Waterfront Overlay and Town Lake Corridor
Current (Dec 2021) Waterfront Overlay City Code in Chapter 25-2, Subchapter C, Article 3
- Division 6 - Requirements for Town Lake Park (<1 MB PDF)
- Division 7 - District and Subdistrict Uses (<1 MB PDF)
- Division 8 - District and Subdistrict Development Regulations (<1 MB PDF)
2013 Waterfront Protection Advisory Board Recommendation
- WPAB Recommendation [08 Jul 2013] (<1 MB PDF)
2009 Waterfront Overlay Ordinance Amendments
- Adopted Waterfront Overlay Ordinance [11 Jun 2009] (<1 MB PDF)
- Draft Waterfront Overlay Ordinance [23 Apr 2009] (17.1 MB PDF)
- Draft Waterfront Overlay Ordinance Markup [22 Apr 2009] (12.4 MB PDF)
2008 Waterfront Task Force
- Waterfront Task Force Final Report [18 Dec 2008] (3.7 MB PDF)
- Waterfront Task Force Final Report Appendices [18 Dec 2008] (179 MB PDF; all appendices included)
- Appendix A - Illustrations (32.4 MB PDF; all illustrations included)
- 1. Key Map of the Overall District
- 2. Sub-district Maps
- 3. Diagram Code and Reorganized Code Comparison
- 4. Chart of Sub-district Issues Matrix
- 5. Snap Shots of a view from the 3D Modeling
- 6. Map of the parkland in the WO District
- 7. Zoning Map of land in the WO District
- 8. Land Use Maps of all adopted neighborhood plans with land within the WO District
- 9. East Riverside Drive Corridor Study Map
- 10. Proposed Boardwalk Map
- 11. Brackenridge Tract Map and University owned land parcels
- 12. Park Map
- Appendix B - Related Ordinances (60.6 MB PDF; all ordinances included)
- Extending Task Force Action Plan (No. 20081016-034)
- Establishing Task Force (No. 20080327-039)
- Resolution Establishing Task Force (No. 20071129-042)
- Reinstating the Ability to Appeal Variances to the Waterfront Overlay to City Council (No. 20070607-096)
- Commercial Design Standards (No. 20060831-068)
- Abolishing the Town Lake Waterfront Overlay Advisory Board (No. 20060622-015)
- Modifying the Rainey Street Subdistrict (No. 20050407 -063)
- Related to Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements (No. 031120-44)
- Related to Community Events (No. 990902-57)
- Creating the City Hall Subdistrict (No. 990715-115)
- "Plain Language Rewrite" (No. 990225-70(b) - Part 1)
- "Plain Language Rewrite" (No. 990225-70(b)- Part 2)
- "Plain Language Rewrite" (No. 990225-70(b) - Part 3)
- "Plain Language Rewrite" (No. 990225-70(b)- Part 5)
- Renaming Departments and Changing References to those Departments (No. 980114-B)
- Adopting the Town Lake Comprehensive Plan (No. 890126-P)
- Related to Procedures and Requirements for Applications Associated with Zoning, Subdivision. and Land Development (No. 880804-1}
- Creating the Modern Land Development Code(No. 880414-J)
- Amending the Boundary of the Red Bluff Sub-district (No. 860904-X)
- Establishing the Waterfront Overlay (No. 860717-Z)
- Prohibiting the Issuance or Approval of Building Permits within the Town Lake Corridor Area for 30 Days (No. 851031-L)
- 1984 Zoning Code Conversion (No. 840301-S)
- Appendix C - Relevant Neighborhood Plans (30.0 MB PDF; all plans included))
- East Riverside I Oltorf Combined Neighborhood Plan
- Greater South River City Combined Neighborhood Plan
- Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Plan
- South Lamar Combined Neighborhood Plan (Not Adopted)
- Central West Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan (Not Adopted)
- Old West Austin Neighborhood Plan
- Downtown Neighborhood Plan
- East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan
- Holly Neighborhood Plan
- Govalle Neighborhood Plan
- Appendix D - Town Lake Corridor Study (41.4 MB PDF)
- Appendix E - South Shore Study (14.5 MB PDF)
- Appendix F - WOTF Meeting Minutes (not available)
- Appendix G - WOTF Attendance Report (not available)
- Appendix H - Minority Report (<1 MB PDF)
- Waterfront Task Force Presentation to City Council [18 Dec 2008] (1.7 MB PDF)
2000 ROMA Town Lake Corridor Study
1989 Town Lake Park Comprehensive Plan
- Adopting Ordinance [January 26, 1989] (0.6 MB PDF)
- Town Lake Comprehensive Plan (Exhibit A) (4.9 MB PDF)
- Town Lake Comprehensive Plan Amendments (Exhibit A-1) (<1 MB PDF)
- Park Classification Map - Exhibit B (<1 MB PDF)
- Comprehensive Plan Approval Resolution [April 14, 1988] (<1 MB PDF)
1985 Town Lake Corridor Study
- Part 1 - Town Lake (42 pages; 49.3 MB PDF)
- Inventory and Analysis of Existing Conditions - Town Lake (starts on page 2 of the PDF)
- Goals and Policy Recommendations (starts on page 15 of the PDF)
- Town Lake Subzones: Analysis and Recommendations (starts on page 26 of the PDF)
- Part 2 - Colorado River (15 pages; 40.7 MB PDF)
- Part 3 - Summary and Implementation (12 pages; 12.9 MB PDF)
