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The YIMBYs Come to Town, and City Council Joins Them
Yes in Austin’s Backyard
"...his 2022 campaign, in which the presence of an anti-CodeNEXT sign in his yard caused some voters to question..."

March 1, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As Council Works to Improve Affordability With HOME, How Will Displacement Factor In?
Research shows small lots boost affordability though concerns linger
"...Some in the community fear the proposed rule changes..."

Dec. 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Common Law
Do artistic murals require a City of Austin permit?
"...However, there is an exemption for decorative features of..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by Luke Ellis

Park It
"...plug in other numbers for six or eight-plexes (as CodeNext would have allowed) and/or add more dwelling units per..."

May 17, 2023 Postmarks

Public Notice: Bashing Austin Policy
From the Capitol to the Waterfront, via Wall Street
"...then we start the negotiations all over again. Remember CodeNext...."

April 28, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Land Use Reforms on Hold?
Whose fault is that?
"...land reform, the process known popularly (or unpopularly) as CodeNEXT...."

March 10, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Ghosts of Austin’s Future
Two different City Councils; four different land use results
"...20-plus years ago, but the years, and differences with CodeNEXT, have likely shifted his perspective there...."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow
Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future
"...after I asked him about why he had a "CodeNEXT is BACK; Let's Save Our City" sign in his..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Battle Lines Being (Re)drawn
The imperfect ways we try to describe what’s at stake when neighborhoods change
"...could still just say that so-and-so supported or opposed CodeNEXT. Since the Chronicle writes about a lot of stuff..."

Sept. 23, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: The Housing Game
Council goes in search of the “lose-lose” solution
"...wasn't time" at that point to fold it into CodeNext. It's been three years since then. Is that enough..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Showdown on Main Streets
Applying the kinder, gentler Land Development Code rewrite to transit corridors
"...stood seemingly at a standstill since the wreckage of CodeNext just about two years ago...."

May 20, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Good Riddance
With CodeNext finally dead, can we finally move ahead?
"...invalidating the Land Development Code rewrite originally known as CodeNext...."

March 25, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021
Some top topics on the community news front
"...was actually Nov. 17 – oral hearings on the CodeNext lawsuit, which were essentially nonconclusive, as we still await..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: There’s No Zoning in Baseball!
Austin keeps hitting economic grand slams, but we can still tinker with the rulebook
"...naysayers of Community Not Com­modity, formed to oppose the CodeNEXT rewrite of Austin's Land Development Code that has now..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: For Further Consideration...
So yeah, let’s really get serious about housing in Austin
"...a pen. Amazingly, not even the third draft of CodeNEXT would have fixed this, that process having been hijacked..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Not Monopoly
"...forces homeowners off of their land due to affordability (CodeNext). The city battled Austin homeowners in court and lost...."

Sept. 30, 2021 Postmarks

Austin at Large: It’s Good to Try New Things
We could build more decent housing for all Austinites if we rethink what’s “normal”
"...that Community Not Commodity, the folks behind the shrieky anti-CodeNEXT (dead since 2018) yard signs still visible throughout the..."

July 30, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: More Alike Than Different
Where to start a conversation about creating decent housing for all of Austin
"...Completely bulldozing them over the pained shrieks of the anti-CodeNEXT crowd would not produce decent housing for everyone in..."

July 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Devil’s in the Details, Part 47
Why can't we walk the walk on housing?
"...you might be thinking, "Hey, if we'd just passed CodeNext, this would all be fine." But you'd be wrong...."

April 2, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Faster Than Sound: KUTX Beacon Jay Trachtenberg Retires
Jay Trachtenberg retires from KUTX, Rick Carney steps down as Music Commission chair, and Johnny Bush ascends to honky-tonky heaven.
"..."It has to be codified to have some teeth. CodeNEXT was the point where it fell off the table...."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin at Large: Old Beliefs, No Longer True
One in five Texas voters have never known a non-embarrassing ruling regime
"...Development Code Revision (which it insists on still calling "CodeNEXT," two years after that process was abandoned) and public..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: Time to Look in the Mirror on Housing
Builder David Whitworth asks, is protecting single family zoning a Republican or Democrat issue?
"...in a house now worth $750k and surrounded by "CodeNext Wrecks Austin" signs, said, "If the kids who grew..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by David Whitworth

Public Notice: Where’s Our LDC Rewrite?
Back into the looking glass with your City Council
"...way to sidestep legal rulings that killed the unpopular CodeNEXT Land Development Code rewrite process – just so they..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Full Speed Ahead
City, AISD unfazed by public criticism
"...Truelove's record at Housing as well: Back during the CodeNext process, "I was frustrated because nobody had any idea..."

July 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Better Late Than Never
"...basically a good summation of the arguments all the anti-CodeNEXT folks (and the anti-SonOfCodeNEXT folks) have been saying for..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Postmarks

CodeGREEN
"...Editor, The signs that fill my neighbor’s yards reading “CodeNEXT is BACK, SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD” would make you think..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Postmarks

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules
It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...
"...As City Council prepared to take the first of..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: And Unto Us, a Code Is Born
A decade’s worth of groaning begets the promise of a new city
"...landslide and the effort to kill Baby ATX LDC CodeNEXT Jesus failed at the ballot box. We have since..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: ___ Commission Wraps Up
PC confirms its new, "no planning" job description
"...the modeling that was a significant part of the CodeNEXT process. (Some modeling is being done; check out what..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Beat(ing) Goes On
Never a dull moment on the Land Development Code front
"...use to protect property from City Hall's 'Son of CodeNEXT' rezoning plan" by filing an official rezoning protest with..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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