CodeNEXT Advisory Group co-chair Jim Duncan joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin and editor Liz Pagano to talk about the status of the city’s land development code rewrite. Sponsored by Austin Water. Program is embedded below: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/269885526″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]
CodeNEXT
CodeNEXT is the name given to the land development code rewrite process undertaken in the early 2010s by the City of Austin.
Posted inCity Hall
Facing termination, CodeNEXT leader quits
The top executive presiding over the city’s rewrite of its land use regulations, Matt Lewis, submitted his resignation on Thursday after an investigation by the Human Resources Department concluded that Lewis had violated city policies regarding harassment of and retaliation against other city employees. Lewis, the executive lead over CodeNEXT and assistant director of long-range […]
Posted inLand Development Code
Coalition asks to keep CodeNEXT on track
A coalition of eight Austin organizations got together to ask the city to honor a January 2017 deadline for the new land development code draft on Wednesday. Pointing out that four years have passed since the rewrite was laid out in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan, representatives from AURA, the Austin Apartment Association, the Austin Board of Realtors, […]
Posted inCity Council
Council OKs contract for impact fee study
With City Council Member Don Zimmerman opposed, Council voted 7-1 Thursday to award a $1.18 million contract for a transportation impact fee study to Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. in anticipation of adopting developer impact fees to pay for street improvements as the city grows. Council members Delia Garza and Ann Kitchen along with Mayor Steve […]
Posted inCity Hall
CodeNEXT leader: City adding costs to code rewrite
The chair of the citizens group advising the city of Austin on the rewrite of the city’s land-use regulations has voiced concerns that the contract for the project, known as CodeNEXT, is being used as a “mothership on which to attach riders for other studies or plans.” Jim Duncan, former director of planning for the […]
Posted inPlanning
CodeNEXT means angst for some
On Tuesday, City Council heard a briefing on the progress of CodeNEXT, the costly and time-consuming rewrite of the city’s land development code, and in the process started down the path to some of the hardest questions the city faces in deciding the rules for development. Those include: What does affordability mean and how can […]
Posted inLand Development Code
Density bonus program raises doubts in commission
A change to the Land Development Code that would include multifamily zoning in the city’s density bonus programs hit a stumbling block at last week’s Planning Commission meeting. Commissioners voted overwhelmingly to pass the proposal on to City Council without a recommendation and expressed doubt that the change would ultimately do much at all. Essentially, […]
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Planning Commission launches measured approach to CodeNEXT study
At its most recent meeting, the Planning Commission worked to establish how it would stay up to date on what’s going on with CodeNEXT, the ongoing effort to rewrite the city’s Land Development Code. “There’s a certain amount of effort we need to do so it’s not like a presentation on every product you do,” […]
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ZAP calls for CodeNEXT process change
With a Land Development Code rewrite well underway and a draft version expected early next year, the city’s land-use commissions are weighing in on how they would like more input. If the Zoning and Platting Commission has its way, there might be some big changes made to the rewrite process, which is known as CodeNEXT. […]
Posted inReporters' Notebook
Reporter’s Notebook: You should see the other guy
CodeNEXT, now… Though in the background (for some people), the CodeNEXT Land Development Code rewrite continues to chug along. And this month: a new milestone! The city has released its draft “Natural and Built Environment Code Prescription” (found in its entirety here). The prescription is the first of four such drafts that, according to a […]
Posted inLand Development Code
Citizens plead for affordability from CodeNEXT
About 30 members of the public took the opportunity Tuesday night to address CodeNEXT, the citizens advisory group for rewriting Austin’s land development code. The majority of those speaking asked the panel to do something about Austin’s affordability problems. “We believe that Austin is in a housing crisis,” said Eric Goff of the advocacy group […]
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Murky CodeNEXT process raises eyebrows at Planning Commission
This month, the city will hold events designed to test aspects of the ongoing CodeNEXT Land Development Code rewrite, and last week some Planning commissioners were concerned that they were unprepared for the exercise. The events, called “Sound Check,” will take place Nov. 16-21 and feature open studio hours, speakers and even live music, with […]