Local Austin MCP

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Look up City of Austin 311 service requests. Returns request number, type (e.g. potholes, dead animal, traffic signal, missed trash, dog complaints), status (open/closed), department handling it, dates, and the location it was reported about. Useful for neighborhood quality-of-life research, spotting recurring issues at a property, or seeing what residents are complaining about. Authoritative source: City of Austin 311.

Search active (for-sale) Austin-area MLS listings via Neuhaus Realty Group's free public feed. Returns up to 10 active or under-contract homes. Specificity required: ask for at least one location (city/zip/school district/subdivision) PLUS enough other filters to make the search useful -- price range, bedrooms, property type, or specific features. If the user's query is too broad (e.g. 'show me homes in Austin'), ask a follow-up question to narrow it down before calling the tool. Every result links back to a detail page on neuhausre.com. Sold prices, pending deals, and expired listings are NOT available on the free tier. City names are aliased server-side -- 'Westlake' -> 'West Lake Hills', 'Bee Cave', 'Lakeway', 'Spicewood', etc. all work as the user types them. For broader neighborhood concepts that aren't cities (Tarrytown, Mueller, Hyde Park, etc.) use subdivision= or zip=.

Look up Austin Fire Department real-time incident dispatches. Returns incident type (fire alarm, structure fire, grass fire, traffic injury, etc.), address, status (active/archived), and timestamps. Useful for neighborhood incident research, property due diligence (how many fire calls at this address?), or checking what's happening right now in a specific area. Authoritative source: City of Austin AFD.

Search Austin Animal Center records. Pick type=intakes (pets brought in, with found-address and breed) or type=outcomes (pets adopted / returned / transferred / euthanized). Useful for lost-pet searches ('was a calico cat found near my address?'), adoption availability research, and shelter operations reporting. Authoritative source: Austin Animal Center.

Look up City of Austin operating expense budget (Open Budget data). Returns budgeted / actual / current-year-estimate amounts for any department, fund, division, or expense category, across fiscal years. Useful for civic research, comparing department budgets over time, or finding what a city department spends on a specific category. Authoritative source: City of Austin Financial Services Department.

Search the full TEXT of municipal codes -- Austin's Code of Ordinances, Land Development Code, and criteria manuals (plus Leander, Round Rock, Dripping Springs). Use for 'what does the city code say about X' questions: STR rules, ADU regulations, setbacks, tree ordinance, noise limits, permits required, etc. Search first (q=...), then pass a result's section_id back (section=...) to read the full section text. Lakeway, Bee Cave, Cedar Park, Kyle, Pflugerville are on other publishers and NOT covered. This is the law text itself -- for code ENFORCEMENT cases on a property use austin_code_cases; for a parcel's zoning designation use austin_zoning.

Look up City of Austin Code Compliance complaint cases at an address. Returns case ID, priority, status (open/closed), case type, description (e.g. land use violation, junk vehicle, dangerous structure), opened/closed dates, inspector, and TCAD parcel ID. Useful for spotting open code cases on a property before purchase or for neighborhood quality-of-life research. Authoritative source: City of Austin Code Department.

Estimate drive time and distance between two Austin-area addresses -- useful for 'what's my commute from here' or 'how far is this from work/school' questions. Tries a live routing engine first (OSRM, then Valhalla, both key-free public demo routers); if both are unreachable, falls back to a straight-line estimate clearly flagged as such. Drive time is a rough estimate, not real-time traffic-aware routing.

Look up City of Austin Council voting records. Returns meeting date, item description, action taken (Approved/Failed/Postponed), and how each council member voted. Useful for tracking how a specific council member votes, finding votes on a topic (e.g. 'short-term rental', 'zoning'), or reviewing what was decided on a particular date. Authoritative source: City of Austin Office of the City Clerk.

Search Austin Police Department crime reports. Filter by council district (1-10), crime type, family-violence flag, and date range. Returns incident number, crime type, UCR category, occurrence and report dates, location type (Residence, Restaurant, Street, etc.), council district, and clearance status. NOTE: dataset is anonymized to council-district level -- it does NOT include street addresses or lat/long. To look up crime near a specific property, first determine its council district (austin_permits returns council_district per address) and query this tool with that district. Authoritative source: City of Austin Police Department.

Given a street address, returns every district / jurisdiction the address falls inside: Austin City Council district, school district (ISD), emergency service district, Travis County voter precinct, neighborhood planning area, and whether the address is inside the City of Austin full-purpose boundary (vs. ETJ). Useful for voter registration questions, school zoning, knowing who represents an address, and confirming city-vs-county jurisdiction. Pipeline: U.S. Census geocoder -> point-in-polygon against City of Austin and Travis County ArcGIS layers.

Look up the FEMA flood zone for an address. Returns the FEMA flood zone code (A, AE, X, V, VE, etc.), Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) status, base flood elevation, and a plain-English risk + insurance interpretation. Critical disclosure for any Texas buyer: zone A/AE/V properties require federal flood insurance. Authoritative source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL). Geocodes via U.S. Census.

List Austin / Travis County fire stations. Search by station number, name, address, or jurisdiction. Returns station number, address, name, facility type, status, and department (AFD vs Travis County ESD). Useful for finding the nearest fire station to a property -- relevant to insurance underwriting, ISO rating context, and emergency response planning.

Search the Hays Central Appraisal District (HCAD) for property ownership, market and appraised values, land/improvement breakdown, school district, city, subdivision, last deed (date/volume/page), legal description, acreage, and the owner's mailing address. Use for any address in Hays County, TX (Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Buda, Kyle, San Marcos).

Diagnostic. Pings every upstream data provider this MCP depends on (TCAD, WCAD, HCAD, SODA, FEMA, Census, NWS, Travis Tax Office, Neuhaus VOW) in parallel with a 3.5s timeout and reports per-source status, HTTP code, and latency. Use when many tools are returning errors and you want to know which provider is down vs which tool is broken.

Current Lake Travis water level, conservation storage, and percent full (authoritative source: Texas Water Development Board, Water Data for Texas). Returns the latest reading plus trend vs. 7 and 30 days ago. Optional 'reservoir' parameter switches to other Highland Lakes (buchanan, lbj, marble-falls, inks, austin). Useful for boating, Lake Travis property due-diligence, drought-impact research.

List Austin Public Library branches. Search by branch name, address, or council district. Returns branch name, address, phone, council district, and amenity flags (wi-fi, computers, training rooms). Useful for finding the nearest library to an address. Authoritative source: City of Austin Library Department.

Look up an active Austin-area listing by free-form street address. Up to 5 fuzzy matches returned. Each result links to the property page on neuhausre.com. Useful for quickly checking 'is this house currently for sale and what's the asking price?'.

Pull the full active-listing detail for a single Austin-area MLS ID. Returns address, price, beds/baths/sqft, year built, features, photos, and a permalink to the property page on neuhausre.com. Active listings only -- closed sales, pending, and withdrawn listings require a signed buyer-rep agreement.

Search recent posts across a curated set of independent Austin-area writers, newsletters, and community blogs. Covers Austin culture, politics, food, lifestyle, events, and creative writing -- no real-estate-specific blogs, no paywalled news sites. Use this to surface what real Austin voices are saying about a topic. Currently includes: Eric Webb — Turning Out; Jason Stanford — The Experiment; Scott Francis (sfrancisatx); ATX Writing Club; 365 Things Austin; Camille Styles; Austin Is Burning (Connie). Returns up to 8 matching posts across sources with a link back to the original.

List ALL taxing entities that apply to a Travis County property -- MUDs (Municipal Utility Districts), PIDs (Public Improvement Districts), ESDs (Emergency Services Districts), WCIDs, ISD, county, city, hospital district, community college, etc. Each entity returns its base tax due, assessed value, net taxable value, and total amount. Critical disclosure for Texas buyers: special-purpose districts can add thousands of dollars to a tax bill that aren't obvious from the listing. Authoritative source: Travis County Tax Office property entity detail.

Find the nearest fire station, public library, and park to an Austin-area address, ranked by straight-line distance. One-shot lookup across three City of Austin datasets -- useful for insurance/ISO context (fire station), amenity questions (library, park), or general 'what's around here' questions. Distances are straight-line (as the crow flies), not drive time.

Search or look up Austin-area neighborhoods (subdivisions). Pass q to search by partial name (returns top 10 matches with permalinks), or pass slug to get a single neighborhood's detail with 5 sample active listings. Useful for 'what neighborhoods are in X area' or 'tell me about Travis Heights'.

Real-time CapMetro (Austin transit) bus/rail lookup. Three modes: pass stop_search to find a stop's ID by name (e.g. "Congress & 6th"); pass stop_id to get live upcoming arrivals at that stop; pass route (a route number, e.g. "801" for MetroRapid or "20") to see where buses on that route are right now. Data updates every 15 seconds. Authoritative source: CapMetro GTFS-realtime via data.texas.gov.

Active National Weather Service alerts (severe thunderstorm, tornado, flood, heat, freeze, fire weather) for a specific Austin / Central Texas location. Defaults to downtown Austin when no address is supplied. Returns severity, urgency, headline, description, and expiration time for every active alert covering the point. Authoritative source: National Weather Service (api.weather.gov).

Search City of Austin parks by name, address, council district, or park type. Returns name, address, park type (neighborhood / district / greenbelt / golf / pool / preserve), council district, and development status. Useful for finding the parks near an address, what kind of park-land is in a council district, or what city-managed open space is at a given location. Authoritative source: City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department.

Look up issued construction permits at a City of Austin address. Returns permit number, type (mechanical/electrical/plumbing/building/etc), work class, status, dates (applied, issued, status, expires), description, contractor info, and a link to the AB+C public detail page. Useful for verifying permitted work history (additions, pools, HVAC, electrical, demolition, change of use) before buying or remodeling. Authoritative source: City of Austin Open Data Portal.

Search Austin Police Department reporting datasets. Pick one type per call: arrests (charges, dates, sector, demographics), use_of_force (force level, resistance, injury, weapons used), or dispatch (911/CAD incidents with council district, priority, problem category). Filter by date range, incident/charge type keyword, council district, or sector. Companion to austin_crime (which covers crime *reports*) and austin_afd_incidents (fire/EMS dispatches). Authoritative source: City of Austin / APD.

PREFERRED entry-point for any general property / address question in the Austin metro ("tell me about [address]", "look up this property", "info on [address]", "who owns [address]", "what's the deal with [address]"). ONE-SHOT report that pulls CAD (TCAD / WCAD / HCAD auto-routed) + tax bill (Travis) + taxing-entity breakdown (MUD / PID / ESD / ISD) + FEMA flood zone + permits + code-compliance cases + 311 requests + zoning + district lookup, in a single call. Call this FIRST for any address-centric query. Only fall through to individual tools (travis_cad_search, travis_tax_office, austin_permits, etc.) when the user explicitly asks for just that single data type AFTER seeing the 360 report. Takes ~10-15 seconds; covers Travis / Williamson / Hays counties; ~9 sub-sources.

PREFERRED entry-point for MOVING / RELOCATION questions about a specific Austin-area address ("I'm moving to [address], what do I need to set up?", "who turns on my water here?", "what schools / districts / taxes apply?"). ONE-SHOT new-resident report: water + sewer provider (who to contact to start service), special-purpose taxing districts (MUD / PID / ESD that raise the tax bill), school district, voter precinct, city-vs-ETJ jurisdiction, PLUS the standard Texas move-in checklist (driver license 90-day rule, vehicle registration, voter registration, homestead exemption). For a property-ownership / due-diligence report instead (CAD value, deeds, flood, permits), use austin_property_360. Live lookups are Travis County; the move-in checklist is shown for any address. Does NOT start service or file anything -- it tells you who to contact and what to do.

Look up Austin / Travis County food establishment inspection scores. Returns inspection date, score (0-100), restaurant name, address, ZIP, and the process description. Useful for 'is this restaurant clean?', 'what was their last inspection?', and finding the worst-rated places in an area. Authoritative source: City of Austin / Travis County Environmental Health Services Division.

Search current and upcoming Austin roadway work zones / construction closures. Returns event type, affected roads, direction, description, and start/end dates. Useful for commute planning, event logistics, and knowing what construction is happening near a property. Authoritative source: City of Austin Transportation and Public Works Department.

Search published blog posts on neuhausre.com (Ed Neuhaus's Austin real-estate blog). Returns up to 10 matching posts with title, excerpt, and link. Useful for 'what has Ed written about [topic]?' or pulling up local Austin real estate context (market trends, neighborhood guides, buyer tips, etc.).

Look up Texas public schools and their TEA accountability ratings. Search by campus name, district, county, or city. Returns the A-F overall rating, sub-scores (Student Achievement, School Progress, Closing the Gaps), enrollment, demographics, district info, address, phone, and website. Authoritative sources: Texas Education Agency (2022-2023 ratings) and AskTED directory. Note: this does NOT map an address to its assigned schools -- attendance zones are managed by individual ISDs.

Look up an Austin residential address's trash/recycling/compost collection day. Trash and compost are collected weekly on the address's collection day; recycling is collected biweekly on that same day, alternating 'A' and 'B' weeks citywide. Authoritative source: Austin Resource Recovery (data.austintexas.gov).

Search the Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) for property ownership, market and appraised values, land/improvement breakdown, legal description, acreage, zoning, and the owner's mailing address. Use for any address in Travis County / Austin, TX. Authoritative source for tax-roll data.

Look up the current property tax status from the Travis County Tax Office for an address. Returns owner, mailing address, account ID, current tax year levy + balance, prior-year delinquencies, and total amount due. Useful for verifying tax-current status before closing, spotting delinquent owners (potential motivated sellers), or confirming the actual tax bill on a listing. Authoritative source: Travis County Tax Office.

Look up City of Austin issued tree permits at a given address. Permits are required for removal or critical-root-zone work on regulated trees (19" diameter+) and heritage trees (24" of certain species). Returns permit class, issue date, status, and flags for heritage / public / removal / root encroachment. Useful for pre-listing prep, buyer due-diligence ('what trees were removed from this property?'), and code-compliance research. Authoritative source: City of Austin Development Services Department.

Search TxDOT roadway construction + maintenance projects in the Austin district. Returns project class, type of work, highway, project limits (from / to), district + county, and letting date. Useful for tracking MoPac / I-35 / SH-130 work, commute impact planning, and property due-diligence on parcels near planned highway expansion. Authoritative source: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

Find the WATER and SEWER (wastewater) utility obligated to serve a Travis County address, with how-to-start guidance. The Austin metro is a patchwork of the City of Austin, dozens of MUDs/WCIDs, and private utilities -- newcomers genuinely cannot tell who provides their water until they move in. Returns the certificated provider (CCN holder) for the exact location. Authoritative source: PUC Certificate of Convenience and Necessity boundaries (Travis County GIS). Travis County only. Does NOT start service -- it tells you who to contact.

Search the Williamson Central Appraisal District (WCAD) for property ownership, year built, building square footage, subdivision, tax district, legal description, and the owner's mailing address. Use for any address in Williamson County, TX (Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander, Georgetown, Liberty Hill, Hutto, Taylor). Note: WCAD redacts dollar values from its public GIS feed, so assessed/market values are not returned here -- use the WCAD detail_url to view current values on wcad.org.

Look up the City of Austin zoning designation for an address. Returns the full zoning code (e.g. SF-3, MF-4, CS-V-CO-NP, GR-MU), the base zone, and the base-zone category in plain English (e.g. 'Single Family Standard Lot', 'General Commercial Services'). Use to verify what is allowed at a property: STR rentals, accessory dwellings, commercial use, lot subdivision, or building height. Authoritative source: City of Austin Planning Department.