Heritage Tree Ordinance Takes Root

Tree lovers stand their ground – and win

"...It's now a little harder to cut down a tree in Austin. In a unanimous vote last week, the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Tweaking the Tree Ordinance

"...Major provisions of Austin's Tree and Natural Preservation Ordinance include:..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature

Greg Abbott, Tree Killer

That attack on the Heritage Tree ordinance? A personal vendetta.

"...Abbott's proposal to block local governments from regulating the protection of trees on private land apparently derives from his..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

No on Project Duration Ordinance

"...no on grandfathering or not complying with established city ordinances. It was bad enough that the ridge over Barton..."

March 27, 2013 Postmarks

Heritage Trees: Size Does Matter

Heritage tree ordinance would protect Austin's oldest, biggest trees

"...Austin is a city of tree huggers – it's a badge we wear proudly. But..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"..."I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues." – Dr. Seuss,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...discusses are still on our wish list today: better streets and sidewalks, meeting the growing city's demand for water..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Northcross: 'It's Not a Done Deal'

Demolition under way at former Northcross Mall site doesn't signify that planned Wal-Mart is foregone conclusion

"...4) the city has not adequately enforced its own tree-protection ordinance, as the Lincoln site plan would require the..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Not So Cool

Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort

"...Asked what they think of the Austin Climate Protection Program, most Austinites respond with a befuddled look. A..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

City Looks to Outside Counsel

Repeal of land code 'not a black and white legal issue'

"...weigh differing legal interpretations of the city’s Project Duration Ordinance, long a burr under the saddle of developers...."

March 25, 2013 News Post by Amy Smith

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...year – do you know where your Austin Climate Protection Plan is?..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: Move Fast and Break Things

Elon Musk and the Texas Legislature seem to be on the same path

"...warning that the bill would "enable developers to clear-cut trees and ignore protections for creeks, caves and recharge features..."

May 5, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Citizen Mary at Work

Highlights of the Activism of Mary Arnold

"...sprawl-inducing Municipal Utility Districts. Also helped enact city landscape, tree preservation, and parkland-dedication ordinances...."

April 5, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...tolled 183-A, he predicted a much calmer, pedestrian-friendly main street through a town center that will grow up around..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Save Our Springs' anniversary, Al Armendariz's move, and the bag ban

"...the 20th anniversary of voters' overwhelming approval of an ordinance limiting development over the Barton Springs segment of the..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...form a movement to strengthen the 1986 Compre­hensive Watersheds Ordinance, under the acronym SOS: "Save Our Springs." Council enacts..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Wal-Mart Case Could Take Several Weeks to Decide

Complexity of Wal-Mart case, not to mention Thanksgiving, could delay judge's decision

"...about the meaning of city legal codes, methods of tree preservation, traffic-impact analyses, and especially flood-drainage engineering, defense attorney..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Then There's This: Whither Vested Rights?

Rejection of first case under new regs portends cloudy future

"...Just two weeks after approving a new Vested Rights Ordinance – ostensibly revised to satisfy litigious developers and their..."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...intended for ... the rest is merely about job protection. Ever heard of someone getting fired from a low-level..."

June 6, 2003 Column

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...largest study of the three, the Regional Water Quality Protection Project, is in its first draft form and undergoing..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Georgetown Smackdown

Suburbanites Wrestle Over Managed Growth, Smart Growth, and "Stupid Growth"

"...aimed at immediate passage of an interim commercial development ordinance that would, among other things, severely limit the amount..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies

"...over the candidates’ views on the Save Our Springs ordinance, utility and land planning, conservation programs, recycling, even (briefly)..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...his/her Downtown office. See for yourself at allsystemsgo.capmetro.org. A Tree! Prices and purveyors vary..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

RG4N Trial: Thursday Morning

"I sue for the trees, for the trees have no lawyers!"

"...design plans that call for the destruction of 11 trees that are large enough (60 inches in diameter) to..."

Nov. 15, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Looking Back on the Champions Tract Rezoning

Does this development belong in this particular corner of the Hill Country?

"...a new development was in the works for the tree-covered tract, a confirmed habitat for endangered golden-cheeked warblers. Thousands..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...doesn't exist. SOSA believes nothing can overcome the SOS ordinance, but 245 was designed as bulletproof anti-SOS state law...."

April 28, 2006 Column

Is BCP Still for the Birds?

Ongoing disagreement over the appropriate balance between public access and endangered species protection on Western Travis County's Balcones Canyonlands Preserve comes to a head

"...the appropriate balance between public access and endangered species protection on the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, a 28,000-acre hodgepodge of..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...compost at Organics "By Gosh" was jack-o'-lanterns and Christmas trees, pizza boxes and dried leaves. Coffee filters. Tree branches...."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Little Barton Creek). The other project, on a tree-cleared barren spread along Brodie Lane in Southwest Austin, remains..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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