Marin County ObjectiveDesign

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Marin County,CA

AffordableHousing

Subcommittee

January 29,2020

Marin County Objective Design+ Development Standards

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Marin County Objective Design + DevelopmentStandards 1

Presentatio nSummary

Who We Are and Our Relevant Experience

Our Approach to the Marin County Objective Design

Standards

Case Study: Novato Northwest Neighborhood

Case Study: Beaufort County

Project Schedule

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Our Team and Experience

Opticos Design, Inc.

LisaWise Consulting

Planto Place

Broad, 20-year experience:

Form-Based Codes, UDOs, Hybrid Codes

Over 64 adopted, coauthored, peerreviewed

Place Type-based Comprehensive Plans and

Code Bridges

Emphasis on efficacy, legibility, usability:

Comprehensive, simple, straightforward

Our Approach in Marin


Three Phases

Phase I: Background and Understanding

Phase II: Place Types and Building Types Atlas

Phase III: Objective Design Standards

Our Approach in Marin –Phase I


Understanding

Establish a common understanding of the toolkit

Develop a Countywide Survey

Gather a visual inventory

Establish the Code Approach, Template and

Graphic Standard

Community Outreach Approach


Common Messaging and FAQs

Regional Roadshow and Survey

Local Outreach and work with PDHWG

Community Workshops

Pop-up Workshops

Stakeholder/Focus Groups

Our Approach in Marin –Phase II

Place Types and Building Types

Develop draft PlaceTypes

Develop draft Building Types

Develop a Countywide Place and

Building Types Atlas


Our Approach in Marin –Phase III


Objective Design Standards

Prepare Draft Objective Design Standards for range of Place Types

Draft Procedural Changes to integrate Objective Design Standards

Develop Architectural Standards

Facilitate Public Hearings

Finalize Objective Design Standards

Novato –Northwest Neighborhood


Novato –Northwest Neighborhood

50 acre neighborhood

GP: Medium Density Res’l 10-20 per acre

Current Zoning: 10 per acre

FBC ready to adopt upon GP update


Existing Form & Character

Before 1960 1960 – 1970’s


House-scale building sizes and frontages

Not required to have entrances off the street. No

requirements for frontagedesign or parking location.

Existing FBC

Required to front street with a frontagesuch as a porch or

stoop. Parking is required to be behind building. Building

size is limited to house-scale compatible with existing

historichomes.


Achieve GP max density in House-scale form

Ability toachieve and not exceed the General Plan density

(up to 20 units/acre) with smaller unit sizes and building

sizes

Some lots exceed 20 du/ac and some are within the 20

du/ac. Many multifamilydo not match historic fabric

Existing FBC


Building Height that fits Novato’s scale

Buildings allowed up to 35’ in height and 3

storieswithout description of form of building.

Existing FBC

Building height of 2½ stories (dormer windows in roofs allowed), and

moreprescriptive standards for floor-to-floor heights so the scale of the

buildingsis consistent with the historicneighborhood scale.


Beaufort County, SC

Place-Based, Multi-jurisdictional Coding

Strategy for 576 sm; pop. 187,000

Intent to preserve rural character and shift

growth toward walkable infill patterns

Place Types serve as common organizing

platform for County jurisdictions to share zones

Common Development Code adopted in 3 out

of 4 jurisdictions, Place Types framework

countywide


Beaufort County, SC –Place Types


Beaufort County, SC –TransectCalibration


Beaufort County, SC –Transect Zones


Beaufort County, SC –Zone Mapping


Objective Design Standards


Architectural Standards


Schedule


Questions?


ThankYou!

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