By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Upon recommendations from the city staff and Planning & Zoning Commission, a request for a pool on a property in the extraterritorial jurisdiction was turned down by the Dripping Springs Board of Adjustment. The property owner submitted a variance request, with a ...

Dripping Springs approves apartment-style homes in Belterra A new apartment-style housing development is in the works at Belterra in Dripping Springs – something developers hope could eventually turn into “The Domain” of Hays County. On Nov. 13, the Dripping Springs City Council approved the second ...

For close to 80 years, generations of Liza Nevarez’ family has called Dripping Springs home. But living in a deteriorating residence deemed unsafe by officials led Nevarez to worry about what her next move could be. Through the help of a nonprofit organization, Nevarez and her family will be receivi...

Despite developers’ attempts to ease worries, neighbors believe a proposed subdivision in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) could worsen flooding in the area and contaminate and possibly damage the Edwards Aquifer. The 782-acre property, located on FM 967 just outside of Buda, ha...

After months of deliberation and planning, more food trucks could potentially be coming to the property of 1005 West Highway 290 in Dripping Springs. Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission March 27 recommended the approval of five total trucks on the property and the addition of two more wh...

Dripping Springs OKs 700-home PID A new 189-acre Dripping Springs housing development   was approved this year, which will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage Publ...

All of the necessary entitlement agreements and approvals are complete for a new Dripping Springs housing development that will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage...

An ordinance and several agreements allowing for a development to begin in the 189-acre Heritage subdivision passed a substantial hurdle Monday. The Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a Planned Development District (PDD) ordinance, as well as an annexation and de...

Having lived in Los Angeles for a time, business owner Juan Chan said he has been around food trucks for a “long time.” With an impending move to Dripping Springs on the horizon, Chan last year opened the LeMuse Coffee Bar food trailer in order to bring a new option to the city. But plans to impleme...

With the possibility of short-term rentals popping up in Dripping Springs, city officials are crafting new rules regulating them. That process began earlier this month when the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning (P&Z) commission took up an amendment to the city’s current zoning ordinance. Within t...