Tag Archives: Planned Unit Development
Monday, December 19, 2016 by Jack Craver
Planning
Council moves toward Austin Oaks PUD approval
Shortly after approving the contentious Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development on Thursday, City Council took an important step toward approving another West Austin development that has divided neighbors over concerns about traffic, environmental protection and neighborhood preservation. In…
Friday, December 16, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
Council approves Grove PUD
After more than two years of fierce debate among neighbors, a developer and City Hall leaders, City Council finally approved the Grove at Shoal Creek, a massive planned unit development to be built on 75 acres of vacant land at…
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 by Jack Craver
Zoning
Casar pushes for alternative to neighborhood deal on Grove PUD
The fight over the Grove at Shoal Creek, a massive mixed-use development that has sparked fierce debate in surrounding neighborhoods, may not be over after all. A number of City Council members signaled Tuesday that they are not committed to…
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 by Syeda Hasan
Land Development Code
Round Rock drafts its first land development code
It’s no secret that development is booming in Austin and its surrounding suburbs. Just north of Austin, the city of Round Rock is working to accommodate that growth by creating its first-ever land development code. One might think of the…
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 by Syeda Hasan
Planning
The Grove at Shoal Creek moves closer to final Council OK
After months of discussion and more after-hours debate and testimony at City Hall last night, City Council is moving forward with plans for a controversial development known as the Grove at Shoal Creek. As with most discussions on the case,…
Thursday, November 3, 2016 by Joseph Caterine
Planning
Austin Oaks PUD wins ZAP recommendation
After hours of heated testimony and intense deliberation, the Zoning and Platting Commission passed a motion during its Nov. 1 meeting recommending the Austin Oaks planned unit development rezoning request with conditions. The project has been in the works since…
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
Planning
Austin Oaks PUD plods toward Council
Discussion of Austin’s “other” planned unit development – the Austin Oaks PUD – has been postponed to the Nov. 1 meeting of the Zoning and Platting Commission. The postponement came at the request of some of the nearby neighbors, who…
Friday, October 21, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
City Council approves Grove PUD ‘placeholder’
City Council took an important procedural step Thursday toward approval of a major planned unit development that has fiercely divided several neighborhoods in West Austin. Council voted to approve the Grove at Shoal Creek PUD on first reading, the first…
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
Council wants to move forward with Grove PUD
Mayor Steve Adler hopes to start the process of approving the Grove at Shoal Creek, a controversial planned unit development in Central Austin, at City Council’s next meeting on Thursday. At a Council work session on Tuesday, Adler explained to…
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 by Syeda Hasan
Zoning
Council inches closer to action on Grove at Shoal Creek PUD
For several months now, City Council’s decision about whether to approve the zoning for the Grove at Shoal Creek, a proposed 75-acre mixed-use development, has driven hours of debate and faced numerous delays. Why is it taking so long? When…
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 by Jack Craver
Zoning
Council discusses transportation concerns at the Grove
City Council has only just dipped its toe into the debate over the Grove at Shoal Creek, the controversial mixed-use planned unit development proposed for a 75-acre lot in Central Austin. After postponing further discussion of the case after a…
Monday, October 3, 2016 by Jo Clifton
City Council
Judge considers Rodgers’ Pilot Knob claims
How much notice should the City Council agenda provide to citizens who want to know what Council is doing that may impact their taxes and water rates? That’s one of the questions Judge Stephen Yelenosky will have to answer when…
Monday, September 26, 2016 by Cate Malek
Zoning
Environmental Commission fears Austin Oaks PUD will threaten too many trees
After months of contentious negotiations, the Austin Oaks planned unit development is nearing its hearing before City Council. But the Environmental Commission hopes to hash out a better tree plan before deciding whether to sign off on the project. At…
Friday, September 23, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
Grove PUD fight lives to see another day
It was already 9:45 p.m. on Thursday when City Council kicked off its first public hearing on the Grove at Shoal Creek, a controversial planned unit development proposed for a 75-acre lot in Central Austin, and Mayor Steve Adler announced…
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
Council appears divided over Grove PUD
City Council on Thursday will finally begin its deliberations on the Grove at Shoal Creek, a controversial planned unit development proposed for a vacant 75-acre lot at the corner of Bull Creek Road and 45th Street. In anticipation of hours…
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 by Elizabeth Pagano
City Hall
Grove memos defend city process
A lengthy series of memos defending the city’s review of the Grove at Shoal Creek planned unit development emerged yesterday, and it could set the stage for the case returning to City Council later this month. Attorney Jeff Howard, who…
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 by Jo Clifton
Development
Neighbors, ARG Bull Creek still fighting over Grove
Neighborhoods surrounding the proposed Grove at Shoal Creek – a huge, mixed-use planned unit development slated for the area around 45th Street and Shoal Creek – have worked mightily to prevent it, even accusing some city staff members of hijacking…
Friday, August 12, 2016 by Jack Craver
Development
Arguments heat up over controversial Grove PUD
Plans and feelings will have to change dramatically in the coming weeks if City Council is ever to reach a consensus on the Grove at Shoal Creek, an enormous mixed-use development proposed for a 75-acre tract of land in North…
Monday, July 18, 2016 by Jack Craver
Planning
Zoning Commission narrowly recommends Grove PUD
After 13 hours of testimony and debate over two meetings, a proposal to build a 75-acre mixed-use development on what is now a vacant tract of land between Bull Creek Road and 45th Street won an important endorsement Thursday night…
