The Code
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 by Elizabeth Pagano
Preservation
Historic Landmark Commission reforms hit a bump
Despite an agreement across sides that the current process is “Kafkaesque,” the Planning Commission did not vote to support an amendment that would change the number of Historic Landmark commissioners it takes to recommend historic zoning over the objections of…
Monday, April 24, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
The Code
Land-use commissions unimpressed with CodeNEXT mapping
Ending a bit rougher than it began, the CodeNEXT map’s first day in the sun experienced some cloudiness in the evening when, during a joint work session, some of the land-use commissioners made cutting observations about the effort’s potential impact…
Monday, April 24, 2017 by Michael Kanin
Radio
Austin Monitor Radio: CodeNEXT consultants John Miki and Peter Park
CodeNEXT consultants John Miki and Peter Park join Monitor publisher Mike Kanin for a chat about the city of Austin’s Land Development Code rewrite. The show is embedded below:
Friday, April 7, 2017 by Jack Craver
The Code
Code Department proposes higher fines for violations
Code violators will pay bigger fines for a number of offenses under a new ordinance that City Council is poised to approve.Under the proposed ordinance drafted by the Code Department, the minimum fine for a first offense related to property…
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 by Sarah Morris, Nucleus Learning Network
The Code
Nucleus Learning Network Data Vis Series: Austin housing
Join Sarah Morris, a librarian who co-directs an educational nonprofit called Nucleus Learning Network, as she explores data visualization in a new series.Many Austinites are talking about, and expressing a range of opinions about, CodeNEXT, the new proposed Land Development…
Thursday, March 9, 2017 by Joseph Caterine
The Code
Commission asks Council to delay CodeNEXT mapping
In an act of defiance to the momentum of the CodeNEXT juggernaut, the Zoning and Platting Commission passed a resolution at the closing of its March 7 meeting calling on City Council to direct Planning and Zoning Department staff and consultants…
