(Credit: City of Austin)
A resolution that will go before the Austin City Council on Thursday aims to incresae the city’s ability to build more taxpayer-funded housing units. In order to make that happen, certain restrictions would need to be changed for apartments and duplexes.
The Council intends for this program to:
- waive compatibility standards for height and setbacks;
- increase building height to 1.25 times the current zoning district’s height entitlements;
- waive parking requirements;
- reduce front yard and rear setbacks by 50{aa9caffa644258a599ddb3264218e24eec8363703cab13abe150972be8fbf3af};
- increase density, by 1.5 times the current zoning district’s density limits or allow six units, whichever is greater;
- waive maximum floor-to-area-ratio;
- waive the Residential Design Standards, as codified in Chapter 25-2, Subchapter E;
- waive the requirement to submit a site plan for projects of 12 or fewer units;
- waive common wall, roof, front porch, and other restrictions specific to duplexes in Section 25-2-773.
Back in November, voters approved $250,000,000 in housing bonds. By the year 2027, the city council has a goal of creating 60,000 new income-restricted housing units across the city.
CLICK HERE to see the entire resolution.
