Meeting of the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee December 21, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Permitting and Development Center (PDC) – Room #1406 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive Austin, TX 78752 Some members of the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee may be participating by video conference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once, either in-person or remotely, and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register, call or email the board liaison at 512-974-3509 or greg.dutton@austintexas.gov CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Nadia Barrera-Ramirez (Chair) Claire Hempel (Vice-Chair) Awais Azhar Todd Shaw Ann Denkler Jolene Kiolbassa Greg Anderson CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Speakers signed up prior to commencement of the meeting will be allowed to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of the October 19, 2022, meeting minutes. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. North Burnet/Gateway TOD Subdistrict. Discuss and consider a recommendation for adoption of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 relating to the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan, to modify the Gateway and Midway Zones, within the Transit Oriented Development Subdistrict, to increase the maximum floor-to-area ratio and building height when using a development bonus. City Staff: Jorge Rousselin, Housing and Planning and Department, (512) 974-2975, jorge.rousselin@austintexas.gov. Facilitator: Chair Barrera-Ramirez City Attorney: None 1 DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Update on Potential Upcoming and Current Code Amendments – City Staff: Greg Dutton, Housing and Planning and Department, (512) 974-3509, Greg.Dutton@austintexas.gov. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Future agenda items will NOT be discussed at the current meeting, but will be offered for initiation, discussion, and/or possible recommendation to the full Planning Commission at a FUTURE meeting. ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days before the meeting date. Please call Greg Dutton at Planning and Development Review Department, at (512) 974-3509, for additional information; the City receives and accepts Video Relay Service (VRS) calls from people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing. For more information on the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee, please contact Greg …
C20-2022-015 ORDINANCE AMENDMENT REVIEW SHEET Amendment: C20-2022-015 - Consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 to amend the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan to modify the Gateway and Midway Zones, within the Transit Oriented Development Subdistrict, to increase the maximum floor-to-area ratio and building height when using a development bonus. Summary of proposed code amendment TOD-Gateway Zone and TOD-Midway Zone will increase the maximum FAR and building height when using a development bonus as follows: 1. For the TOD-Gateway Zone, modify the maximum FAR from 8:1 to 12:1. 2. For the TOD-Gateway Zone, modify the maximum building height from 360 feet to 491 feet. 3. For the TOD-Midway Zone, modify the maximum FAR from 5:1 to 7.5:1. 4. For the TOD-Midway Zone, modify the maximum building height from 240 feet to 327 feet. 5. Revise Figure 4-3: Maximum FAR with Development Bonus, of the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan as described above. (See Attachment “A”). 6. Revise Figure 4-5: Maximum Height with Development Bonus, of the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan as described above. (See Attachment “B”). Background: Initiated by the Planning Commission on September 27, 2022. Co-Sponsors: Commissioner Azhar and Commissioner Anderson. On May 19, 2022, via Resolution No. 20220519-040, City Council initiated amendments to the Commercial Mixed-Use (CMU) Gateway Zone of the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan to increase FAR and building height when using a development bonus via Ordinance No. 20221027-044. With this action, the maximum FAR increased from 8:1 to 12:1 (a 50% increase) and the maximum building height increased from 308ft to 420 ft. (a 36% increase). As the CMU-Gateway entitlements increased, the development entitlements became more intense than the TOD-Gateway Subdistrict. The North Burnet Gateway Regulating Plan designated the TOD district as the highest density subdistrict in the North Burnet/Gateway area with the greatest focus on providing active pedestrian-oriented uses at the ground level of buildings. Density is enabled to the highest degree in the TOD-Gateway Zone area closest to the rail stations and to a lesser degree elsewhere. To preserve the goals of the Regulating Plan, the City Council and Planning Commission asked Staff to analyze possible increases to the entitlements of the TOD-Gateway and TOD-Midway Zones to accurately calibrate development entitlements. Given the TOD-Gateway and TOD-Midway Zone entitlement modifications were impacted by the CMU- Gateway Zone increases, Staff analyzed proportional increases to the CMU-Gateway and how those modifications affected other subdistricts. With the CMU-Gateway modifications, …
