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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
ZILIKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Vol. 1 No. 4 March, 1983
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ZONING ORDINANCE
Austin's current zoning ordinance was adopted in 1931 to match the 1927 city plan. At that time Austin had a population of 50,000 and was 30 square miles.
Austin's proposed new zoning ordinance was contracted for in 1979, already 3 years in progress. Austin now has a population of 372,000 and is 130 square miles.
Approximately 60 public hearings have been held on this ordinance. Due to the last minute effort from "Quality Austin," an organization supporting development, to have the proposed ordinance scrapped (they bought full page advertisements in the Austin American Statesman entitled "WARNING" which turned this ordinance into an emotional issue for folks who had not read the ordinance), the planning commission appointed three task forces: residential, commercial and procedural.
Cicely Simms, ZNA vice-president was on the residential task force. Some compromises were made, but the residential section of the ordinance mostly remains as written. The task force was scheduled for 8 hours a week for 6 weeks-lots of work! Thank you, Cicily!
The commercial task force had different results, we understand. That group of people tore the commercial ordinance section of the zoning ordinance apart and have re-done it with many changes. One change is recommending that the Central Business District be expanded to cross Town Lake. That could put downtown in our neighborhood.
Two public hearings on this ordinance are scheduled at city council chambers in December: December 2 and December 16. If you can help, speak or write letters, please do. For more information, call Richard Gravois at 441-3430 or Glenna Balch 442-0554.
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ZONING ORDINANCE ALERT At our September 1982 Zilker Neighborhood Association Meeting we passed a resolution that we were generally in favor of the New Zoning Ordinance and that we particularly supported the compatibility standards, the traffic safety standards and non-cumulative zoning aspects of the new ordinance. In November compromises were made in task force committees. The Commercial Task Force radically changed the definition of the Central Business District (CBD) by expanding the CBD parking and landscap- ing criteria to the following boundaries: Riverside Drive, E. Bouldin Creek, Lamar Blvd., Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., and IH-35. This expansion is a part of the latest December 7, 1982 "Recommended Revi- sions to Austin's Zoning Ordinance."
If this revision is allowed to become part of city law, then our neighborhood would soon be the Central Business District. We would not be considered to be a neighborhood nor have any of the protective neigh- borhood aspects of this ordinance.
The Zoning Ordinance will be a main topic for our January 17th meeting at Kinney Avenue Baptist Church at 7:00 p.m. A City Council Public Hearing concerning the zoning ordinance is scheduled for January 20, 1983 at 301 West 2nd Street. Join us there!
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ZONING
New Zoning ORDINANCE The proposed new zoning ordinance is scheduled for City Council Action on October 20th. following, written by Austin Neighborhoods Council President Smoot Carl-Mitchell for distribu in neighborhood newsletters, are deficiencies in the current draft of the ordinance.
Fact: The new ordinance encourages downtown commercial sprawl into close-in neighborho by encouraging intensive commercial use outside of the Downtown area. There is no hei limit on downtown buildings.
Fact: All property is grandfathered for 2-10 years. One year on all property is more than sufficier
Fact: So called compatibility standards for intensive development of apartments in single fat neighborhoods are only guidelines and have no enforcement power. In addition there no compatibility standards for commercial property.
Fact: There are no provisions for limiting traffic impact on existing neighborhoods.
Fact: The Neighborhood Conservation Combining District, a tool for neighborhood planning, been deleted from this draft.
Fact: There are no noise standards in the ordinance. They were removed from a previous draft.
Fact: The ordinance does not address overzoning of existing properties nor provide for rollb; of properties to existing use. This deficiency will continue to fuel the current speculation cycl A Skyscraper Planned for the Jalapeiio Charlie's Site A zoning change for 100-foot building on Barton Springs Road and Bouldin Avenue is b requested before the City Council. Originally John Joseph representing owner Steve Scott reque a change to 4th Height and Area. (Downtown buildings are zoned 4th Height and Area-the presently no height limit for this zoning.) At the Planning Commission Public Hearing he char his request, asking for the back lot to be changed from "A" ist Height and Area to "C" 2nd Ht and Area. Getting approval for this change would allow a building of 120 feet to be built (usine 3-to-1 set back exemption). In a 5-4 vote, Joseph got his request with a 100 foot limit al Planning Commission stage. Atthe City Council Public Hearing on September 8th, it was determ by the Planning Department that proper re-zoning notification was not posted. Therefore, the ( has been sent back to the Planning Commission. If this zoning change is allowed, it will s precedent for skyscrapers from Wright Pottery Studio to the Magic Time Machine. Now is the time to let the Planning Commission members know how you feel about develops along Barton Springs Road.
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PROPOSED NEW ZONING ORDINANCE
For the latest United Austin Meeting on March 2, 1983, James Pinedo, USA founder, from Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Association, compiled a list of 17 objections to the December 7, 1982 draft.
United South Austin unanimously voted to oppose the following parts of the 12-7-82 draft: the extension of the Central Area Parking Exemption Boundaries (which brings downtown zoning south of Town Lake), the weakening of compatibility standards between single family and multi-family housing, the removal of the traffic increase limits for new multi-family housing developments. USA also voted unanimously for adding a neighborhood planning policy, the Neighborhood Conservation Combining Districts, allowance of earlier site plan review neighborhoods and a requirement that neighborhood associations be notified when zoning change applications are made.
USA agreed to consider the Downtown Overlay Zone (for example Town Lake, Congress Avenue and E Sixth Street) concept, the open grandfather clauses of the ordinance (Property now zoned 3rd height & area could be developed under the old ordinance for 10 years forward), and Central Business District height limits (should it have a height limit? how high?). These parts we will vote on at the March 16, 1983 meeting.
The Austin Neighborhood Council discussed these same 17 objections and agreed to vote on these problems at the March 28, 1983 ANC meeting.
ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION YEARLY MEMBERSHIP IS $3.00
Richard Gravois, President $1.00 for Senior Citizens (65 and over)
1402 Kinney Avenue Name _ Phone
Austin, Texas 78704 Address
Z NEWS: Editor-- Beth Brown,
Circulation -- Paulette Gravois, 1402 t CONTRIBUTORS: Glenna Balch, Walt Bronstad, Richard Gravois, Eleanor McKinney
From: 1983_March zoning
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ZONING ORDINANCE
The Zoning Ordinance will be before the City Council for action soon. If the future of livable neighborhoods is important to you, please let your City Council members know that you want Zilker Neighborhood protected by the new Zoning Ordinance. Inside this newsletter you will find a letter detailing some of the provisions essential for neighborhood protection. Sign and send this letter to the Mayor and Council or write one of your own; either way, you will show that neighborhoods do care about Austin's future.
The address for the Mayor and Council is P.O. Box 1088, Austin, 78767. The phone number is 477-6511.
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