The Proposed University Neighborhood Overlay

"...The proposed University Neighborhood Overlay divides West Campus into four subdistricts, each with slightly..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature

Austin @ Large: The University Neighborhood Overlay

"...The proposed University Neighborhood Overlay divides West Campus into four subdistricts, each with slightly..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column

Town Lake Setback Variances Non-Starters for Martinez, Leffingwell

CMs already against variance request coming before boards and commissions starting tonight.

"...his reluctance to "begin dismantling the Town Lake Waterfront Overlay piece by piece." We also just received an email..."

Aug. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Born in China

The Disneyfication of nature continues

"...pattern of male primate behavior. This kind of emotional overlay is a dangerous counterbalance to the film’s stunning documentary..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The PUD-a-WOO Solution

How to fix PUDS in the waterfront overlay

"...rezonings could trump the protections of the revised waterfront overlay ordinance - which comes back for city council action..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Battle Lines on Town Lake

"...just 80 feet from the shoreline; the city’s Waterfront Overlay District ordinance requires a 200-foot setback on the sites...."

Jan. 30, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

Council divided on Gotham condo project; Jesus Garza gets a big raise; East Austin residents voice concerns about the future of the brown building and flood control.

"...Davis packing, and start work on a new waterfront overlay ordinance that would succeed where our current one failed..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

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

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

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

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...South Shore Central area (a subdistrict of the Waterfront Overlay District, within which the shoreline of Town Lake and..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...Storm waters continue to swirl around the redrafted Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, set for a possibly lively public hearing and..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront

Revised waterfront ordinance returns to City Council today (Thursday, May 21)

"...for Lady Bird Lake shoreline provided by the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance?..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Protecting the Waterfront (Part 1)

New Waterfront Overlay draft ordinance advances the public good and pleases no one

"...– Waterfront Overlay Task Force recommendations, minority report..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

East Austin residents have a say in neighborhood planning; local advocates ask for more money in city budget to fund their special interest; Bill Spelman issues some strong words against the Statesman's criticism of council on the LCRA water deal.

"...the initiation of possible amendments to the East Austin Overlay -- were dispatched with relative ease. First among discussion..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

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

"...on major roads ("core transit corridors") within the VMU Overlay District. Most innovative for Austin, VMU projects must reserve..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Close to Outrage

A letter sent to city leadership by Sarah Campbell, who recently retired from a 20-year career with the city's Parks & Recreation Department, where she was a senior planner.

"...review and vote on variance requests within the Waterfront Overlay ordinance, which establishes protective development regulations for the land..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

City Council Members continue to debate the fate of the proposed Congress Ave. Gotham condominiums, with debate now centering on height restrictions and the city's Waterfront Overlay ordinance.

"...of the Second Amendment. Counting some of the Waterfront Overlay's framers (and a passel of agitated South Austinites, who..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Death by a Thousand Waivers: Variances granted here

Many projects on the waterfront are asking for exceptions to the rules

"...variances to the restrictions defined in the city's Waterfront Overlay Ordinance can get approvals at the Planning Commission level..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Changing the Landscape

Beyond East Austin

"...and uses that would now be covered by the overlay, and most would be delighted to force a public..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Heavy Mettle

Fact of Life

"...Do Something About the Rust Belt. The East Austin overlay ordinance, approved in July 1997, requires LI, CS (commercial),..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Waterfront Agreement Ends Deadlock

Neighbors and developer reach deal on condo project

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

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: The Mistake on the Lake

The 'Save Town Lake' lawsuit turns up a legal mystery at City Hall

"...Bird Lake, as contained in the original 1986 Waterfront Overlay Ordinance. A Travis Co. dis­trict judge has upheld the..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Saving Lady Bird Lake

City's Parks and Rec Board votes to uphold protections against high-rise development too close to lake's shores

"...Suttle – has been seeking variances to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, to build three, 200-foot condo towers 150 feet..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Recap: New 4 U In 2022, It’s VMU2

City Hall dives into reworking its housing bonus programs

"...view as a glaring flaw in the existing VMU overlay, created in 2007. The idea behind that code amendment,..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...incorporating a live music or entertainment component without an overlay of some type that makes it a requirement won't..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Hotel Project Sparks Downtown Skirmish

A proposed hotel complex at Eighth and Congress has had a particularly dramatic saga en route to Council

"...building." Indeed, the BoA Tower inspired the Congress Avenue Overlay, a development plan approved unanimously by City Council in..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

To Opt, or Not?

How one neighborhood-planning team carefully weighed VMU's power to change its surroundings

"...association first removed all residential properties within the VMU Overlay (green on map), as VMU applies only to commercial..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

A developer offers to extend the Town Lake trail in exchange for a variance to build closer to Town Lake. Is it worth it?

"...feet. The request to be exempted from the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance goes first to the city's Parks and Recreation..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...approval of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Plan and zoning overlay last Tuesday? The PC voted on May 22 to..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...of the Town Lake Corridor Study and subsequent Waterfront Overlay District ordinance adopted by the city in 1986...."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Work in Progress

Where's Solomon When We Need Him?

"...broadened the conditional zoning requirements of the East Austin Overlay to include an array of commercial, retail, and light..."

May 28, 1999 News Column

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