Waterfront Planning: Professionals Needed

Yet activist Mary Arnold gets the first nod

"...troubling that the first and only nominee to the Waterfront Planning Advisory Board at yesterday's council meeting – Mary..."

July 24, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...the South Shore Central area (a subdistrict of the Waterfront Overlay District, within which the shoreline of Town Lake..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...Storm waters continue to swirl around the redrafted Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, set for a possibly lively public hearing..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Protecting the Waterfront (Part 1)

New Waterfront Overlay draft ordinance advances the public good and pleases no one

"...citizens to miles and miles of this precious public waterfront that is the heart of our city...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Chipping at the Waterfront

Revised waterfront ordinance returns to City Council today (Thursday, May 21)

"...protections for Lady Bird Lake shoreline provided by the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance?..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Waterfront Agreement Ends Deadlock

Neighbors and developer reach deal on condo project

"...from City Council, the developer of the hotly contested waterfront condo project at 222/300 E. Riverside finally has agreed..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

A New Voice for the Waterfront

A new advisory group gets down to brass tacks

"...The Dec. 14 meeting of the Waterfront Planning Advisory Board revealed interesting dynamics emerging on the..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Waterfront Condo Project Hits First Bump

Waterfront advisory panel says it needs more information

"...Taco Cabana – was scheduled to go before the Waterfront Planning Advisory Board last week. But that discussion was..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

PUD Ordinance in Action

The new South Shore District PUD tests the new PUD ordinance

"...the effects of the city's new planned unit development ordinance, intended to produce "superior" projects. The application – filed..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Town Lake Setback Variances Non-Starters for Martinez, Leffingwell

CMs already against variance request coming before boards and commissions starting tonight.

"...announcing his reluctance to "begin dismantling the Town Lake Waterfront Overlay piece by piece." We also just received an..."

Aug. 28, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The PUD-a-WOO Solution

How to fix PUDS in the waterfront overlay

"...development rezonings could trump the protections of the revised waterfront overlay ordinance - which comes back for city council..."

May 18, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Battle Lines on Town Lake

"...Monday the advocacy group — recently formed to oppose waterfront development on protected land along the Town Lake Corridor..."

Jan. 30, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

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?

"...city of Austin be to protecting the Town Lake waterfront as open space for all Austin citizens to enjoy?..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

Council divided on Gotham condo project; Jesus Garza gets a big raise; East Austin residents voice concerns about the future of the brown building and flood control.

"...Randall Davis packing, and start work on a new waterfront overlay ordinance that would succeed where our current one..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Calling All Citizens

The Comprehensive Plan and the waterfront need engaged Austinites

"...preventive medicine to ward off comprehensive-plan apathy and cynicism. Waterfront Advisors..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

The Waterfront Overlay has an intricate history

"...Commission or City Council: On this tract, the city's Waterfront Overlay Ordinance requires a 200-foot building setback. But just..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

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.

"...that review and vote on variance requests within the Waterfront Overlay ordinance, which establishes protective development regulations for the..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Developing Stories: The Mistake on the Lake

The 'Save Town Lake' lawsuit turns up a legal mystery at City Hall

"...Lady Bird Lake, as contained in the original 1986 Waterfront Overlay Ordinance. A Travis Co. dis­trict judge has upheld..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Death by a Thousand Waivers: Variances granted here

Many projects on the waterfront are asking for exceptions to the rules

"...seeking variances to the restrictions defined in the city's Waterfront Overlay Ordinance can get approvals at the Planning Commission..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Walking on Water

A roundup of Lady Bird Lake planning efforts that are all wet

"...$5 million for the project. For more, see www.cityofaustin.org/boardwalk. Waterfront Overlay Task Force..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Goodie Basket Development

The Grayco South Shore PUD proposal adds public benefits for height

"...council's reasserted power to consider a PUD that trumps Waterfront Overlay Ord­in­ance provisions, the project has been closely watched...."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Saving Lady Bird Lake

City's Parks and Rec Board votes to uphold protections against high-rise development too close to lake's shores

"...Richard Suttle – has been seeking variances to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, to build three, 200-foot condo towers 150..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...City Council meets today (Thursday) with a fairly light ordinance agenda but the usual brace of zoning hearings. See..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories

Traffic, bullshit, Suttle, and Town Lake

"...that protects Town Lake shoreline land in the city's Waterfront Overlay District. Neighborhood association South River City Citizens has..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

False Narratives

"...of recent history: “The Butler Shores subdistrict and overall Waterfront Overlay were created in the late 1990s and do..."

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Save Town Lake Trumps City in Court

Court of Appeals rejects city's effort to thwart lawsuit

"...shoreline developments that were in the city's original 1986 Waterfront Overlay ordinance (see "Developing Stories," Sept. 21, 2007). Like..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Preserving Town Lake Is What Makes It Valuable

"...January board meeting: Austin Parks Foundation Position on the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance: The Town Lake Trail and its surrounding..."

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Naked City

"...city of Austin to refuse any exceptions to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, which governs development on Town Lake. Party..."

June 8, 2007 News Feature

The Park Is in the PUD-ing

Council approves Park PUD despite neighborhood opposition

"...– and saying it violates the intent of the waterfront overlay ordinance. "Forget about all of the things that..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Profits vs. Community Values

"...requesting PUD zoning for the site to bypass the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance and build a 96-foot building just yards..."

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