Land Use

Starting Friday, landowners can apply to split their land into smaller lots. But builders in Austin say existing regulations will likely make this hard to do.

In an attempt to correct course on a yearslong attempt to rewrite Austin's building rules, the city will argue it did not sidestep state law when drafting new zoning laws.

Amending a restrictive covenant often requires hiring a lawyer and getting buy-in from a majority of neighbors. HB 1202, which passed out of the House and is being considered by the Senate, could make deleting discriminatory language easier.

Austin’s new land use code, which determines what can be built in the city and where, is one step closer to being finalized – but first, one city body is…

The City of Austin has spent almost eight years and roughly $11 million rewriting its land use code; that’s the set of rules dictating what you can build…