Council to Commit to Supporting Renters’ Rights

Tenant assistance, right to organize on the Oct. 13 agenda

"...as establishing a set time window for renters to "cure" lease violations before landlords are allowed to begin eviction..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...Thu., Oct. 3) looks onerous but is contract- and zoning-heavy. There might be fuss over Visit Austin's budget proposal..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...2013, May: East Riverside Regulating Plan..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Another Quiet Dais?

Agenda features the CURE and a list of proposed audits

"...hunk of time discussing Ora Houston's proposal to end CURE zoning east of I-35 (with small exceptions), a category..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

"...annual personnel review (mostly in executive session), and trim CURE zoning east of I-35. See "Council: Another Quiet Dais?"..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature

With All Deliberate Speed

Short-handed Council on homelessness, management, and carbon

"...Pro Tem. The short dais apparently only affected one zoning case – when a 5-4 approval, requiring six votes,..."

Aug. 14, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: In With the New

A fresh-faced City Council gets ready for 2015

"...plague that Adler and others say they intend to cure. He says his first order of business will be..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Then There's This: Decoding the Code

Next step: untangling 30 years of regulatory layers

"...stimulate density inside the core – with acronyms like CURE, SMART, and TOD. We added some restraints in 2006..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More

Council takes wait-and-see approach

"...for developers – is no more. Central Urban Redevelopment (CURE) district rezoning – the prevailing developer workaround – is..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...particular benefit in exchange for the approval of a zoning variance could be interpreted as illegal "contract zoning." Spelman,..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

The Latest in Density Bonuses: New Teeth

"...return for the increased height and density granted through zoning variances. In May, Coun­cil issued a rush order to..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Council: Passes Corridor Plan, Kills CURE

Council paves the way for a new urban makeover of the strip east of I-35

"...assured, though, that the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan secured final approval (despite incorrect reporting on this end that..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

City Council: Austin Energy (Again) and the President's Visit

With Barack Obama coming to Austin, the Council agenda is slim

"...to work around those goals and requirements by seeking zoning changes under the Central Urban Redevelopment Combined District, better..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Zone Defense

City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa

"...of Fourth & Guadalupe Streets. In return for a zoning change that will let the project developers – Hotel..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Then There's This: One Step Forward ...

Updates on Barton Springs, Gables Hotel, and amphitheatres

"...The rezoning of the proposed Gables Residential/Hotel ZaZa project at Fourth..."

March 15, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

City Council: NI deal approved

Incentives package, Hotel ZaZa, and looking into ridesharing . . .

"...In other business, the zoning change at 4th & Guadalupe for the Gables Residential/Hotel..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Budget Games

As the economy improves, Council looks toward next year's budget

"...imposing the PUD [planned unit development] requirements and the CURE [zoning] requirements, and all of that, we could have..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Council Preview: A Bar on Burnet?!?

Neighbors aren't pleased with Little Woodrow's plan to move in

"...preliminary agenda (finalized Jan. 11) is taken up with zoning matters – quite a few carried over from last..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: A Movable Feast

City data, apps, and more turkey talk

"...the dispute over whether to preserve Central Urban Redevelopment zoning allowing additional density Downtown or to scrap CURE, leaving..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...In short, the ongoing debate over the future of CURE (Central Urban Redevelopment) zoning, and whether to eliminate it..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Downtown CUREs

Epic Downtown plan continues, and the devil's always in the zoning details

"...Tem Betty Dunker­ley, pushed a funding mechanism and helped procure county and nonprofit buy-in for the Waller Creek tunnel,..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TDH: 8/31/11

No CURE for disagreement over Downtown zoning?

"...to October 6. The biggest concern lies in the CURE/Density Bonus dichotomy, which city staff shed a little light..."

Aug. 31, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 9/21/10

What's on the council agenda?

"...for mobile food vendors, funding for development studies, controversial zoning cases and more...."

Sept. 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Three Steps Forward, One Step Back

Various projects slated for I-35, Airport Boulevard, and Congress Avenue

"...of design, urban planning, and land development. Seeking a Cure..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: CURE-ing the Density Bonus Gridlock

Planning Commission wants more time to sort out public benefits

"...getting density right: resolving the Central Urban Redevelopment, or CURE, conundrum. Downtown developments seeking additional density have options: zoning..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Eco Hotel vs. Historic Preservation

A new hotel poses challenge to Warehouse District

"...surface parking in the interim. Starwood Capital Group has requested up-zoning to central business district-central urban redevelopment district for a..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

What Part of 'No' Don't You Understand?

12th Street corridor residents oppose convalescent center

"...– sometimes together, more often at odds – to cure what ails the once-vibrant East 12th Street corridor. Last..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

How About Letting Voters Think for Themselves?

"...Gregor: If the city had simply blanketed Mueller with CBD-CURE zoning and sold it to the highest bidder, they..."

Oct. 27, 2008 Postmarks

City Hall Hustle: Ocean's Seven

When the joint is hoppin', the cool cats and kitties come knockin'

"...got in on the yuks, offering his abuela's home cure to suck out the bad juju with a funneled..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...forum this week to "receive input regarding a proposed cure for the problems which continue to plague the ......"

June 27, 2008 News Feature

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