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Fairfield study session reviews objective design standards; commission favors limited flexibility
Summary
Staff and consultant Rick Williams presented draft objective design standards (ODS) to shift project review from subjective to measurable criteria; commissioners praised the visuals, discussed a 10% flexibility policy for architectural identity, and asked staff to return with a final draft for Dec. 10.
Consultants and planning staff presented draft objective design standards intended to make project review clearer and more measurable and, where required by state law, to enable ministerial (objective) review of qualifying housing projects. Rick Williams (Van Meter Williams Pollack) walked commissioners through ODS components: block pattern limits and mid‑block connections to improve walkability, site‑planning rules that emphasize…
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