TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: David Chantarangsu, AICP, Development Services Director
PREPARED BY: Dennis Watts, Senior Planner
SUBJECT:
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Residential Objective Design Standards Update (MCA-2026-00013)
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ABSTRACT
The Planning Division is initiating its first update to the City's Residential Objective Design Standards (ODS) previously adopted in September 2023, to also include Single Family, Accessory Dwelling Unit, and Duplex design standards, and to amend various existing Multi-Family design standards. The update is in response to annual changes in State legislation to facilitate residential housing, identification of current gaps in the ODS, and input from the development community. The City is utilizing a State-funded grant program (REAP 2.0) to have a professional design consultant, Placeworks, assist with the update at no cost to the City. The major changes involve designating architectural styles for single-family homes that could be built in a tract housing format and exempting custom homes from the ODS requirements in the RR and ER-1 zones.
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct the public hearing;
Find that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section 15183, and file a Notice Exemption finding that the project is exempt from CEQA; and
Introduce and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 635-26 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 (Planning Case No. MCA-2026-00013) Chapters 16.08 and 16.16 and to Amend the Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use Residential Objective Design Standards.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On May 2, 2023, the City Council adopted Urgency Ordinance U-590-23 to begin implementation of the Objective Design Standards (ODS) immediately (Vote: 5-0).
On September 5, 2023...
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