/tags/codenext CodeNEXT en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:08:28 GMT /austin/2023-03-06/austin-homeowners-ask-judge-to-void-city-policies-allowing-developers-to-build-more-housing The legal filing takes aim at several steps City Council has taken since 2019 to loosen limits on how much developers can build, often in the pursuit of more affordable housing. Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:08:28 GMT /austin/2023-03-06/austin-homeowners-ask-judge-to-void-city-policies-allowing-developers-to-build-more-housing Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2022-03-17/austin-city-council-codenext-zoning-plan-violated-texas-law A panel of judges with the 14th Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision that the city failed to follow state law, including the requirement to notify property owners individually of proposed zoning changes. Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:19:00 GMT /austin/2022-03-17/austin-city-council-codenext-zoning-plan-violated-texas-law Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2021-11-17/an-appeals-court-will-hear-arguments-over-austins-land-code-rewrite-heres-what-the-case-is-about In an attempt to correct course on a yearslong attempt to rewrite Austin's building rules, the city will argue it did not sidestep state law when drafting new zoning laws. Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:01:00 GMT /austin/2021-11-17/an-appeals-court-will-hear-arguments-over-austins-land-code-rewrite-heres-what-the-case-is-about Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2019-10-04/latest-draft-of-austins-land-development-rules-permits-denser-housing-loosens-parking-restrictions The city has proposed allowing for denser housing while loosening parking requirements in its latest revamp of rules dictating what can be built in Austin� Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:38:50 GMT /austin/2019-10-04/latest-draft-of-austins-land-development-rules-permits-denser-housing-loosens-parking-restrictions Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2019-10-04/after-more-than-a-yearlong-hiatus-austins-code-rewrite-returns-how-did-we-get-here The City of Austin is unveiling a new version of its land development code Friday, the latest in an eight-year and more than $10 million process.A land� Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:01:00 GMT /austin/2019-10-04/after-more-than-a-yearlong-hiatus-austins-code-rewrite-returns-how-did-we-get-here Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2019-07-25/well-have-to-wait-a-little-longer-for-new-rules-on-building-in-austin Austin’s yearslong effort to rewrite the city’s rules for what can be built where is going to take a bit more time.This week, City Manager Spencer Cronk� Thu, 25 Jul 2019 20:46:42 GMT /austin/2019-07-25/well-have-to-wait-a-little-longer-for-new-rules-on-building-in-austin Nadia Hamdan /energy-environment/2018-10-09/prop-j-initiative-on-development-exposes-rift-among-austin-environmentalists Environmentalists in Austin worry about methane emissions from Texas oilfields, plastic pollution clogging up creeks and rivers or nuclear waste being� Tue, 09 Oct 2018 12:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2018-10-09/prop-j-initiative-on-development-exposes-rift-among-austin-environmentalists Mose Buchele /austin/2018-08-27/texas-supreme-court-denies-challenges-to-two-ballot-items-for-austin-voters-this-fall The Texas Supreme Court has denied petitions from two Austin residents asking that the city rewrite a pair of November ballot measures.Attorney Bill� Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:18:01 GMT /austin/2018-08-27/texas-supreme-court-denies-challenges-to-two-ballot-items-for-austin-voters-this-fall Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2018-08-17/austin-sued-over-wording-of-codenext-ballot-question For the second time in a week, the City of Austin has been sued in the Texas Supreme Court over the wording of a question headed to the November ballot.� Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:41:38 GMT /austin/2018-08-17/austin-sued-over-wording-of-codenext-ballot-question Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2018-08-10/petitioners-get-items-on-november-ballot-but-threaten-to-sue-austin-over-how-theyre-worded The Austin City Council added two items to the November ballot early this morning. The first asks voters about how much say they should have in Austin’s� Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:40:04 GMT /austin/2018-08-10/petitioners-get-items-on-november-ballot-but-threaten-to-sue-austin-over-how-theyre-worded Matt Cutler