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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Second Reading of Ordinance 635-26 approving the City's Residential Objective Design Standards Update and Development Code Amendment to Chapters 16.08 and 16.16 (MCA-2026-00013)
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ABSTRACT
The City Council held a public hearing on June 2, 2026, to consider an update to the City's Residential Objective Design Standards and Development Code Amendment to Chapters 16.08 and 16.16. to also include Single Family, Accessory Dwelling Unit, and Duplex design standards, and to amend various existing Multi-Family design standards. The amendment would update and make all residential development subject to the City's Residential Objective Design Standards.
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct the second reading and adopt Ordinance 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, the City Council adopted Ordinance 595-23, which adopted the ODS (Vote 5-0).
On May 13, 2026, the Planning Commission recommended that City Council adopt an Ordinance amending Development Code Chapters 16.08 and 16.16 to revise the City's Residential ODS (Vote: 3-0-2).
On June 2, 2026, the City Council authorized staff to file a Notice of Exemption and introduced and amended Ordinance No. 635-26, amending Development Code Chapters 16.08 and 16.16 to update the City's Residential Objective Design Standards.
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