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Livermore council advances comprehensive housing update and objective multifamily design standards
Summary
Council voted unanimously to introduce ordinances updating the development code to comply with state housing law, adopt objective design standards for multifamily projects, and streamline permitting for smaller projects — with council direction on edible plants, fire mitigation (Zone 0), façade articulation, HVAC siting and farmworker housing limits.
City planning staff presented a comprehensive update to Livermore’s development code and new mixed‑use and multifamily objective design standards during a public hearing on July 14, and the council voted to introduce the ordinances with staff‑directed amendments.
Associate Planner Turcan Somes described proposals to consolidate housing rules, add a new housing section to the code, and adopt objective design standards that would apply to multifamily developments of more than 10 units. Staff proposed permit‑streamlining changes that would shift some parcel map and tentative map approvals to lower review levels (e.g., parcel maps at staff level, tentative maps at the Planning Commission…
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