Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"...have to build up to the street, eschew front-yard parking, have a proper front door, and make sensible choices..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

National Survey Finds Significant Support for Middle Income Housing, Smaller Lot Sizes

City Council aims to achieve both with HOME amendments

"...The report also found broad support (62%) for eliminating parking requirements, which Council did earlier this month...."

Dec. 1, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets

Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors

"...Chito Vela wanted to add provisions to eliminate all parking requirements for VMU buildings, and to eliminate all compatibility..."

May 20, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...with three or fewer units are exempt from ADA parking requirements. Upside: Projects with four-plus will have to provide..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Getting off the Road

Rail will help, roads will help – but so will your decision not to drive today

"...is valued and wanted, and it delivers environmental and parking benefits – and then there are some concerns any..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

City Hall Hustle: Feeding the Meter

The high (political) price of free parking Downtown

"...That was when City Council passed changes to pay parking hours, extending the current 8:30am-5:30pm, Monday-Friday payment period to..."

July 22, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City of Austin vs. Casa de Luz

"...Luz initially notified that the facility has insufficient on-site parking to comply with city ordinances. Over the years, the..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Density Debacle at 51st Street

Neighborhood, developer, and bike activists all at odds over proposed development

"...neighbors and the project's developer to address concerns about parking overflow onto Rowena Street, which lacks sidewalks and is..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Council Recap: Once-Sacred Neighborhood Protections Battered by Austin's Affordability Crisis

Are taller buildings with less parking the answer?

"...for commercial projects near single-family neighborhoods, and reducing minimum parking requirements to allow for more housing and less pavement...."

May 21, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Deadlocked Over Density

Neighbors say ARA's development plans for East 11th Street would clash with existing homes and businesses, including the historic Victory Grill

"...the East Room, formerly a historic nightclub; and underground parking, including 58 free public parking spaces. The required changes..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Affordable Housing and How to Get More Keeps Council Busy

What happened last week and what's on this week's Council agenda

"...Pro Tem Alison Alter to relax compatibility standards and parking requirements for multifamily projects on selected transit corridors, to..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Inching Toward Higher Heights to Get More Housing

Advocates for low-income tenants urge a go-slow approach

"...Pro Tem Alison Alter to relax compatibility standards and parking requirements for multi-family projects on selected transit corridors, to..."

June 13, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

CodeNEXT: Learn to Love It

Trying to make sense of a deeply flawed first draft

"...Tuesday, "there are increased unit counts in every zone; parking requirements, compatibility, McMansion rules, lots of other things ......"

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: CodeNEXT Version 1.1?

"...hooks are increased height and floor-to-area ratios, and reduced parking requirements; but FAR calculations are removed entirely from the..."

May 12, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Headaches for the Holidays

In the home stretch, members wrangle short-term rentals

"...of already permitted ADUs, coupled with the elimination of parking requirements near "transit corridors" – will result, as Casar..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...TOD doesn't work without reductions in parking requirements, and reductions in parking only work if your..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column

Approach Commuter Rail Cautiously

"...with commuter rail. TOD doesn't work without reductions in parking requirements, and reductions in parking only work if your..."

Aug. 5, 2004 Postmarks

Central Austin Plan: Love Is All Around!

Shocking scenes of consensus unfold right before the City Council's eyes

"...that, to really drive home the new-urban message here, parking requirements be substantially reduced from those originally proposed for..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Amendments by Council Member Ann Kitchen call for a “parking and transportation demand management strategy” for the new site;..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Notes: All About AE?

This week, the Council takes on urban density, grandfathering, and parking

"...and third readings (Item 49) appear for the Downtown parking ordin­ance revisions, which would repeal minimum parking requirements (with..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

City Council: Park It Here

Land use, parking, and Ron Oliveira: what else is there?

"...There’s plenty of parking to be contemplated: Second and third readings (Item 49)..."

March 18, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Council: Get Your Motors Running

National Instruments incentives, Rainey Street, and more ...

"...moving houses from Rainey Street, and just how much parking should be mandated Downtown...."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Bed, Bathhouse, & Beyond

Men's Health Spa Goes Unregulated, but Who Cares?

"...with city regulations pertaining to location, AIDS education, and parking...."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

CodeNEXTension

CodeNEXT timeline punted back three months

"...missing-middle developments "are not held to the same drainage requirements" as larger-scale projects. The Austin Housing Coalition (nearly two..."

Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

City of Dreams

Visions in Earlier Austin Plans Not Unlike Our Own

"...stuff) that aren't site-specific, along with height and setback requirements, suggested street widths and parkland requirements for subdivisions, and..."

Dec. 1, 1995 News Feature

Gentrification Refugees

Jumpolin demo a long time coming, according to city records

"...demolition was planned after F&F was stymied by city parking requirements. Upon buying the property, they appealed to city..."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

City Hall Hustle: Choose Your Battleground

From zoning to parking to water, the new council's got its contentious hands full

"...and Tovo that would postpone the extension of paid parking hours Downtown while the city "conduct[s] a public process..."

July 29, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Common Law

Can my bicycle be towed?

"...that violates a traffic ordinance. Austin Ordinance 12-2-15 prohibits parking a bicycle in a manner that obstructs pedestrian or..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Luke Ellis

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...many builders long thought to be untouchable: rules around parking, lot size, and the buffer zones around houses that..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow

Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future

"...remove floor-to-area ratio limits entirely throughout Downtown, reduce minimum parking to one space per housing unit, and eliminate parking..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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