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Board upholds permit for 3‑unit project at 205 E. 34th St.; neighborhood appeal denied
Summary
After a large turnout from neighborhood groups, the Board of Adjustment denied an appeal challenging staff’s permit for a three‑unit project at 205 E. 34th Street, concluding staff’s application of HOME FAR limits stood in this case; neighbors argued the North University NCCD’s 0.4 FAR should apply to triplexes.
The Austin Board of Adjustment on March 9 denied an administrative appeal from neighborhood groups challenging the city’s permit for a three‑unit project at 205 East 34th Street, leaving the Development Services approval in place after an extended public hearing and legal arguments over whether the North University Neighborhood Conservation Combining District (NCCD) or the HOME ordinance controls floor‑area‑ratio (FAR) for triplexes.
Appellants and neighborhood associations argued the NCCD’s site development standards — specifically a 0.4 FAR limit for SF‑3 lots in part 7 of the NCCD — should control and that the project, as permitted, exceeded the neighborhood’s scale and offended site development standards. “New residential development should respect…
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