thursday to grant a 60-foot height on the proposed office building and sent the developer off…
