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Zoning and Planning commissioners debate dividing site-specific rezoning from broader policy cases
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting at Austin City Hall, Commissioner Christian Sheppey presented a draft proposal to clarify the division of labor between the Zoning and Planning Commission (ZAP) and the Planning Commission, proposing that ZAP take on more site-specific rezoning cases while Planning Commission retain larger and more complex policy matters.
At its Sept. 16 meeting at Austin City Hall, Commissioner Christian Sheppey presented a draft proposal to clarify the division of labor between the Zoning and Planning Commission (ZAP) and the Planning Commission, proposing that ZAP take on more site-specific rezoning cases while Planning Commission retain larger and more complex policy matters.
Sheppey, who reported outreach to City Council district offices and planning commissioners, said the change would aim to reduce case overload by routing certain kinds of site-level applications — including some neighborhood plan amendments, planned unit developments (PUDs) and planned development areas (PDAs) — to ZAP while keeping downtown density-bonus and other complex cases with the Planning Commission.
The proposal would let city staff establish size and complexity thresholds in an ordinance to determine which cases go to which body.…
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