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Oakland Planning Commission unanimously recommends citywide planning code amendments to City Council
Summary
The Planning Commission voted unanimously June 4 to recommend staff’s omnibus planning code amendments — clarifying design-review exemptions, adding a ministerial design-review pathway for many small housing projects (up to 30 units and certain affordable projects), and adjusting several thresholds — and will transmit the recommendation to City Council for hearings in June and July.
The Oakland Planning Commission unanimously voted June 4 to recommend a package of citywide planning code amendments intended to streamline design review for housing and other development and to align local rules with recent state housing laws.
Staff described the proposal as an omnibus set of changes that clarify exemptions and procedures for design review, introduce a new ministerial design-review process for qualifying projects (including 100% affordable projects and projects of up to 30 units), update thresholds for large developments and industrial buffers, and revise demolition and historic-preservation language. “These are omnibus planning code amendments proposed, related, generally to design review,” Laura Kaminski, strategic planning manager, told the commission during the presentation.
The staff presentation situated the amendments within state law and the city’s housing element, citing recent state…
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