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Livermore council adopts multifamily objective design standards, asks staff to add edible‑plant guidance and refine massing rules
Summary
Council approved updated development‑code sections and a mixed‑use/multifamily objective design standards document to comply with state housing law, streamline review for smaller projects, and directed staff to add encouraged language on edible plants/pollinators and refine facade/massing requirements before final ordinances are introduced.
City planning staff presented a comprehensive update to Livermore's development code on July 14 designed to comply with state housing law, introduce objective design standards for mixed‑use and multifamily projects, and streamline review authority for smaller housing projects.
"The proposed project consists of amending the development code to be in compliance with state housing law, objective design standards to supplement existing city standards that are no longer enforceable under state law," Associate Planner Turcan Somes said during the staff presentation. Staff said the new objective design standards would apply to multifamily proposals with more than 10…
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