Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

"...Music still looms a month away, but a recent permitting quagmire elicited early panic attacks for Austin's business owners..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Permitting Pains

How will the new code affect the way you renovate your house?

"...for the Greater Austin Contractors & Engineers Association, describes permitting policy as breaking down into two worlds. First, the..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Permitting Details

April 23, 2009 Postmarks

Public Notice: A Fresh Take on Development

City's new "one-stop" permitting shop opens at Highland

"...history, with the long-awaited opening of the city's new Permitting and Development Center, which promises "a fresh take on..."

July 2, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Texas Legislature Grants Big Win to Small Farmers

Local vendors are thrilled; SB 932 heads for Gov. Abbott’s desk

"...It’s no secret that the city of Austin’s health permitting procedures are nightmarish, both in terms of finances and..."

May 15, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

South by Southwest Film Festival 2014

There are no wrong choices. Go forth and partake.

"...into the screenings and not the conference panels. Space permitting, individual tickets will be sold at every screening; note..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slaves to the Underground

"...unique, self-reinforcing identity. Respect is due to Peterson for permitting this level of frankness in a movie with such..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Music Venue Summit Today at 3pm

Club owners and city officials convene on permits and public safety

"...Summit, presenting information about safety planning, loan programs, proposed permitting changes, and navigating ordinances and codes in preparation for..."

Jan. 25, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Daily Hustle: 4/5/11

Your City Council preview for Thursday

"...plus a prelude to upcoming city budget season, a permitting clean-up for farmers markets, and a delay of game..."

April 5, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...notably, in 2010 EPA disapproved revisions, known as "flexible permitting," to Texas' Clean Air Act implementation plan, though the..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...a grassroots statewide campaign to fight the state on permitting and building a dozen new coal plants. Even so,..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: A Year Later

Twelve months after Mayor Steve Adler rolled out his plan to save live music and the arts, what's happened?

"...aimed at addressing critical problems in those industries (affordability; permitting and licensing regulations; economic incentives; et al.) and stimulating..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCEQ, EPA Air Grievances

Austin could fail air-quality standards; TCEQ could fail EPA standards

"...the Sierra Club again called on TCEQ to stop permitting coal-fired power plants because they are the largest industrial..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: An Immodest Proposal

Preventing the music scene from burdening the city

"...individuals or even departments but rather the complex, time-consuming permitting process that almost always both delays a project and..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Pay-to-Play City Politics

When it comes to Austin's independent businesses, the City too often is part of the problem

"...Austin's permitting process is a nightmare – and I say that..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Pease Out

New year will mean limited park use for commercial fitness groups

"...with a cap of $1,500 per six months. The permitting program covers fitness boot camps, exercise classes, yoga, dog..."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

City Hall Hustle: Songs in the Key of Council

Players in proposed music department singing off different pages

"...have created the music department and reworked music venue permitting earlier this year. In March, just prior to South..."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Power Plant Pollution Battle Still On

TXU's Oak Grove lignite-burning facility gets state approval.

"...northeast of Austin – was up for final state permitting just this week...."

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Capitalists, Conservationists Say No to Dirty Coal

Showdown taking shape over plans to build 16 old-style coal-fired power plants, which threaten to push Austin's marginal air quality into the red

"...to address the plant proposals, possibly slowing the TCEQ permitting process, which was sent stampeding by Perry's fast-tracking executive..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Rick Perry's decision to put a rush on the permitting process of proposed coal-fired power plants, 16 of which..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature

Dumping on Del Valle

Residents wary of waste processing site

"...bureaucracy. Dukes cites the opposition's late arrival to the permitting game, not to mention a hamstrung TCEQ systematically debilitated..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

God's Steward at the TNRCC

In Barry McBee's Environment, Politics and Religion Mix

"...it impossible for them to participate in the TNRCC permitting process -- even to contest the permitting of facilities..."

Jan. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...in Clark County to better "understand best practices for permitting subgrade mobility infrastructure," a DSD spokesperson confirmed for the..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Seeks Consensus as It Eyes Affordability Crisis

A lot is not enough

"...no estimated impact yet for streamlined ADU planning and permitting; Tovo said she's interested in a preservation incentive that..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Young Restaurateurs Learn to Share in Austin's Real Estate Market

Traditional restaurateuring gets a millennial makeover

"...need a mobile vending permit rather than the astronomical permitting and building costs of a brick-and-mortar. Eric Mann of..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Playback – Now Hiring: Austin Music Office

Austin’s top governmental job in music is up for grabs

"...must adapt accordingly, and reworking the entertainment license and permitting processes for venues...."

April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Point Austin: All Grove All the Time

In Austin's housing toolbox, all we've got are hammers

"...antiquated preservation regulations, residential conversion restrictions, and unnecessarily slow permitting processes. The accumulation of these barriers has reduced the..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...Tools & Loans; Land Use Regulations; Music Genre Development; Permitting and Licensing; Professional Development; and Revenue Development...."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mobility Committee Talks TNC Regs

TNC proposals now move to full Council

"...Ann Kitchen laid out two primary plans, centered around permitting costs and accountability, that she expects to serve as..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Randall Stephens: 'I Can Handle the Job'

"...he was talking about some issues they had with permitting. I've heard a lot of people complain about issues..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

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