Early Building Restrictions Ignored

1967 Austin City Code Creek Protections (Austin American-Statesman, February 2, 1970 )

1967 Austin City Code Creek Protections
Austin American-Statesman, February 2, 1970

1967

Austin city code clearly outlines existing regulations designed to protect Austin's creeks. There is little evidence, however, that these regulations were heeded.

You are requested to cease any further alteration of Barton Creek or its floodplain. Further alteration will result in legal action.

— City Attorney addressing Developer Jack Andrewartha

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A History of Environmental Threats

Barton Creek Blasting Not Advised
December 1964
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Building Codes Rarely Enforced
1967
1967 Austin City Code Creek Protections
Special Building Permits Undermine Creek Ordinance
Mid 1970s
Apartment Complex Looms over Barton Springs
Municipal Utility Districts Spur Development
1977-ongoing
Developers Influence Zoning
late 1970s-ongoing
Homes overlooking Barton Creek at Campbell's Hole
State Law Opens Loophole For Development
May 1987
Outskirts of Austin, 1986
Proposed Development On Barton Creek Sparks Outcry
1988
Jim Bob Moffett, Developer
Council Passes Weak Watershed Ordinance
1991
1991 Councilmembers Bob Larson, Charles Urdy, Ronney Reynolds, and Louise Epstein
Austin Bashing Law Passed
June 1999
The new law skirts development restrictions in Austin's most sensitive areas.
High Tech Plant Locates On Aquifer
2006