Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...from it, reflects Austin's goals for safety, connectivity, and compatibility with the Project Connect transit plan. It also continues..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...updates from city staff on last year's Amplified Sound Compatibility Recommendations. Crosstalk..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Advocates Say Convention Center Expansion Key to Unlocking City Funds

Can the commercial music industry finally get a cut of the HOT action? Also: City protects venue employees from receiving sound citations and Austin rapper Hella Sketchy dies of overdose.

"...based on stakeholder feedback. According to the Amplified Sound Compatibility Engagement survey, respondents favored passing enforcement duties to the..."

July 5, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

So, What Did the Council Actually Say About Rewriting the Land Code?

City Hall releases "policy guidance" memo for the land code revision

"...housing types (larger than duplexes, smaller than apartment complexes), "compatibility standards" (height and setback limits on new development near..."

May 9, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Is a New Austin Land Development Code Done Yet?

Council: Stick a pin in that!

"...like overall housing capacity, parking requirements, "missing middle" housing, compatibility standards, and small area planning. It's largely so staff..."

May 3, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Mapping the Transition Zones

Ever so slowly, City Hall learns to govern without consensus

"...code that increases density, relaxes parking rules, and adjusts compatibility standards and housing types (i.e., "missing middle") to create..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: What Happens Next?

Public process will be key to whether code rewrite succeeds

"...we even start discussing policy issues such as density, compatibility, transitions, etc. You have to decide what language you're..."

May 3, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation

"Everybody is really saying the same thing"

"...("including tiny homes on wheels") would be encouraged broadly. Compatibility standards and parking requirements would be waived for parcels..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Two Steps Forward ...

A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was "unworkable." What's changed?

"...no matter what one might think about density, parking, compatibility, or other policy questions. A code that Planning Commission..."

April 19, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council: Getting It All Planned Out

Inching toward Imagine Austin

"...on key flash points like parking, housing density, and "compatibility" standards. As the long march toward a new code..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Moving the Discussion

It’s all about land use, even when it’s about transportation

"...almost entirely about the same topics – parking, density, compatibility, etc. – that have surrounded the land use debate...."

March 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Next CodeNEXT Put Off for Another Day, Again

City manager Spencer Cronk to wait for more input before making tough choices

"...direction on key areas of dispute such as parking, compatibility, and height, and return with a memo later this..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Headlines

"...more clarity on eternally vexed questions – parking, density, compatibility, etc. – before he returns with a revised process...."

March 8, 2019 News Feature

Public Notice: CodeCRONK and the Corridors

How to fix land use and transportation

"...City Hall and among the public – parking and compatibility requirements, for two – and on the scope of..."

March 8, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Good Change Is Good

Greg Casar’s affordable housing resolution

"...commercial zoning, the city would completely waive parking requirements, compatibility standards, maximum floor-to-area ratios, and residential design standards, increase..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Faster Than Sound: I’m Just Not Into Labels

CD Baby brings DIY Musician Conference to Austin, Sidewinder won't be ready for SXSW, and PledgeMusic withholds Fastball campaign funds

"...at Downtown event space LZR. The third "Amplified Sound Compatibility Meeting" continues efforts to collect "proposed solutions from stakeholders,"..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Agent of Change Returns

New hope and typical bureaucracy precede Council vote on sound dispute resolution

"...music policy when it comes to dealing with the compatibility of music venues and new residential developments, it demands..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

For "Active" Seniors Only

Affordable housing without transit? Council faces challenge.

"...poised to take up items concerning Colony Park, improving compatibility between residential and live music uses, and the Camelback..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Mayor Calls for End to CodeNEXT

"Divisive and poisoned" zoning rewrite now in real jeopardy

"...so that we could advance discussions on transitions and compatibility. We recognized we needed more testing on the impact..."

Aug. 1, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: New Math

Can CodeNEXT get to eight votes?

"...its wake. On Tuesday they just about worked through compatibility issues, though tabling one core decision with the promise..."

May 25, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Let’s Hope ...

Soccer planning goes better than plan planning

"...4pm – Joint PC/ZAP Meeting. Agenda: Q/A session on Compatibility. 5:45 Adjournment 6pm – PC Meeting (Council Chambers). Agenda:..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Deadline? Whose Deadline?

CodeNEXT: "We've got to figure this out"

"...begin at 4pm, and include a joint meeting on compatibility, followed by six concurrent breakout sessions covering the major..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...more or less density, or affordable housing incentives, or compatibility standards. But they've done little to explain where those..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...sounds like they have taken into consideration issues about compatibility and McMansions, and smoothing things out across the city,..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Tracking CodeNEXT ... Or Not?

Commissioners express concern over data collection of land use rewrite

"...effectiveness of developer incentives. Duncan gave two presentations on compatibility and affordability, and chastised the city's existing density bonus..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem

Let's not make the same one here

"...among other things, would disable occupancy limits and perhaps compatibility standards at one stroke throughout the central city (while..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Not According to Code

Parks, plumbing, and miscellaneous

"...CodeNEXT, that one focusing on “McMansion” issues and general compatibility standards. Those discussions continue this week, with Council using..."

June 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Playback: “Hastily Prepared” Ordinances Head to City Council

Revised drafts of Agent of Change and OMV permitting head to Council, but again, live music interests raise alarms

"...Meanwhile, Agent of Change – a proposal to improve compatibility between venues and developments – now includes hotels, but..."

June 9, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Tool of Racism?

CodeNEXT fears aired; hopes expressed

"...• Compatibility has been integrated into the base zoning requirements, via..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...public, who tend to reflexively view small-area plans and compatibility rules as NIMBY tools, and have repeatedly pressed for..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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