CITY & COUNTY
News from Bee Cave, Rollingwood, Lakeway & West Lake Hills
QUOTE OF NOTE
Lakeway passes revised occupation ordinance rules
Bee Cave City Council Meets Aug. 23 and Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. 512-767-6600 www.beecavetexas.gov Lakeway City Council Meets Sept. 12, 19 at 6:30 p.m. 512- 314-7500 www.lakeway-tx.gov www.cityofrollingwood.com West Lake Hills City Council Meets Aug. 24 and Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. 512-327-3628 www.westlakehills.org Instructions for meeting attendance are at each city’s website. Rollingwood City Council Meets Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. 512-327-1838 MEETINGS WE COVER allowing applications from potential replacements. The Bojorquez Law Firm will continue to provide services to the city until a new city attorney is found. CITY HIGHLIGHTS BEE CAVE City Council authorized sta to request applications for architectural rms for the design and construction for a new police station at its July 26 meeting. The facility will be a 17,600-square- foot, two-story building with o ces, evidence processing and storage, short-term detention, an investigations area, and interview and interrogations rooms. ROLLINGWOOD Council will consider holding a bond election in November for three propositions. Proposition A totals $5.3 million and is for potable water infrastructure and re ow improvements. Proposition B would allocate $8.9 million for drainage infrastructure. Proposition C proposes $2.5 million for a combined City Hall and public safety building. A decision to hold an election in November must be made by Aug. 22. WEST LAKE HILLS The city accepted the resignation of City Attorney Alan Bojorquez at the July 27 meeting. As a result, the city also approved an item “BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE’VE HAD, ICE RINKS ARE POPULAR ENOUGH THAT IT SHOULD COVER THE EXPENSES WITH RENTALS.” BEE CAVE CITY MANAGER CLINT GARZA ON BUILDING AN ICE RINK AT THE HILL COUNTRY GALLERIA
BY TAYLOR CRIPE
The discussion around the ordinance began in February when day care owner Bianca King sued the city after the board of adjustment denied her appeal for a permit to operate her state-registered at-home day care. During the meeting, King thanked the council for working on revisions to the ordinance and said they were “making great headway.”
LAKEWAY A new subsection for the home occupation ordinance speci c to at-home child care was approved during the Lakeway City Council special session Aug.1. The council was divided in its decision, with the major- ity voting for it while Council Member Kelly Brynteson and Council Member Keith Trecker opposed. The subsection was
However, King said she has concerns about the parame- ters of the ordinance. “We’re also concerned this week’s proposal gives the city too much discretion to deny permits based on subjective
amended to state that a listed or registered day care, the only catego- ries of day care allowed in residential areas by the city, may be approved with restric- tions or limitations. Considerations for approval include, but are not limited to, the operator’s proposed
“I DON’T WANT MY NEIGHBOR RUNNING A BUSINESS. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANT TO GO HOME TO THEIR R1 SANCTUARY AND GET AWAY FROM PEOPLE, NOT TO HAVE EXTRA TRAFFIC AND
factors or because certain neighbors are more vocal than others,” she said. Brynteson said she is concerned about neighbors who live near King. “I don’t want my neighbor running a business,” she said. “The majority of people want to go home to their R1 sanctuary and get away from people, not to have extra tra c and extra promotions.”
EXTRA PROMOTIONS.” KELLY BRYNTESON, LAKEWAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
business model, the size of the home, the size of the lot, the size of the space available in the yard for outside activities of the children under care, distance to neighboring homes and parking availability.
Lakeway City Council raises homestead exemption for residents age 65 and older
North Tract
Crescent Tract
South Tract
BY TAYLOR CRIPE
SENIORS IN LAKEWAY
LAKEWAY City Council voted Aug. 1 to increase the property tax homestead exemption for those 65 and older from $15,000 to $25,000. The motion was carried unanimously. This is the second time in 12 months the council increased the exemption for residents over age 65. In August 2021, council raised that exemption from $5,000 to $15,000. “There’s only a few ways you can assist the 65-plus [age] group under state law,” Lakeway Mayor Thomas Kilgore said. “My idea was we should just make our homestead exemption more valuable, and if you can save someone—with in ation—$40 this year or $50 ve years from now, that will be a meaningful di erence for someone on a xed income.” According to the Travis Central Appraisal District, a homestead exemption is a legal provision that can help individuals and families pay less in taxes on their home.
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Lakeway City Council voted to raise the homestead exemption for residents 65 and older from $15,000 to $25,000. Here are a few facts about the city’s over 65 population.
Bee Cave approves changes to The Pearl
23% number of Lakeway properties with a 65 and older homestead exemption
BY GRACE DICKENS
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BEE CAVE A request to repeal and replace two ordinances related to zoning of the single- and multi- family development The Pearl, formerly known as the Terraces, was approved by council at the July 26 meeting in a 4-2 decision, with Mayor Kara King and Mayor Pro Tem Andrew Clark opposed. The development o Bee Cave Parkway and RM 620 will feature 10 buildings with 340 multifamily lux- ury apartments and 59 townhomes, a parking structure and a restau- rant, according to city documents. Additionally, there will be on- and o -site public trails and two scenic overlooks of the Balcones Canyon- land Preserve.
30% 32% number of Lakeway residents over age 60 2
2,559 number of properties in Lakeway with a 65 and older homestead exemption
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$19 saved per age 65 and older homestead exemption 4
$6.61M total amount of property taxes collected in Lakeway in scal year 2021-22
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$48,621 total 65 and older homestead exemption this year 6 SOURCE: CITY OF LAKEWAY COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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LAKE TRAVIS WESTLAKE EDITION • AUGUST 2022
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