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Developer requests PUD amendment to allow drive path instead of funicular at Lake Austin site

3206044 · May 6, 2025
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Summary

A project representative told the Zoning and Planning Commission during public comment that a 45-acre Lake Austin development approved under a 2018 PUD requires an 800-foot elevator/funicular for certificate-of-occupancy but the developer seeks a PUD amendment to allow a drive path down the hillside as an alternative.

During public communication at the Zoning and Planning Commission's May 6 meeting a speaker identified as Jonathan (last name not specified in the record) described a proposed 45-acre residential development on Lake Austin near the 360 bridge and asked the commission to note the developer's intent to pursue an amendment to the site's planned-unit-district (PUD).

The speaker said the site's existing PUD, approved in 2018, includes a condition that an 800-foot elevator (described in the record as a "funicular") must be completed before a certificate of occupancy can be issued. "We can't get the…

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