Environment
Monday, October 28, 2013 by Elizabeth Pagano
Development
Environmental Board denies variance, orders fill removed from lot
Though it has been in place for years, the Environmental Board definitively shut down a variance request that would have allowed a huge amount of fill to remain in northeast Austin. Instead, the board recommended that that fill be removed,…
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 by Elizabeth Pagano
Environment
Downtown tree canopy only 14 percent according to city survey
The long-awaited results of a downtown tree survey prompted by the city’s Heritage Tree Ordinance are in. Last week, Environmental Board members got their first view of the completed survey, which will be used to help the city’s boards…
Monday, October 14, 2013 by Elizabeth Pagano
Development
Watershed Ordinance rewrite still has some hurdles to overcome
The massive Watershed Protection Ordinance passed its first official hurdle at City Council earlier this month, though a few bones of contention remain and much more discussion is likely on the horizon. After unanimously approving the new ordinance on…
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 by Michael Kanin
Development
New Watershed Protection Ordinance up for Council consideration
Austin City Council members may offer only limited approval to a series of dramatic changes to the city’s Watershed Protection Ordinance. The rewrite, a document that exchanges small allowances of additional impervious cover for more protection of the city’s creek…
Thursday, August 29, 2013 by Michael Kanin
City Council
Council to implement Lake Austin Task Force’s recommendations
Fresh off a presentation from the Lake Austin Task Force, Council members are set Thursday to consider a directive to City Manager Marc Ott that would be the first step in implementation of the Task Force’s recommendations. While some Council…
