Taxing density

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Mon, 01/11/2010 - 4:59pm

I've owed a comment on this for a while.

ROMA, the outfit charged with developing a plan for downtown Austin, has proposed a density bonus ordinance for downtown residential development (available here ).

  Austin's had a temporary density bonus program since 2007.

  ROMA is proposing to make that program permanent.

All things considered, it is not a particularly onerous proposal.

  ROMA would allow commercial and hotel developments an automatic bonus if they comply with...


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