Austin Mayor Says the Key To Keeping the City 'Weird' Is Ensuring a Robust Supply of Housing—or People 'Will Go Elsewhere'
Austin Mayor Kirk Watson has said that the key to living up to the city’s famous motto to stay "weird" will be to ensure that ...
Bastrop City Council amends development code, discusses affordable housing
The Bastrop City Council had affordable housing on its mind as it discussed code amendments surrounding city planning and ...
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Cedar Park City Council approves zoning changes for proposed Trader Joe’s site
Cedar Park City Council approved zoning changes that could pave the way for a new Trader Joe’s grocery store as part of a 64,000-square-foot commercial development.
As city leaders consider expanding at-risk zone for wildfire damage, home builders say it could raise costs
Later this month, the Austin City Council will discuss the rules around the Wildland Urban Interface Code, or WUI. The WUI ...
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Austin leaders OK simplified reviews for 'missing middle' housing, residential subdivisions
Requiring new city reporting on updates to drainage rules that are now in progress ...
Yes, Austin needs more housing, but 50-story towers along the Drag make no sense | Opinion
Why encourage 50-story tall towers across the street from UT campus? Why are Austin planners proposing this dramatic ...
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As wildfire anxiety grows, Austin plans to designate half the city as at risk of fire damage
Austin plans to greatly expand the amount of land, and therefore homes, considered at risk of wildfire damage. City Council members are scheduled to discuss updating rules surrounding Austin’s WUI, or ...
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City Council approves phase two of ‘site plan lite’
City Council has passed phase two of “site plan lite” – an ordinance amending development regulations for residential re-subdivisions and multifamily residential site developments of five to 16 units.
Austin police opposing bill that would give DPS control of Congress Avenue downtown
HB 470 would expand the "Capitol Complex," giving the Texas Department of Public Safety jurisdiction over 18 blocks around ...
City councilwoman responds to growing homeless encampment concerns
Austin City Council Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes is responding to a growing homeless encampment that has neighbors concerned.
Austin hospital safety law’s full impact could be years away
Three months ago this week, Austin passed an ordinance requiring barriers, called bollards, to improve security at new ...
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City awards Neill-Cochran House Museum over $83,000 to create historic digital exhibit
The Austin City Council approved during its Feb. 27 meeting over $83,000 for the Neill-Cochran House Museum to create a ...