By Spectrum News Staff January 12, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas — After years of analysis and research, Austin’s CodeNEXT is eager to launch an important phase in its project.
CodeNEXT is the city’s initiative to revamp the land development code and determine how land can be used, including what can be built and where.
Wednesday night, city council members met with the CodeNEXT advisory group to discuss the community outreach portion of the project.
CodeNEXT wants public input on its first draft of how the group rewrites and reshapes current standards.
“We can start the dialogue and engagement with the communities to get this right, and that’s what we are after is to engage in that dialogue and make sure folks understand what it is that we are getting in this draft, so that as a community we can rally around and improve on it,” said project manager Jorge Rousselin.
CodeNEXT plans to release that draft by the end of the month.