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Brentwood staff report continued revisions to residential design standards; board urged to submit markups

5764094 · April 18, 2025
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City staff reported work with consultants on Brentwood's residential design standards, including reconsideration of the garage-frontage rule and guidance on EIFS/stucco and large-panel materials. Staff asked ARB members to submit consolidated markups.

City planning staff told the Architectural Review Board on April 17 that consultants are revising the city's residential design standards and asked board members to review and comment on the combined draft.

The building official (unnamed in the record) said staff met with consultants and are rewording sections after board feedback. A central topic was the rule that prohibits garages that exceed 30% of a home's front facade; staff said that metric "does not really work, especially on a 50 foot lot."…

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