Item 4: Active Code Amendments Table April 2026 Update — original pdf

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Active Code Amendment Cases April 2026 Case Number Name Description Initiated By Resolution - Click on square for initiating document Stage Status Lead Department Sub Department N/A Crestview TOD Update Amend the Lamar Blvd./Justin Lane “Crestview” TOD Station Area Plan and regulating plan to match the height limits achievable with a density bonus in Phase 1 of the ETOD Overlay and align the density bonus program to match other elements of Phase 1 of the ETOD Overlay if recommended. City Council 20240321-034 Development and Engagement Will be addressed by TOD Updates/Rezonings. Austin Planning C20-2026-005 Middle Residential Zoning Districts Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create residential zoning districts that support a range of missing middle housing types. City Council 20260326-040 Development and Engagement Anticipating review and adoption by March 2027. Austin Planning C20-2026-004 Mixed Use Zoning Districts Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create mixed-use base City Council 20260326-040 zoning districts that support a range of building scales, prohibit auto-oriented uses, and encourage high-quality pedestrian-oriented urban design. Development and Engagement Anticipating review and adoption by December 2026. Austin Planning C20-2026-003 Amendments Related to Transit System Projects​ Amend the 2022 Transit System Ordinance to add additional streamlining elements with a focus on project specific technical regulation.​ Review and Adoption C20-2026-002 Slope Protection for Steep Slopes Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to require mitigation for development proposed within areas identified for potential slope instability. City Council 20220609-061 Development and Engagement C20-2025-018 Downtown Parks Overlay District Modification Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify the Downtown Parks Overlay District requirements. Planning Commission C20-2025-017 UNO Site-Specific Amendment Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to change the designation of properties located at 900-908 West 22nd Street from the Outer West Subdistrict to the Inner West Subdistrict within the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO) boundaries. Planning Commission Development and Engagement Development and Engagement In Process - COJC 4/15/2026 Planning Commission 4/28/2026 City Council 5/21/2026 ➡ ➡ ➡ In Process - COJC 6/17/2026 Planning Commission 6/23/2026 City Council 7/23/2026 ➡ ➡ ➡ Will be addressed by Downtown Density Bonus Update Phase 1. Austin Project Connect Austin Watershed Protection Austin Planning Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning C20-2025-016 Downtown Density Bonus Update Phase 1 C20-2025-015 Coffee Shop Land Use Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to repeal regulations related to Downtown Density Bonus Program and Rainey Street Subdistrict Regulations and establish new Downtown Density Bonus 400 (DDB400) and Downtown Density Bonus 850 (DDB850) combining districts, that grant additional building height and modifies uses and site development regulations, in exchange for affordable housing and other community benefits, for properties that are located Downtown. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create a new land use for coffee shops and cafes, expand zoning districts to include more uses, and adjust certain zoning tools to encourage neighborhood scale development. City Council 20240718-185 Review and Adoption In Process - Austin Planning COJC 4/29/2026 (Special Called) Planning Commission 5/12/2026 City Council 5/28/2026 ➡ ➡ ➡ City Council 20021009-024 Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Middle Residential Zoning Districts. Austin Planning 1/4 3/23/2026 2:51:46 PM C20-2025-014 TOD Updates/Rezonings Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to update regulations within the 3 existing TOD boundaries (Plaza Saltillo, MLK, and N. Lamar / Justin Blvd.) to align with ETOD Policy Plan and other recent code amendments such as parking modifications, ETOD Overlay Phase 1, etc. C20-2025-012 SB 840 Related Updates to 25-2 (Phase 2) Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify zoning regulations to address unintended consequences of recent state legislation in tandem with creation of new zoning districts. C20-2025-011 SB 840 Related Updates to 25-2 (Phase 1) C20-2025-006 ERC Regulating Plan Boundary Modification 2 C20-2025-005 Tobacco Sales Use C20-2025-004 Life Science Land Use Amend City Code Title 25-2 (Land Development) to improve implementation of Senate Bill 840 in Austin and/or recent code amendments. Amendments would add the three-unit use as an allowed use in multifamily base zoning districts, reclassify carriage stable and stable uses as agricultural uses, reclassify special use historic use as a civic use, and modify maximum height regulations that apply to a structure because it is located within 50 feet of a triggering property (also known as compatibility standards) so that the maximum height is 45 feet. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development Code) to amend the East Riverside Corridor Regulating Plan to remove from the boundary of the regulating plan the properties located at 1705 and 1717 South Lakeshore Boulevard and 1712 East Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to limit the sale of tobacco products near schools (private and public) and childcare facilities, create a new retail use when stores sell tobacco products, and change the definition of a convenience store to remove tobacco product sales. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create a life science use that includes research, development, testing, and production in laboratories, clean rooms, controlled environment rooms, animal facilities, storage, office/administrative space, and similar facilities. Adopt site development regulations for the life science use. Initiation Anticipating review and adoption by September 2027. Austin Planning SB 840 SB 840 Development and Engagement Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning City Council 20250605-079 Review and Adoption In Process - Austin Planning Planning Commission 3/24/2026 City Council 5/7/2026 ➡ ➡ City Council 20250522-054 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Public Health City Council 20250327-063 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning C20-2025-002 DB90 Fee-in-Lieu Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to amend Density Bonus 90 (DB90) Combining District regulations to add an option for a fee-in-lieu for nonresidential space above zoning base district height or zoning base district FAR to be directed to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Planning Commission Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Citywide Density Bonus. Austin Planning C20-2024-022 Density Bonus for Commercial Highway & Industrial Zones (DB240) Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create a new density bonus combining district for commercial highway and industrial base zoning districts that will modify uses (including allowing residential use); and modifications of site development regulations (including height), off-street parking design and loading regulations, sign regulations, landscaping or screening regulations in exchange for providing community benefits, including income restricted units or providing a fee-in-lieu. City Council 20240718-091 Suspended Indefinitely postponed at the December 12, 2024, City Council. Austin Planning C20-2024-020 Preservation Bonus Update Phase 2 Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to make additional updates to the Preservation Bonus Program. City Council 20240718-090 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning C20-2024-018 Downtown Density Bonus Update Phase 2 Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify the Downtown Density Bonus program including height and FAR allowances, subdistrict boundaries, and parking standards. City Council 20240718-185 Development and Engagement Anticipating review and adoption by December 2026. Austin Planning 2/4 3/23/2026 2:51:46 PM C20-2024-017 Planned Development Area 2 (PDA2) C20-2024-013 Relocating Non-Zoning Regulations C20-2024-012 NBG Regulating Plan (Bonus Program) C20-2024-010 UNO Update C20-2024-008 Downtown Parking Modifications Phase 2 C20-2024-005 UNO Height Restrictions C20-2024-004 Citywide Density Bonus Program Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create a new combining district, to be known as Planned Development Area 2, that will apply in industrial base zoning districts and allow for modifications to site development regulations (including height), off-street parking design and loading regulations, sign regulations, landscaping or screening regulations, and additional non-residential uses. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to move regulations relating to landscaping from Chapter 25-2 (Zoning) to Chapter 25-8 (Environment) of the City Code. This will not include substantive edits to the existing requirements. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) relating to the North Burnet/Gateway Regulating Plan to keep the base entitlements the same and increase the allowable maximum height and FAR in all subdistricts through a development bonus. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to repeal Article 3 Division 9 University Neighborhood Overlay District Requirements and to create Density Bonus University Neighborhood Overlay (-DBUNO) and rezone property generally located west of the University of Texas, east of Lamar Boulevard, south of 29th Street and north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to apply - DBUNO and amend the Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the future land use map for the same property from multiple land use designations to High Density Mixed Use. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify downtown parking requirements that include counting above ground structured parking towards FAR, increasing base FAR, removing the Downtown Density Bonus FAR caps, requiring Great Street Standards in all of downtown, with potential for an administrative variance, and other changes necessary to achieve the same goals. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to remove maximum height restrictions for the Inner West Campus subdistrict of the University Neighborhood Overlay. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to adopt a new citywide density bonus program that will replace Density Bonus 90 (DB90) and Vertical Mixed Use (V) combining districts and consist of five new combining districts that allow additional height and land uses and relax site development standards and compatibility in exchange for providing affordable housing and meeting certain requirements. City Council 20240718-091 Suspended Indefinitely postponed at the December 12, 2024, City Council. Austin Planning City Council 20230720-126 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Development Services City Council 20230504-20 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning City Council 20240418-077 Suspended Indefinitely postponed at the June 5, 2025, Council meeting. Austin Planning Austin Housing, Austin Transportation & Public Works, Austin Parks & Recreation City Council 20240201-054 Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Downtown Density Bonus Update Phase 2. Austin Planning Planning Commission City Council Suspended Indefinitely postponed at the June 5, 2025, Council meeting. Austin Planning 20230309-016; 20250605-080 Review and Adoption In Process - Austin Planning COJC 4/15/2026 Planning Commission 4/28/2026 City Council 5/21/2026 ➡ ➡ ➡ C20-2024-003 East Riverside Corridor Plan Update Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to update the East Riverside Regulating Plan to align with the ETOD Policy Plan. City Council 20240201-054 Development and Engagement Anticipating review and adoption by November 2026. Austin Planning C20-2023-040 Eliminate Minimum Parking Requirements Phase 2 Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to eliminate the minimum number of off-street motor vehicle parking spaces currently required in Regulating Plans and Neighborhood Combining Conservation Districts (NCCDs). City Council 20230504-022 Development and Engagement Suspended. Austin Transportation & Public Works 3/4 3/23/2026 2:51:46 PM C20-2023-036 Tenant Notification and Relocation Phase 2 Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to change site development regulations for mobile home parks to preserve mobile home parks as long- term residential uses, such as increasing the minimum number of days for residential stays. City Council 20221027-039 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning C20-2023-032 Mobile Food Establishment Distance Filing Deadline Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to remove the February deadline for requesting additional distance requirements in § 25-2-812 – Mobile Food Establishments. C20-2023-031 Front or Side Yard Parking Filing Deadlines Amend City Code Title 12 (Traffic Regulations) to remove the February deadline for requesting parking restrictions in § 12-5-29 Front or Side Yard Parking. Planning Commission Planning Commission C20-2023-023 Notification Modification Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify public hearing notification requirements and procedures. City Council 20230720-124 Development and Engagement Development and Engagement Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning Austin Development Services C20-2023-016 Single-Family Ownership Bonus Program Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create an affordable housing bonus program related to ownership units in single-family residence zoning for developments not receiving development assistance from the city. City Council 20230608-040 Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Middle Residential Zoning Districts. Austin Planning Austin Housing C20-2023-007 Town Zoning Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create a new zoning overlay. Planning Commission Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Citywide Density Bonus. Austin Planning C20-2022-025 Greenfield Drainage for Redeveloped Sites Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to provide increased stormwater management for redeveloping properties that do not have modern drainage infrastructure; previously referred to as “greenfields detention.” City Council 20220609-061 Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Watershed Protection Austin Planning C20-2022-018 Noxious Land Uses Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create new land uses or conditional uses for certain zoning districts. Planning Commission Development and Engagement Will be addressed by Mixed Use Zoning Districts. Austin Planning C20-2022-003 South Central Waterfront Combining District and Density Bonus Program Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to establish boundaries for new zoning districts located in the vicinity commonly known as the South Central Waterfront; creating a new zoning district and modifying related site development regulations and compatibility standards; creating a new zoning district for density bonus that includes granting additional floor-to-area ratio in exchange for providing community benefits; and initiating zoning and rezoning and necessary neighborhood plan amendments for eligible properties located within the boundaries of the new zoning districts. City Council 20220915-090 Suspended Indefinitely postponed at the September 12, 2024, City Council. Austin Planning Austin Housing C20-2018-004 Mirrored Glass Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to rewrite definition of mirrored glass to incorporate best practices. Planning Commission Development and Engagement Timeline to be determined. Austin Planning 4/4 3/23/2026 2:51:46 PM