Austin At Large: What Are Y'all Afraid Of?

Framing the gains and losses on all sides of Austin's battles over land use

"...the city's Land Development Code consultants about the ongoing rewrite: "Most of the city, we don't think anything would..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Decoding the Code

Next step: untangling 30 years of regulatory layers

"...The LDC has something like 30 years' worth of regulatory layers..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...City staff released a revised version of the LDC text and zoning map last Friday, Jan. 31, incorporating..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

How to Learn More About the Land Development Code Revision

Interactive maps, timelines, and the nitty-gritty of zoning code

"...map that are posted on the project's main page, www.austintexas.gov/ldc, are still the Oct. 4 version; it's unclear when..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature

House Makes Its First Post-Freeze Moves to Fix the Grid

Who's got the power?

"...opposed to the 7-4 votes that approved the revised LDC on its first two readings before District Judge Jan..."

March 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)

If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent

"...in 90 words: CodeNEXT is the ongoing process to rewrite the city of Austin's Land Development Code; Sound Check..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Gets Surprised by APD's New State Grants

Refund the police?

"...But the most interesting items on the agenda will..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Adler Offers Olive Branch After Second Reading of Land Development Code

Code compromise?

"...days of debate, City Council advanced its effort to rewrite Austin's Land Development Code to the third-and-final stage late..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Shapes Land Use Overhaul on Second Reading

Debate continues as Austin learns to code

"...middle of more debate on the Land Development Code rewrite on Wednesday, Feb. 12, as the Chronicle went to..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

About That CodeNEXT Petition ...

Monday ruling brings confusion, clarity

"...and voter approval of any major land use code rewrites going forward. Then, if that two-part proposition passes, all..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Sneak Peek at CodeNEXT v2.0

Consultants detail next steps for city commissions

"...quickest presentation yet on the proposed land use code rewrite...."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

The week’s biggest news, in brief

"...LDC Lawsuit Update: A hearing in the lawsuit filed against..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature

Austin at Large: There’s No Zoning in Baseball!

Austin keeps hitting economic grand slams, but we can still tinker with the rulebook

"...of Community Not Com­modity, formed to oppose the CodeNEXT rewrite of Austin's Land Development Code that has now been..."

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

Little Progress to Unity

"...Pool, and Tovo say that their constituents oppose the rewrite. Among their constituents are well-to-do NIMBYs opposed to new..."

Feb. 27, 2020 Postmarks

Headlines

"...LDC Advances: The Planning Commission voted 9-3 to advance the..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature

CodeMESS

CodeNEXT's final draft set for release on Monday

"...unveiling, thereby icing any tangible changes to the zoning rewrite's actual language. But the city's land use commissions aren't..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT: Communication Is Key

CAG, staff present updates to Planning Commission

"...of open lines between each group involved in the rewrite...."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Advisory Group Ready for Next Steps

Second draft of land development code soon to be in the works

"...meeting at 9pm with lackluster support for the code rewrite in its current form. In a formal poll, half..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Heeeere's LDC! Last week the 14th Court of Appeals held a..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature

Council Recap: Hey, Remember That Thing We Asked You to Do?

City Council revisits resilience hubs and Rainey Street density

"...and haven't been updated since. The city intended to rewrite all its bonus programs and the fees associated with..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...squarely to the fore by the lengthy effort to rewrite the city's Land Development Code, which established as a..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: How Many Angels Fit in a Zone?

Coming up with some truly mental capacity numbers

"...football in the debate over the Land Development Code rewrite, completely divorced from reality and subject to being inflated..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: More Unintended Consequences

If you build it ...

"...waiting for the release of the Land Devel­op­ment Code rewrite, draft 2. Council got a sneak peek at the..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: ___ Commission Wraps Up

PC confirms its new, "no planning" job description

"...myriad proposed amendments to the draft Land Develop­ment Code rewrite, and passing its official recommendations at the end. As..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Deadline Crunch

CodeNEW set to drop in three weeks

"...their next-to-last staff briefing on the Land Development Code rewrite at a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 11...."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation

"Everybody is really saying the same thing"

"...it by City Manager Spencer Cronk regarding the rebooted rewrite's scope and breadth, at the prior Tuesday's work session..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

CodeNEXT: Slogging Toward Draft Three

"...recommendations for draft two of the land development code rewrite. After combing through 71 pages of notes through the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT

Draft two brings big changes, more questions

"...out for less than a week, and already the re-rewrite is causing rifts between city groups and neighborhood associations...."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Gets Affordable

Learn what, how, and where affordability incentives will apply

"...the newest chapter (23-3E-1) in the land development code rewrite, is 34 pages long and explains what, how, and..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...A perfectly successful building code rewrite would put development attorneys and lobbyists out of business:..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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