Zoning Ordinance Updates | Objective Design Standards:
City of San Leandro (CA)

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San Leandro’s objective standards aim to provide predictability in project outcomes, streamline the review process, while still ensuring high design quality. Standards address both building design and site design to create well-articulated buildings and integrate into the context of the neighborhood.

Partners: Miller Planning Associates (Lead Consultant), Urban Field Studio


Objective Design Standards

Lexington Planning has prepared objective design standards for communities in the San Francisco Bay Area in response to recent California legislation. These objective standards reinforce community design values, even without discretionary review.