![]() As part of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, the code is currently undergoing a rewrite in what is called the "CodeNEXT." That process is expected to be completed in 2016.Ĭity of Austin Planning Commission: This commission addresses issues of land use as assigned to it by Austin's City Code. The Mayor continues to be elected at-large.Ĭity of Austin Land Development Code: The city's Land Development Code regulates building and development in the city of Austin. In 2012, City of Austin residents voted to change that system and as of 2015, 10 members of the Council are elected based on geographic districts. Until 2015, the body contained seven members, including the city's Mayor, all elected at-large. It offers policy direction, while the office of the City Manager implements administrative actions based on those policies. A complete list of donors is available here, and our code of ethics is explained here.Īustin City Council: The Austin City Council is the body with legislative purview over the City of Austin. Though our reporting covers donors from time to time, we are careful to keep business and editorial efforts separate while maintaining transparency. The Austin Monitor ’s work is made possible by donations from the community. Photo made available through a Creative Commons license. I look forward to having additional discussion around this item at the next Housing and Planning Committee meeting on May 23.”Īccording to the affordability impact statement prepared by staff, Council should consider “incorporating a superiority requirement for CH-PDA to ensure community benefits such as affordable housing and environmental design considerations to minimize the effect of nearby highways.” Guzmán told the Austin Monitor, “Under this new change, a developer can do anything they want and the neighborhood … they don’t get any say on community benefits.” It remains to be seen whether that will be a problem because Council still must approve any zoning change.Ĭouncil Member Leslie Pool, the lead sponsor of the ordinance change, said that “because we’ve had a number of PDA cases, it seems clear we need to look at community benefits when PDA is attached to a base zoning district, and that is not the case at this time. Two east side activists, Tracy Witte and Monica Guzmán, told Council that they objected to the changes because they perceived the action as giving neighborhoods less power to negotiate with developers. All of that was eliminated by Thursday’s vote. ![]() ![]() Finally, the maximum building cover was set at 55 percent of the lot area, and the maximum impervious cover was also set at 55 percent. The minimum interior side yard setback was 25 feet. The minimum front yard and street side yard setback were both set at 50 feet. The maximum height allowed was set at 200 feet, regardless of the size of the property. That section of the code set the minimum lot size at 10 acres and the maximum floor area ratio at four to one. Under the regulations repealed Thursday, the language being eliminated said that if there was a conflict between the rules of the zoning district and the section that was repealed, “the more restrictive requirement governs.” The Planning Commission unanimously approved the change. The change eliminates LDC 25-2-582(C) and replaces it with language to clarify that a zoning ordinance establishing CH-PDA controls over any conflicting CH regulations. In addition, according to a staff report, the change “will prioritize use of the correct zoning classification for the intended purpose to reduce the unnecessary placement of industrial zoning in historically disadvantaged areas.”Ĭouncil Member Leslie Pool sponsored the resolution to amend Commercial Highway (CH) District Regulations in order to allow for a planned development area combining district. City Council voted Thursday to eliminate a section of the Land Development Code that governs development along highways, hoping the change will help add housing units in the city and “eliminate barriers to the creation of income-restricted units under established city density bonus programs.”
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