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Granny Flats #11

Closed mateoclarke closed 5 years ago

mateoclarke commented 9 years ago

One sentence description: A Granny Flat is a common term for an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). Currently, it is hard to know if you are able to build an ADU on your property because City Code is different by neighborhood. This tool would help you plot and ADU in your backyard based on known code requirements (parking, impervious cover, distance from other properties, etc).

This idea came of out Code Across 2015.

Link (more details/brain dump/alpha) https://openaustin.hackpad.com/Granny-Flats-Checkin-23-Apr-DIdxVOyhUcQ

Project Needs (dev/design/resources) workflow, mockups, policy expertise

Status (in progress, pie-in-the-sky) lots of good discussions, meetings. Needs a champion to lead and execute vision.

mscarey commented 5 years ago

I feel like this project existed because of an issue that was current in local politics in 2015, not so much to help people navigate the permit process (which would be only a couple hundred potential users per year). So it doesn't make sense to think of it as a live idea in 2019. I miss 2015 though.

mateoclarke commented 5 years ago

yeah 2015 was good @mscarey