Photo by Lyndsey TaylorAustin City Council voted on Aug. 28 to deny a rezoning request to turn land on Spicewood Springs Road into commercial office space. The Overlook at Spicewood Springs was proposed to be a two-story building with an underground parking garage.
Austin City Council voted 2-4 on Aug. 28 to deny a rezoning request to turn land on Spicewood Springs Road into a commercial office space.
The project, named Overlook at Spicewood Springs, was proposed for two stories above street level with an underground parking garage at 4920 Spicewood Springs Road, said Scott Taylor, developer for the project and president of project management company Tierra Concepts LLC. Taylor requested the land be rezoned from single-family residence to general office.
Council member Laura Morrison said she opposed the Overlook rezoning because it could cause a "tug-of-war" with variance requests. The land is located in the Bull Creek Watershed and near environmental features such as rim rock.
"Spicewood [Springs Road] has been developed in a very low scale, very effective way, and I think that needs to continue so I can't support the zoning case," Morrison said.
