Senior Associate Tony Perez of Berkeley-based Opticos Design Inc., which was hired to prepare the standards, says creating objective design standards for Santa Barbara was easy because of all the ...

Summerlin has long been heralded for its standard design requirements that give it a distinctive look and feel while helping to maintain aesthetics and home values. According to Julie Cleaver, vice ...

Facilities Services also maintains a list of referenced drawings for a variety of projects (e.g., handrails, signage, ramps, electrical installation and more). You may request referenced drawings by ...

The city is developing Objective Design and Development Standards to bring developers more certainty in the process, while also protecting Santa Barbara’s quality of life and character. “It’s a very ...

Napa’s planning commission is beginning to develop objective design standards, a set of building requirements municipalities need to use to approve residential development projects that are supposed ...