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PC - ACTION ITEM: DISCUSSION OF CITYWIDE MULTI-FAMILY AND MIXED-USED OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
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Meeting Date: April 26, 2023
Contact Person/Dept: Gabriela Silva, Associate Planner
Erika Ramirez, Current Planning Manager
Phone Number: (310) 253-5736/ (310) 523-5727
Fiscal Impact: Yes [ ] No [X] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Public Hearing: [ ] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [ ]
Public Notification: (GovDelivery-Email) Public Notifications (04/12/2023), Meetings and Agendas - Planning Commission (04/18/2023); (Posted) City website (04/18/2023), Social Media (04/12/2023)
Department Approval: Mark E. Muenzer, Planning and Development Director (04/03/2023)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission provide initial guidance and feedback regarding the Objective Design Standards presentation.
BACKGROUND
Since 2017, the California legislature has adopted and amended several housing and land use laws to address the state's housing crisis. A few have significantly changed typical planning and approval processes. Specifically, Senate Bill (SB) 35, SB 167, SB 330, and SB 8, are aimed at streamlining land use entitlements for housing development projects. Streamlining is generally used to limit and define local control and discretion, thus providing developers with more certainty in timing and outcomes for residential and mixed-use developments.
* SB 35 (2017) streamlines housing development approvals on infill sites that comply with "objective standards", meet minimum affordability requirements, are not environmentally sensitive, and if the developer pays prevailing wage and uses a "skilled and trained workforce" for projects over a certain threshold.
* SB 167 (2017) prohibits a local agency from disapproving or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, ...
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