RG4N Trial: Thursday Afternoon

Both sides wrap up testimony; closing arguments tomorrow morning.

"...floodwater patterns and the intricacies of city development review code … well, let's just say that I used to..."

Nov. 15, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...one colossal body of regulations called the Land Development Code, the city's prescription for all matters affecting development. The..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

City Cuts Scofflaw Cafe No slack

South Congress Cafe appeals unsuccessfully for code variances for illegal deck and patio

"...evening to the city's Board of Adjustment for two code variances needed for its scofflaw rear deck and patio,..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Then There's This: Tuning In to Austin

Before revising land code, city performs field work with 'Code Next'

"...there, but it's on to the next step – Code Next, to be precise, a branding name for this..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

The Town Lake Variance Shuffle

The hike-and-bike trail, questionable developer tactics, and a potential windfall for urban parks all flow together on East Riverside Drive

"...as well as loopholes and inequities, in the city code that requires residential developers to provide or fund new..."

Nov. 24, 2006 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

"...lawsuit raises intriguing questions: Was the entire Land Development Code – the laws that specify what can be built..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...standards that can be incorporated into the Land Development Code" – but its recommendations were never adopted by City..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

When It's Time to Turn the Rules Inside Out

The Boarding House on Seventh

"...trees on the lot. I thought, with all the variances and code requirements they would be facing, theirs would..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

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.

"...ordinance is not to be fully enforced, that major variances (from the setbacks in particular) are going to be..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Town Lake Folk Festival

A song about waterfront development tickles SaveTownLake.org's fancy.

"...Setbacks and variances, who’s fooling who? Let these bullies do it, the..."

July 3, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

"...What a tangled web our Land Development Code weaves!..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The B&C List

"...named and governed by Chapter 2-1 of the City Code; those are the boards listed here. The others are..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Don't Ash, Don't Tell

The city’s smoking ordinance is rather lax in bars and restaurants, but hardly anyone’s complaining

"...little sense, but there is no provision to grant variances in the ordinance. Wilhite thought one solution might be..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...CodeNEXT, the new Land Development Code, is intended to embody..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning

Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope

"...Thursday, and then pointedly in Monday's workshop on the CodeNEXT rewrite of the land development code, the policy discussion..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...come and define desired changes in the land development code, leading to codification by ordinance of the city's best..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A Watershed Year?

"...and the city Board of Adjustment to grant height variances that would allow the construction of office towers 78..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Developing Stories

Traffic, bullshit, Suttle, and Town Lake

"...the Chronicle that according to his interpretation of city code, for an administrative site plan such as at Northcross,..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

City Hall Hustle: Bam! Pow! Crash! Holy Reactivated Permit, Batman!

Controversies real, invented, and in between

"...of a series of adjustments to building and development codes up for public hearing and possible adoption. The tweaks..."

April 9, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 4/6/10

Get yer council programs right here!

"...whatever reason, a builder, developer, contractor doesn't get the variances or zoning changes he was betting on so his..."

April 6, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...around here! Or a big new restaurant." Character by Code..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on the shores of Town Lake, which are seeking variances from the city to build closer to the shoreline..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

What Else Can We Do?

"...connectors can be made part of the Land Development Code, which is also a point in Phase I of..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature

Hyde Parking

A Neighborhood Caught in a Clash Between Eateries

"...the Board of Adjustment in September. After considering the variances already "grandfathered" in at Duval Center and listening to..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice: Peace on Earth, Good Will to Most

A final look forward at the start of the end of the CodeNEXT process

"...a while as when I wrote a column on CodeNEXT three weeks back ("Public Notice: Back to the Present,"..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Developing Stories

Big Box, Back Off!; Las Manitas Swirls On; and Bucking the City

"...When Austin's land-development code was written in the 1950s, a typical store was..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...colonia coordinator in his office, increased ability to grant variances to subdivision regulation to install services, and greater state..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Public Notice: The Devil’s in the Details

And of course, no one wants to wrestle with the devil

"...AIA Austin, the local architects' association, released their CodeNEXT Charrette 2 Report last week: 92 pages of very..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Stating the Obvious

Adler "Austin Bargain" missing some fine print

"...published in the Feb. 8 Austin American-Statesman ("Consensus on CodeNEXT Key to Managing Growth"), Mayor Steve Adler lays out..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Oh, Build Me a Home

Architects Espouse "Traditional Neighborhood Districts"

"...design criteria for TNDs and proposed new Land Development Code language that would establish the TND as a separate..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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