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A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
The city of Austin, Texas, was established in 1839 to become a planned capital for the Republic of Texas. [1] Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed his friend Edwin Waller to oversee the surveying of the new city and to develop a city plan for its layout. [2]
A study conducted by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization projects that by the year 2045, approximately 53% of the population residing between San Antonio and Austin will be situated within a 5 mi (8.0 km) radius of I-35. [31]
Planning and Zoning Commission. 3 p.m.: Third Floor of City Hall - City Council Chambers, 601 S. Buchanan, St. ... Potter County, vicinity: U.S. Highway 287 and Jackrabbit Road, applicant: OJD ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Travis County, Texas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The areas in and around Austin have been the site of human habitation since at least 9,000 B.C., and possibly considerably before that. The earliest known inhabitants of the area, during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age), can be linked to the Clovis people around 9200 B.C. just west of Williamson County. [6]
In 2005 Travis County was the only county in Texas to vote against the Proposition 2 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with slightly under 60% of voters being against it. [28] In 2020, Travis County backed Democrat Joe Biden with nearly 72% of the vote, his strongest showing in the state and the best showing for any ...
Travis County has had two locations named Montopolis. The first was during the Republic of Texas period north of the Colorado River. The second is today's Montopolis neighborhood in Austin, Texas south of the river. Located southeast of the city's urban core, today's neighborhood is in ZIP code 78741.