The following are policy proposals approved by the steering committee of Sustainable Neighborhoods.

White Paper - Achieving Child-Friendly Infill Development in Austin's Early Suburbs - August 2013 - revised ahead of Land Development Code rewrite

Statement of Burnet Rd Corridor Improvement Project Priorities - December 2012 - endorsed by Allandale, Brentwood, Crestview, North Shoal Creek, Wooten neighborhood associations

Request to City Council to review bar density policy for mixed use corridors - January 2013 - this is needed to reconcile conflicting goals (support for small businesses, child-friendliness) in Imagine Austin

 

 

Need for planning of rapid transit on Anderson Ln in CapMetro's Project Connect - June 2013

Letter to Comp Plan staff for Detailed Analysis of Neighborhood Centers - November 2010

Letter to City Manager, Council for Plazas, Pocket Parks in Rapid Transit Centers - January 2010

Proposed Changes to the PARD Long Range Plan - April 2009, with comments from July 2010  

Minimum Open Space Requirement (MOSR) - November 2008

Attached below is the City of Austin's new open space ordinance, requiring a minimum of 5% common private open space for many commercial and residential developments.