Planning and Development: A Small Bump

Building fee hikes will pay for new hires

"...The Planning and Development Review Department is undergoing a bit of..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...Adler's still-evolving plan to add staff to his office, and Council's growing conviction that things are seriously awry in..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...to affordable housing, ground transportation chauffeurs, excessive water bills, and zoning to allow for a Boys and Girls Club..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Developing Stories: Counting Cars and Fears

Officials say their hands are tied at Northcross – but is that true?

"...in Austin? Will our elected representatives – the mayor and City Council members – stand up for their convictions..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Visits Sin City and Musk’s Boring Co.

Will what the Development Services Department learned in Vegas stay in Vegas?

"...Ten employees with the city's Development Services Department flew out to Las Vegas earlier this..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Planning Commission Leaders Step Down to Chart Housing Waters

Conor Kenny and Fayez Kazi look to bring more affordable housing to Austin

"...The top two leaders of the city's Planning Commission – Chair Conor Kenny and Vice Chair Fayez..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Urban Renewal, Sustainable Development, and ... Fluoride?

Preview Pt. One of a crowded Council agenda

"...Urban Renewal Board, the Austin Resource Recovery master plan, and more. Check out part one of our agenda preview..."

Dec. 12, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...long last, construction began in March on improvements: new and repaired sidewalks, street trees and landscaping, new lighting, better..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Meeting Highlights Opposition to Riverside Development

Audience decries the "sham" public hearing and many aspects of the plan

"...city staff hosted a “community meeting” concerning the major redevelopment proposed for Riverside Drive/South Pleasant Valley Road. The event,..."

March 29, 2019 News Post by Michael King

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...All Gregory George wanted was some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning efforts. Without the pressures of fast-paced development activity created..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

'Service Reductions' and 'Unmet Needs'

What the numbers show

"...Each General Fund department was asked to propose potential cuts to departmental budgets..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature

Public Notice: Planning for Better Plans

What's been going on at the local Planning and Zoning Department?

"...City Auditor on Monday issued an Audit of Neighborhood Planning – all in all, a pretty scathing review of..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Planning Is Doing

Eastside wins, Council struggles

"...the talk this week about property tax exemptions, the planning agendas are where the action is...."

June 12, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Neighborly Planning

The city, businesses, and residents all seem pleased with the results of the East Martin Luther King Neighborhood Planning Workshop.

"...About 100 Eastside residents, business owners, and neighborhood leaders gathered in the "cafetorium" of Norman Elementary..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

APD Has Been Quietly Planning for the City to Run Its Own Bail Hearings for Arrestees

Why? They say for efficiency’s sake

"...While city and county elected officials have been looking for ways early..."

Sept. 28, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Riverside Development in Crosshairs of Activist Troupe

Defend our old domainz

"...new targets: real estate firm JLL, developers Presidium Group, and private investor Nimes Capital, the stakeholders behind the proposed..."

Sept. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...In the ongoing debate about Austin's Land Development Code rewrite, there's usually a point when someone..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Eyes Neighborhood Plan Changes -- Again, and Again, and Again

"...Some things about neighborhood planning never change -- even when you want to change..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash

There could be a higher utility bill in your future

"...resource-based geopolitical woes than that old 5 o'clock news standby, "Pain at the Pump"? Maybe John McCain's dim mantra,..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...things do. On the weekend of June 20, reports and rumors flew. Two beloved clubs on Red River Street..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...staff released a revised version of the LDC text and zoning map last Friday, Jan. 31, incorporating changes that..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Evicted and Helpless

Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center

"...parenthood alone. When her son Jason developed behavioral disorders and uncontrollable seizures as a result of oxygen deprivation during..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...Acres are pretty sure about two things: "Shit floats" and "Water flows toward money."..."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...That disappointment was followed by a financial scandal – sort of – when the Austin American-Statesman, employing..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

When Good Things Happen to Bad Bills – and Vice Versa

Bad bills fly, while good bills die

"...to pay for transportation costs or make the Texas Department of Transportation truly accountable, Senate Transportation & Homeland Security..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by the News Staff

News Roundup: PDRD Splits; Bill Filing Ends

Council carries on

"...In this week's News Roundup, the Planning and Development Review Department splits in two, Council gets..."

March 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...front of the house belonging to artists Philippe Klinefelter and Sunyong Chung; it's not until you walk up the..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...only the second ever director of Austin's Code Compliance Department. The former director of Code Compliance for the city..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...the right balance of suburban roads, urban bike routes, and the redevelopment of major transit corridors, that could pass..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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