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Tag Archives: CodeNEXT
Board of Adjustment wants in on CodeNEXT
The Board of Adjustment thinks that it was not given enough say in the code rewrites that are going to make up CodeNEXT, considering that it is the board that rules on variances to the city’s zoning regulations. At its June 11 meeting,…
Land Development Code • By Jessi Devenyns • Jun 19, 2018
CodeNEXT: Council debates supply and demand
Underpinning much of the debate over development and affordability in Austin is a simple question: Does increasing the number of homes make housing more affordable? At a Wednesday City Council meeting over CodeNEXT, Council members Alison Alter and Leslie Pool…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Jun 14, 2018
Council confronts thorny issue: How much more housing does Austin need?
City Council members engaged in yet another rambling, inconclusive debate over CodeNEXT Tuesday morning, this time over the amount of new housing that the new code should allow to be built. Currently, Council members are not in the process of…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Jun 13, 2018
Environmental Commission rejects Planning Commission CodeNEXT amendment
At their June 6 meeting, members of the Environmental Commission found themselves faced with an unusual question: “What if developers had the right to build up to 90 percent of their base impervious cover without having to abide by the…
Land Development Code • By Jessi Devenyns • Jun 11, 2018
CodeNEXT: Council agrees on big things but disagrees on key details
During their first day of deliberations on CodeNEXT, City Council members signaled agreement on a number of high-level statements about encouraging the construction of more housing along transportation corridors and not adding significant density to the interior of neighborhoods. And…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Jun 7, 2018
Adopting code a significant challenge
Mayor Steve Adler continued his quest to gain consensus on CodeNEXT Tuesday as City Council began to deliberate adoption of the new Land Development Code. In pursuit of that end, Adler gave each person on the dais – including City…
Land Development Code • By Jo Clifton • Jun 6, 2018
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City sued over CodeNEXT sign information
Billboard company owner Billy Reagan, who helped fund the petition drive to put the new Land Development Code on the November ballot, has sued the city. His suit is not to be confused with the lawsuit filed last week to…
Land Development Code • By Jo Clifton • Jun 4, 2018
Planning commissioners feeling (relatively) good about CodeNEXT
Despite their own differences in opinion on development and the fever-pitch rhetoric surrounding CodeNEXT at City Hall, members of the Planning Commission generally have a positive outlook on the controversial overhaul of the Land Development Code. “I’m not going to…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • May 31, 2018
Council votes not to put CodeNEXT petition on ballot
City Council members have voted against putting a CodeNEXT petition to a public vote, instead allowing a threatened lawsuit to proceed and a judge to determine whether the city is required to do so. “Putting this on the ballot is…
Land Development Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • May 25, 2018
Adler tries to find consensus on CodeNEXT
As City Council prepares to begin deliberations on CodeNEXT next month, Mayor Steve Adler acknowledged Tuesday that no other issue that he has confronted during his three and a half years in office has divided the community as much as…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • May 23, 2018
CodeNEXT: What's the plan, here?
After seeing the city spend five years and $8.5 million on CodeNEXT, some members of the Planning Commission are worried that the final product will be little more than a “plan to plan.” Currently, the commission is in the process…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • May 21, 2018
Planning commissioners spar over reduced lot sizes in CodeNEXT
The 13 volunteer citizens appointed to the city Planning Commission spent eight grueling hours Monday night proposing and debating changes to CodeNEXT. It was a stark contrast to the the treatment the proposed code overhaul received from the city’s other…
