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ZAP weighs industrial rezoning request near Colony Park
The Zoning and Platting Commission has recommended rezoning a tract near Colony Park in response to a request to build a refrigerated warehouse in Northeast Austin. The commission heard a rezoning request for a 14.7-acre property at 6215 1/2 Johnny…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 17, 2020
Planning Commission approves zoning, land use changes for Govalle project
The Planning Commission has approved zoning and future land use map changes for a mixed-use project in the Govalle area of East Austin. A developer wanted to change the future land use map from commercial and single-family to mixed-use for…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 16, 2020
Planning Commission approves vertical mixed use on South Congress
Last week the Planning Commission approved a rezoning for a new multifamily project at 4329 S. Congress Ave. between State Highway 71 and St. Elmo Road. Through the vote, commissioners recommended adding a Vertical Mixed-Use Building combining district to the site’s…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Nov 6, 2020
ZAP approves rezoning for multifamily near Connally High School
The Zoning and Platting Commission has approved a rezoning request for a multifamily apartment complex on Austin’s far northern fringe. At its Tuesday meeting, ZAP approved rezoning 23.6 acres of undeveloped land for the Cypress Creek Apartment Homes at 1417…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Oct 23, 2020
Pier zoning takes one step forward
Joe Liemandt, who is the founder of the software company Trilogy, and his friend, Andy Price, purchased a 4.46-acre property on Lake Austin that previously housed the Pier restaurant at 1703 River Hills Road. The restaurant closed in 2005, but…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Oct 20, 2020
Planning Commission approves Crestview townhouse project
The Planning Commission on Tuesday evening approved future land use and zoning changes for a townhouse project in the Crestview neighborhood of North Austin. Commissioners approved rezoning about three-quarters of an acre at 902 and 904 Morrow St. from Family…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Oct 19, 2020
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Council approves Pecan Springs compromise
After 11 months of wrangling between neighbors and development representative Ron Thrower, 10 of 11 City Council members on Thursday finally approved the rezoning of 3500 Pecan Springs Road, from Family Residence – Neighborhood Plan (SF-3-NP) combining district to Townhouse…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Oct 16, 2020
Reworked Kemp Street rezoning continues to draw fire
Today, Austin City Council will take up a contentious Montopolis zoning case that opponents say will speed gentrification and wreak havoc on a nearby preserve. But supporters of the reworked plan for 508 Kemp St. tout the creation of affordable…
Zoning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 15, 2020
Neighbors nervous about Shady Lane upzoning
The owners of 914 Shady Lane in the East Austin neighborhood of Govalle have asked City Council to grant zoning for their four-acre property that will allow construction of townhomes and condominiums as well as some neighborhood commercial uses. The…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 29, 2020
Large complex on S. First to replace Mercury Hall
Despite protests from neighbors and a valid petition against the zoning change, City Council voted 9-2 on Sept. 17 to rezone a 0.847-acre lot at 3504 S. First St. to allow for construction of a three-story apartment complex, a five-story…
Zoning • By Jo Clifton • Sep 28, 2020
ZAP endorses mixed-use for East Austin tract
On Tuesday night, the Zoning and Platting Commission voted in favor of mixed-use zoning for an East Austin property, but once again clashed over the scope of conditional overlays. ZAP commissioners recommended designating a 4.67-acre tract at 5601 Nixon Lane,…
Zoning • By Daniel Salazar • Sep 8, 2020
Warehouse zoning hits snag at Council
What seemed like a simple zoning case, with neighbors supporting the proposed zoning change, was embroiled in a philosophical and legal discussion at last week’s City Council meeting. Council voted unanimously to postpone the case after Council Member Jimmy Flannigan…
