Austin City Council v. Climate Change

City Hall backs resilience, electric vehicles

"...Council also formally adopted into ordinance the Affordability Unlocked density bonus program proposed by CM Greg Casar back in..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...ordinance to bring to life Casar’s “Affordability Unlocked” citywide density bonus program, with a bevy of amendments. Some of..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...Address: "For starters, let's agree we will not force density in the middle of neighborhoods. There's no sense in..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Growing State of Downtown

Downtown Austin Alliance releases status report on development

"...Peart and Adler were also in agreement that increasing density Downtown made sense. “If Council wants to be bold..."

April 30, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Moving the Discussion

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

"...was almost entirely about the same topics – parking, density, compatibility, etc. – that have surrounded the land use..."

March 29, 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

"...resolution to create the framework for a new, citywide density bonus program, which he envisions will allow affordable housing..."

Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin

10-1, take two

"...[including] with our land planning and where we put density and why it's important to put it on corridors..."

Jan. 11, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Thoughts on Prop J

"...in certain Austin neighborhoods (notably not Hyde Park). Increasing density allows developers to build more units on a site..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Postmarks

Public Notice: Damn the Torpedoes ...

Full speed astern at Planning Commission

"...as if preparing to revive the CodeNEXT brawl over density vs. affordability...."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT Gets an Autopsy Report

Planner offers a post-mortem on failed code revision

"...who cherry-pick­ed goals, data, and population projections to justify density increases and upzonings;..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Pick Your Plan for McKalla Place

Precourt vs. the field

"...of his tenure, decrying neighborhood groups who rail against density in one case, but praise it as a better..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Transit Talk

"...discussing, as part of CodeNEXT, the need to increase density along the corridors to support transit, and that is..."

July 31, 2018 Postmarks

CodeNEXT and Compatibility

News and tidbits from the land of the land use rewrite

"...help ensure a symbiotic relationship between residential-scaled building and high-density development. Consultants argue our current compatibility standards are "uncommonly..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Playback: CodeNEXT and the Austin Music Scene

How might the update of Austin’s land development code affect the musical landscape?

"..."Density bonuses could incentivize developers to encase, rather than replace,"..."

June 8, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Introducing CodeNEXT Draft Three

Now the fun begins

"...to build mixed use if they opt into the density bonus program to provide some affordable units (at 60%..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Fun With Levers and Indicators

Planning Commission learn how priorities affect mapping

"...created a capacity of 46,324 housing units), adding greater density to both Imagine Austin corridors and city centers and..."

Feb. 8, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

CodeMESS

CodeNEXT's final draft set for release on Monday

"...handful of code consultants in attendance. Topics included PUDs, density bonus programs, localized flooding, and accessory dwelling units. Without..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Groundhog Day ... Again

CodeNEXT: Haven't we been through this before?

"...abortive 2017 first draft release. In a column titled "Density vs. Affordability," I quote Mayor Steve Adler as saying,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

More From Adler

Incumbent Steve Adler on Austin progress, challenges, 2018 campaign

"...receive. So we have to be really creative, about density bonuses and the like, to get the affordable units..."

Jan. 18, 2018 News Post by Michael King

CodeNEXT Year, Maybe

The city's land use rewrite had one helluva year

"...that neither the map nor the draft chapter on density bonus programs were released until months later. Land use..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

CodeNEXT Version 2: The Final Countdown

Marathon land use commission meeting precipitates close of public comment period

"...the affordability session highlighted "big, structural concerns" with the density bonus program, reiterating session comments that suggested Austin's previous..."

Oct. 27, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Council: Another Quiet Dais?

Agenda features the CURE and a list of proposed audits

"...small exceptions), a category that allows additional height or density – the resolution argues – without commensurate community benefits...."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

CodeNEXT: Still Stuck

Draft two brings growing pains for the land use rewrite

"...Department staffer Erica Leak addressed redevelopment and the proposed density bonus program. Juntunen said draft two opens the door..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Deciphering the Code

CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers

"...to be tabled for now (though not before the Density Bonus Pro­gram came in for some frustrated words from..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Dueling Petitions on CodeNEXT

Sign here, sign there, sign everywhere

"...issue. Petitions have been started on the timeline, on density, on sprawl, on diversity, on displacement … pretty much..."

Sept. 12, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Council on CodeNEXT

Four CMs lament inequitable land use standards throughout city

"...encouraging sprawl and gentrification instead of incentivizing affordability via density, transit-oriented development, or just simplification. Renteria noted that his..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council Members Say “#FixtheCode”

Four CMs say CodeNEXT process must strongly address inequality

"...had to move outward. “We need to encourage greater density,” he said, as a primary way of addressing affordability...."

Aug. 22, 2017 News Post by Michael King

A Council’s Work Is Never Done

Agenda features budget, the future of AE, and a whole lotta housing

"...• TODal Density: District 3 Council Mem­ber Pio Renteria and his co-sponsors..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

A Land Use Lexicon

"...Under this format, different zones will be determined by density (T3 is a neighborhood similar to SF-3, while T6..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: “We Can’t Hear You.”

CodeNEXT planning process remains a mystery

"...that incentivizing teardowns and denser replacements for existing low-cost, low-density housing is a plus. Com­missioners on both sides of..."

June 2, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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