Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...Though prominent Austin architects agreed that compatibility with local styles is an important standard in downtown..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Homeowners Sue to Block Code Changes Meant to Increase Affordability

The same group won a suit in 2020 over land use reforms

"...Vertical Mixed Use density bonus program, modest reforms to compatibility regulations, and changes that will allow residential development in..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Affordable Housing and How to Get More Keeps Council Busy

What happened last week and what's on this week's Council agenda

"...if you deregulate VMU. If you get rid of compatibility, if you give by-­right entitlements, we lose the public..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Council Has Much Business to Attend to Before Its Break

A 125-item agenda stands between Council and a summer break

"...next item (66) is the Adler/Alter plan to tweak compatibility standards that Austin Sanders details here; it and its..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use

"...broader and less defined initiative (Item 66) to reduce compatibility limits and parking requirements for all properties along the..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets

Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors

"...parking requirements for VMU buildings, and to eliminate all compatibility requirements that come into play when a project is..."

May 20, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Contemplates Consensus Changes to the Code

As the Land Development Code languishes in court, City Council looks for other ways change what can be built where

"...less of Austin's median family income, and preserves existing compatibility standards for height, setbacks, parking, etc. In 2018, the..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Ammonite

History takes second place in this paleontology biopic as passions are unearthed

"...is one of her weaker ones, and her sexual compatibility with Winslet seems a bit in over her head,..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...down in flames, amid squabbles over parking requirements and compatibility standards but also amid the conflict at the heart..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey

An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief

"...wordsmithed a "strategic direction" document that answered questions about compatibility, parking, heights, transitions, and other planning hot buttons. These..."

July 12, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council’s Last Licks

Closing up shop before summer break

"...special called meeting Wed­nes­day on CodeNEXT (see "CodeNEXT and Compatibility," June 29). That means 130 Items on the agenda,..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Here Comes the Spin

CodeNEXT draft three winners & losers?

"...construction in the urban core, and less parking and compatibility restrictions)...."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Devil’s in the Details

And of course, no one wants to wrestle with the devil

"...the AIA report notes that its members don't like compatibility standards on principle, and that they "strongly believe that..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Learn to Love It

Trying to make sense of a deeply flawed first draft

"...are increased unit counts in every zone; parking requirements, compatibility, McMansion rules, lots of other things ... There is..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

A Level Playing Field

Due to a city loophole, a charter school can build a campus in less than half the time AISD can

"...Saldaña said, "They don't have to comply with the compatibility standards, or even to the development standards."..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Civics 101

"...CODENEXT/CODETALK: COMPATIBILITY Explore what's working and not working with compatibility in..."

June 13, 2014 News Column

Pacific Rim

When monsters and robots engage in epic battle, puny humans huddle in movie theatres to pay respect.

"...I said, the answer may depend on your drift compatibility...."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

December's House of Songs

A partnership between Texas and Danish songwriters yields great music

"...Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Before Spot Festival in Denmark last..."

Dec. 8, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

City Hall Hustle: In the Shadow of Sanders ...

Council facing less dramatic agenda this week

"...calling for an expedited public input process in developing compatibility standards and density bonuses with respect to implementing the..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Look, the Feel of East Riverside

City planners to establish design-based code for East Riverside redevelopment

"...and streetscapes. New zoning along the corridor will ensure compatibility of neighboring structures, said city planner Erica Leak. A..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Where Are the Facts?

"...facts to support Ms. Gregor's statement that retaining single-family compatibility standards "could have gutted the density necessary for the..."

March 12, 2010 Postmarks

Developing Stories: East Riverside: The Road Ahead

Let's capture the value – and federal funds

"...recommendation from the Planning Commission to apply the usual compatibility standards (which limit height near houses) in the master..."

March 5, 2010 News Column by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Riding the Riverside Rail

Which comes first, the train or the passengers?

"...banded together unanimously ... to reaffirm the importance of compatibility standards, the setback requirements, building heights and the like..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height

TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point

"...opposed the application, said the issue is about land-use compatibility. She added, "The contention is that this is a..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The B&C List

"...Floor, Room 1101 Commercial design standards, staff errors, rezoning petitions, compatibility/height variances Austin Airport Advisory Commission..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

A Four Letter Word

This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.

"...A nightly clubgoer and philanderer, Luke’s standards for sexual compatibility are as such: 1) If a man you meet..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Bloodcurdling Day in the Neighborhood: Candidates woo ANC

Candidates to ANC: Howdy, neighbor!

"...drilled for his answer on an ANC questionnaire that compatibility standards might be relaxed for affordable housing. Cravey told..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

A Bloodcurdling Day in the Neighborhood: ANC Council Candidates Forum

Tense ANC candidates forum on Wedensday.

"...drilled for his answer on an ANC questionnaire that compatibility standards might be relaxed for affordable housing. Cravey told..."

March 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...trying. So he didn't. Naked City• The Residential Design Compatibility Commission heard its first two cases last week. The..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature

Secretary

"...to discover each other's dark secrets and a tacit compatibility that sparks almost as much fear as release. Each,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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