Texas lawmaker files bill that could strip Austin of its compatibility laws

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A Republican state lawmaker filed a bill that, if passed, would scrub some of the City of Austin's compatibility laws. Those laws restrict how tall buildings can be when they're built next to certain zoning, including single-family homes.Council Member Chito Vela of District 4 described compatibility as "a force field" around some homes. In the City of Austin, there's a sliding scale of permissible height that extends 540 feet from a single-family property, "which is a huge area