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Santa Clara Planning Commission · Planning Commission on 2025-11-12 6:00 PM - Nov 12, 2025 · 12 Nov 2025 meeting

And it goes back to state laws. low-confidence

As you can mention with this diagram, these are m some of the state laws that have been implemented since twenty seventeen. low-confidence

that state that these pre projects that are reviewed under these laws need to be reviewed with objective design standards. low-confidence

Um the latest one is SB423 which extended SP35, which was the first one that came around in 2017. low-confidence

Um the big takeaway of this is the intent with the state to uh pass these laws is to create predictable, user friendly, enforceable standards. low-confidence

Um it's pretty much I for uh local jurisdictions to adopt and is to ensure that the agencies have a toolkit to preserve local control. low-confidence

uh improvise standards that can implement the city's urban design vision under the general plan. low-confidence

Um low-confidence

So you've probably seen many of these laws come around at your time as commissioners. low-confidence

Uh so the intent for staff is to make these projects in front of you appli to be applicable for these objective design standards. low-confidence

Uh so you've probably seen Santa Clara has been getting a lot of townhouses. low-confidence

Um and also like uh you've seen like in Tasmanese, we have seen some podium style and some wrap style multifamily uh developments, either purely residential or also mixed use. low-confidence

Uh so the standards low-confidence

Project types or housing types. low-confidence

Uh to ensure that like like like mentioned that the city still has uh the maximum allowed of like his control over design. low-confidence

Righty. low-confidence

So just like I mentioned, due to all these uh ever increasing state laws and how they have inquired um streamlined review by low-confidence

Only viewing objective design standards. low-confidence

Uh staff decided will have noticed the deficiency and started working on a working uh work plan. low-confidence

Uh so the working document in front of you in the agenda tonight is part of their phase one. low-confidence

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