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Commission keeps UNO update on schedule; neighborhood postponement set for May 13 after mixed public testimony
Summary
The Planning Commission on April 8 recorded neighborhood postponements for the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) update items to May 13 while hearing several hours of public comment that ranged from student leaders seeking tenant protections and more housing to neighborhood groups urging safeguards against displacement and stronger safety measures.
The Austin Planning Commission on April 8 left the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) update items on the agenda but recorded neighborhood postponement to May 13 as shown on the commission's consent agenda. Dozens of speakers addressed the UNO package during public testimony and the consent-agenda speaker call-up, expressing both support for changes that enable more housing near campus and concern that the schedule and proposed rules will accelerate displacement or fail to protect students and residents.
Why it matters: UNO governs land use and development rules in the area immediately surrounding the University of Texas at Austin and West Campus. Reforms to UNO affect housing unit type, maximum heights, affordability incentives and tenant protections — all of which shape where students, lower‑income residents and service workers…
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