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Planning Commission approves rezoning and plan amendment for East 22nd Street despite neighborhood objections
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend staff’s plan amendment and rezoning for 2108–2110 East 22nd Street, allowing a small restaurant, limited office space and a reconfigured community garden. Neighbors cited parking, traffic and environmental concerns; the applicant offered restrictive covenant elements and a $10,000 garden improvement commitment.
The Austin Planning Commission on Wednesday recommended approval of a plan amendment and rezoning for 2108 and 2110 East 22nd Street, advancing a proposal to replace an informal gravel lot and garden with a two‑story, neighborhood‑scale building housing a breakfast‑and‑lunch restaurant and small offices.
Marie Meredith of the Planning Department told commissioners staff recommends changing the future‑land‑use designation from single‑family to neighborhood commercial and granting LR‑CO‑NP zoning to conditionally allow the proposed uses. Applicant representative Drew Rafael said the project would retain about 4,000 square feet of garden, build roughly 2,800 square feet of interior restaurant space plus a 500‑square‑foot patio (about…
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