Chain of events The city of San Antonio began taking proposed Unied Development Code revisions Oct. 1, 2021, starting a yearlong series of deadlines and meetings.
Feb. 1, 2022 Deadline set for UDC amendment submissions February-May 2022
October 2022 City Council reviews boards, commissions, Planning and Community Development Committee’s recommendations for nal approval November- December 2022 City sta trained on approved UDC revisions Jan. 1, 2023 City begins enforcement of revised UDC
Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee reviews proposed amendments for recommendations May-July 2022 City boards and commissions review PCTAC’s recommendations
Visit www.sanantonio.gov/dsd/ and click on 2021 UDC Amendment Process for more on the city’s revision process. Call 311 about code compliance violations or 210-207-1111 for other code concerns. SOURCE: CITY OF SAN ANTONIOCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
short-term rental law. “The city is working against the neighborhood … working not for us, but working for [out-of-town visi- tors],” said Marilyn Choate, president of the local Huntington Place Home- owners Association. According to the city’s four-year- old short-term rental law, property owners must apply for a permit to run such a dwelling in any residen- tial zoning district or one of seven commercial or oce zoning dis- tricts. Shannon said he feels the city’s four-year-old short-term rental law provides a balanced approach to a contentious topic. Pelaez acknowledged constituents’ frustration with short-term rentals, but said a 2018 Texas Supreme Court ruling favoring a Houston short-term rental property owner makes it harder to bolster local rules. “We wrote the strongest possible ordinance that can survive a court challenge. Our short-term rental ordi- nance has been adopted all over Texas and is held up as the gold standard,” Pelaez added. Drainage, development and costs While many residents are con- cerned with UDC changes that would aect housing, the update will also address new development in ood plains. Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance o cials submitted amendments
aecting drainage runo between new and existing developments. “Let’s update the code so that res- idents, neighborhoods and taxpay- ers are no longer left holding the bill for addressing ooding and water quality,” GEAA Board Member Steve Hixon told the planning commission. But some planning commission- ers said they share concerns voiced by development community rep- resentatives that GEAA’s changes, if approved, could adversely aect development and increase costs. “I think this hinders development, and there are issues with aordabil- ity,” Commission Chair Matthew Prof- tt said. District 10 Council Member Clay- ton Perry said he looks forward to scrutinizing all recommended UDC revisions, specically devel- opment-related rule changes that could pass increased costs down to end-users. “What concerns me are things that people want to include [in the UDC] that may cost more money,” Perry said. Shannon said the city has yet to set an October date when the City Coun- cil will review recommendations from all city boards and commis- sions to give the UDC amendments nal approval.
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