False Narratives

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

March 3, 2020 Postmarks

Council: In the Zone

A full zoning meeting, with a few other wrinkles

"...Com­mis­sion decision to allow a variance in the Eastside Waterfront Overlay at Red Bluff, over which some neighbors are..."

May 15, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

District 10: Taxes and Turnout

"...boards and commissions, including the Planning Commission and the Waterfront Overlay Task Force. Gallo has her own list of..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Council: Everything That Fits

CMs get feisty heading into campaign season

"...art for the Butler Trail until an Art Plan Overlay is completed (didn't realize we were drowning in public..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Council Goes Back to Work

White Lodging, Taco PUD, and more

"...the city rolls over too easily on its own ordinance, and also claim this is a misuse of the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Profits vs. Community Values

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

Aug. 2, 2013 Postmarks

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

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

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

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

Wheels Within Wheels

Council's boards and commissions appointments are always good conversation fodder

"...who Council Member Laura Morrison also appointed to the Waterfront Overlay Task Force – and Saundra Kirk, who also..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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

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

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

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

City Counseling: Sprinting to a Compromise

Council and joggers 'give a little bit' on street closures

"...diminish that," said Lee Leffingwell, moving to pass the ordinance, "but at the same time, we had a very..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...it did manage last week to pass a revised Waterfront Overlay Ordinance (on first reading) aimed at protecting the..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

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

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

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

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

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

Is the City Council Changing the Rules?

"...game rules when they stymie a favored constituent. These ordinance revisions are put on a fast track by staff..."

April 2, 2008 Postmarks

Mixed Use, Mixed Emotions

An anniversary review of Austin's vertical mixed-use program discovers a range of responses to density, change, and planning

"...on major roads ("core transit corridors") within the VMU Overlay District. Most innovative for Austin, VMU projects must reserve..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Bigger Picture

Planning comprehensively

"...staff made substantive changes – e.g., rewrites to the Waterfront Overlay Ordinance – despite public assurances of only nonsubstantive..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...planning. Silver lining: In the uproar, the Big Box ordinance passed (to prevent future such debacles). Lesson learned: Council..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...planning. Silver lining: In the uproar, the Big Box ordinance passed (to prevent future such debacles). Lesson learned: Council..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...Lake, last Thursday council ordered the establishment of a Waterfront Overlay Task Force. Council Member Lee Leffingwell said there..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature

Beside The Point

The lonely path of board and commission reform

"...42, directing City Manager Toby Futrell "to establish a Waterfront Overlay Taskforce to evaluate the current ordinance for inconsistencies..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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