Channel 6 Austin
Live and Recorded Coverage of Council, ZAP, PC, BoA, etc.
City of Austin Building Plan Review Permitting and Inspections
City of Austin Council Closed-Caption Transcripts
This is a great thing if you do not have time to watch a 3-hour public hearing, but want to follow an issue.
City of Austin Development Map Viewer
This is a powerful GIS tool for identifying current and historical zoning and subdivision cases, aerial photos, floodplain features, etc.
City of Austin Development Review Case Information
Set the date range and type "%" into the "Case Number" field.
City of Austin Police Department Numbers
This page lists a number of helpful phone numbers including: robbery tip line, sex crimes tip line, auto theft tip line, abandoned vehicle tip line, and many more.
Austin City Code Online
This site contains Volumes I through IV of the Austin, Texas Code of Ordinances and is current through November 2005.
Current Crime Information - Crime Viewer
This link accesses the last 18 months of crime information through an interactive mapping program called the Crime Report Viewer. The crime information is from a database of official police reports. Searches may be accomplished using several geographic boundaries: neighborhood associations, Police sectors or districts, zip codes, census tracts and a rectangle search tool that can search anywhere in the city. Additionally individual addresses may be entered and crime information searched within 500 or 1,000 feet of that address. Updates to the crime information database occur daily and go back the last 18 months from each day.
City of Austin Proposed Code Amendments
City of Austin Agendas
City Council, committees, commissions, boards, and council minutes.
City of Austin Solid Waste Services
Enforces a variety of City codes which include:
Housing and Structures: Helps bring substandard and dangerous structures into compliance with City codes.
Low-Hanging Tree Limbs: Accepts complaints from other agencies about tree limbs that obstruct traffic or the right of way.
Yards and Vacant Lots: Investigates complaints about high weeds & grass, standing water, large amounts of junk, illegal dumping and storage of garbage carts.
Zoning and Land Use: Investigates complaints about land use, such as running an auto repair business from a home, posting illegal signs, storing recreational and commercial vehicles, or building fences on the right of way.
City of Austin Customer Service Directory
Contains Web links about Departments and their services, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for City of Austin services.
Homes for Sale
(Austin Home Search mirrors properties for sale on Multiple Listing Service [MLS])
Land Development Code Viewer
Title 25 online. Note, the NCCD has not yet been codified.
Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD)
Registered owners for last year's tax cycle, appraised values, and links to plats.
Travis County Office of Public Records
This is a powerful tool showing deeds, affidavits, liens, transfers, declarations, and restrictive covenants.
Cell Phone Tower Map for Austin
Lists all the cell phone tower locations in Austin. Granted this may not be the most important informtation for most people but it does serve as a talking point for what is taking place at "Sparky Park". You can also use this site to help determine which cell phone company offers the best coverage.
Lost Pet
If you have lost a pet, this site guides you through various steps you should do to help find your pet.
Floodplain Maps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updated Austin's floodplain maps, and the new maps are now available for public comment. Find out if you are in a floodplain and what that means to you and your property.
