Objective Development Standards

Union City recently completed an update to its Zoning Ordinance to incorporate new development standards in order to achieve high-quality design. The Objective Development Standards Project establishes objective design and development standards for zoning districts that allow multi-family and/or mixed-use development as a permitted or conditional use. Objective standards provide property owners and developers with greater predictability and will help streamline the development review process.

The new standards were adopted on September 26, 2023 and go into effect October 26, 2023.

A User's Guide for the new standards is in process and will be posted to this website once completed.

Past Public Meetings

City Council meeting, September 12, 2023: Consideration of final objective standards and related amendments
Planning Commission, July 20, 2023: Recommendation to City Council regarding adoption of objective standards and related amendments
Planning Commission, June 15, 2023: Study Session on draft standards
City Council, September 13, 2022: Project Introduction
Planning Commission, August 18, 2022: Project Introduction

Outreach Efforts

The project team conducted a series of events and an online survey to solicit input from community members and stakeholders on the project in fall 2022. These past events are listed below and summarized in the report linked below.

Fall 2022 Outreach Summary, May 2023

Past Outreach Efforts

Online Survey: Available in five languages, open October 1-November 4, 2022
Union City Farmer's Market: October 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- https://www.pcfma.org/unioncity
- Old Alvarado Park, 30940 Watkins Street
Running Dead 5K Fun Run: October 30, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Civic Center/City Hall, 34009 Alvarado-Niles Road
Annual Halloween Community Carnival: October 30, 2022, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Holly Community Center, 31600 Alvarado Boulevard