This could be a big one
Item 49 at council meeting on the 16th is
"Approve a resolution relating to potential updates and modifications to the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan."
https://www.austintexas.gov/departme...220616-reg.htm
1. Expand Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and TOD-Gateway
subdistricts to parcels within one-half mile of the McKalla and UptownATX
Red Line stations, parcels west of Mopac, and others as appropriate; and
2. Evaluate all subdistricts for opportunities to increase the maximum height
and FAR with a development bonus; and
3. Review opportunities to apply appropriate subdistricts to new areas,
including parcels west of Mopac; and
4. Amend sign regulations in the NBG Plan to align with City Code Chapter
25-10 (Sign Regulations), including common area signage, directional
signage, free standing and wall signage on buildings, wayfinding signage,
park signage, and Capital Metro signage, and any other signage regulations;
and
5. Expand the current boundary of the NBG Plan area to encompass industrial
and/or commercial areas adjacent to the NBG Plan area, while avoiding
existing, developed single family neighborhoods; and
6. Adjust the Land Use Standards for General Retail Sales (Figure 2-1) to
remove square footage limitations in cases where a single project or property
owner may provide retail space to multiple small businesses that will
enhance the pedestrian experience; and
7. Eliminate the current requirement for a 30-foot step-back for building
facades at the 6th 74 story and above, which limits potential housing
developments, retails choices, or office development; and
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8. Consider alternatives to prevent the “canyon effect” caused by commercial
structures; and
9. Clarify the application of the 120-foot height limit in the TOD and Corridor
Mixed Use (CMU) subdistricts when adjacent to and across the street from
NR subdistrict, and consider capping the limit under a 100-foot distance; and
10. Apply relaxed compatibility and parking requirements, aligned with
applicable Council directives and actions associated with citywide
compatibility and parking requirement changes; and
11. Evaluate the development bonus provisions and fees for the NBG Plan for
potential updates.
"Expand the current boundary of the NBG Plan area to encompass industrial and/or commercial areas adjacent to the NBG Plan area" jumps out at me. Expanding to industrial uses across Metric seems like a no brainer. Expansion to west of Mopac, north of Braker? Will they jump accross highways, like W of 183 to Arboretum area? How about S of 183 at Burnet? NI property across Mopac? The industrial/commercial stuff in North Shoal Creek east of Mopac?