Lakeway staff looks to separate commercial and industrial uses
On April 2, the Lakeway Zoning and Planning Commission agreed to recommend that City Council pass an amendment to the city's comprehensive plan restricting C-2 zoning, or commercial light industrial uses, to the area north of Kollmeyer Drive in the RR 620 corridor. Under the ordinance, C-1, or commercial office/retail uses, are zoned south of Kollmeyer Drive.
The issue arose during a March 5 commission meeting when the owner of a tract south of Kollmeyer Drive, requested a zoning change from C-1 to C-2 and special use permit to build a storage facility.
Commissioners tabled their decision until April 2 when they recommended council deny the tract's zoning change but approve a special use permit for the site.
Troy Anderson, Lakeway director of building and development services, said staff recommended not approving the zoning change. He said he sought clarification as to the effective boundary on RR 620 between C-1 and C-2 zoning in order to halt light industrial uses from closing in on the southern portion of the city corridor.
