On Compatibility, Staff Tells Adler, Thanks, but No Thanks

Previously drafted Land Development Code changes were better, they say

"...One of them is changing the city's compatibility standards, the set of rules controlling the size and..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council to Tweak Compatibility Rules Amid Housing Crisis

Can a change help stem rising housing and rent costs?

"...Devel­op­ment Code. One would reduce parking requirements and the compatibility standards that control building size near single-­family housing, but..."

June 10, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

CodeNEXT and Compatibility

News and tidbits from the land of the land use rewrite

"...long, and the dais waded into two controversial topics: compatibility standards and transition areas...."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Quest for Nine Votes on Land Use Code

Council proposes revising Austin's strict compatibility standards

"...vertical mixed-use bonus program, a relaxation of Austin's stringent compatibility standards, and changes to most commercial zones that would..."

Dec. 16, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Attitudes on Land-Use Change as Limits on Building Near Houses Are Eased

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...more conservative change to these building restrictions known as compatibility rules. The 2022 LDC amendment now allows developers to..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...is plausible that Austin will have much less restrictive compatibility standards, allow up to three housing units on much..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Once-Sacred Neighborhood Protections Battered by Austin's Affordability Crisis

Are taller buildings with less parking the answer?

"...ways to free up development of much-needed housing: loosening compatibility standards for commercial projects near single-family neighborhoods, and reducing..."

May 21, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Rules That Block Apartments Near Single-Family Homes Should Change, City Staff Says

Compatibility restricts homes near amenities

"...a comprehensive analysis looking at how, throughout the city, “compatibility restrictions” limit potential housing capacity – i.e., the maximum..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Poised to Pass Three Housing Supply-Friendly Items

The most controversial would allow larger apartment complexes near single-family homes

"...density bonus program, create a new one, and ease compatibility rules that limit building height in housing developments near..."

June 9, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...to build houses on smaller lots and to eliminate “compatibility standards” that have long blocked construction of apartment buildings..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK

City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo

"...minimum parking requirements, limits on floor-to-area ratio, and modified compatibility standards."..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: And, We’re Off …

Council tees up CodeNEXT for a loooong drive, takes a breather

"...development code rewrite in two weeks (see "CodeNEXT and Compatibility," June 29), and if they didn't find any answers..."

June 29, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT Version 2: The Final Countdown

Marathon land use commission meeting precipitates close of public comment period

"...short consultants John Miki and Peter Park's presentation on compatibility (ensuring harmonious transitions between different zoning uses) so that..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin Blocked Apartments by Houses for Years. New Rules Would Change That.

Code change would facilitate 60,000+ new units, city staff estimates

"...31-page staff report summarizing proposed changes to the city’s compatibility rules is a line that helps explain why City..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis

Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back

"...al. are taking on a relaxation of the city’s compatibility rules, which restrict building height near single-family homes. Third,..."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin's Best Density Bonus Remains in Suspense

To V(MU) or not to V

"...CM Chito Vela that would exempt VMU projects from compatibility standards that limit building height and increase parking requirements..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Considers How Fast to Move on Land Development Code Reform

Sometimes the tortoise loses

"...Code that will enact modest reforms to the city's compatibility standards – the rules controlling how tall buildings can..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Who Will Be the New Council Voice for District 9?

Eight candidates vie for Austin's most powerful YIMBYs and NIMBYs

"...everywhere for potential solutions," she added, including revisions to compatibility standards citywide – which dictate how large and tall..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Punts on VMU and Guaranteed Income

$1,000 checks from the city and lax parking regulations will have to wait

"...ordinance that would let developers waive parking requirements and compatibility standards that restrict building height near single-family homes. Builders..."

April 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Trick or Treat!

Scary times for CodeNEXT

"...Tuesday's meeting is logged as the date to cover compatibility – the thorny issue of how different building types..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

The Waiting Game

"...could have pulled the church's property in line with compatibility standards in place everywhere else in the neighborhood, potentially..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Homeowners Kill Prior City Council’s Modest Housing Reforms

Low-income housing program to survive legal challenge

"...commercial; and a code change that relaxed the city's compatibility rules, which restrict the size of multifamily buildings within..."

Nov. 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: What’s Wrong With Mineola?

Should we follow the model zoning in Sen. Bryan Hughes’ hometown?

"...session to file Senate Bill 491, which would limit compatibility rules in Texas' five largest cities, including Austin. Specifically,..."

Feb. 10, 2023 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

"...minimum single-family lot sizes to 5,000 square feet, limit compatibility standards to within 300 feet of single-family homes, remove..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Inching Toward Higher Heights to Get More Housing

Advocates for low-income tenants urge a go-slow approach

"...Representatives of Go Austin/Vamos Austin (GAVA) urged council to..."

June 13, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Public Notice: The Housing Game

Council goes in search of the “lose-lose” solution

"...mixed-use zoning, and another to reduce parking requirements and compatibility limitations on building on transit corridors. But also, there's..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Growing Pains

Tell us something we don’t know

"...housing advocates, the draft would retain the city's current compatibility standards, but allow for future discussions related to compatibility,..."

April 22, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Seeks Consensus as It Eyes Affordability Crisis

A lot is not enough

"...easier to build duplexes. Suggestions that Austin relax its compatibility standards, which limit the height and size of anything..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...– allowing for more housing capacity and diversity, relaxed "compatibility" standards that limit heights around single-family homes, and reduced..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...to neatly avoid all restrictions on height and neighborhood compatibility, without doing superior urban planning. Among other problems, said..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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