Downtown Design Guidelines
Summary
The City Council has directed the Design Commission to develop Design Guidelines for downtown development.
Status
On May 18 the City Council adopted the Downtown Austin Design Guidelines as recommendations for all downtown development and redevelopment projects by both the public and private sector. City staff are developing recommendations for the implementation of the Guidelines.
Issues
As part of their work, the Design Commission has developed a map defining the area where the Design Guidelines will apply.
Description
On November 6, 1997 the City Council approved a resolution stating that:
"The City Council requests that the Design Commission prepare draft design guidelines for the city's downtown region within 60 days; and that these guidelines should exemplify ideals such as a pedestrian and bicycle mobility and urban core vitality expressed through past Council actions, previous planning studies and recommendations and community consensus building exercises such as the Citizen's Planning Committee, the Heritage Society, and R/UDAT."
Copies of the Downtown Austin Design Guidelines are available from the Planning, Environmental and Conservation Services Department, or online at the City's website, at
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/downtown/designguidelines.htm.
Basic Data
- Project Contact: Michael Knox, Downtown Officer, Redevelopment Services Department, 499-6418
- Project Manager: Juan Cotera, Chair, Austin Design Commission
Revised July 25, 2000
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