Austin Chronicle

Under current law, property owners surrounding land that a neighboring owner is seeking to upzone (that is, build more housing on) can band together and file a petition with the city. If 20% of neighboring landowners sign a petition, then to have upzoning approved, the subject landowner must win a supermajority vote of the governing body with zoning authority over their land (in Austin, that’s nine of 10 City Council members).

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