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Tag Archives: CodeNEXT
What will CodeNEXT mean for Austin's neighborhood plans?
At a CodeNEXT meeting earlier this month, residents from across Austin raised concerns about one perceived change: that the city’s new Land Development Code would scrap their neighborhood plans. Jorge Rousselin, the city’s project manager on CodeNEXT, said that’s just…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Oct 26, 2017
Planning Commission hosts massive CodeNEXT public work session
The Planning Commission opened the doors of City Hall yesterday to a public eager to share its thoughts on the second draft of CodeNEXT. Despite some polarizing opinions on certain topics, the atmosphere remained cordial, and the complex review process…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 25, 2017
Panel of Latino leaders to explore how CodeNEXT addresses racial inequities
As Austin’s new Land Development Code, CodeNEXT, is being crafted, some residents see the process as a chance to address longstanding issues of racial and economic inequity. Neighborhood activist Susana Almanza said Austin needs to talk about its past before…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Oct 24, 2017
CodeNEXT consultant not meeting goals to hire women- and minority-owned firms
The California-based company hired to help rewrite Austin’s Land Development Code is not meeting contractual goals to hire local minority-owned and women-owned firms. The city’s contract with Opticos Design Inc. calls for about 32 percent of the consultant’s work on…
City Hall • By Syeda Hasan • Oct 23, 2017
Planning Commission quartet revolts against calls for CodeNEXT delay
In an unconventional maneuver, four Planning Commissioners hosted an impromptu press conference Thursday at City Hall, announcing their opposition to voices critical of the CodeNEXT timeline. Commissioners Chito Vela, Greg Anderson, Jeffrey Thompson and Angela De Hoyos Hart all made…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 20, 2017
Commission vents about CodeNEXT's momentum
Somewhere, hiding mysteriously in the drafting timeline of the new land use code, there is a point of no return. The Zoning and Platting Commission, a body that has repeatedly called for the CodeNEXT review process to be slowed down,…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 19, 2017
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Environmental Commission stalls on CodeNEXT 2.0
CodeNEXT once again took center stage at a meeting of the Environmental Commission earlier this month, when commissioners refrained from recommending the second draft of the Land Development Code rewrite, with a hope that they would have comments prepared just…
Environment • By Jessi Devenyns • Oct 18, 2017
CodeNEXT density increase could mean parking requirement decrease
The spirit of road rage sometimes goes beyond Austin’s congested highways and injects itself into debates revolving around the city’s transit problems. That angst could be felt at the Oct. 10 Planning Commission meeting, when staff presented how parking requirements…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Oct 17, 2017
Reporter's Notebook: Sticking with what we know
Such a tease… Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion’s recent appointment to the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors was probably all but guaranteed given the circumstances – his avowed interest in transit on top of the need to politically…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 16, 2017
Council pushes ahead with CodeNEXT contract
City Council has voted to authorize spending what is supposed to be the final chunk of money allocated for the consultants hired to craft CodeNEXT, the rewrite of the city’s Land Development Code. The $2.27 million will go to Opticos…
Land Development Code • By Jack Craver • Oct 13, 2017
We collected your CodeNEXT fears. And then tried to fact-check them.
Nearly 100 people crammed into a back room of a South Austin lodge to hear Mayor Steve Adler tackle some boring stuff. Made up mostly of members of the Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Association, the audience sat in cushioned beige chairs…
Land Development Code • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Oct 12, 2017
Commission casts aside CodeNEXT timeline
A code rewrite is by nature a precarious undertaking, where even an informal conversation can trigger a tectonic shift in the entire process. At its Oct. 10 meeting, the Planning Commission played around with the idea of shifting gears to…
