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COH New Incentives For Developers To Build Next To Sidewalk In Lower Westheimer


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Muxian Fung COH planning and development spoke at Neartown/ Montrose last night. She spoke generally about traffic corridors, but questions were asked about developments along lower Westheimer (areas within Historic Designation areas and areas with deed restrictions) and she spoke about current ordinances that “request” rather than demand buildings be built close to sidewalk which resulted in only 19% developers opting in. So now there are proposed amendments:

 

1) Create both mandatory and optional compliance boundary.

2) Revisit the designated Type A streets based on the adjacent local context.

3) Designate additional streets with appropriate context.

4) Revise some of the standards to effectively promote pedestrian friendly environment along the transit corridor streets.

 

 

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On 1/23/2019 at 8:34 AM, trymahjong said:

Muxian Fung COH planning and development spoke at Neartown/ Montrose last night. She spoke generally about traffic corridors, but questions were asked about developments along lower Westheimer (areas within Historic Designation areas and areas with deed restrictions) and she spoke about current ordinances that “request” rather than demand buildings be built close to sidewalk which resulted in only 19% developers opting in. So now there are proposed amendments:

 

1) Create both mandatory and optional compliance boundary.

2) Revisit the designated Type A streets based on the adjacent local context.

3) Designate additional streets with appropriate context.

4) Revise some of the standards to effectively promote pedestrian friendly environment along the transit corridor streets.

 

 

Thanks for the post, trymahjong. Good to see COH is listening to those who are invested in the neighborhood. Do you know if these amendments passed?
How unfortunate that the strip center at 120 Westheimer (and the adjacent one where Jus' Mac is located) were built before these ordinances could go into effect. The 120 address has been completed for ~ a year now, and last time I looked was still completely vacant.
Coupled with the vacated Mattress Store a block west, this stretch of Westheimer is not the pedestrian destination it could (and should) be. Vacant buildings and empty parking lots aren't helping the situation.

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