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PTC and ARB plan earlier coordination, ask staff to create applicant checklist
Summary
Palo Alto commissioners and staff agreed to pursue earlier information-sharing with the Architectural Review Board and to ask staff to develop a checklist applicants would submit to ease joint review of projects that trigger exceptions.
Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) spent a large portion of its retreat discussing early coordination with the Architectural Review Board (ARB) and other commissions, and asked staff to develop a checklist so applicants come to hearings better prepared.
Commissioners and staff said many projects that reach the PTC do so because they request exceptions—setbacks, special setbacks, daylight planes, on-site parking or traffic-circulation changes—that ARB or other boards may not treat as transportation concerns. That mismatch can leave applicants surprised and meetings lengthened when issues resurface at the PTC.
Assistant Director Jennifer Armour framed the problem as one of process and expectations:…
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