Zoning
Friday, April 20, 2018 by Sommer Brugal
Zoning
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…
Thursday, March 29, 2018 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
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 the…
Monday, March 26, 2018 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
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…
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 by Jack Craver
Zoning
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, nearby…
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 by Joseph Caterine
Zoning
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,…
Friday, March 9, 2018 by Jo Clifton
Zoning
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…
