Breaking the Code

Plain English Is the Goal for Land Development Rules

"...13 of the Austin City Code, and its attendant regulations and procedures - are cumbersome, burdensome, micro-managed and nano-regulated,..."

May 15, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

United States Department of the Interior

Fish and Wildlife Service,

"...Texas' lack of progress in adopting certain water quality regulations needed to conserve the Barton Springs Salamander. Identical letters..."

Dec. 13, 1996 News Feature

Environs Agreeing on Air

"...rise, Austin could be hit with a panoply of regulations under the Clean Air Act which could cost local..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Kick Me, I'm From Austin

Visiting the Lege, City Council, and Bergstrom

"...of the law will not apply, and some city regulations can be enforced. It will be up to the..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

The Common Law

Moving my mailbox – do I have to?

"...Postal Service requires that residential mailboxes comply with specific regulations. The idea is that if the mailboxes are all..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by Luke Ellis

GOP Bill Would Nullify Austin Anti-Discrimination Ordinances

Cities could be sued over progressive employment laws

"...have been injured "in fact, actual or threatened," by regulations imposed by a local ordinance. Neighboring city or county..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Homes for the Holidays?

Housing Blueprint Gets an Implementation Plan

"...for anyone. Urbanists will cheer for smaller lots, relaxed regulations on micro-units, co-ops, ADUs, parking, and more. Neighborhood preservationists..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"

This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values

"...his weight behind a broad-based law to pre-empt local regulations – chinlessly asserting the country is not called the..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fetal Burial Saga Continues

Pro-choice advocates say new rules aren't backed by science

"...despite the fact that no evidence suggests the current regulations, in place for more two decades, have been a..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Getting From Here to There

Will the driver-eat-driver "free market" imposed by billionaire corporations rule the day?

"...Whatever you think of the regulations currently in development at City Hall to govern the..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Uber On the Offensive

APD is investigating claims that seven Uber and Lyft drivers sexually assaulted their riders between April and August

"...Member Ann Kitchen – would recommend that Council adopt regulations that would require TNCs to pay annual administrative fees..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council Preview: Short Termers

City Council resumes regular business today, on a short-term fuse

"...The short-term rental regulations (Item 78) return from the Planning and Neighborhoods Committee,..."

Sept. 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Then There's This: Urban (Watershed) Legend

In reversal, city says new development must comply with SOS

"...hill from the iconic swimming pool must comply with regulations under the Save Our Springs Ordinance. City staff made..."

March 14, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

The Great $100 Lottery Scam

Texas Lottery pursues bearers of 'previously paid' but forgotten scratch-off tickets

"...cashed and disposed of without being destroyed per TLC regulations or those that a player tossed, thinking, for whatever..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fun, Healthy, and Green

A profile of the practice and business of pedicabbing

"...pedicabbers this summer was the implementation of new zoning regulations. "Because the number of pedicabs is growing in Austin,..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Sofia Resnick

Charting the TODs

Some visual samples of the neighborhood plans for Transit Oriented Development

"...intensity," each of which has its own set of regulations...."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

The Executioner

"...Northland Drive) to receive public input on the proposed regulations for the production and labeling of organic food. While..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Column

Tunnel Vision

TxDOT Sees No Evil in Williamson Creek Tunnel

"...the creation of which was a requirement of 1992 regulations implementing revisions to the Clean Water Act. According to..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Chasing Gary

To Annex or Not to Annex

"...that Circle C's exemption from the city's water quality regulations -- via the 1995 Austin-bashing bill known as HB3193..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...homebuilders' and renovators' dreams is a wall of land-use regulations and building codes that, rather than encouraging and assisting..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

One Size Doesn't Fit All

City Land Code Revisions

"...the only resistance came from one colossal body of regulations called the Land Development Code, the city's prescription for..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

New Rules Regulating Airbnb-Type Rentals on Their Way to Council Vote

The first public hearing is done, two more coming up

"...they welcome the city’s attempt to craft new STR regulations and that they are committed to making sure the..."

Feb. 7, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Breaking Down What the HOME Initiative’s Passing Means for Austin

Council approves HOME phase one, looks ahead to phase two

"...with CM Mackenzie Kelly, voted against the ordinance) reinserted regulations on short-term rentals (STR) into HOME that staff initially..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SCOTUS Hobbles EPA, but Climate Tools Remain

Green raw deal

"...Those regulations were "the most efficient, effective, and lowest-cost way of..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

Are taller buildings with less parking the answer?

"...from disrupting old neighborhoods’ character with oversized buildings. The regulations gradually constrain heights and increase setbacks on commercial (which..."

May 21, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

What We're Listening to Right Now

Medellin Collection, Kady Rain, David Ramirez, Slomo Drags, Whitmore Sisters, and User Unauthorized

"...existence.– Kevin Curtin David Ramirez Lays Out Rules & Regulations..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...and it’s bad for us, and there should be regulations where there’s too little parking in places where it’s..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem

Let's not make the same one here

"...unlikely that any level of zoning or impervious cover regulations would safely protect a city from the power of..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Uber, Lyft Return to Austin Monday

Gov. Abbott expected to sign rideshare bill

"...an attempt by the two companies to dump city regulations (approved in 2015) that required background checks and other..."

May 25, 2017 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege for Sale?

Uber and Lyft splurge on lobby to deregulate themselves

"...authority to the state, and specifically remove public safety regulations like fingerprint-based background checks, consistent vehicle markings, protections for..."

March 14, 2017 News Post by Michael King

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