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Make multifamily infill easier to develop <br /> Explore the following policies and programs: <br /> • Revise development codes: Review multifamily development <br /> standards to allow greater density, including floor area ratio, height <br /> limits, minimum lot or unit sizes, setbacks, lot coverage and/or EXAMPLES <br /> allowable dwelling units per acre. San Francisco, Berkeley and San Diego have <br /> • Reduced parking requirements: Adopt policies that reduce parking eliminated minimum parking requirements in <br /> new housing development. San Francisco also <br /> minimums, establish parking maximums and encourage other has parking maximums. <br /> practices that reduce cost and the amount of space dedicated to <br /> cars. Redwood City's Downtown Precise Plan links <br /> adherence to development standards with a <br /> • Eliminate design standards: Eliminate or replace subjective streamlined approvals process. <br /> development and design standards with objective standards that <br /> simplify zoning clearance and improve approval certainty and <br /> timing. <br /> • Form-based codes: Establish form-based codes that can be paired <br /> with by-right approvals. <br />