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'''CodeNEXT''' is Austin's first rewrite of its Land Development Code in three decades. It promised to allow more housing choice, more units by right, more walkability, smart growth management, missing middle housing, etc. But so far it seems to mostly be a recodification of existing standards with, if anything, residential entitlements being stripped away on net; to [http://www.aura-atx.org/codenext_mapping_reveals_near_fatal_flaws our read], missing middle remains pretty missing.
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'''CodeNEXT''' is Austin's first rewrite of its Land Development Code in three decades. It promised to allow more housing choice, more units by right, more walkability, smart growth management, missing middle housing, etc. But so far it seems to mostly be a recodification of existing standards with, if anything, residential entitlements being stripped away on net; to [http://www.aura-atx.org/codenext_mapping_reveals_near_fatal_flaws our read], missing middle remains pretty missing. This is disappointing given the clear recommendations from research on housing policy, as outlined in [https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/Housing_Development_Toolkit%20f.2.pdf this report from the Obama Whitehouse]
  
 
The city's resources for the process and product are [http://www.austintexas.gov/department/codenext here].  This includes:
 
The city's resources for the process and product are [http://www.austintexas.gov/department/codenext here].  This includes:
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* [http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/CodeNEXT/zoningframeworktablesupdate042017.pdf Zoning Framework Table]
 
* [http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/CodeNEXT/zoningframeworktablesupdate042017.pdf Zoning Framework Table]
 
* [http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/CodeNEXT/ALDC_TransectMatrix_PUBLIC_REVIEW_DRAFT_021617.pdf Transect Zones Matrix]
 
* [http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/CodeNEXT/ALDC_TransectMatrix_PUBLIC_REVIEW_DRAFT_021617.pdf Transect Zones Matrix]
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* [http://austintexas.gov/codenext/housing Affordability Code Talk], presentation and panel with pro-housing experts
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A lot of the necessary work of making sense of the code has fallen to housing advocates:
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* [http://www.austincontrarian.com/austincontrarian/2017/02/a-codenext-explainer-part-1-transects-and-the-form-based-code.html Chris Bradford's excellent high-level overview] of CodeNEXT's transect zone paradigm
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* [https://medium.com/@robert.m.fostr/the-promises-and-failures-of-codenext-69a2693fc942 Robert Foster: "The Promises and Failures of CodeNEXT"]
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[[How to Comment]] -- how to make comments on the code text comment tool
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== Specifics ==
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{{CodeNEXT Article List}}

Latest revision as of 22:17, 31 May 2017

CodeNEXT is Austin's first rewrite of its Land Development Code in three decades. It promised to allow more housing choice, more units by right, more walkability, smart growth management, missing middle housing, etc. But so far it seems to mostly be a recodification of existing standards with, if anything, residential entitlements being stripped away on net; to our read, missing middle remains pretty missing. This is disappointing given the clear recommendations from research on housing policy, as outlined in this report from the Obama Whitehouse

The city's resources for the process and product are here. This includes:

A lot of the necessary work of making sense of the code has fallen to housing advocates:

How to Comment -- how to make comments on the code text comment tool

Specifics