Multi -Family Residential and
Mixed -Use Residential
Objective Design Standards
Development Services Department
Presentation by
City Planner, Carl Stiehl
Placeworks, Alan Loomis
Public Hearing Item # 13 City Council September 5, 2023 Received After Agenda Printed
Regular City Council Meeting 09-05-23
Item No. 13 - Staff Presentation
2 Multi-Family
Objective
Design
Standards
City Council Adopted Urgency Ordinance
Effective May 2, 2023
ODS Refresher1
Community Input2
Final Document3
Ministerial Process4
Recommendation5
ODS Refresher
5 • Implementation measure from Housing Element
• Funded by LEAP grant
• Fulfills State SB-35 mandate
• Simplified administrative review for projects to speed up process and meet applicability requirements
• Sets a Minimum Standard of Quality
• ODS are not a “one-size fits all” approach to development • Implemented in the DTSP , TOD Overlay Zone, Multi-Family Zones and Commercial/Business/Innovation
Refresher
6 Where ODS Apply
3/4, Residential
Community
Input
8 • Online survey
• Available from November 16, 2022, to February 9,
2023
• Focused on architecture and design, open space and
mobility, key demographic information
• Gathered 56 total responses
• Market Nights Booth
• Thursday, May 18th, 2023
• Shared key information about the Public Draft ODS
• Follow up survey focusing on design, recreational
amenities and site planning
• Gathered 36 total responses
Community Input
9 • Community preference for Spanish Colonial
revival and Craftsman style Architecture
• Followed by American Mercantile and
Farmhouse
• Desire for walking and hiking trails, bike trails
and nature paths incorporated into development
• Preference for open space to be provided
centrally in new developments
• Community members would use and enjoy more
parks, dog parks, walking trails and playgrounds
incorporated into new development
Key Take -Aways
Final Document
11 ODS Outline
Chapter 1: Purpose
Chapter 2: General Standards
Chapter 3: Building Types
Chapter 4: Architectural Styles
Chapter 5: Standards Compliance Checklists
12 • Permitted Styles in the Innovation, Office and Commercial Zones • Revised to allow Modern in the Office, Innovation, and TOD districts only. • Revised to limit Office zoned areas south or west of Jefferson Avenue or abutting to the 3 DTSP styles or Farmhouse.
• Permitted Styles adjacent to the DTSP
• Revised to require Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival and American Mercantile on properties abutting the DTSP on Ivy, Kalmia, Jefferson, and Hayes
• Consistency with the Housing Element
• Revising language requiring enclosed and covered parking • Standard document clean up
• Clarifying language and requirements, grammar clean up, visual and graphic clean up, formatting consistency reviews
Key Changes to ODS
Ministerial
Process
14 Key Changes to Project
Review Process
Update Related Policy(s)
Ministerial Review Process Policy 1.2, Policy 1.3, Policy 2.5, Policy 3.1, Policy 3.3
• Policy Action 2-5: Residential Development in the TOD Overlay District • Specifically, when available and necessary the City will utilize waivers and regulatory incentives to encourage the development of units affordable to low and very low-income households in the TOD.
• Policy Action 3-3: Development of Housing for Extremely Low and Lower-Income Housing • Evaluate and amend the zoning code by committing to establish incentives above and beyond state law, expedite permit processing and clarity outreach to other appropriate methods.
• Policy Action 3-5: Adopt Residential Development Standards:
• Adoption of the Design Guidelines will allow for a new ministerial approval process with objective standards for qualifying Multi-Family projects, removing constraints due to the discretionary permit process, such as findings and hearings. 15 Ministerial Permit Process
What’s the ministerial process?
➢ Pre-Application
➢ Ministerial Development Plan
o Review for compliance with ODS
o No CEQA
o No Public Notice, No Public Hearing
o Director Level Decision
➢ Plan Check Building, Fire, Landscape and Grading
16 Key Changes to Project
Review Process
Ministerial Development Plan Multi-Family Residential:
• TOD – 20% or more affordable to low-income households • DTSP - 20% or more affordable to low-income households • State Law - SB 6, SB 35, AB 2011 – affordable projects All other projects continue with existing Development Plan Process and will have ODS review with Development Plan
Recommendation
18 1) Introduce Ordinance No. 595-23 for the final revised Multi-Family Residential and Mixed- Use Residential Objective Design Standards and code amendments related to Development Code sections 16.08.040, 16.56.020 and 16.56.025 entitled: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Amending Title 16 of the Murrieta Municipal Code to Revise the City’s Development Code, to Implement Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use Residential Objective Design Standards and A Ministerial Development Plan Permit Process for Certain Qualifying Projects; and 2) Find that the adoption of the ordinance, including the final revised Objective Design Standards and code amendments, are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the ordinance meets the required actions of CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 - Projects Consistent with a Community Plan or Zoning, since the ordinance directs staff to adopt and implement objective design standards and a ministerial permit process, provided future approvals will not result in a significant environmental impact and implements a uniformly applied development policy or standards that is consistent with Murrieta General Plan Housing Element policy to further regulate Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use Residential development.
Recommendation:
Additional Slides
20 Mission -Spanish Colonial Revival
21 Craftsman
22 American Mercantile
23 Tuscan
24 Modern
25 Farmhouse
26 Styles by Area - North
3/4, Residential
Modern
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
Tuscan
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
Tuscan
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
American
Mercantile
Spanish
American
Mercantile
Modern
Farmhouse
27 Styles by Area - Central
3/4, Residential
Modern
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
Tuscan
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
Tuscan
Farmhouse
Spanish
Craftsman
American
Mercantile
Spanish
American
Mercantile
Modern
Farmhouse
28 Checklist Example
Option for
additional
comments
Applicant
completes
first column