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Assembly members preview three-year pause on multifamily design standards to study housing impacts
Summary
Sponsors of AO 2024-104S told the Community and Economic Development Committee they seek a temporary pause on selected Title 21 residential design standards for multifamily and townhouse projects, with annual reporting and a workgroup to study effects on housing production.
Assemblymember Bridal, sponsor of AO 2024-104S, told the Community and Economic Development Committee on Feb. 6 that the ordinance would pause selected multifamily and townhouse design standards in Title 21 for three years while staff and stakeholders study whether the rules impede housing construction.
The pause, Bridal said, would apply only to specific sections of the zoning code — including building spacing, façade articulation, certain landscaping and site-access (pedestrian frontage) rules — and would not change zoning districts, use tables, subdivision rules or building code requirements. "We obviously need to take many steps to address our housing issues, especially recognizing the very high cost and other barriers for construction," Bridal said during…
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