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Tag Archives: CodeNEXT
Austin Monitor Radio: CodeNEXT with Evolve
This week, Evolve Austin’s Eric Goff and Austin Housing Coalition Executive Director Nicole Joslin chat with Austin Monitor freelance reporter Caleb Pritchard and editor Liz Pagano about CodeNEXT. To hear more about Evolve’s take on what needs fixing in the…
Radio • By Austin Monitor • Sep 19, 2017
Reporter's Notebook: Zero vision
More, no doubt, to come… As we all well know, the second draft of CodeNEXT was released Friday. As usual, it’s a dense tome that land use enthusiasts studied in earnest over the weekend, and will continue to study in…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Sep 18, 2017
Second draft of CodeNEXT allows more housing in more places, city says
Austin is releasing a second draft of CodeNEXT, the city’s rewrite of its Land Development Code, today. “We are really excited about the new draft coming out,” Peter Park of Opticos Design, a consultant hired by the city, told City…
Land Development Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Sep 15, 2017
Rezoning denial may not matter after CodeNEXT
When the world (of the current Land Development Code) is coming to an end, a single property zoning decision can seem insignificant. At the Zoning and Platting Commission’s Sept. 5 meeting, commissioners denied what one Northwest Austin community perceived to…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Sep 15, 2017
Austinites call for halt, and a vote, on CodeNEXT
Residents and activists in East Austin called for a halt and possible public vote on CodeNEXT during a community session Saturday where reparations for displaced individuals and a program to create affordable housing stock on city-owned lands were also discussed…
Land Development Code • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 11, 2017
Council gets preview of CodeNEXT 2.0
Many of the answers amounted to “wait another week,” but City Council was able to pry some information about the second draft of CodeNEXT from consultants and staff at a special called meeting Wednesday. One of the main criticisms of…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Sep 7, 2017
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Single-family occupancy limits drop back to four in CodeNEXT second draft
There is a two-sided nature of the CodeNEXT drafting process. On the one hand, staff and third-party consultants meticulously work through the details of the new land use code on a daily basis. And, on the other, the land use…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Sep 1, 2017
Harvey revives flooding concerns about CodeNEXT
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the land use commissions questioned staff on how CodeNEXT would address local flooding at their Aug. 29 joint meeting. “Austin came real close to having another catastrophe this (past) weekend. Real close,” Zoning and…
Planning • By Joseph Caterine • Aug 31, 2017
Commission finds itself at CodeNEXT crossroads
Only a few weeks before the scheduled release of CodeNEXT Draft 2.0, the Planning Commission at its Aug. 22 meeting took a step outside of business as usual and considered the alternatives in proceeding with the revamp of the city’s…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Aug 28, 2017
Council members call for CodeNEXT changes
Just as the sun was beginning to glare down on the stretch of lawn around the welcome sign to Blazier Elementary School yesterday morning, a group of four City Council members kicked off what they are calling the #FixtheCode #4AllAustinites…
Land Development Code • By Nina Hernandez • Aug 23, 2017
Austin aims to simplify the language around CodeNEXT
The upcoming second draft of Austin’s new Land Development Code is expected to eliminate one of its key zoning tools, known as “transect” zones, which focus on a building’s form rather than its use. In theory, transect zones would allow…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Aug 22, 2017
Council looks to adjust TOD density bonus programs
An extra helping of housing for low-income families could be coming to near East Austin soon thanks to action taken by City Council on Thursday. The body unanimously supported an item sponsored by Council Member Pio Renteria and aimed at…
