Pflugerville advisory committee launches UDC overhaul, prioritizing housing diversity, parking reform and trails

Chance Sparks, a principal with Freese and Nichols, opened the advisory committee meeting by outlining the firm's role in leading Pflugerville's development‑code update and the coordinated engineering criteria manual effort. "So good evening. I'm Chance Sparks with Freese and Nichols, 1 of the principal shareholders of the firm and also gonna be leading the development code, update project, for y'all," he said as he explained the three‑phase process of initiation, modular drafting and adoption.

The committee and consultants framed the rewrite as a technical yet strategic effort to align regulations with the city's comprehensive vision. Sparks said the team will produce the new code in digestible "modules" rather than one large document and emphasized public engagement methods that translate technical requirements into everyday…