/tags/zoning Zoning en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 30 May 2025 22:14:33 GMT /housing/2025-05-30/texas-elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-zoning-land Starbase is figuring out how to become a city. In doing so, city leaders are proposing new land-use rules. Fri, 30 May 2025 22:14:33 GMT /housing/2025-05-30/texas-elon-musk-spacex-starbase-city-zoning-land Lauren McGaughy /austin/2024-08-16/builders-can-now-construct-homes-on-less-land-as-austins-new-minimum-lot-size-goes-into-effect Starting Friday, landowners can apply to split their land into smaller lots. But builders in Austin say existing regulations will likely make this hard to do. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:03:00 GMT /austin/2024-08-16/builders-can-now-construct-homes-on-less-land-as-austins-new-minimum-lot-size-goes-into-effect Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2024-05-23/save-our-springs-statesman-pud-austin-city-council-endeavor-developer The Save Our Springs Alliance alleged council members violated state law by not properly notifying nearby residents about exactly what they were voting on. Thu, 23 May 2024 20:38:15 GMT /austin/2024-05-23/save-our-springs-statesman-pud-austin-city-council-endeavor-developer Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2024-05-17/austin-city-council-land-zoning-vote-home-phase-2 For the first time in 80 years, Austin's elected leaders have voted to lower the amount of space needed to build one house � down to 1,800 square feet of land. Fri, 17 May 2024 19:20:10 GMT /austin/2024-05-17/austin-city-council-land-zoning-vote-home-phase-2 Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2024-04-10/home-phase-two-austin-city-council-minimum-lot-size Council members on Thursday will consider changing rules governing building height, the amount of land needed to build a house and development rules near future light-rail stations. Wed, 15 May 2024 10:01:41 GMT /austin/2024-04-10/home-phase-two-austin-city-council-minimum-lot-size Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2024-02-26/groups-sue-austin-officials-over-plan-to-redevelop-dairy-plant-site Last summer the City Council approved the plan that would allow a developer to build 1,400 apartments, 220 hotel rooms and hundreds of thousands of square feet of offices, shops and restaurants. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:45:41 GMT /austin/2024-02-26/groups-sue-austin-officials-over-plan-to-redevelop-dairy-plant-site Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2023-10-19/day-care-centers-austin-land-rules-zoning The Austin City Council on Thursday approved changes to land rules that will allow more properties to be zoned for day care services. The move is intended to help reduce costs and long waitlists. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:09:09 GMT /austin/2023-10-19/day-care-centers-austin-land-rules-zoning Luz Moreno-Lozano /austin/2023-09-25/austin-policy-lets-builders-forgo-red-tape-the-result-more-affordable-housing-less-public-input Affordability Unlocked is a program that lets developers ignore certain building restrictions. In exchange, they must rent or sell half of the homes they build to people earning low incomes. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:38:51 GMT /austin/2023-09-25/austin-policy-lets-builders-forgo-red-tape-the-result-more-affordable-housing-less-public-input Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2022-08-29/cady-lofts-homelessness-nimby-hancock-neighborhood-association Austinites voted last year to reinstate a ban on public camping. In other words, voters made living on the streets a crime. Experts say solving homelessness means building or finding thousands of homes for those who don’t have them. And that housing has to go somewhere. Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:01:00 GMT /austin/2022-08-29/cady-lofts-homelessness-nimby-hancock-neighborhood-association Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2022-06-10/austin-may-slightly-loosen-rules-limiting-height-of-apartments-near-single-family-homes The hope is to allow developers to build more housing, which experts say could ease the rise in housing prices. But some elected officials worried the changes they made did not go far enough to help. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:58:23 GMT /austin/2022-06-10/austin-may-slightly-loosen-rules-limiting-height-of-apartments-near-single-family-homes Audrey McGlinchy