The Del Mar City Council introduced a set of objective design standards Aug. 26 that the city can apply to any new development that, based on new state laws, would not have to go through the typical ...

Objective design standards were the main topic of debate for the Davis Planning Commission on Wednesday night. On Jan. 10, the Planning Commission held the first public hearing regarding the proposed ...

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 ...

For decades, Santa Barbara’s notoriously nitpicky review boards have made navigating the city’s design approval process a gauntlet for potential developers. The subjective “discretionary review” — ...

On Tuesday, the Davis City Council unanimously approved citywide Objective Design Standards for qualifying mixed-use and multi-family housing developments with Vice Mayor Bapu Vaitla participating in ...

One of the major obstacles to organizational planning is the idea that it is complex, complicated and confusing. It doesn’t need to be any of those things. In fact, as with most endeavors, the simpler ...