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City of Palo Alto (ID # 13714)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Action Items Meeting Date: 11/8/2021
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Summary Title: Council Review of Objective Standards
Title: Public Hearing: Consider Adoption of Two Ordinances Implementing
the Objective Standards Project, Including:1) New Chapter 18.24, Objective
Design Standards, to Replace Existing Context-Based Design Criteria; 2)
Modifications to Affordable Housing (AH) and Workforce Housing (WH)
Overlay Districts to Eliminate the Legislative Process; 3) Expansion of
Affordable Housing (AH) and Housing Incentive Program (HIP) to PTOD-
Eligible Properties; 4) Changes to Remove Inconsistencies and Redundancies,
and Streamline Project Review Throughout Title 18 Chapters (7:25 - 8:30 PM)
CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 25, 2021
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Planning and Development Services
THIS PROJECT WAS CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 4, 2021 and OCTOBER 25, 2021.
At the first hearing, Council discussed Section 1 (Objective Design Standards) and
4 (minor Code changes and streamlined process) of the staff report. In this
hearing, we will discuss Section 2 (legislative changes) and Section 3 (expansion of
Housing Incentive Program, HIP).
To save paper and reduce confusion over packet page numbers, staff will reuse
the October 4th staff report for this hearing. Click link - https://bit.ly/OS100421.
The Objective Standards staff report starts on page 293.
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Packet Pg. 114