Council Brawls on PUDs: "Everything Is Now a Backroom Deal"

Code amendments get Council hot and bothered

"...since October about Council adjusting the code to treat PUDs on zoned and unzoned land the same across the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs

It's not too soon to aim for green space

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Ora Houston's Nightmare

Night of the living acronyms

"...Planned Unit Developments: The city's Density Bonus Program for PUDs was a controversial issue for the previous City Council..."

July 31, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Watch

"Planned Unit Development" doesn't necessarily imply responsible planning.

"...If you're choking on your alphabet soup, PUDs are "Planned Unit Developments." According to city code, PUD..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Grove at Shoal Creek Inches Forward

Council to finally consider contentious zoning case

"...saw as eroding the neighborhoods' ability to protest controversial PUDs, Pool sent a tweet speculating that it might be..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront

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

"...other members advocated for setting a higher standard for PUDs, if they are allowed to trump ordinance regulations –..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: What's Wrong With the Super PUD

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

"...17. After enduring long, grisly 2006-2007 neighborhood-developer battles over PUDs – the East Avenue/Concordia PUD, the Fairfield/Hyatt PUD, the..."

June 6, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

"Some Dates Will Change"

ZAP Chair Jolene Kiolbassa predicts "a crazy sprint to the finish"

"...gave a presentation on planned unit developments. Duncan declared PUDs "broken" under the current code, and chided its language..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...battles have brought into high relief the flaws with PUDs. While PUDs are intended as a tool to create..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...That is, the city approved major PUDs to redevelop Riverside in 2007 and 2009, and then..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Taco PUD

Zilker neighbors have beef with condo tower

"...matter of debate in Austin for some time. While PUDs were originally intended to unify the zoning of larger..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Top 10 City Council Stories

The best from this year's dais

"...3) Attack of the PUDs No, not "people-eating underground dwellers," but "planned unit developments"..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Amnesty Now!

Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty

"...last time it came up (see "Council Brawls on PUDs: 'Everything Is Now a Backroom Deal'," Feb. 5; "Point..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Common Ground?

It's always darkest before the dawn

"...over planned unit devel­op­ment rules (see "Council Brawls on PUDs"), CM Leslie Pool tweeted, "So maybe this is the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Supermajority Rules

Planning Commission sends PUD tweak to Council sans blessing

"...the forefront over and over again. Under the proposal, PUDs on unzoned land that do not secure approval from..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

'An Independent Person'

A Conversation With Randi Shade

"...the council from the Austin Neighborhoods Council world – PUDs, planned unit developments will need a supermajority; that will..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

The PUD-a-WOO Solution

How to fix PUDS in the waterfront overlay

"...fact that most Waterfront Overlay Task Force members oppose PUDs within the WOO indicates that last year’s revisions weren’t..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories

The Concordia redevelopment highlights the need for the city to do more than plan from the dais

"...week's Feb. 15 City Council meeting (see "Pulling Our PUDs," at right)...."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Mayfield Fights Back

Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills

"...line communities developed in the 1970s as planned-unit developments (PUDs). Even though they're not conventional detached housing, the density..."

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

Public Notice: Deadline Crunch

CodeNEW set to drop in three weeks

"...• "unique zoning districts" (NCCDs, TODs, PUDs, etc.) will be left under the existing code, except..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...13: Use Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) to provide a range of affordability...."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeMESS

CodeNEXT's final draft set for release on Monday

"...a handful of code consultants in attendance. Topics included PUDs, density bonus programs, localized flooding, and accessory dwelling units...."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Gets Affordable

Learn what, how, and where affordability incentives will apply

"...areas zoned under the legacy code, regulating plans, and PUDs. Those will remain under their current policies and existing..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Land Use Lexicon

"...PUDs: A planned unit development is a complex development planned..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT: Learn to Love It

Trying to make sense of a deeply flawed first draft

"...• Do we want to unravel the PUDs, NCCDs, TODs, and other negotiated small-area plans?..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Council: Our House, in the Middle of the Corridor

Council considers strategic housing … again

"..."PUDs are one strategy that affects one piece of the..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Changing of the Guard

The mayor and the next City Council will have plenty to do

"...got caught in the whiplash over the two big PUDs – the Grove and Austin Oaks – and in..."

Dec. 23, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Election Run-Off Results: Alter to City Council

Alter, Nitsch, and Hassan emerge victorious in Tuesday's run-off

"...on the Grove at Shoal Creek and Austin Oaks PUDs, which ultimately proved fatal to her chances at retaining..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Council: Feelin’ Grove-y

All PUDs all the time at City Hall

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Incompatible Binaries

TNC debate still sucking all the available oxygen

"...nearly everything else (especially hours of public testimony on PUDs and STR’s) was pushed into the late evening. (The..."

Feb. 2, 2016 News Post by Michael King

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