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Folsom council pauses adoption of objective design standards, asks staff to tighten parking and ministerial rules
Summary
Council continued action on objective development and design standards (ODDS) for multifamily and mixed‑use areas to Nov.12 after lengthy debate over ministerial review, loss of local discretion and proposed parking reductions; staff will return with refined parking metrics and redlined ordinance language.
FOLSOM — After more than an hour of discussion on Oct. 28, the City Council voted to continue consideration of the city’s proposed Objective Development and Design Standards (ODDS) for multifamily and mixed‑use residential development to the Nov. 12 meeting so staff can refine parking rules and clarify when projects must be processed ministerially.
Planning Manager Desmond Perrington presented the standards as a state‑law response that provides objective, measurable criteria for streamlined review in overlay areas such as Iron Point, Glen Light rail station zones and the Folsom Plan Area. Staff said adopting the standards as a resolution (rather than embedding them…
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