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Staff outlines draft SB 840–related multifamily design standards: height, parking, build-to lines and amenity menu
Summary
Staff presented a draft of amendments intended to implement design and quality standards for multifamily developments under Senate Bill 840, proposing minimum and maximum heights, limits on surface parking in front yards, build-to-line requirements, scaled amenity lists and water/wastewater capacity clarifications.
Planning staff presented detailed draft amendments on Sept. 9 to implement design-oriented standards for multifamily developments under Senate Bill 840, focusing on height, parking location, building articulation and a scaled amenity menu.
Staff said drafts borrow from local mixed-use design rules and proposed two options for placement in the code: either a new special-standards section (2.52) or expanded multifamily district rules (section 2.39). The presentation included a range of design measures meant to preserve urban character while complying with SB 840’s statutory limitations.
On height, staff proposed raising the minimum height for new multifamily projects to about 40 feet (roughly 3–4 stories) and suggested a default maximum in the draft near 60 feet while noting the state’s statute “does say the maximum height requirements in our case cannot be less…
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