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Austin Board of Adjustment upholds staff finding in dispute over Bridgehill Cove remodel
Summary
The Board of Adjustment voted 7–4 to reject an appeal of 2025 permit revisions to a Bridgehill Cove property, finding the revisions fall within the code provision limiting modifications to nonconforming structures; the board said it was constrained to review only the 2025 revisions, not the earlier 2022 permitting decisions.
The Austin Board of Adjustment on Dec. 8 rejected an appeal of building‑permit revisions for 6706 Bridgehill Cove, upholding city staff and the acting building official by a 7–4 vote.
The appeal, filed by neighbor Christie May, challenged changes approved in 2025 to a 2022 permit for renovations to the Conkle property. Board member Maggie Sherastani moved to uphold staff’s interpretation of the code; Vice Chair Melissa Hawthorne seconded the motion. The board voted to reject the appeal and leave the 2025 permit in place.
Why it mattered: the pair of neighbors are in a longstanding dispute about how much new construction may be treated as a limited modification of a legally nonconforming structure. The appellant argued the project demolished a previously nonconforming patio, added a basement and a second‑story element that increased height, and therefore lost its nonconforming status under the city’s code. The permit holder and his counsel said staff…
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