codenext: what is it and why should we care?
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Lost Creek Civic Organization
Jenn Todd, Planning and Zoning June 2, 2016
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Main Takeaways
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• CodeNEXT implements Imagine Austin
• CodeNEXT seeks to promote people-friendly places
• CodeNEXT seeks to promote affordability for residential and commercial uses
• Opportunities for involvement
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Imagine Austin Direction
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A City of Complete Communities
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Imagine Austin + CodeNEXT
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Workforce & Education
Healthy Austin
Household Affordability
Green Infrastructure
Compact & Connected
Sustainable Water
Creative Economy
Integration of all Priority Programs
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One implementation tool of Imagine Austin…
Priority Program 8: “Revise Austin’s development regulations and processes to promote a compact and connected city.”
Imagine Austin + CodeNEXT
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What is a Land Development Code?
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Guides how land is used
WHAT can be built
WHERE it can be built
HOW MUCH can be built
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Promoting Places for People
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“First life, then spaces, then buildings- the other way around never works”-- Jan Gehl
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Fix What is Wrong, Keep What is Working
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Balance Competing Values
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Where We’ve Been
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March Natural & Built Environment
May Household Affordability
July Mobility
September Fiscal Health
January Draft Code Released
2017 2016
Where We’re Going: Code Prescriptions
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Why a Code Prescription?
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• Frame discussion of complex topics and tradeoffs before Code draft debuts (January 2017)
• Prescription topics derived from Code Diagnosis and frequently cited questions and concerns from public
• Prioritize tradeoffs → align the code with community values:
o Are we achieving Imagine Austin goals? o Is the Prescription too strong? Too weak? o How do priorities change based on context?
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Who Writes a Prescription?
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• Planning and Zoning Staff o Lead authors o Coordinate outreach and engagement
• CAG, Mayor, Council, public, city departments and organizations
o Review feedback and evaluate for influence on code
• Code Advisory Group
o Review Prescription o Offer and collect feedback o Outreach
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Feedback: How? What happens?
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• Frame the Conversation o How does/can Code solve this issue? o Where does a solution work best? o Is something missing?
• Prioritize tradeoffs → align the code with community values:
o Are we achieving Imagine Austin goals? o Is the Prescription too strong? Too weak? Too vague? o How do priorities change based on context?
• Staff CodeNEXT team and Opticos review, use to refine Code
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Household Affordability Prescription
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• Goal: Increase housing supply and diversity while preserving what makes Austin unique
• Prescriptions o Allow diverse building types, unit and lot sizes o Address concerns about flooding, parking, and mobility through
design o Promote “Missing Middle” housing near mass transit and bike
facilities o Increase supply of housing
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Household Affordability Prescription
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• Goal: Promote mobility choices while enhancing and preserving neighborhood character
• Prescriptions o More and diverse housing near transit o Safe, consistent sidewalks and bike lanes o Adding density and diversity through a mix of housing, retail, and
office o Reduced parking minimums in some areas
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Household Affordability Prescription
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• Goal: Create efficient development process while ensuring compliance with Code requirements
• Prescriptions o Re-format the Land Development Code to be clear and
understandable o Eliminate, consolidate, or restructure conflicting Code provisions o Provide a more refined set of zoning districts (form-based and
conventional) to replace the opt-in, opt-out process
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Household Affordability Prescription
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• Goal: Create affordability while supporting environmental regulations
• Prescriptions o Maintain context-sensitive regulations (ex: Watershed Protection
Ordinance, Save Our Springs Ordinance, Heritage Tree Ordinance) o Increase park and open space types, and access to them
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Household Affordability Prescription
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• Goal: Promote affordable venues for small businesses and cultural arts
• Prescriptions o Allow for retail and commercial uses (including culture and creative
uses) by right in form-based zones o Revise Density Bonus Program in targeted areas, adding preservation
of cultural venue or business as a Community Benefit o Expand opportunity for live-work units in form-based districts
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Want to Learn More?
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• Visit us online
o www.austintexas.gov/codenext
o facebook.com/austincodenext
o @AustinCodeNEXT
• Attend a Code Advisory Group meeting
• Attend an event
o Community Walk
o Reddit AMA
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Questions?
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