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HEARING - Planning and Building Department, Planning Division, Long Range Planning Unit, recommending the Board consider adoption of the proposed Cameron Park Design Standards and Guidelines (Cameron Park DSG), and staff recommending the Board take the following actions as recommended by the Planning Commission on September 24, 2026:
1) Adopt the Addendum to the County 2015 Targeted General Plan Amendment and Zoning Ordinance Update (TGPA/ZOU) Final Environmental Impact Report, certified in December 2015 (State Clearinghouse No. 2012052074) (Attachment A);
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 183-2026, adopting the Cameron Park DSG with edits to ensure consistency with state and local fire and life safety regulations, along with minor edits to the modified Gold Rush architectural style (Attachment C); and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Ordinance 5273, adopting amendments to Title 130, Section 130.27.050.D of Article 2 (Zones, Allowed Uses and Zoning Standards), of the County Ordinance to implement the Cameron Park DSG (Attachment E).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On March 17, 2020 (Legistar File 20-0326), the Board directed the Long Range Planning Unit to initiate the customized multifamily and commercial design standards for the County’s Community Regions and Rural Centers, including the community of Cameron Park. On February 1, 2022 (Legistar File 22-0093), the Board approved a contract with Miniter Harnish to assist with this effort.
On July 23, 2024 (Legistar File 24-1158), the Board directed staff to prepare Countywide interim design standards for commercial, multifamily, and mixed-use projects to be adopted by December 2024 to address new state housing legislation and a desire to expedite the design standards; and after adoption of the Countywide interim design standards, return by March 2025 with a revised contract scope to develop permanent community-based design standards that are based on and refine...
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