About the Project
The Department is preparing an update to the Design Review (DR) Ordinance to achieve these goals:
- Update existing Design Review standards to make them more objective, in response to State Laws preventing the County’s ability to apply design review standards that are not objective to certain projects.
- Simplify the application of required standards by eliminating duplicates and redundancies, and clarifying confusing ones.
- Allow for more design flexibility to reflect contemporary styles.
To collect feedback from the Bayside Design Review Committee (BDRC) and the Coastside Design Review Committee (CDRC) on the draft design standards, the draft standards were made available for review in Summer 2025. The BDRC reviewed the standards at their September and October 2025 public meetings. The CDRC reviewed the standards at their August, September, and October 2025 public meetings.
The Department presented to the Midcoast Community Council on October 22, 2025, and February 11, 2026, with the discussions focused on standards regulating exterior lighting.
Click the latest scheduled hearing date below to view the current versions of the documents.
County File No. PLN2025-00232
Contact: For questions or comments about this project, please contact Camille Leung
Public Meetings
BDRC: September 2025
BDRC: October 2025
CDRC: August 2025
CDRC: September 2025
CDRC: October 2025
Midcoast Community Council: October 22, 2025
Midcoast Community Council: February 11, 2026
Upcoming Hearings
Planning Commission: January 28, 2026
Planning Commission: May 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors: June 23, 2026