Public Notice: The Speed of Trust

Moving off dead center in the land use debate

"...Doug Farr as saying that when it comes to land use, "change happens at the pace of trust." Last..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin at Large: The Lessons of Cady Lofts

An unusual zoning case may lay out the future contours of land-use politics

"...less urbanist than me. But it's still not helpful, because while there are real social justice issues, worth being..."

June 17, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: The Battle Is Joined

Land use policy will define the November Council election

"...When it comes to City Hall politics, there's land use, and then there's everything else. That "everything else"..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Still Stuck

Draft two brings growing pains for the land use rewrite

"...draft two improves upon the first version of the land use code rewrite – and, more importantly, is not..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...much as she is admired for her expertise in land use and historic preservation...."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Public Notice: Start Your Engines

Council gearing up for land use discussions?

"...Council That Gets Things Done – in particular on land use and the stalled-out land development code rewrite. (R.I.P...."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Outlook Bleak

Land use commissioners stumble into Feb. 12 final draft

"...its composition. Tuesday night's joint meeting of the city's land use commissions raised unsettling questions about affordability, displacement, and..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council Preview: Planning to Plan Transit Station Areas

First step? Calibrating housing access on Project Connect routes

"...important document, it’s not going to suddenly transform Austin’s land use regulations...."

March 7, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Supremes Reject Ballot Lawsuits

Court denies requests that Council rewrite proposition language

"...audit” and another requiring a referendum for any comprehensive land-use code revision...."

Aug. 28, 2018 News Post by Michael King

CodeNEXT: Kicked

Mayor, Council appear destined to quash land use rewrite

"...message board that he and his colleagues scrap the land use rewrite and start over. Adler called the ongoing..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Road to CodeNEXT

Mapping out the final stages of the land use code rewrite

"...in line to receive the proposed language, and the land use commissions' feedback, in June, with the first Council..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Version 2: The Final Countdown

Marathon land use commission meeting precipitates close of public comment period

"...– or denounce – the latest draft of the land use code rewrite. With the public engagement period for..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...also be expecting the next draft of CodeNEXT, the land use code revisions that have been in the works..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

How to Build Neighborhoods

Erin McGann is the sole newcomer in a race dominated by incumbents

"...Most notably, Riley and Tovo are both savvy land-use aficionados – and that's precisely where their similarities end...."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

What Austin Can Learn From Other Cities

Seattle, Minneapolis, and Nashville leaders share at RECA Exchange

"...“Nothing is more contentious than land use,” Marilyn Strickland, President/CEO of the Seattle Chamber of..."

Sept. 18, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin at Large: City Hall’s Game of Threes

Spencer Cronk quizzes the Council to win a new land use code!

"...before he can begin the groundwork to produce a "Land Development Code that achieves the stated goals of the..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

CodeNEXT Year, Maybe

The city's land use rewrite had one helluva year

"...CodeNEXT, the city's massive rewrite of its 30-year-old land development code, had one helluva year. Though the endeavor..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: The Week of Days

Giving Small Black Cyber Turkey Breweries – plus land use

"...another state. Maybe leftovers. Sleep it off, rest up, because......"

Nov. 26, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Moving the Discussion

It’s all about land use, even when it’s about transportation

"...high-level briefing from City Manager Spencer Cronk on his Land Development Code memo at its Tuesday work session, but..."

March 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT: Will We or Won’t We Vote on It?

From the petition hearing to Council, this week's land use code updates

"...Judge Orlinda Naranjo spent Monday morning presiding over Aus­tin's land use petition case, but dismissed the court before 1pm..."

July 6, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Ken Paxton Seeks to Remove Eight of Austin’s Planning Commissioners

Lawsuit will target volunteer appointees in violation of City Charter

"...Office of the Attorney General has officially entered Austin’s land use debate...."

July 3, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Cliffs Notes

Busy season begins for land use rewrite

"...6-4 rejection of Ora Houston's resolution to put the land use rewrite to a public vote. The same six..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Zoning & Platting Commission: "Terminate" CodeNEXT

7-4 vote sends zoning rewrite's death wish to Council

"...its recommendation that City Council “immediately terminate” Austin’s proposed land use code rewrite...."

May 10, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Zaragoza Resigns From Planning Commission

Todd Shaw tapped as replacement

"...– just two weeks before draft three of the land use rewrite is unveiled. In her place, District 7..."

Jan. 29, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Ike's Lessons

Galveston's land-use decisions exposed by storm's wrath

"...was incorporated on the shifting sands of a barrier island...."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Tom Curtis

Public Notice: CodeCRONK and the Corridors

How to fix land use and transportation

"...outlining his proposal for a path forward on the land development code rewrite formerly known as CodeNEXT. Notably, he..."

March 8, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Housing Plan, Stadium Vote in Council Spotlight

Still to come this spring: child-friendly policy, land use code reboot

"...Spencer Cronk's continued work on a path forward on land development code reform after the implosion of CodeNEXT. Cronk's..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Mobility plans on the move; land use boards stay put

"...Rodney Gon­zales quietly scuttled his plan to move the land use boards' public meetings from City Hall to the..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT Version 2.0 Is Here

Adler, Hart reveal second draft of land use code rewrite

"...The second draft of the city’s land use code rewrite is finally here. On Friday morning,..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Two Ballot Lawsuits Before State Supremes

Petitioners sue over Audit and CodeNEXT language

"...the “waiting period” and public vote for any comprehensive land-use code provision (e.g., CodeNEXT). Due to short deadlines, the..."

Aug. 20, 2018 News Post by Michael King

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