Tag Archives: City of Austin Board of Adjustment
Carport door raises big issues in Zilker
A recent case at the Board of Adjustment will allow one Zilker resident to finally close the door of their carport. But the case has also opened the door on neighborhood association politics and what happens when a complex Land…
Development • By Elizabeth Pagano • Aug 25, 2017
St. Johns ‘project of change’ gets needed break
After months of compromise, the Board of Adjustment has opted to let a St. Johns work/live project live, despite lingering concerns from neighbors about entering into a new era of transportation-oriented development. In order to build a two-story, five-unit multifamily…
Planning • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 13, 2017
West Austin Triplex bid stalls at BoA
Time and money did not prove to be a sufficient hardship at the Board of Adjustment, where an Old West Austin homeowner hoping to build a triplex on a multifamily lot learned the price of 600 feet this week. William…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jun 14, 2017
Mixed vibes surround Bouldin carport variance
It takes more than heat and birds to justify a carport in this town. Heat and birds are just a part of life in Austin, Texas. That was the lesson at the Board of Adjustment for Aaron McGarry, who owns…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • May 30, 2017
Ethics charges dismissed against official in trellis case
A member of the city’s Board of Adjustment will not face a final hearing on charges he involved himself inappropriately in an appeals process involving the neighborhood association of which he is also a founding member. At Wednesday’s meeting of…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • May 15, 2017
Reporter's Notebook: Not our jam
Bit of turbulence during that pilot program… An attempt by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to make “data driven decisions” went slightly off the rails at Tuesday’s City Council work session, where Council members learned that a “parks pass”…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • May 15, 2017
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Developer accuses BoA's King of ethics violations
The city’s Ethics Review Commission will hold a preliminary hearing next Wednesday to determine whether there are “reasonable grounds” to consider an ethics complaint filed against Board of Adjustment member Bryan King. Ross Wilson of PSW Real Estate, which is…
Development • By Jo Clifton • May 5, 2017
Board denies appeal accusing church of being front for multifamily residence
Wading through the gray area between religious assembly and residential uses, the Board of Adjustment decided at its Feb. 13 meeting to deny an appeal to reverse staff’s determination that the property at 2530 South Congress was being used for…
Planning • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 20, 2017
Form-based considerations inform West Campus variance case
In the haze of CodeNEXT fever, the form-based language of building types and footprints continues to creep into discussions of land use, and those considerations found their way into the Board of Adjustment’s meeting Monday night. For its final item, the board…
Development • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 17, 2017
Wider discretionary powers for Board of Adjustment envisioned in CodeNEXT draft
Assistant city attorney Brent Lloyd made a small presentation at the joint meeting of the land use commissions last Tuesday night outlining a possible reconfiguration of the Board of Adjustment’s role in city planning as part of the changes on…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 7, 2017
Board of Adjustment considers a fee change
After more than a year of discussion and drafting, the Board of Adjustment continues to move forward with a request to change its fees. Board Member Bryan King read his proposal for a change to the fees charged for interpretation…
City Hall • By Elizabeth Pagano • Feb 28, 2017
BoA maintains high standard for high fence
Those wanting a taller fence in the city better have a good reason in hand when they come to the Board of Adjustment for a variance, as two northeast Austinites learned Monday. Josh Washman told the board that he and…
