Archive for June, 2009

Of the developers, for the developers?

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Days after the City of Houston’s draft corridor urban corridors ordinance was released, Houstonians For Responsible Growth – a developer group that generally opposes any new building regulations – endorsed the new ordinance.
Why would developers be so enthusiastic about a new piece of regulation? Because they wrote it.
Here’s the makeup [...]

Proposed ordinance: better sidewalks are required; better buildings are optional.

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

The City of Houston has spent the past three years on a process to develop new planning ordinances for the streets around METRO’s light rail stations. That process has now culminated in a draft ordinance, which will be considered at a public hearing before the Planning Commission meeting this Thursday, June 11, and will then [...]