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File #: 25-1600    Version: 1
Type: Workshop Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/25/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action: 10/21/2025
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Title: Hillside Updates (DCA-2021-2396) - Workshop 4
Attachments: 1. ATT 1 - Planning Commission Ordinance Introduction Staff Report, June 28, 2023, 2. ATT 2 - City Council Workshop 1 Staff Report, August 15, 2023, 3. ATT 3 - City Council - Workshop 2 Staff Report - March 5, 2024, 4. ATT 4 - City Council - Workshop 3 Staff Report - June 17, 2025, 5. ATT 5 - Citywide – Hillside Overlay Map Exhibit – With Specific Plans, 6. ATT 6 - Focused 1 – Hillside – Los Alamos Hills Area 1, 7. ATT 7 - Focused 2 – Hillside – Los Alamos Hills Area 2, 8. ATT 8 - Focused 3 – Hillside – Los Alamos Hills Area 3, 9. ATT 9 - Focused 4 – Hillside – Greer Ranch Area 1, 10. ATT 10 - Focused 5 – Hillside – Greer Ranch Area 2, 11. ATT 11 - Focused 6 – Hillside – Greer Ranch Area 3, 12. ATT 12 - Focused 7 – Hillside – Greer Ranch Area 4, 13. ATT 13 - Focused 8 – Hillside – Murrieta Hills Area 1, 14. ATT 14 - Focused 9 – Hillside – Murrieta Hills Area 2, 15. ATT 15 - Focused 10 – Hillside – Bear Creek Area, 16. ATT 16 - Focused 11 – Hillside – Copper Canyon, 17. ATT 17 - Focused 12 – Hillside – Westside, 18. ATT 18 - Draft Ordinance – Title 16 – Strikeout-Underline, 19. ATT 19 - Correspondence - Prior to Workshop 3
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

FROM: David Chantarangsu, AICP Development Services Director

PREPARED BY: Chris Tracy, AICP Senior Planner, Advanced Planning

SUBJECT: title
Hillside Updates (DCA-2021-2396) - Workshop 4
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RECOMMENDATION
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Receive a presentation by staff, receive public comments, discuss the proposed ordinance; and

Provide direction related to policy options under the proposed ordinance framework.

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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On March 29, 2022, the City Council directed staff to review the hillside development standards (Non-Action Item).

On June 28, 2023, the Planning Commission recommended the introduction and first reading of an Ordinance updating the hillside development standards, amending Murrieta Municipal Code (MMC) Chapters 8.20 and 15.52, and updating portions of Title 16 (Vote 4-0-1) (Attachment 1).

On August 15, 2023, the City Council hosted a workshop on this item. The City Council requested additional information, so the workshop was continued to a future meeting date (Attachment 2).

On March 5, 2024, the City Council hosted a second workshop on this item. Due to additional time needed for the discussion and feedback, the workshop was continued for a second time (Attachment 3).

On June 17, 2025, the City Council hosted a third workshop on this item. The direction from Council was that more detailed examples were needed to assist the Council with moving forward, in particular with retaining wall criteria (Attachment 4).

CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.

BACKGROUND
The City Council directed staff at its annual priority and goal-setting workshop on March 29, 2022, to review the hillside development standards, as there were concerns about how they were being interpreted and implemented at the project level. The City's existing hillside development standards, con...

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