Design Review Commission

Staff: Arly Cassidy, Senior Planner, (925) 299-3242
Email: designreview@lovelafayette.org

The Design Review Commission advises the Planning Commission and City Council on matters relating to aesthetics and the physical appearance of the City of Lafayette.  Click here for the responsibilities of the Design Review Commission.  Click here for the Conflict of Interest Policy for Members of the Planning and Design Review Commissions. 

Work Plan:

• Complete the Downtown Design Guidelines.
• Hear and decide applications for design review and hillside development permits.
• Serve as referral body to the Planning Commission on land use, subdivision, and variance applications.
• Process and review applications in a timely and professional manner.
• Support the Downtown Street Improvement Master Plan Implementation Committee.

Meeting Participation Information

The Design Review Commission typically meets the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 7:00 pm in the Arts & Sciences Discovery Center at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center located at 3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Please see the City Calendar or the events box on the right for details on upcoming meetings.

Commission meetings will be hybrid, which allows both in-person and virtual participation. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may continue to participate virtually. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to teleconferencing technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur at any time. Unless required by the Brown Act, the Commission meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the teleconferencing (Zoom) option. To participate, provide public comment, and/or watch, please see the following options:

• Attend the meeting in person. Fill out a Speaker Card and give it to staff. Your name will be called when it is time for you to speak.
• Submit Comments Before the Meeting: Send an e-mail to the project planner. Comments received by 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the hearing date will be included with the staff report packet. Comments and any graphics speakers wish to use as part of public comment must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. on the hearing date; the materials will be provided to the Commission and made available to the Commission and public at the meeting. A copy shall be available for public inspection, and it shall be made available as part of the agenda packet. Please note that there is no guarantee that there will be adequate time to read and discuss late-arriving comments at the meeting. Individuals who submit comments are encouraged to attend the hearing to answer any questions. Any comments received during the hearing will be distributed to the Commissioners in the next packet if the item requires an additional hearing.
• Join the Meeting Remotely: Click the URL below or join using your telephone:
  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85420336821?pwd=SEVhTjFBL21ONVZoUWZWT0ROTXFpdz09
  Webinar ID: 854 2033 6821
  Passcode: 451476
  Telephone: (669) 900-9128
  International numbers available:  https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k8TpwCExO
  
  • Live Remote Public Comments: Members of the public may submit live public comment via Zoom. When the Commission Chairperson invites public comment for the item on which you would like to comment, please use the "raise hand" feature (or press *9 if connecting via telephone only) to alert staff you have a public comment to provide. Each speaker is allowed three (3) minutes to speak. Any graphic a speaker wishes to use as part of public comment must be emailed to the Project Planner by 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
• Watch or Listen: Meetings are broadcast on the City of Lafayette’s YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/LoveLafayetteYouTube. Archived, on-demand audio of each meeting is maintained on the City’s website at www.lovelafayette.org/publicmeetings.

If you challenge the City’s decision on this matter in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing. California Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6 (review of administrative decisions) is applicable to the City of Lafayette and provides for the review of any decision of the City only if the petition for writ of mandate is filed within 90 days after the decision becomes final. 

Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to Joanne Robbins, City Clerk at (925) 299-3210 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. 

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