Making money by renting out your home in order to pay rising housing costs and property taxes has given rise to short-term rentals. Vacation Rental By Owner (VRBO), Airbnb and Flatswire are just a few companies helping local residents rent out their space. While this movement brings some people clos...

By Exsar Arguello Planning is underway for the creation of tiny homes in Hays County by the Tiny Dwelling Co., a project aimed at bringing affordable housing to the Kyle area.  Tiny homes, a nationwide phenomenon that has taken cities by storm, is a movement focused on the creation of homes in a sma...

After talks that the city could potentially be sued over the denial of a development on Opal Lane, Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell met with Planning and Zoning commissioners to set his expectations on the commission’s role in developments. During a Nov. 28 Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission workshop, Mi...

The time it takes waiting to make a turn as students walk across the street, or congestion on two-lane roads during rush hour were scenarios on the minds of Kyle Planning and Zoning Commissioners Nov. 28. Such discussions took place during a workshop which centered on traffic in Kyle and the impact ...

A new commercial zoning district was given approval by Kyle city leaders on Nov. 21 that could see buildings in Kyle go up to five stories high.  The district, called Mixed Use Zoning (MXD), will affect some of the more urban parts of Kyle, especially along the I35 corridor, Kohler’s Crossing and FM...

Future Kyle buildings may go vertical as city officials explored a new commercial zoning district last month.  The district, called Mixed Use Zoning (MXD), is a proposed commercial zoning classification requiring a mix of commercial and residential uses within the same structure, according to city d...

Emotions rang high Oct. 10 as residents took to Kyle’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to address concerns about a proposed rezoning of 25.72 acres that could allow a recreational vehicle (RV) Park along Dacy Lane near Seton Medical Center Hays. While P&Z denied the rezoning request by a 6-1 ...

Miscommunication between Kyle city leaders and city staff has resulted in a recently failed agenda item to potentially make a return to the city council dais.  The item in question centers on conflicting subdivision standards in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Howard Koontz, Kyle com...

Kyle staff hopes to offset the lack of employment opportunities within the city by creating a new zoning category. On Sept. 26, the Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) recommended the creation of the Office/Institutional (OI) zoning category. Currently, most of Kyle’s land area falls into agri...

A diversity in neighborhoods and housing design by amending zoning laws is the way Kyle leaders want to improve future housing developments in the city. Those changes came after city leaders noticed current housing development patterns seemed to concentrate on the highest density return for land are...