Land Development Code Rewrite/CodeNEXT

[Komeht]

Nice blog post on why LDC matters from Mike Clark-Madison of CNU:

http://centraltexascnu.org/why-ldc-m...on-and-density

[jngreenlee]

From today's City Council Meeting, Item 52

This item is a request to conduct a public hearing on the CodeNEXT Code Approach Alternatives and Annotated
Outlines report which sets forth a recommended approach to the update of the Land Development Code. The
recommended approach will set a general framework for the format and organization of the code, the ways in which
development applications are reviewed and standards administered, and the types of development standards that will
be crafted.

Here's action take to date this year:
September 9, 2014 – Waterfront Planning Advisory Board Briefing. No action taken.
September 9, 2014 – Approved by the Community Development Commission on an 8-0 vote.
September 16, 2014 – Approved by the Zoning & Platting Commission on a 5-1 vote with
Commissioner Seeger absent, with motion to recommend Approach Alternative 2 The Deep
Clean to revise the Land Development Code.
September 17, 2014 – Approved by the Environmental Board on a 5-2 vote with
Commissioners Maxwell and Perales voting against, recommendations # 2 and # 3 of the
CodeNEXT project.
September 18, 2014 – Urban Transportation Commission briefing. No action taken.
September 23, 2014 – Approved by the Planning Commission on a 7-1 vote with Commission
Hatfield absent.
September 22, 2014 – Land Development Code Advisory Group. No action taken.
October 20, 2014 – To be reviewed by the Land Development Code Advisory Group.

[KevinFromTexas]

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news...-codene/ntH2b/

Austin braces for unveiling of long-awaited CodeNext rules

LOCAL GOVT & POLITICS By Nolan Hicks - American-Statesman Staff 7

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016

When it comes to shaping Austin’s breakneck growth, the city’s development code determines basically everything: What fits where, how tall a building can be, how many apartments will fit, the number of parking spaces a restaurant will need.

And virtually everyone agrees it’s rife with problems.

Neighborhood activists complain that the 3-decade-old, 1,300-page code — amended more than 800 times — is full of loopholes developers use to build projects that shouldn’t be allowed. Builders complain that it’s so convoluted and full of contradictions, neighborhood activists can tie up projects for years, exacerbating Austin’s housing crunch.

Come January, city officials will take the first steps toward replacing it — rolling out the first draft of their top-to-bottom rewrite, known as CodeNext — according to a schedule set by the City Council last month. A yearlong process of hearings, forums, rewriting and tweaking will follow, with the goal of voting on the new code by April or May 2018.

[jbssfelix]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news...-codene/ntH2b/

This comes across as a pretty one-sided piece as usual from Nolan Hicks. The concerns of ANC et al are pretty shallow and have little factual backings. I hope to see CodeNEXT follow through with little interruption ASAP, as it could drastically help alleviate our traffic and affordability issues here in town.

[The ATX]

This presentation for a Design Commission meeting is good summary of Code Next. It's more or less a Code Next for Dummies:

http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=279161