TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: David Chantarangsu, Director of Development Services
PREPARED BY: Carl Stiehl, City Planner
SUBJECT: Multi-Family Residential & Mixed-Use Objective Design Standards
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RECOMMENDATION
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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.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On June 16, 2020, the City Council authorized an application for, and receipt of, Local Early Action Planning (LEAP) Support Grant Funds with the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to fund, in part, the preparation of design guidelines addressing multi-family res...
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