Permitting Details

"...location has commercial-liquor sales (CS-1) and is in the Waterfront Overlay. Those restaurants will also not be required to..."

April 23, 2009 Postmarks

PUD Ordinance in Action

The new South Shore District PUD tests the new PUD ordinance

"...prospect of a denser, more urban project within the Waterfront Overlay, across the street from Lady Bird Lake. But..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Save Town Lake Trumps City in Court

Court of Appeals rejects city's effort to thwart lawsuit

"...shoreline developments that were in the city's original 1986 Waterfront Overlay ordinance (see "Developing Stories," Sept. 21, 2007). Like..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...already has called for the reconstitution of the city's Waterfront Overlay task force. At a work session this week,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Council approves the to-be-redesigned Gotham on second reading; the Chestnut neighborhood plan becomes the first to win zoning changes from the council.

"...exactly what is and is not permitted under the Waterfront Overlay that limits the development of land along Town..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Losing Ground?

CSC Has Say on City Hall

"...Planning commissions not to make an amendment to the Waterfront Overlay (which governs design standards in the area) that..."

July 16, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Top 10 Developing Stories

"...Wal-Mart and the CWS condo towers proposed for the waterfront, fought by SaveTownLake.org. Yet no fresh fights erupted in..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Preserving Town Lake Is What Makes It Valuable

"...January board meeting: Austin Parks Foundation Position on the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance: The Town Lake Trail and its surrounding..."

Feb. 1, 2007 Postmarks

Dreaming Big With Lady Bird

Design team makes preliminary recommendations for lakeside redevelopment

"...its preliminary recommendations for the Lady Bird Lake Special Waterfront Project last week. While their full report isn't expected..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Monica Riese

Planning South Shore Central: The ROMA Report

2000 study of redeveloping the South Shore was a good first effort

"...worked with a citizen task force, the Town Lake Waterfront Advisory Board, to study the South Shore Central area..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: Going With the Flow

Council chases the dream of shorter meetings

"...baby on a set of controversial variances to the Waterfront Overlay, then musing publicly from the dais about how..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Profits vs. Community Values

"...requesting PUD zoning for the site to bypass the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance and build a 96-foot building just yards..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Postmarks

The Park Is in the PUD-ing

Council approves Park PUD despite neighborhood opposition

"...– and saying it violates the intent of the waterfront overlay ordinance. "Forget about all of the things that..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

"...Lake, last Thursday council ordered the establishment of a Waterfront Overlay Task Force. Council Member Lee Leffingwell said there..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...whether the city will grant precedent-setting variances to the Waterfront Overlay for a proposed three-tower, 200-foot condo project at..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

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

June 8, 2007 News Feature

Remember the Folks East of I-35

"...South Lakeshore and East Riverside Subdistrict regulations of the Waterfront Overlay. In discussions with developers, compliance with the Waterfront..."

Nov. 26, 2006 Postmarks

Developing Stories: May's Plan-a-Thon

Public meetings on Downtown plans produce mixed – or uncertain – results

"...are now championing the opportunity to create a multiuse waterfront facility on the site, just east of the Four..."

May 29, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Oops!

"...Council Member Laura Morrison appointed Mandy Dealey to the Waterfront Overlay Task Force; in fact, Morrison appointed Mary Arnold..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column

City Counseling: Sprinting to a Compromise

Council and joggers 'give a little bit' on street closures

"...first reading only; two more to come) the staff-drafted waterfront overlay ordinance establishing a Waterfront Planning Advisory Board, and..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Council Notebook

For the Thursday, Nov. 29, council meeting

"...doing before? Item 42: Directing Futrell to establish a Waterfront Overlay Taskforce "to evaluate the current ordinance for inconsistencies..."

Nov. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Extend Our Trail (If Not Our Sympathy)

New astroturf org backed by developers pose as anti-developers.

"...of scale, and been so blatantly disrespectful of WO [waterfront overlay] values, SaveTownLake.org never would have formed. Few things..."

Oct. 2, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

CWS Capital Properties Project Update

Project continues to receive skeptical reception

"...would be the first variance to the Town Lake Waterfront Overlay, if granted. On Tuesday night, Suttle tried to..."

June 28, 2007 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Beside The Point

Rethinking our old water treatment plant, and other feces-related topics

"...by the current municipal fascination with redeveloping Downtown's southwestern waterfront – is that infrastructure like the decommissioned Seaholm Power..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories: Town Lake Trail - Closing the Gap

Town Lake Trail takes aerobic sprint toward reality

"...has up to 1.5 million visitors a year. The waterfront trail currently dead-ends near the Austin American-Statesman, not to..."

April 27, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...two examples often in today's news, the East Austin Overlay and the Waterfront Overlay on Town Lake.) "In previous..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

City and developer Gary Bradley reach agreeement on development

"...qualified to comment on the study's (and therefore the Waterfront Overlay's) "intent."..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...and early 1970s, when the idea of a downtown waterfront civic complex began to coalesce, there were no skyscrapers..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Taxes Are Challenging

Council prepares to challenge TCAD

"...a variance for construction in the setback of the Waterfront Overlay in the Red Bluff district; in work session,..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Council: In the Zone

A full zoning meeting, with a few other wrinkles

"...Com­mis­sion decision to allow a variance in the Eastside Waterfront Overlay at Red Bluff, over which some neighbors are..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

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