August 19, 2025
Objective Development StandardsCity Council Public Hearing 1 Staff Recommendation
2 Recommendation:
an ordinance of THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING fullerton municipal code section 15.17.070 relating to development standards for multi-family zones, DELETING CHAPTERS 15.10 AND 15.12 OF THE FULLERTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES sections 15061(B)(3) and 15305 2 Background
5 State of California requires all jurisdictions (City, County, etc.) to remove impediments to housing development, which included standards that are subjective. These laws include:
SB 35
SB 330
AB 2011
3 Background
5 The City’s recently adopted Housing Element also required adoption of objective develop-ment standards:
4 Existing FMC Code Language
5 Existing examples of subjective development standards:
Section 15.10.020
F. Building Size and Massing Standards.
i. Buildings shall be designed with a varied massing approach using discrete building elements and components. Surface detailing shall not substitute for distinctive massing.
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5 Proposed FMC Code Language
Façade modulation and articulation. A building façade with frontage along a street shall not span a continuous horizontal length greater than 50 feet unless it articulates at least 25 percent of the total façade area utilizing at least one of the following techniques and as illustrated in Figure 5:
Building step-backs, recesses/reliefs, and/or projections of at least 2 feet in depth, Use of balconies, decks, porches, patios, and/or terraces, and/or Use of awnings, trellises, canopies, lattices, louvers, sunshades, and/or other similar shading devices. 6 Recommendation Action
an ordinance of THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING fullerton municipal code section 15.17.070 relating to development standards for multi-family zones, DELETING CHAPTERS 15.10 AND 15.12 OF THE FULLERTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES sections 15061(B)(3) and 15305 7