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Commissioners ask staff to add review of objective design standards to 2026 work plan

Planning Commission · January 15, 2026
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Summary

After expressing concerns that recent projects have strained Los Altos’ objective design standards, commissioners asked staff to add an investigation of those standards to the draft 2026 work plan and to bring the issue to council for consideration.

Several Planning Commission members told staff on Jan. 15 they are concerned the city’s objective design standards are becoming out of date and that recent projects have generated numerous waiver requests.

A commissioner raised the issue during the work-plan discussion, saying recent projects included proposals that the commissioner did not feel the…

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