'Grandfathering' Politics

Council tentatively passes new development rules

"...new vested rights ordinance – also known as the “grandfathering” or project duration ordinance – passed on first reading..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

A Happy Ending for Historic Saga

City staff backs as existing tax exemptions preserved

"...address concerns raised by the city's legal department over grandfathering tax exemptions for the city's 270 homes already deemed..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

An Honest Ballot

A look at what you're actually going to be voting on

"...d) make all "grandfathering" decisions in the Barton Springs Zone under state law..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Grandfathered Death Star

The Vested Rights Ordinance is new, but is it improved?

"...and a postponement, a revised Vested Rights Ordinance (aka grandfathering ordinance) is set to go to City Council May..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Then There's This: Whither Vested Rights?

Rejection of first case under new regs portends cloudy future

"...to an attorney general opinion that said the old "grandfathering" ordinance violated state law...."

July 18, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

More and More and More Is Too Much

"...traffic in the fragile Barton Springs Watershed? More speculative “grandfathering,” more administrative approvals, and limited public input? These are..."

Oct. 30, 2007 Postmarks

Spinning and Campaigning for Props

"...(www.liveablecity.org/media/CleanWaterProp2.pdf) in direct violation of the SOS Ordinance. Usually grandfathering means allowing an existing use to continue despite the..."

May 2, 2006 Postmarks

Point Austin: Beside the Point

This week's action at City Hall

"...what happened later that evening, when the council rejected grandfathering claims on the Lumbermen's Tract in the Village of..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Watershed AMD Saga Bulldozes On

A favorable City Council ruling brings development closer to reality

"...Springs Alliance, however, has questioned the legitimacy of the grandfathering claims on the AMD site. The original plans for..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Stratus Goes to Council on Lantana

SOS Alliance threatens to sue if application approved

"...city grants approval, and more specifically, if it allows "grandfathering" of the tract under the city's SOS ordinance –..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

A Golden Opportunity

SB1704's Repeal Gives Austin a Turn at the Helm

"...Green Scare, the 1995 Texas Legislature's anti-Austin craze, the grandfathering law brought by Senator Florence Shapiro (R-Plano) prevented Austin..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

The Texas Hammer: Save Our Springs (If They’ll Let Us)

Austin's environmental values are in perennial conflict with the legislators

"...when Austin's Save Our Springs Ordinance (1992) triggered legislative "grandfathering" of developments that had been conceived under looser regulations...."

March 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: More Where That Came From

Packed schedule leads to marathon session

"...final revision and adoption of the "vested development rights" (grandfathering) ordinance, after months of consternation...."

June 20, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council: The Budget Starts Buzzing

Vested interests on the dais

"...(May 1) heavy-lifting items were the vested development rights (grandfathering) revisions and the Baylor House historic zoning hearing. After..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Vested Interests on the Dais

"...A new vested rights ordinance – also known as "grandfathering" rights and formerly known as the Project Duration Ordinance..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council: Zoning Futures, Budget Preview, Cilantro

Light agenda heading into budget season

"...(item 72) is the revised "vested development rights" (aka grandfathering) ordinance that has limped a lengthy road since Attorney..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Getting A Round Tuit

A crowded agenda as CMs head into budget season

"...the endlessly contentious issue of "vested development rights" (i.e., grandfathering) and the proposed historic zoning of the Baylor House..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

No on Project Duration Ordinance

"...Council today and ask them to vote no on grandfathering or not complying with established city ordinances. It was..."

March 27, 2013 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...have enjoyed a rich public debate about tax abatements, grandfathering, toll roads, access to information, police accountability, and much..."

May 19, 2006 Column

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"...the algae is due in no small part to "grandfathering," where developers demand – and the city of Austin..."

April 28, 2006 Column

Supporting Prop. 2

"...the algae is due in no small part to "grandfathering," where developers demand – and the city of Austin..."

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"...our political leaders has emboldened some developers to exploit "grandfathering" claims and so circumvent SOS standards. These two amendments..."

April 14, 2006 Column

SOS Supports Propositions

"...our political leaders has emboldened some developers to exploit “grandfathering” claims and so circumvent SOS standards. These two amendments..."

April 12, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...It challenges the city's decision in December to grant "grandfathering" rights to developer/landowner Stratus Properties, allowing AMD to build..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Who's Your Grandpa?

Critics say older case gives ammo against AMD, but city staff say they are apples and oranges

"...of office space, she said. "The core issue on grandfathering goes back to the revised preliminary plan, and that..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...Stratus claims "grandfathering" for Lantana based on preliminary plans filed in 1984..."

May 6, 2005 Column

More Needs To Be Done

"...proposed site on Stratus Properties’ Lantana site. Stratus claims “grandfathering” for Lantana based on preliminary plans filed in 1984..."

May 4, 2005 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Time to Repeal SOS?

What's really at stake in the proposed Temple-Inland deal

"...Temple-Inland enjoys no grandfathering rights, has little flexibility on the site to cluster..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...prevails at the Capitol. Lege enacts HB 1704, again grandfathering major planned watershed developments under old water quality regulations...."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

SOS Sues Over Stratus Plan

Stratus Properties plans to develop 1,253 acres in the Barton Springs watershed, but the Save Our Springs Alliance believes state law prohibits their lofty plans.

"...pre-existing rules. They point to a provision in the "grandfathering" statute that would disallow a development if it threatens..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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