Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...elsewhere. After the city passed the "Little Less Corruption" ordinance in 1997, he says, imposing a $350 limit on..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TDH: 7/18/11

Tovo meters out opposition to pay parking changes

"...item to repeal, modify, or delay the meter extension ordinance.”..."

July 18, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Play It Again, MRF

There's many a slip between the dais and the big blue bin

"...RFP process because of a violation of the no-contact ordinance, and they received their punishment. ... The crime was..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Goodie Basket Development

The Grayco South Shore PUD proposal adds public benefits for height

"..."The new PUD ordinance was really a blessing," said John Donisi for developer..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Walking on Water

A roundup of Lady Bird Lake planning efforts that are all wet

"...urban design – codified in the city's Waterfront Overlay Ordinance. On Dec. 18, City Council gets a culminating briefing..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...irony at the heart of the Austin Fair Campaign Ordinance. "If a candidate has entered into one of these..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature

Council Packs More 'P' Into Every PUD

Proposed PUD ordinance changes may give council more mastery over master-planned developments

"...three council members – has formed to overhaul the ordinance...."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Billboard Battle Continues

Does keeping Austin scenic mean keeping the billboards right where they are?

"...The council was supposed to discuss a new ordinance aimed at reducing the impact and overall number of..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Waterfront Agreement Ends Deadlock

Neighbors and developer reach deal on condo project

"...a citizen outcry over variances to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, which protects open space along the Lady Bird Lake..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...billboards has suffered a setback, with a proposed city ordinance being pulled from this week's council agenda. On Friday,..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...uniquely populist experiment was an 11th-hour addition to the ordinance: giving individual neighborhoods a voice. Citizens – through their..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...has raised a new twist on the proposed panhandling ordinance, asking what impact the ordinance proposal might have on..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Shouldn't Installing Solar Panels Be a Reason for Tree Renewal?

"...Sept. 21] on the Tree and Natural Area Preservation Ordinance and some proposed changes to it. If the ordinance..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

"...Austin to refuse any exceptions to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, which governs development on Town Lake. Party Chair Chris..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories: What Would Andrés Duany Do?

The town-planning messiah fixes Austin.

"...Plater-Zyberk & Co. helped create the Traditional Neighborhood Development Ordinance, an influential model for pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use compact urban growth..."

April 13, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Department of Homestead Security

Homestead preservation district sails through council

"...new avenues for affordable housing in East Austin. The ordinance adopted by council today will take effect on the..."

Jan. 11, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Beside The Point

It may be too late for the sound and fury over the Wal-Mart at Northcross to signify anything

"...of the supercenter plans, distinct from the proposed big-box ordinance (also up today), brewed over the weekend, as neighbors..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Wal-Mart

"...foremost in everyone's minds will be the big box ordinance's appearance before the council. Tentatively turning up at noon..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Design Standards

Austin's new commercial design standards are ready for prime time

"...incidentally, will perform the same task for the McMansion ordinance). Basically, the design standards and mixed-use ordinance can be..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...by Karl Rove's PAC in 1992 against the SOS Ordinance initiative:..."

March 24, 2006 Column

It Is Guilt by Alluded to Association Not 'Name-Calling'

"...by Karl Rove's PAC in 1992 against the SOS Ordinance initiative: Daryl's criticism of the charter amendments: Many of..."

March 22, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...will vote tonight (Thursday) on an Interim Development Regulation Ordinance. It reads: "protecting the character of older neighborhoods in..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...bar owners seeking to snuff out the new smoke-free ordinance is pending – which apparently for some translates as..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature

Place 1

"...property tax exemptions; supports single-member council districts; opposes smoking ordinance. Scott Williams..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature

What It Means

"...The Ballot "An ordinance repealing Austin's current ordinance relating to smoking in public..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Neighborhoods speak out on development plans

"...one more round of hearings on the Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance to make sure everyone had input into the process,..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

Activists to push for stronger affordability language

"...The proposed Transit-Oriented Development Ordinance, which would allow higher-intensity development around stops on Capital..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• The city staff-designed Transit Oriented Development Ordinance, due to come before City Council for first reading..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Happy Ending for Historic Saga

City staff backs as existing tax exemptions preserved

"...of the yearlong overhaul of the city's historic preservation ordinance. "If I don't have the exemptions, it's going to..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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