An overhaul of Buda’s Unified Development Code (UDC), according to Assistant City Manager Chance Sparks, is “long overdue” could be implemented later this year. 

Sparks introduced the agenda item to council members in late 2016 and said Buda’s current UDC, which was adopted in 2002, did not reflect the changing needs in the city in the last 15 years.

Sparks said changes in Buda include a tripling of the population, new development expectations, and a general shift in housi...