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A Close Look at Mayor Watson’s Housing Policies Reveals More of the Same

Community Not CommodityJune 26, 2023

KEY POINTS: In his newsletter, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson highlighted a handful of proposals he and the city council have made to change local land-use policies They include increasing density ...

Thanks to You, We Stopped the Legislature’s Anti-Neighborhood Bills. Now It’s Time to Act Locally

Community Not CommodityJune 5, 2023

KEY POINTS: A group of Austin City Council members are repackaging the anti-neighborhood proposals recently defeated at the Texas Legislature and are preparing to push them through City Hall The ...

Austin City Council Proposes Rule Changes That Would Impede Public Participation in Its Meetings

Community Not CommodityMay 30, 2023

KEY POINTS: The Austin City Council has proposed major changes to the rules governing public participation in its meetings If approved, speakers will not be allowed to donate time to ...

Austin City Council Eliminates Parking Requirements With No Notice, Debate, or Community Input

Community Not CommodityMay 9, 2023

KEY POINTS: The Austin City Council voted to completely eliminate parking requirements across our community, for all land uses Because of the change, parking for high-traffic businesses will shift onto ...

Protect Your Home and Neighborhood From Senate Bills 1787 and 491

Community Not CommodityApril 1, 2023

KEY POINTS: Two bills supported by land developers are threatening the property rights of Austin homeowners The “Anti-Backyard Bill” will greatly increase density and reduce the size of residential lots ...

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This map does not reflect data released by the City of Austin on October 4, 2019. Community Not Commodity is incorporating that data into its map now and will release an update as soon as possible. In Community Not Commodity’s current map, transition zones extend generally 2-5 lots from Imagine Austin Corridors and Centers and from the new Transit Priority Network. The red area estimates a potential 850-foot maximum discussed by staff. Because staff has said that their map of the 850-foot distance will begin at the front property line of the corridor-facing lot, we have added 50 feet to the transition zones to account for half of estimated corridor widths. This dimension likely overestimates street width for some transition priority neighborhood streets because they are narrower than major corridors.