Community Meeting - Objective Design and Development Standards (ODDS) | January 14, 2026

City of Carmel-by-the-Sea — Community Workshop · January 15, 2026

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Welcome, project introduction and consultants introduced

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Marnie Waffle, principal planner for the city's Community Planning and Building Department, opened the meeting and said this is the first in a series of community workshops to develop objective design and development standards (ODDS) as an implementation measure of the housing element. She introduced the consultant team: Tony Perez (Opticos Design), Cecilia Kim and Joseph Abamonte.

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City staff and consultants from Opticos Design held a community workshop in Carmel-by-the-Sea on adopting state-required objective design and development standards (ODDS). Consultants explained what ODDS are, how they differ from subjective design guidelines, answered questions about fire-hazard exclusions and ADU treatment, and set a timeline for ADU standards this year and full adoption in April 2027.

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