Austin Properties Subject to Organics Diversion Ordinance

City of Austin records identify food-permitted businesses required to implement organics diversion programs under the Universal Recycling Ordinance. The dataset includes properties phased in by size thresholds starting October 1, 2016, supporting the city's Zero Waste goal. Row and column counts are not specified in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze compliance timelines by cross-referencing property size thresholds and ordinance effective dates (e.g., >15,000 sq ft in 2016, >5,000 sq ft in 2017).
• Map the distribution of affected food-permitted businesses across Austin using geographic identifiers likely present in the data.
• Assess program impact by tracking changes in the count of listed properties before and after key implementation dates (Oct 2016, 2017, 2018).

Strengths

• Data is maintained by the authoritative City of Austin organization, specifically Austin Resource Recovery.
• Includes temporal specificity with three distinct ordinance implementation dates (October 2016, 2017, 2018).
• Covers a defined policy scope targeting food-permitted businesses with clear size-based thresholds (15,000 and 5,000 square feet).

Limitations

• Critical quantitative metadata like row count and column structure are unknown, hindering assessment of scale and features.
• Data may have geographic bias, focusing solely on properties within Austin city limits.
• The 'notspecified' license creates ambiguity regarding permissible use and redistribution.

Provenance

Source

City of Austin

Collection Method

Administrative records compiled for ordinance enforcement, likely from business permitting and compliance systems.

Time Range

Covers properties affected from the ordinance's initial phase starting October 1, 2016.

Freshness

Last updated March 25, 2026, indicating active maintenance.

Geography

City of Austin, Texas.