Downtown's Promise

"...Austin last week as R/UDAT team leader to ponder downtown revitalization...."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Downtown Austin Plan: Why Do It?

At least three council members question cost

"...a time of economic gloom and city budget-slashing, the Downtown Austin Plan was almost a casualty last week. When..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Dreaming Downtown

The conversation resumes on how to remake the second street district

"...get to weigh in on what we want the Downtown waterfront to become for the long haul, and whether..."

March 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Then There's This: A Pioneer Among Women Architects

Celebrated designer Natalie de Blois helped plan Austin's future

"...rides, swam in Barton Springs, and ... drafted the Downtown zoning ordinance...."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Developing Stories: 'L' Is for 'Lake' – and Legal and Ludicrous

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

"...City Council: On this tract, the city's Waterfront Overlay Ordinance requires a 200-foot building setback. But just as troubling..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Zone Defense

City clears the way for Gables Residential and Hotel ZaZa

"...On March 7, City Council approved an ordinance that clears the way for a new boutique hotel..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the program had hardly been updated since. The original ordinance did not readily accommodate local historic district overlay zoning,..."

April 23, 2004 Column

Exiled From Main Street

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

"...Now in 2013, new development is everywhere you look Downtown. But what, exactly is being built? The answer is..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

The proposed PUD amendments won't fix the problems without a plan

"...a well-intentioned, long-belabored, but incomplete new planned unit development zoning ordinance heading to City Council June 17. After enduring..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...active or more vocal about the future of Austin's downtown than Mayor Kirk Watson. But after 16 months of..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five minutes of silence...."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

City Council: Park It Here

Land use, parking, and Ron Oliveira: what else is there?

"...sparks, as it concerns the city’s Project Duration/Project Dormancy ordinance; the Attorney General recently opined that the ordinance --..."

March 18, 2013 News Post by Michael King

A Budding Hamlet

Georgetown Village: Smart Growth Without Trying

"...city of Austin passed its Traditional Neighborhood District (TND) zoning ordinance, we commemorated the occasion in "Corner to Corner"..."

July 31, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Doin' the Turnaround

Eric Mitchell's CURE for Downtown

"...and widely supported plan to stimulate investment in the downtown area by offering a package of fee waivers and..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Column

Naked City

Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance rolls closer to passage

"...The Austin City Council gave the proposed Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance a first nod on Thursday night, with the caveat..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...case, Stratus has the upper hand. Despite the SOS ordinance -- passed to limit growth over the Edwards Aquifer..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Density Bonus

Key issues

"...still patching onto the 1979 Austin Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan (www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning/com_plan.htm). At this juncture, Austin needs council direction on our..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rainey Street, Ready to Go

Neighbors weigh in on compromise plan to transform Downtown neighborhood

"...the Rainey neighborhood – in the southeast corner of Downtown – can't get out of their houses fast enough...."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Oh No, It's Mr. Bill!

Do Bill Bunch's Tactics Hurt the Springs He Loves?

"...political force that passed one of the nation's strongest zoning laws, the voter-initiated Save Our Springs water-quality ordinance (S.O.S.)...."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Sunset Valley – that an amendment to the SOS Ordinance allowing Lowe's to exceed impervious cover limits required six..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Urban on the Rocks

It's the Sprawl, Y'all

"...those two-out-of-three voters who in 1992 approved the S.O.S. ordinance -- really thought very little about water quality or..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: The Tree in the Way

Commission decision could lead to changes in tree ordinance

"...who follows local politics, but the city's Heritage Tree Ordinance, which took years to craft and won unanimous City..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

Plans for rail station area development would be governed by new rules

"...be scattered along the line stretching from Leander to Downtown. The mechanism to make those benefits happen will be..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Density Bonus Program 'Interim' No More

Council takes wait-and-see approach

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

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...to do with money – is revamping our subdivision ordinance and our zoning ordinance and so forth. We're going..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Council last week postponed its marquee item – the rezoning of Rainey Street – after the emergence of so-far-irreconcilable..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Charting the TODs

Some visual samples of the neighborhood plans for Transit Oriented Development

"...The proposed TOD Ordinance lays out four different kinds of TOD districts (examples..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature

City Council: No Tubes for You!

Tubing, 24-hour bike trails, and zoning on this week's agenda

"...Worst Texas Drought Ever – next to the apocalypse, zoning disputes have a way of shrinking in significance. (For..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...last week's Hustle anticipated) the long-awaited and much delayed Downtown Austin Plan. After several hours of discussion, council tweaked..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 10/12/10

City council's gypsy agenda

"...their employee pension system, the return of The Domain's zoning requests, and lots more. Oh, did we mention all..."

Oct. 12, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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