The Zoning and Platting Commission voted 6-2-1 to recommend first-time zonings for two plots of undeveloped land off of Zimmerman Lane in Four Points, an area formerly known as Hickmuntown. The case emphasizes the commission’s commitment to a maximalist housing policy in Austin, even at the city’s northwestern edge.
The lots in question are located at 11300 and 11301 Zimmerman Lane off Farm to Market Road 620, near a Rudy’s location and a Home Depot. They were previously zoned DR, or Developmental Reserve, a placeholder district type that indicates city officials have never granted the plot a formal zoning.
The applicants – listed as Barbara Allen Agnew and Brian Matthew Smith on the report reviewed by the commission – asked for Townhouse & Condominium (SF-6), a zoning type intended for redevelopment of up to six single-family units on each plot of land…