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Planning commission sends cocktail-lounge rezoning request for 1201 East 11th Street to council without recommendation
Summary
A planning-commission-initiated request to restore a conditional cocktail-lounge entitlement for 1201 East 11th Street drew strong neighborhood opposition. After debate, commissioners failed to pass a motion to deny and allowed the case to move to City Council with no recommendation.
The Austin Planning Commission voted to send a planning-commission-initiated rezoning and plan-amendment request for 1201 East 11th Street to City Council without a recommendation after public testimony and debate.
The proposal, which would restore a conditional-use entitlement for a cocktail lounge at the site, was opposed by neighborhood residents, church leaders and social-justice groups who said the corridor already has many alcohol-serving venues and that another lounge would harm safety and neighborhood character. Planning staff recommended against the amendment, saying it would reverse a council decision from July 2022 that limited cocktail-lounge entitlements along East Eleventh Street.
Hunter Maples, housing department staff and liaison to the Urban Renewal Board, introduced the plan-amendment item and said the request would amend ordinance 20220728-163 and the East Eleventh and Twelfth…
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