KEY POINTS: The Austin City Council is proposing to greatly reduce compatibility standards, which control the distance between huge buildings and single-family homes In some cases, the proposal would allow 90-foot buildings just 75 feet from existing homes To support their plan, city officials are misleading Austinites by citing inaccurate data Years ago, a community ...
KEY POINTS: The City of Austin’s new ETOD districts will rezone more than 1,000 homes and businesses in a wide swath around Project Connect’s Phase 1 transit lines The zoning changes will promote incompatible developments within neighborhoods and near schools According to a city memo, Austin’s existing ETODs have displaced people of color, increased populations ...
Necessary Background: Land Code Changes Passed in 2023 (H.O.M.E.NEXT Phase 1) Mayor Kirk Watson and the city council split their H.O.M.E.NEXT neighborhood rezoning for redevelopment resolution into two phases. They passed Phase 1 on December 7, with Alison Alter and Mackenzie Kelly voting against it. Here is what it did: More dwelling units on single-family lots Structures closer ...
KEY POINTS: In December 2023, Mayor Kirk Watson and the Austin City Council passed Phase 1 of the H.O.M.E.NEXT ordinance, based upon an earlier resolution to rezone and redevelop single-family neighborhoods—enter your address here to see how you are impacted In preparation for the plan’s second phase, the Watson council began sending lavender postcards to ...
KEY POINTS: After Watson’s city council passed Phase 1 of the H.O.M.E ordinance in December of 2023, the council is preparing to additionally impact neighborhoods with reduced compatibility setbacks and smaller lots that have increased impervious cover and height in a rushed Phase 2 of H.O.M.E. Watson’s Council is also ready to roll out a ...