Neighbors are concerned about congestion that may be caused by a proposed condo project in historic Dripping Springs, which plans on doubling the number of units allowed by current zoning rules.
Current Dripping Springs zoning rules allow for 14 units, but the Hidden Hollow property has proposed 28 units. The developers will be asking for a zoning change at the next Planning and Zoning meeting.
The project is in the early phases of requesting development. The historical committee has approved the proposed exterior design and signed off on a Certificate of Appropriateness.
The next step is to ask the Planning and Zoning commission for a zoning change and at that time a public hearing will take place for the community to share their input, Senior Planner Amanda Padilla said.
However, the community has been vocal about the property on Facebook and at a neighborhood meeting.
Steve Mallet, a resident who lives near the proposed project, hosted a neighborhood meeting and the development team was in attendance.
According to a Facebook post, the developers claimed the condos would be “affordable” costing as low as $300,000. Developers said there was no profit to be made at the current, city approved zoning density, Mallet wrote in his post summarizing the neighborhood meeting.
“It’s people speaking out. The project has touched a nerve in the community,” Mallet said.
Mallet said topics discussed and frequent questions to developers were about congestion, infrastructure and drainage concerns.
“None of the neighbors are anti-development. We would prefer something to complement and improve our neighborhood rather than something hard to live by,” Mallet said.
