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• Reduction in minimum lot width for attached homes; • Increase in maximum height from approximately 30 feet to approximately 36 feet for projects with density ranges greater than 14 and up to 29 du/ac; • Modification of wording related to "lot coverage" and "building coverage"; • Modification to indicate street standards apply to both public and private streets; • Specification of planting and sidewalk widths for internal and collector streets; • Indication that utility meters at the end of attached housing units should be screen with landscaping to the extent allowed by service providers, and • Addition of specification details related to window design and stucco. ODS for Multifamily Housing in R-M, C-C, and M-U Zoning Districts, Summary of Changes since December 2022 • Distinction between standards and guidelines in the introductory text, and clarification regarding process and review; • Addition of site development standards for sites located within downtown and those outside of downtown. These development standards include setbacks, minimum site area per dwelling unit, and group usable open space; • Identification that buildings are limited to two stories and approximately 30 feet in height, and that additional height (or an additional story) is in deference to the provisions of the Downtown Specific Plan and municipal code; • Addition of open space requirements: o group usable open space requirements based on number of units proposed for a project or as required by the municipal code; o private open space requirements based on number of bedrooms and site size; o indication that private open space is allowed to count for 30 percent of group open space located on sites approximately half of one acre or less; o dimensional requirements for private open space and locational requirement indicating it has to be directly adjacent to unit interiors and directly accessible from the unit; and o downtown sites with at least one frontage on Main Street or First Street would be required to locate at least one required group open space area as a plaza or courtyard fronting on Main Street or First Street.; • Indication that grass planting areas outside of group usable open space spaces are limited to no more than five percent of all planting areas; • Addition of clarifying language regarding site lighting; • Modification of standard for solid waste to include "triple waste stream" and interior trash rooms; • Indication that in single-family homes when space is not provided in a garage or carport, refuse containers must be located behind an opaque fence and gate; • Projects with trash rooms where bins are stored indoors until pick up or if the applicant designates an exterior enclosure for staging refuse containers, the applicant would be required to obtain a letter from the solid waste franchisee confirming required number of refuse containers can be collected from the proposed area; Page 8 of 10