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Commission backs draft objective design standards with edits, urges City Council review
Summary
After a lengthy presentation and public comment, the commission recommended the draft objective design standards be transmitted to City Council with edits including allowing ornamental banding, counting side yards toward common open space, permitting limited projections into setbacks and removing a proposed 12‑foot public‑realm minimum.
The Glendale Planning Commission on April 15 recommended that City Council consider adopting a package of zoning code amendments that establish Objective Design Standards (ODS) for multifamily and mixed‑use development, subject to several changes the commission requested.
Long‑range planning staff presented the draft ordinance (PCC‑0007‑2023 and PCC‑0008‑2023), a roughly 90‑page package that would amend GMC chapters 30.11 and 30.12 and add a new chapter 30.17 establishing measurable design standards. Staff said the ODS are intended to streamline review of qualifying housing projects and preserve local design control in light of state legislation…
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