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ID H0437
Bill
Status
1/31/2014
Primary Sponsor
Local Government Committee
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AI Summary
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Revises the Community Design component (section m) of comprehensive plans to clarify that planning commissions may govern landscaping, drainage, tree planting, and signs through "voluntary standards" rather than mandatory requirements.
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Prohibits zoning regulations from mandating or conditioning construction permits on adherence to specific exterior design aesthetics or beautification standards that exceed public safety requirements for commercial or industrial uses.
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Exempts signage, lighting, landscaping, screening requirements, and special use permit conditions (such as for cell towers) from the design aesthetics prohibition.
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Allows local ordinances to establish exterior design or construction standards for structures within designated historical districts.
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Requires all design standards to be clear, ascertainable, and based on objective criteria rather than subjective considerations like beauty.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise provisions relating to the community design component for comprehensive plans; to prohibit required adherence to specific exterior design aesthetics or beautification that exceed public safety requirements for commercial or industrial construction uses; to restrict applicability of the limitation; to provide that ordinances may establish certain standards for structures within designated historical districts; and to provide that design standards shall be clear, ascertainable and not based upon subjective considerations.
LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING
Last Action
Reported Printed and Referred to Local Government
2/3/2014