The Brentwood City Council this week extended an urgency ordinance to allow the city time to complete final objective design standards for all new housing developments in compliance with state law.

Senior Associate Tony Perez of Berkeley-based Opticos Design Inc., which was hired to prepare the standards, says creating objective design standards for Santa Barbara was easy because of all the ...

Foster City is set to modernize its design guidelines, policies and zoning code regulations into one comprehensive document, while also streamlining the permitting process for homeowners. Community ...

The city is developing Objective Design and Development Standards to bring developers more certainty in the process, while also protecting Santa Barbara’s quality of life and character. “It’s a very ...

San Mateo is expanding its review scope of objective design and development standards for all housing projects as it considers new standards for the whole city, with the City Council approving a ...

The Sandy Springs community is invited to attend a public meeting to help guide the preparation of design guidelines for the commercial areas of the city on Thursday, Aug. 21 from 6- 8 p.m. The ...