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Multi-Family Development Standards Project Update
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff and the consultant team will present a status update for the Multi-Family Development Standards Zoning Code Amendment Project. No formal actions related to this project are agendized at this time.
BACKGROUND
As California's housing supply and homelessness crisis continues, the State has taken a number of actions aimed at reducing barriers to the creation of housing. Through the "Building Homes and Jobs Act" Planning Grants Program (SB2), the State has provided grant funding for the City to evaluate the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance to develop objective design and development standards intended to stimulate high quality multi-family residential and mixed-use development. The City hired a consultant team led by Miller Planning Associates with support by Urban Field Studio and Lexington Planning to assist with this effort.
ANALYSIS
The Multi-Family Development Standards Project will establish new objective design and development standards for each Zoning District that accommodates multi-family and/or mixed-use development. Objective standards will provide property owners and developers with greater predictability and will help streamline the development review process in accordance with recent changes in state law.
The first phase of the project, analysis and assessment, is complete. The analysis and assessment phase consisted of the evaluation of development constraints, community preference exploration, and testing of current regulations. Project documents prepared, including a Development Constraints Memo, summaries of visual preference workshop and survey results, and site tests of current development standards, are available on the project website (sldevelopmentstandards.com).
The option exploration phase of the project is now beginning. This phase will consist of exploring options for updated standards to accomplish project objectives of stimulat...
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