Guadalupe Gets a Makeover

Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag

"...the pedestrian-oriented values of the city's proposed commercial design standards...."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...The compatibility of director and designer is helpful. Directors who are..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...the church as both unobtrusive and compatible with neighborhood standards, have been anything but. Starting with its mammoth parking..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...so they can reach allowable levels of air pollution standards. The only real solution here is to retrofit the..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

Oh, Build Me a Home

Architects Espouse "Traditional Neighborhood Districts"

"...comment, the city is now revising these rules and standards for eventual adoption by the City Council. Both borrow..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Fuentes have offered a compromise to relax Austin's stringent compatibility standards and parking requirements for new housing. The proposal..."

May 20, 2022 News Feature

Playback: “Hastily Prepared” Ordinances Head to City Council

Revised drafts of Agent of Change and OMV permitting head to Council, but again, live music interests raise alarms

"...Meanwhile, Agent of Change – a proposal to improve compatibility between venues and developments – now includes hotels, but..."

June 9, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin

Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16

"...city of Austin staff plus Opticos Design test proposed standards out in seven different representative communities to ensure compatibility..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

From Runways to Sidewalks

The Mueller neighborhood at midcourse

"...responsibility, economic development, East Austin revitalization, diversity, sustainability, and compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods...."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Jazz Sides

Jazz Sides

"...reinterprets and freely extrapolates upon a set of familiar standards, including "Lullaby of Birdland," written for the original club...."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

City Hall Hustle: Got an App for That?

From the lobby to the parks, council has an item for you

"...approval on second and third readings features reworked safety standards that will easily see the pilot ELSV program up..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 12/1/10

Sunny outlook for economic incentives?

"...by a supplier diversity policy. - Comply with the standards and principles of the City’s M/WBE Program Ordinance in..."

Dec. 1, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Of Human Bondage

Transpo bond to cost 100 mil in dead presidents – and dead precedents

"...to appoint someone who knows a whole lot about compatibility and commercial design standards and [vertical mixed use]," she..."

April 2, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Rethinking Downtown Zoning

Proposed changes address sustainability, mixed uses, and urban design

"...approach that regulates building form and streetscapes to ensure compatibility but doesn't dictate uses. "We feel like current zoning..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Daily Hustle: 3/29/10

A Hustle a day keeps the haters away

"...to appoint someone who knows a whole lot about compatibility and commercial design standards and VMU, but they don't..."

March 29, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: It Ain't Xmas Yet

Council closing in on a raft of unfinished business

"...a focus on traditional land-use zoning to specific form standards that entail walkability, neighborhood compatibility, and similar anti-sprawl tenets..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Boards & Commissions

"...Appeals Alan SchumannSheryl Cole James SullivanMike Martinez Building and Standards Commission Dr. Ethelynn BeebeBill Spelman Stacy KaplowitzSheryl Cole Commission..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...was cleaned up to industrial and not [stricter] residential standards, as the surrounding community requested." PODER has met with..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...certainly would be of value here. We have no standards. Look at the current mishmash under construction. Now the..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...• The eight-member Residential Design and Compatibility Commission will hold its first hearing on contested cases..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories

A developer offers to extend the Town Lake trail in exchange for a variance to build closer to Town Lake. Is it worth it?

"...the Town Lake Corridor Study, a set of land-use standards adopted in 1985, partly in response to public outcry..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Downtown neighborhood battle ends with a thud instead of a bang

"...the table. He talked about neighborhood preservation and design standards and compatibility issues. He created a complicated matrix to..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Design: Standard by Standard

"...The proposed commercial design standards ordinance addresses 10 design areas, as listed below. The..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Super Duplicity

"...has suggested limiting height and impervious cover -- objective standards to avoid compatibility issues when two-story structures are erected..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

HPBC Extended

"...the current plans may violate the church's promise of "compatibility with general neighborhood standards." The church's plans for the..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

A number of so-called "duplexes" -- massive, brightly painted multifamily residences with two kitchens and up to six residents -- have cropped up virtually overnight in the North University area, incensing area homeowners.

"...required to show site plans or proof of neighborhood compatibility like other commercial buildings. City planning commissioners say by..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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