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Code Amendment: Residential in Commercial Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee October 19, 2022 Greg Dutton – Housing and Planning Content Background Council resolution Proposed draft changes Staff’s recommendation Timeline Background  Residential in commercial is a new concept for the draft LDC  Basic concept is to allow residential in commercially-zoned property to add housing capacity  Draft LDC is suspended (March 2020) 3 Council Resolution 12/9/21  WHEREAS, under the Land Development Code, residential development is not currently allowed in many of the commercial zoning districts in Austin; and  WHEREAS, City Council adopted the Austin Housing Strategic Blueprint (the Blueprint) in 2017 which called for 135,000 housing units by 2028, with 60,000 of those units at or below 80 percent of the median family income (MFI); 4 Council Resolution 12/9/21  WHEREAS, in the proposed Land Development Code Revision, residential uses were allowed in more zoning districts than in current city code; and  WHEREAS, allowing housing in more places provides the opportunity for increased housing supply in Austin; and  WHEREAS, in its 2018 report, the Planning Commission Mapping Working Group indicated that allowing mixed use in commercial zoning could lead to about 46,324 housing units in new capacity; 5 Council Resolution 12/9/21  Allow residential development in:  CS, CS-1, GR, LR, GO, LO  Affordable housing required  Right to return for creative spaces* *Definition still being determined 6 Proposed draft changes: Applicability 7 Proposed draft changes  Affordable housing required for residential entitlement:  Rental: 10% @ 60% MFI, 40 years  Owner: 10% @ 80% MFI, 99 years  Fee-in-lieu not allowed 8 Proposed draft changes  Effectively grants –MU zoning administratively  No other changes to site development standards: height, impervious cover, floor area ratio, parking 9 Eligible Commercial Parcels by Displacement Risk Area & High Opportunity Area 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Total 7474 Eligible Commercial Parcels 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Total 7474 Within All Displacement Risk Areas 2802 Within 1/2 mile of Project Connect routes 4615 Within High Opportunity Areas 3111 Within 1/2 Mile of Current Transit Service 6874 Eligible Commercial Parcels Along Compatibility Ordinance Corridor 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Total 7474 Along Compatibility Ordinance Corridor 3476 1 0 Staff’s recommendation  Recommended with changes:  Modify to exclude properties within 500’ of a level 5 highway*  Modify to exclude co-location of residential uses and more intense manufacturing and/or noxious uses* * Provisions still being drafted 1 1 Timeline  10/19/22: Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee  10/25/22: Planning Commission  12/1/22: Council 1 2