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San Rafael staff to study reintroducing downtown density limits amid state law constraints
Summary
Council members asked staff to research options for reintroducing density controls to the downtown after staff described how form‑based code and state density bonus laws (including SB330) have limited local control; a second study session is planned for June.
City planning staff asked the San Rafael subcommittee for direction to research whether the city can reintroduce density standards in the downtown after the recent use of state density bonuses resulted in taller, higher‑density projects than community members expected.
"Would you like the staff to really dig in and find out how to…reintroduce density?" Margaret Kavanagh Lynch, the city’s planning manager, asked the…
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