Tag Archives: accessory dwelling units
Austin wants to make it easier to build garage apartments
City Council took a step yesterday to streamline the process of building and remodeling homes by approving the Family Homestead Initiative. The resolution calls for the city to identify all the regulations and costs associated with the process. Council Member…
Land Development Code • By Syeda Hasan • Nov 10, 2017
Commission embraces ADUs in CodeNEXT
After months of debate, the Planning Commission at its Nov. 1 meeting directed staff and consultants to make the building of accessory dwelling units less constrained in the final draft of CodeNEXT. The current code places several restrictions on the…
Land Development Code • By Joseph Caterine • Nov 6, 2017
Rezoning denial may not matter after CodeNEXT
When the world (of the current Land Development Code) is coming to an end, a single property zoning decision can seem insignificant. At the Zoning and Platting Commission’s Sept. 5 meeting, commissioners denied what one Northwest Austin community perceived to…
Zoning • By Joseph Caterine • Sep 15, 2017
Council members concerned about fees for ADUs
Council Member Delia Garza is worried that proposed increases in building fees are going to hit middle-income homeowners who are seeking to build accessory dwelling units the hardest. At a Thursday City Council meeting over the proposed budget for the…
Housing • By Jack Craver • Sep 8, 2017
Council loosens rules on accessory dwelling units
Austin homeowners hoping to build accessory dwelling units on their properties now have a better chance of being able to do so, based on new rules that City Council passed on Thursday. The measure reducing restrictions on accessory dwelling units,…
City Council • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 20, 2015
Council mulls granny flats, garage apartments
Ahead of a Thursday vote that could loosen rules for building accessory dwelling units such as granny flats and garage apartments, City Council debated the potential benefits and risks of the move at a work session on Tuesday. Council Member…
Land Development Code • By Tyler Whitson • Nov 18, 2015
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ADU discussion takes a turn
Though there was some hope that City Council would end its consideration of an accessory dwelling unit ordinance yesterday, it was misplaced. Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt the recommendations of the Planning and Neighborhoods Committee, but it did…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 16, 2015
Council may finally bid adieu to ADU deliberation
After more than a year, City Council is closing in on new regulations for accessory dwelling units that, ostensibly, will make it easier for Austinites to build small, secondary homes on their property. As Council Member Greg Casar announced at…
City Council • By Elizabeth Pagano • Oct 15, 2015
Water utility relaxes rules for granny flats
After hearing complaints about new requirements for waterlines, water meters and wastewater lines from contractors, architects and people hoping to build granny flats in their backyards, Austin Water utility Director Greg Meszaros has issued three memos that allow exceptions to…
Development • By Jo Clifton • Sep 24, 2015
Casar proposes ADU policy revision timeline
Amid a public outcry for more available housing, City Council is reconsidering restrictions on accessory dwelling units such as granny flats and garage apartments. Council Member Greg Casar has proposed an approach to that review that considers related issues, including…
Austin • By Tyler Whitson • Jul 27, 2015
New BoA reverses ADU decision
Though the city’s new accessory dwelling unit ordinance is expected to remain in committee until fall, one North Hyde Park homeowner will be able to proceed with an ADU after a second chance with a new board worked out in…
Land Development Code • By Elizabeth Pagano • Jul 21, 2015
BoA torpedoes North Hyde Park ADU variance
As Austin’s accessory dwelling unit ordinance revision enters its second year, those in the city trying to build ADUs continue to have a hard time. That was certainly the case at the Board of Adjustment’s last meeting, during which one North Hyde…
