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Staff revives residential design guidelines; proposes one‑tree minimum, driveway and parking guidance to shape small‑lot development
Summary
City planners proposed a revised residential design chapter to cover single‑family and multifamily housing, proposing a modest landscaping minimum (one street tree per lot), driveway guidance and design standards to reduce garage‑fronted streets.
Staff presented a revised set of residential design regulations intended to cover single‑family and multifamily housing after recent state law limited the scope of multifamily design review.
Senior planner Ray Lindbergh said the city updated its design regulations in 2019 and is now proposing to replace the previous "multifamily" section with a broader "residential design" chapter that includes subheadings for multifamily and single‑family design, landscaping,…
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