01.19.2023 Grand Terrace Planning CommissionGRAND TERRACE
OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
Planning Commission Presentation
January 19, 2023
This project is funded and managed by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) through their Regional Early Action
Planning (REAP) program with grant funding from State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
HCD INTENT
Accelerate housing production and
reduce housing costs through:
•Certainty in adopted ODS.
•Faster permitting
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
CRANDALL ARAMBULA ROLE
Provide ODS expertise and planning
assistance to city staff.
CRANDALL ARAMBULA TASKS
•Step 1: Evaluate Grand Terrace’s adopted
multi-family residential regulations and
multifamily application processes
compliance with HCD requirements
•Step 2: Provide Grand Terrace refined and
new ODS tools
•Step 3: Assist with adoption process
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
CHAPTER 18.64 OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections:
18.64.010 Purpose, Intent and Applicability
18.64.020 Other Standards and Requirements
18.64.030 Definitions
18.64.040 Sustainable Design
18.64.050 Building Design
18.64.060 Site Design
18.64.070 Additional Standards for Mixed-Use
18.64.080 Permits and Approvals
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
18.64.030 Definitions
A. “Multifamily Residential Development” means a building(s) with two
or more attached residential units. It also includes a mixed-use development
with a residential use as defined herein. This term does not apply to accessory
dwelling units generally unless the application is for new construction of a
single-family home with an attached accessory dwelling unit.
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
18.64.030 Definitions
B. “Mixed-Use Development” means a building(s) and site where at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the square footage of the building(s) shall be designated for
residential use. The two-thirds (2/3) calculation is based upon the ratio of gross
square floor area (square feet) of residential units and related residential
facilities to gross building(s) floor area (square feet) for the nonresidential use, such as
commercial. Buildings that include both residential and nonresidential uses
shall be credited proportionate to the intended use. The calculations of building(s)
square footage shall not include non-conditioned building floor area or below-
grade floor area, such as basements, or underground parking garages.
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
18.64.030 Definitions
C. “Ministerial Review Process” means a process for development
approval involving little or no personal judgment by the City as to the wisdom or
manner of carrying out the project. The ministerial review process simply ensures that
the proposed development meets all the requirements of this Chapter.
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OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
18.64.030 Definitions
D. “Objective Design Standards” are defined in Government Code
Sections 65913.4 and 66300 (a)(7) to mean that no personal or subjective
judgment is used by the City. The standards are uniformly verifiable by reference
to an external and uniform benchmark or criterion available and knowable by both the
development applicant/proponent of the project and City prior to submittal of a
development application.
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
RESIDENTIAL ENTRIES
1.Street-oriented Entries
2.Individual Residential Entries
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
RESIDENTIAL ENTRIES
3.Common Open Space Entries
4.Exterior Multiple Unit Entries
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
MODULATION AND
ARTICULATION
1.Setbacks
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
MODULATION AND
ARTICULATION
2.Façade Modulation
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
MODULATION AND
ARTICULATION
3.Articulation of any facade greater
than 20 feet in length along any
street-facing frontage, or 30 feet
along any façade.
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
MODULATION AND
ARTICULATION
4.Roofline Articulation
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
ARCHITECTURAL
ELEMENTS
1.Four-Sided Architecture
2.Quality
3.Private Open Space Amenity
4.Architectural Projections
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18.64.050 BUILDING DESIGN
BUILIDING COLORS
AND MATERIALS
1.Façade Color Standards
2.Secondary Façade Material
3.Buildin Color
4.Façade Color Standards
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18.64.060 SITE DESIGN
SITE ACCESS AND
CONNECTIVITY
2.Site Design
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18.64.060 SITE DESIGN
LANDSCAPING AND
COMMON OPEN SPACE
AMENITIES
5.Walls and Fences
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18.64.080 ADD. MIXED USE STANDARDS
STOREFRONT
TREATMENT
1.Awnings and Canopies
2.Base Panels
3.Signage
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JOINT WORKSHOP COMMENTS/QUESTIONS
OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
1.Public Art
2.Low Income Housing
3.Parking
4.Bicycle Parking
5.Building Color
6.Ministerial Review Process
GRAND TERRACE
OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS
Planning Commission Presentation
January 19, 2023
This project is funded and managed by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) through their Regional Early Action
Planning (REAP) program with grant funding from State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)