At its February 27 meeting earlier this week, the City of Austin's Planning Commission approved a code amendment officially creating a new zoning subdistrict for the University of Texas' J.J. Pickle Research Campus -- finally bringing this 475-acre scientific facility under the auspices of the North Burnet / Gateway Regulating Plan, which has worked since its adoption in 2009 to guide taller and denser development in this largely sprawled-out region of North Austin.
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