http://www.austinmonitor.com/stories...ode-amendment/
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Downtown hotel zoning shifts to code amendment
After almost a year of going through the zoning change process, including trips to four different commissions and winning initial approval from City Council, developers of the Aloft Austin & Element Hotel are now seeking an amendment to the Land Development Code and giving up on their zoning case.
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Apparently city council can't adjust the overlay in a zoning case, despite having done it a handful of times in the past.
This little bit sounds like good news:
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The next-door neighbor, home to the Hideout Theatre, had a valid petition against the zoning change. The group worried that construction would drive away business. However, the valid petition is now moot.
Suttle and Rusthoven both said that Jeff Howard, the attorney for the Hideout, had notified them by email that he would not oppose the code amendment. Suttle said he and Howard were still in the process of finalizing an agreement to mitigate the construction’s impact on the theater.
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