BeerNut Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Houston Livable Places Quote What is Livable Places? The Livable Places initiative is a continuation of the Planning Department’s effort to update portions of Houston’s development codes to enhance walkability, affordability and equity. Following City Council's approval of the Walkable Places and Transit-Oriented Development ordinance amendments in August 2020, the Livable Places Action Committee (External link)will focus on updating the City’s development codes to encourage the development and preservation of affordable, quality housing for all. The committee aims to create opportunities to: build housing on existing vacant lots within neighborhoods that are largely developed increase housing options with access to alternative transportation, such as bicycling and mass transit improve safety preserve great neighborhoods This effort draws from community preferences identified through several previous planning initiatives including Plan Houston, Resilient Houston and others. Use this page to provide input and feedback to the committee. Visit here often to find out about meetings, ask questions, participate in discussions and surveys, and to learn more. Your participation is important to help guide how Houston develops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 https://www.letstalkhouston.org/livable-places Quote Livable Places Action Committee Meeting March 8th, 2021, 3 - 5 p.m. Online Meeting link: https://bit.ly/34BuBz8(External link) Call-In Option: +1 936-755-1521 Conference ID: 601 817 081# Agenda and Meeting documents: Planning and Development Department (houstontx.gov)(External link) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Livable Places Meeting: April 5 at 3 p.m. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Amlaham Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 These are great recommendations! Any ideas on when these would most likely get implemented? It seems like Houston is starting to get plagued by the poorly designed multiple driveway lots :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Welling Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 @Amlaham I believe it is at the final stage, which means it needs to be adopted by city council. Timeline on that is unclear (can't seem to find any announcements about it). The last major action item was the public hearing back in June, which was also a little bit of a bummer with Mayor Turner completely removing market based parking from the recommendation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 At every single Planning Commission meeting about this proposal, the developers show up en mass against it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 (edited) 2 hours ago, Amlaham said: These are great recommendations! Any ideas on when these would most likely get implemented? It seems like Houston is starting to get plagued by the poorly designed multiple driveway lots :/ 2 hours ago, Justin Welling said: @Amlaham I believe it is at the final stage, which means it needs to be adopted by city council. Timeline on that is unclear (can't seem to find any announcements about it). The last major action item was the public hearing back in June, which was also a little bit of a bummer with Mayor Turner completely removing market based parking from the recommendation. Current plan is to have it for final vote before city council next week. Implementation is at their discretion. Typically 30-60 days after passing. I would highly highly recommend you take a minute and write to your city council members and let them know that you support Livable Place as-proposed. 2 hours ago, hindesky said: At every single Planning Commission meeting about this proposal, the developers show up en mass against it. And to be clear, they are supportive about most of it, but some developers do not like pushing the garage setback from 17' to 19' (distance between garage door and the sidewalk) and not allowing individual driveways on lots that are narrower than 33'. If dividing a standard 50x100 lot into two 25x100 lots (ultra common) the proposal would make them use one of the new options above posted by Beernut. Edited September 10 by wilcal 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:09 PM Up for a vote this morning. Sounds like an agreement has been made with the development community, so I would expect it to pass. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted Wednesday at 04:37 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:37 PM Livable Places has passed. 60 days until implementation. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted Wednesday at 09:34 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:34 PM 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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