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ODS; (2) staff recommended clarifications and clean up; and (3) revisions made in response to Planning Commission input. The list of revisions is annotated to note which of the above three categories it falls into: 1) Revisions in Response to Developer Comments. During the public review of the ODS, staff received comments from several developers and architects, some of whom have experience in developing projects in the city, and raised concerns that some of the standards might be impractical or overly restrictive. Due to the complex nature of the ODS and the limited time staff and the professional services team had to evaluate the comments, staff recommended that the ODS be adopted by the City Council, with adjustments in response to comments made soon after adoption. Accordingly, the project team has evaluated public comments, and is proposing several focused changes to clarify standards, particularly those for the medium-density projects of less than 30 du/ac, although some revisions are proposed for all sites, including those at higher densities. 2) Staff Recommended Clarifications. Staff noted a number of areas where clean- up revisions or clarifications were warranted; these are also reflected among the changes made. One such topic is regarding utilities and access to public utilities: the changes to the ODS require a public utility easement to be provided and that any dead-end alleys exceeding 150 feet in length meet specifications for turn- around by the California Fire Code. This allows the City to access utility lines, as well as have adequate turn-around for maintenance service vehicles. 3) Planning Commission Recommended Revisions. As noted, at the April 12, 2023, meeting, while supporting all of the other suggested changes, the Planning Commission requested staff consider potential lowering of height limits for projects between 30 and 40 du/ac; this revision is reflected in the list below. In conjunction with the recent review of a high-density housing project (to which the prior, 2012 Design Standards were applicable), some Planning Commissioners had also asked staff to ensure that setbacks specified in the updated ODS would be appropriately scaled to building heights (i.e., greater setbacks required for taller buildings). The following is a summary of the proposed focused modifications to the ODS for Housing Sites, with the detailed modifications shown in strikeout text as Attachment 1 to this report; for reference, the entirety of the version adopted in January 2023 is Attachment 2. Page 5 of 11