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Development requirements for medium-density housing updated in Round Rock

Recent changes to medium-density housing regulations aim to support local housing affordability.

In a nutshell: Round Rock City Council approved measures amending zoning and development code as well as the city’s comprehensive plan Aug. 13.

What it means: Round Rock Planning and Development Services Director Brad Dushkin said the updates come as the previous iteration of guidelines around medium-density development made it difficult for developers to build.

The standards had last been updated in 2012, he said, during a previous population boom, in which several garden-style apartment complexes with parking visible from the street were popping up across the city.

Requirements for parking structures at the time were intended to enhance the appearance of this type of housing, but now make these types of projects financially unfeasible for developers.

 
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Casa Masa coming soon to downtown Round Rock

A new Mexican restaurant is coming to downtown Round Rock.

About the business: A project filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation earlier this year shows Casa Masa is planned for the former Wine Sensation space.
Per the filing, the building, built in 1985, will be renovated to add a tortilleria and storage. The estimated cost of the renovation is $500,000.

Construction began in June and is expected to last through December, per the filing.

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Live updates: Local officials request larger role in data center oversight, regulation

The Texas House State Affairs Committee heard from power grid officials; data center developers and industry representatives; local government officials; cybersecurity experts; and utility companies during an Aug. 19 hearing on the growth of data centers in the state. Dozens of Texas residents also testified about the impact of data centers in their communities.

The details: Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said it will take the grid operator several months to audit about 200 gigawatts of data center proposals. ERCOT will request information from all large and medium-sized data centers that are expected to use at least 25 megawatts of electricity.

ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission were ordered on Aug. 3 to audit all data centers seeking to connect to Texas’ power grid. They anticipate completing that audit in late November or early December, Vegas said.

 

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