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Paramount council adopts public‑spaces design standards to unify city look
Summary
The Paramount City Council unanimously adopted a resolution approving comprehensive Public Spaces Design Standards on Oct. 28, 2025, creating a citywide framework for signage, street and park elements, wayfinding, and durable material palettes that staff said will guide future projects and be shared with Metro.
Paramount — The City Council on Oct. 28 unanimously approved a resolution adopting comprehensive Public Spaces Design Standards intended to create a cohesive visual identity across the city and guide future public‑realm projects.
The standards, presented by city staff and consultant Kirk Keller of Studio 1 11, consolidate existing design guidance for downtown, the civic center and citywide elements such as bus shelters, monument and wayfinding signage, lighting, street furniture and plant palettes. "It's just a framework," Keller said during the presentation, describing the document as guidance rather than a prescriptive design. He added the standards aim to balance multimodal mobility, urban forestry, sustainability and long‑term durability.
City staff said the document is intended to ensure consistency across projects, to be used in preparing design plans beginning with the fiscal‑year 2027 capital improvement program, and to provide the city with a way to review Metro‑led projects for aesthetics. "Any sort of project that Metro develops has to be reviewed through the city before it gets final approval," Keller said, noting the standards include notes that allow the city to weigh in on look and feel even when Metro handles engineering and technical elements.
The standards include color palettes (RAL codes) and typography guidance, hardscape and plant palettes, accessible seating and furniture options, recommended lighting types (string and pedestrian lighting), and concepts for visually prominent crosswalks intended both as art and traffic‑calming devices. Keller said the palettes and specified manufacturers were chosen for availability and warranty considerations to support maintenance and longevity.
Council members asked few questions during the presentation; no substantive amendments were proposed. The council voted by roll call to adopt the resolution (Council members Aguayo, Delgadillo, Cuellar Stallings [name appears with variants in the transcript], Vice Mayor Olmos and Mayor Lemons recorded "Yes"). Staff said the adopted document will be sent to Metro to be incorporated into right‑of‑way designs and will inform city plans and projects going forward.
The resolution was introduced as "resolution 25 0 3 7" in the meeting materials and was approved during the Oct. 28 meeting. The city projects that will use the standards include bus shelter and streetscape work and future CIP projects; staff said detailed project‑level design work will still follow public‑works standards and applicable engineering reviews.
What happens next: Staff will finalize the adopted document, transmit it to Metro for incorporation where applicable, and use it as a guiding document for public‑realm elements in upcoming capital projects.
