This Land Is Our Land

News From the Fronts of State-City Land War

"...In the real world, because the Triangle is state-owned land, the city's decision is subject to review and "modification"..."

April 24, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...In the latest sign that the politics around land-use has dramatically shifted in Austin, City Council directed staff..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...of the three votes required to approve a new Land Development Code, the same conflicts that have animated land..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...who serves on the International Assoc­­ia­tion of Fire Fighters' Wildland Fire Fighter Task Force, explains that this is due..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

A Land Use Lexicon

"...Hybrid Land Development Code: The proposed CodeNEXT is a combination of..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Then There's This: Decoding the Code

Next step: untangling 30 years of regulatory layers

"...First there was CodeNEXT – the fancy name given to the Imagine Austin..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...looks wholly unremarkable today. But it's an Austin cultural landmark dating back 45 years, home to vitally important sites..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin at Large: Cracking the Code

Change in our city will move at the speed of trust

"...being reassimilated into the body of the Chronicle, before CodeNEXT got dragged behind the barn in August, I told..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Get Ready for an Unprecedented Joint Meeting on Land Use Changes

City Council and Planning Commission meet Thursday

"...members and Planning commissioners on forthcoming changes to the Land Development Code that represent the most sweeping changes to..."

Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: All About the Code

Heading into July break, City Council continues pondering CodeNEXT

"...last special-called meeting to continue the ongoing discussions of CodeNEXT (yesterday afternoon, June 28; see "Public Notice: No Fireworks,..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Austin at Large: And Unto Us, a Code Is Born

A decade’s worth of groaning begets the promise of a new city

"...is watching the long, labored delivery of Austin's new Land Development Code, with which City Hall has been pregnant..."

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

City Council District 7: Land-Use Politics Take Center Stage

"...and first-time political candidate whose campaign prioritizes housing and land use – Austin's perennial hotbed of divisiveness, both on..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Land Rush

The Early Days

"...nowhere, but it planted the idea of a big redevelopment project in the Warehouse District...."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice – Code X: The Final Chapter?

What to look for when the new LDC draft comes out tomorrow

"...set to release the new draft of the proposed land development code rewrite this Friday (keep reloading www.austintexas.gov/ldc) and..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council Candidates in District 6 and 10 Diverge on Police, Housing, Land Use

Race(s) to the West

"...de facto choice for activists pushing to revise the Land Development Code; she has said Transition Zones – the..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...we stand in the process of rewriting the city's land development code, and one striking thing was that all..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Setting an Agenda for Land Use

"...to make progress on its renewed push to improve land use regulations, focusing on two proposals that'll be on..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: The Next Code is CodeNEXT

A relatively sedate agenda

"...A first shot at the upcoming rewrite of the land development code – "CodeNEXT" – with a public hearing..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Planning and Development: A Small Bump

Building fee hikes will pay for new hires

"...The Planning and Development Review Department is undergoing a bit of a sea..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Decoding Land Use and the DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Experience on The Austin Chronicle Show

Nothing to sweat here

"...you feel hopelessly lost when it comes to the land use conversation? On this week's episode of The Austin..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Post

Land Lock

from east to west, land use a hot topic

"...week to the Eastside, where there are two percolating land-use issues figuring into the neighborhood's vision of itself. More..."

March 24, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council to Approve More Ambitious Development Reforms, and Considers Displacement

City aims to lower housing cost, considers displacement risk

"...Council is expected to approve more changes to Austin’s land use rules that will mark the end of a..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Can This Code Be Saved?

Plan for a common future, or pretend it just won't happen

"...Neighborhood Association meeting, we were looking over a proposed land use map that contemplated some mixed-use changes on corridors..."

May 11, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Council: Code Blue

Lamentations on land use

"...on a series of four work sessions focusing on CodeNEXT, as the official agenda puts it: "Envision Tomorrow CodeNEXT..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Affordable Housing & the Promised Land

Proposition A and Austin's affordability predicament

"...$250 million. It's not a lump sum, but includes land acquisition ($100 million), rental housing assistance projects ($94 million),..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Council Dives Deep Into Racism at APD, Land Use

Busy week isn’t over yet, with development code hearing Saturday

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Déjà Vu Development

photograph by Jana Birchum

"...this one before: An oddly shaped parcel of state-owned land in Central Austin, currently undeveloped, is poised for imminent..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land

Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

"...this. It gives us the opportunity to leverage private land that right now isn't even benefiting its owners (unless..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

What Is Form-Based Code?

"...The following definition of "form-based code" is slightly edited from the Form-Based Codes Institute...."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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