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Zoning and Planning Commission discusses dividing responsibilities, SB 840 effects and committee workload
Summary
Commissioners debated how responsibilities should be divided between the Zoning and Planning Commission and the Planning Commission, discussed staff proposals to add height limits in response to Senate Bill 840, and flagged repeatedly canceled joint-committee meetings and rule-posting delays.
The Austin Zoning and Planning Commission spent part of its Tuesday meeting discussing the division of labor and responsibilities between itself and the Planning Commission, and reviewing the status of several joint committees and working groups.
Vice Chair Betsy Greenberg reported that a codes-and-ordinances joint committee recently met to consider the effect of Senate Bill 840 on downtown zoning. According to the briefing, the bill will effectively eliminate any cap tied only to…
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