Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...construction was questionable at best in regard to building code compliance. "Concern for the children" was supposed to have..."

July 28, 2000 Column

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...deteriorated beyond repair, dilapidated enough to be out of code compliance, or vacant.)..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Ecology Action: Recycled by Zoning?

Neighboring 'cop shop' garage dissatisfied with EA's upkeep

"...The center says the strict new interpretation of zoning codes on the books since 1991 is not only expensive..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Don't Ash, Don't Tell

The city’s smoking ordinance is rather lax in bars and restaurants, but hardly anyone’s complaining

"...1998, when he was cited for three counts of noncompliance. The first charge stemmed from failing to post a..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

City in Court Against SoCo Cafe

City files charges against South Congress Cafe owners for unpermitted construction of fence, deck, and outdoor bar

"...wondering aloud if Truesdell was setting a standard for compliance with city zoning laws that would persist if Kim..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...the number of those properties in any particular ZIP code...."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...threat of impending health inspections under a changing health code, and you have restaurant chefs and managers stressed to..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Battle of the Bathroom Bigots

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

"...with sexual predators, a dangerous myth), the Texas Penal Code already stringently prohibits such action (i.e., under indecent exposure..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Making Hay Out of Y2K

Preparedness 101

"...able to pass a series of predefined Terms of Compliance. In this case, compliance means that: calculations using dates..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?

Short-term rentals remain contentious

"...pay their taxes. Since beginning its enforcement efforts, the Code Department has begun investigations into 1,089 housing units, and..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Natalia Ciolko

Can TABC Really Lift a Restaurant’s License Over COVID Rules? It’s Complicated.

The experts weigh in on the challenges for both sides

"...show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. TABC may require compliance with this law as a condition of holding a..."

Aug. 18, 2021 News Post by Jessi Cape

Down but Not Out: Ararat moving to new location

What happened to North Loop's rough-around-the-edges, perpetually crowded, BYOB purveyors of Mideast eats?

"...deteriorating money-pit building that couldn't affordably be brought into compliance with several violated city codes, staggering debt in excess..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...as that other famed bit of the city legal code...."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Disputing the "Deputy' in Deputy Ruiz

Can a deputy still be a deputy without swearing to oaths required by law? One lawyer doesn't think so.

"...they've renewed the anti-bribery oath. "Under [the Texas Penal Code], an intentional first-degree murder is elevated to a capital..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Daily Hustle: 9/20/10

Unpacking items from council

"...municipal buildings that includes elements approved via Alternative Equivalent Compliance under Section 1.5 of City Code Chapter 25-2, Subchapter..."

Sept. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: SXSW Is for Lovers

Looking for clarity in the hate-intoxicated haze

"...sure that the venues officially used are up to code, meet safety standards, and have gotten all the right..."

March 30, 2007 Column by Louis Black

There Goes the Neighborhood

Council digs into short-term rentals this week

"...and monitoring of Type 2 STRs grows, the Austin Code Department has asked for changes to help make enforcement..."

Aug. 11, 2015 News Post by Natalia Ciolko

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...Hopkins universities snagged a copy of a Diebold source code that was inadvertently posted on the Internet and examined..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Council: I Get Around

On Birds, byways, and bridges

"...The companies have until next week to get into compliance. Scooters operating in the city must now be permitted,..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council Preview: Short Termers

City Council resumes regular business today, on a short-term fuse

"...over-booked, or otherwise flouting existing regulations and frustrating the Code Department). The Committee held another meeting Tuesday night, but..."

Sept. 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...legislation that TAPEIT has spent a decade advocating: one code for all the laws governing evidence destruction. Currently, those..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

RG4N Vows to Fight On

The movement to stop the Northcross Wal-Mart rallies the neighborhood troops

"...everything they're doing on that site is fully in compliance with their site plan. We can't let them have..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Public Notice: LDC Developments

Suit set; ZAP zinger; ashes for ASH?

"...Austin wakes to the new year, the Land Development Code rewrite process moves on in all its spastic glory:..."

Jan. 10, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...implemented arrest review in Travis County violates the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure – specifically, articles 14.06 and 15.17,..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

A World of Their Own

Growing Population

"...of school districts around the nation to gauge districts' compliance with IDEA. Austin was a chosen district...."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Spike Gillespie

A Watershed Year?

"...support for his efforts to bring the project into compliance with S.O.S. "I'd like to have no development there,..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice: Start Your Engines

Council gearing up for land use discussions?

"...particular on land use and the stalled-out land development code rewrite. (R.I.P. CodeNEXT.) Indeed, at the recent Austin FC/Major..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

An attorney for Lacresha Murray and her grandparents and siblings filed suit in federal court claiming a litany of civil and constitutional violations stemming from Murray's 1996 arrest and subsequent three-year incarceration.

"...statement was obtained. At the time, the Texas Family Code provided that juveniles be taken to a magistrate before..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Thinkery Under Pressure to Improve Sanitation, Safety Measures

After employees protested, CEO says they’re making changes

"...staff member claimed that the organization doesn’t train on Code Adam, a program for when a child goes missing,..."

March 7, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

Residents' Advocacy Project: A Voice for Tenants

"...they've been reported. The study discovered that while the Code Department set a 90-day deadline for repeat offenders to..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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