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Brentwood planning commission recommends objective design standards, asks staff to rename 'furniture zone'
Summary
The Brentwood Planning Commission voted to recommend city council adopt objective design standards for residential and mixed‑use development, praising clarified definitions and fire‑safety language and asking staff to rename the 'landscape furniture zone' to 'buffer zone.'
The Brentwood Planning Commission on March 17 voted to recommend that the City Council adopt text amendments to the municipal code to create objective design standards for residential and mixed‑use development, a package staff and consultants said is intended to streamline ministerial housing approvals while preserving Brentwood’s character.
Consultant Drew Watkins of JZMK Partners told the commission the revisions add 42 definitions and reorganize the draft into six chapters to increase clarity and reduce subjectivity. "The purpose of objective design standards is to streamline the housing development and review process…
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