Few issues can sour a real estate development quicker than a zoning snafu. Yet the legal work done by Mary Keeney clears the way for her client to build a hotel and answers questions about a state statute that governs how municipalities regulate the use of property.
The 3rd Court of Appeals Aug. 18 opinion in Harper Park Two v. City of Austin, et al. focuses on Chapter 245 of the Texas Local Government Code. The central question the court had to decide was whether Chapter 245 restricted the plaintiffs from building a project other than an office complex, which is what the property originally was zoned for.
