Event Details — Public hearing to consider Draft Transit Corridor Ordinance, Chapter 42 amendments

The City of Houston Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on June 11 at 2:30 pm in City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby (map), to consider two items.

1) The proposed transit corridor ordinance. This ordinance establishes mandatory and optional rules along Houston’s designated light rail corridors. This work is the result of an effort begun in 2006 to enhance pedestrian mobility and achieve transit supportive development. More information including a summary of the proposed ordinance, and the draft ordinance is available on the Urban Corridor Planning website http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Urban/urban_cor.html.

2) Amendments to Chapter 42 that address the following topics. The proposed ordinance can be found on the Planning Department’s website at www.houstonplanning.com.
• Average lot size/lot width in new subdivision plats
• Creation of guest parking for 6 plus residential units
• Redefining the width and length of shared driveway developments
• Requiring sign posting in residential subdivisions w/certain reserves
• Establishing a protocol on naming of partial replats
• Expanded notification on replats and variances
• Extending the Urban Area beyond the 610 Loop to the Beltway
• Building line overhangs encroach 30 inches, five foot for outside stairs
• Require surveyed site plans for single-family residential plats
• Resolve the conflict between Chapter 42 and the Design Manual for Lift Station Sites

These ordinance amendments will also result in changes to the Building Code and PWE Infrastructure design manual.

Following the public hearing, the items will be considered at the Regulation, Development and Neighborhood Protection Committee of City Council on June 22 at 3:00 pm, City Council chambers, 901 Bagby, 2nd floor.

City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance in early July.

Draft Transit Corridor Ordinance
Ordinance summary
Presentation to Planning Commission, May 14, 2009

Proposed Chapter 42 amendments

For more information, contact Michael Schaffer at (713) 837-7780 or email Michael.Schaffer@cityofhouston.net.