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In response to the plan, City Council adopted a resolution defining new city limits and establishing Austin's first zoning code. [6] Later in 1928, Austin voters approved a municipal bond package providing $4.5 million (equivalent to $80,000,000 in 2023) in funds to implement many of the city plan's recommendations.
The Capitol View Corridors are a series of legal restrictions on construction in Austin, Texas, aimed at preserving protected views of the Texas State Capitol from various points around the city. First established by the Texas Legislature in 1983 and recodified in 2001, the corridors are meant to protect the capitol dome from obstruction by ...
The city hall is located in Downtown Austin and is the administrative office of Austin. Originally built in 1871, the city hall was demolished and rebuilt multiple times before the current one was built in November 2004. [21] [22] The current city hall cost $55.6 million to build and contains a total of seven stories, of which three are ...
A zoning ordinance approved Thursday by the Austin Council allows developers to build 30 to 90 feet higher in exchange for more affordable housing units in certain areas of the city. but each ...
The City Council and Planning Commission packed into the city hall chambers for a joint meeting dedicated to hearing public feedback on the proposed changes. Austin wants to change its land ...
A lawsuit brought against the city of Austin by a group of homeowners seeks to make void four changes to the city's land development code.
Austin, Travis County and Williamson County have been the site of human habitation since at least 9200 BC. The area's earliest known inhabitants lived during the late Pleistocene (Ice Age) and are linked to the Clovis culture around 9200 BC (over 11,200 years ago), based on evidence found throughout the area and documented at the much-studied Gault Site, midway between Georgetown and Fort Cavazos.
Downtown Congress Avenue in Downtown Austin University of Texas at Austin Hyde Park. Central Austin includes the city's Downtown and central neighborhoods. The area is north of the Colorado River and is enclosed by Interstate 35 to the east, approximately 51st Street/North Loop/Hancock Drive to the north, and Mopac Expressway (SL 1) to the west.