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Tag Archives: CodeNEXT
As deadline nears, CodeNEXT capacity figures still in question
The land use commissions received a briefing on the affordability implications of the third and final draft of CodeNEXT Tuesday night, with only a few weeks left before they turn in their official recommendations to City Council. Consultants and staff…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Mar 30, 2018
Council weighs how to boost affordable housing program under CodeNEXT
City Council is trying to figure out how the latest draft of the proposed Land Development Code, known as CodeNEXT, could shape the future of affordable housing. At a meeting of the Housing and Planning Committee Tuesday, Council members drilled…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Mar 28, 2018
Adler to developers: CodeNEXT must provide more housing
Mayor Steve Adler told members of Austin’s real estate industry Tuesday that the city is making it easier to build and that he hopes the potential overhaul of the city’s Land Development Code will allow for much greater density on…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Mar 28, 2018
Austin Monitor Radio: CodeNEXT Draft 3
In this week’s show, Planning and Zoning Director Greg Guernsey and Assistant Director Jerry Rusthoven sit down with Austin Monitor freelancer Caleb Pritchard and editor Elizabeth Pagano to talk about the third draft of CodeNEXT. This is the final draft of…
Radio • By Elizabeth Pagano • Mar 13, 2018
Legal memo says CodeNEXT petition flawed
Texas courts have ruled that “zoning is a subject that is outside the scope of the initiative and referendum process.” Therefore, the city is neither required nor authorized to call an election on the petition currently being circulated by opponents…
Land Development Code • By Jo Clifton • Mar 8, 2018
Music proponents continue push for venues in CodeNEXT
Proponents of Austin music and the health of clubs and music venues are still pushing to make the final version of CodeNEXT more favorable to those businesses, after failing to win over the planners who contributed to the third draft…
Land Development Code • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 8, 2018
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CodeNEXT Draft 3 makes significant changes to water-quality and drainage regulations
After months of waiting, last month the third and final staff draft of CodeNEXT was released. After allowing adequate reading time, on Feb. 21, Matt Hollon, the manager of the Watershed Protection Department Planning Division, gave the Environmental Commission an…
Land Development Code • By Jessi Devenyns • Mar 2, 2018
Newest CodeNEXT draft gets criticism from all sides
CodeNEXT has plenty of critics, but they’re far from united in their criticism. The third draft of the proposed Land Development Code is being attacked from both sides of the perennial debate over growth. Neighborhood preservationists say it will lead…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Feb 22, 2018
Land use commissions skeptical about CodeNEXT 3.0 promises
The third draft of CodeNEXT made its long-awaited debut last Monday, presented to the public at an open house that evening in the flattering light of the golden hour – but by the next night, at the joint land use…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Feb 20, 2018
CodeNEXT draft boosts housing capacity
A day after the third version of CodeNEXT was unveiled, City Council members expressed cautious optimism about the proposed overhaul of Austin’s land development rules. Notably, Council members were happy to see that the new version dramatically increased the amount…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Feb 15, 2018
Neighborhood density dialed back in new CodeNEXT draft
The city of Austin has released its third draft of CodeNEXT, the ongoing overhaul of the rules governing what can be built where. At City Hall Monday evening, staff held an open house on the proposed Land Development Code, inviting…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Feb 13, 2018
Commission vice chair calls density bonus programs a failure
At the Zoning and Platting Commission’s Feb. 6 meeting, Vice Chair Jim Duncan continued his series of CodeNEXT presentations with an indictment of the city’s density bonus programs, one of the city’s main approaches to facilitating housing for households making less…
