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Feb. 18, 2026

Item 3 Table of Active Cases February 2026 Update — original pdf

Name Description Initiated By Resolution Stage Status Lead Dept Sub Dept Active Code Amendment Cases February 2026 City Council 20240321-034 Development and Engagement Will be addressed by TOD Updates/Rezonings. Planning Case # N/A Crestview TOD Update C20-2025-019 Zoning Sign Posting Updates 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. Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify existing requirements and establish new requirements related to the posting of signs that give notice of zoning and rezoning applications. 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 the 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 HB 24 Development and Engagement Development and Engagement Development and Engagement In Process - Planning COJC 2/18/2026 Planning Commission 3/10/2026 City Council 3/26/2026 ➡ ➡ ➡ Will be addressed by Downtown Density Bonus/Downtown Amendments Phase 1. Timeline to be determined. Planning C20-2025-016 DDB/Downtown Amendments Phase 1 Amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify the Downtown Density Bonus program for Core and Rainey subdistricts. City Council Development and Engagement Anticipating review and adoption by May 2026. Planning C20-2025-015 Coffee Shop Land Use C20-2025-014 TOD Updates/Rezonings C20-2025-013 New Zoning Districts C20-2025-012 SB 840 Related Updates to 25- 2 (Phase 2) C20-2025-011 SB 840 Related Updates to 25- 2 (Phase 1) 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. 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. Identifies gaps in base zones and proposes new zones to fill those gaps, including missing middle and mixed-use transit-supportive base zones that could be used …

Feb. 18, 2026

Approved Minutes — original pdf

CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE APPROVED MINUTES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026, AT 6:00 P.M. PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (PDC), ROOM 2103 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR AUSTIN, TEXAS 78752 The Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee convened in a Regular meeting on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas. Chair Flores called the codes and Ordinances Joint Committee Meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Alejandra Flores, Chair Betsy Greenberg Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Felicity Maxwell Lonny Stern Casey Haney joined the commission late at 6:47 p.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee meeting on December 2025. 17, The minutes from the Codes and Ordinance Joint Committee regular meeting on December 17, 2025, was approved unanimously on a 4-0 vote on a motion by Commissioner Greenberg, seconded by Chair Flores. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Approve a recommendation to the Planning Commission to amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify existing requirements and establish new requirements related to rezoning applications. that give notice of zoning and the posting of signs The motion to approve the recommendation to Planning Commission to amend City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to modify existing requirements and establish new requirements related to the posting of signs that give notice of zoning and rezoning CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2026 applications was approved on Commissioner Greenberg’s motion, seconded by Commissioner Maxwell on a vote 4-0 with the following changes: a. Revert 25-1-136 (B) to current code b. Change 25-1-136 (E) to “Require at least one street sign on every street frontage and require at least one sign every 200 feet along street frontage up to a maximum of three signs and a total of ten total.” c. Only applicable for the subject tract STAFF BRIEFINGS 3. Staff briefing on the February 2026 Schedule of Active Code Amendments Gantt Chart. Presentation by Jordan Feldman, Principal Planner, Austin Planning. Jordan Feldman presented. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS The motion to approve an election for Chair and Vice Chair at the April 15, 2026, meeting was approved unanimously on a 5-0 vote on a motion by Chair Flores, seconded by Commissioner Greenberg. ADJOURNMENT Chair Flores adjourned the meeting at 6:53 p.m. …