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Pleasanton planning commission backs streamlined design‑review process, cuts notice radius
Summary
On Oct. 22 the Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council adopt staff‑proposed amendments to Pleasanton Municipal Code Title 18 that narrow public‑notice radii, shorten appeal periods and exempt many minor projects from design review to reduce staff workload and applicant costs.
The Pleasanton Planning Commission unanimously voted Oct. 22 to recommend that City Council approve amendments to Pleasanton Municipal Code Title 18 intended to streamline design review, align public‑notice requirements with state law and shorten appeal windows.
Planners Megan Campbell and Emily Carroll of the City of Pleasanton presented the package, telling commissioners that "these codes have not been updated since the early nineties" and that staff spends substantial time processing small projects with limited community impact. The amendments would exempt a range of minor projects from discretionary design review — for example, single‑story home additions under 15 feet, accessory structures, fence work and minor exterior commercial changes — while retaining design review for projects with likely privacy or massing impacts, such as two‑story additions, new balconies and new multifamily units.
Staff cited local workload data: over the past decade the planning division processed an…
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