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Waco advances draft form‑based code for downtown redevelopment, targets 2026 adoption
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a draft form‑based code for the 100‑acre downtown redevelopment project, emphasizing walkability, building form and new parking rules; staff plans a consolidated draft in January and a formal adoption process in 2026.
City officials presented a draft form‑based code intended to guide development on roughly 100 acres of downtown Waco, emphasizing building form, walkability and predictable development rules as the city prepares to market parcels in the Barrons Branch district.
The proposal, presented at the Waco City Council work session by Tom Balk, director of strategic initiatives, Assistant Director of Development Services Laura Wagstaff and consultant Matt Goble of Goble Partners, would amend the Waco code to create district‑level standards for building types, street cross‑sections, ground‑floor activation and landscape requirements. Goble said the team has completed two of three drafting “installments”…
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