Draft Land Development Code and Maps

HPNA Monthly MeetingMonday October 7th

Tonight’s Goals

● Review impact on Hyde Park● Discuss Steering Committee’s top concerns ● Vote on resolution● Emphasize importance of participation in upcoming public

meetings

What we know nowNot as much as we’d like - Chapter 23-3 is 500 pages alone!

Staff will answer questions at D9 Meeting, Thurs Oct 10th, 7-9pm, City Hall

Ride Signup Outside

www.austintexas.gov/ldc is the City site for all things related to the Land Development Code, including the draft text and the maps

Red = Main Street Zoning

● MS2A● MS2B● MS3

Yellow & Orange = “Missing Middle” or “Transition Zoning”

● RM1● R4

Grey = Hyde Park NCCDs

● F25● Existing market affordable apartments and

multi-unit apartments in transition zones and corridors

-HD = Local Historic District

-H = Designated Historic Structure

Main Street Zoning - Guadalupe, 38th

Multi-Family

Live/Work

Townhouse

Other Allowed Uses

MS2A & MS2B

● 45’ + 20’ Max Height● 90% Impervious Cover● 5’ Minimum Front Setbacks● ~ 24 units

MS3● 65’ + 25’ Max Height● 95% Impervious Cover● 5’ Minimum Front Setbacks● 54+unlimited units

Multi-Family

RM1 Zoning - Duval, Avenue A, Avenue H, 38th, 38th ½ & 39th

Residential Transit Corridors

Next to Main Street Corridors

Deep penetration at NE corner of Duval & 38th

● 40’ Max Height● 60% Impervious Cover● 10’ Minimum Front

Setback

Duplex (6+4 units)

Cottage Court - 3 (units)

Cottage Court - 6 (units)

Multifamily (6+1 units)

Live/Work Townhouse(1+0 units)

Other Allowed Use

Rendering of Avenue A @ RM1 Zoning

R4 Zoning - Avenue B, Avenue G, Avenue H, 46th-51st, Fairfield, Evans

● 40’ Max Height● 50% Impervious Cover● 10’ Minimum Front Setback● 3-8, depending on type of

structure

Note: Duplex is 4 units

DuplexMulti FamilyCottage Court - 3Cottage Court - 6TownhouseOther Allowed Uses

F25 Zoning ● (2) Hyde Park NCCDs● Affordable Apartments/Missing Middle Properties were not upzoned but

remained “F25” ● Unclear code alignment● Subject to new ADU and parking regulations

Proposed Zoning Comparison Viewer ● City of Austin LDC Page

Now What? “50 year decision in 50 days”

Use tonight’s resolution to provide feedback at sessions and communications

Develop counter proposal for vote in November or December?

Participate early and often: what can you commit to?

● Find your issues● Attend two in person meetings● Send an email

What We’ve Heard From You115 surveys submitted; four were in full support of the code direction

Major concern about:

● Duval Street● Infrastructure, including drainage and sidewalks● Parking ● Compressed opportunity for public input● Interest in small scale density additions that current residents might undertake● Institutional investing vs. local wealth building

Proposed Resolution

HPNA membership hereby authorizes HPNA leadership, including officers and Steering Committee members, to communicate officially on HPNA’s behalf regarding the draft Land Development Code and associated maps for Hyde Park, including but not limited to concerns around the following topics:

● Affordability● Location and Concentration of Development● Environmental and Infrastructure Concerns● Impervious Cover Limits● Parking Requirements● Occupancy Limits● Treatment of Duval Street● The Hyde Park Local Historic District

Affordability● Affordability is the top goal of the LDC revision● Existing affordable MF has not been upzoned; but “naturally occurring

affordable housing” in two unit structures are upzoned ● Why “give away” additional unit entitlements without affordability guarantee?● Plenty of examples of below-market rents in duplexes, ADUs, garage

apartments● Land values will increase and property taxes will rise● Commercial properties are taxed a lower rate than residential properties● Draft allows Type 3 STRs to be 25 percent of all dwelling units in Mixed Use

or Main Street zone; a quarter of all new housing along Guadalupe could be full-time short-term rentals

Location and Concentration of Development● “All kinds of housing in all parts of town”● 75% of new zoned units in “urban core”● Council Members unequally affected● We need more complete communities● We need more poly-centric development

● Within Hyde Park:○ Around 100 complexes, nearly 2000 units○ Were more than 50% of SF lots upzoned?

Environmental and Infrastructure Concerns● Current built environment mitigates flooding and cools our city, promotes

walking and cycling● Existing buildings are the greenest: it takes ten to 80 years to offset the

energy expended from new construction● Water supply: three water mains broke north of 45th within six months● Waste management: trash cans and multi-unit properties

Impervious Cover Limits● Council direction: reduce impervious cover and maintain it within a watershed● Current standard for our two-unit zoning is 45% ● Already have flooding on 45th and Avenue A● Proposal increases impervious cover lot limits in transition zones to 50 & 60% ● Waller Creek Watershed impervious cover increases by 1.24% (only one of

two watersheds with an increase)

Parking Requirements● Eliminated within ¼ mile of a corridor even without sidewalks - as long as

area is rated “high” on sidewalk prioritization map ● Sidewalks within Hyde Park are only 38% complete

Occupancy Limits● “Not more than six unrelated adults may reside in a dwelling unit”● “Dwelling unit: A single unit providing complete facilities for one or more

persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking, and sanitation”

● What happens to ordinance that limited occupancy to four unrelated adults within SF zones, in homes built after 2014?

● Council Directive: “add flexibility”

Duval Street● Duval Street is not a corridor● #7 bus now runs every 15 minutes

○ Ridership has dropped 4% since change○ Schedules and routes can be adjusted every four months

● Single lane in either direction○ Not wide enough to stripe north of 51st to 56th○ Poorly paved between 45th and 51st○ Speed bumps between 38th and 45th

● Consistent two unit residential structures throughout● Dead ends at UT and 2222

Local Historic District ● LHDs are carried forward into new code● Treatment of properties within Local Historic Districts?

Proposed Resolution

HPNA membership hereby authorizes HPNA leadership, including officers and Steering Committee members, to communicate officially on HPNA’s behalf regarding the draft Land Development Code and associated maps for Hyde Park, including but not limited to concerns around the following topics:

● Affordability● Location and Concentration of Development● Environmental and Infrastructure Concerns● Impervious Cover Limits● Parking Requirements● Occupancy Limits● Treatment of Duval Street● The Hyde Park Local Historic District

Take Out Your CalendarsOctober 10th: D9 Town Hall with LDC Revision Team at City Hall, 7-9pm

October 15th: Multi-neighborhood meeting with the Mayor at Trinity Church, 7-9pm

October 19th: LDC Revision Team City-wide Meeting, Conley-Gurrerro Senior Activity Center, 808 Nile Street, 10am-2pm

October 23: LDC Revision Team City-wide Meeting, Austin Central Library, 6-9pm

October 26th: Planning Commission Hearing, Time TBA, City Hall