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City to consider co-living code changes to implement state law; plan commission sets hearing
Summary
Staff presented draft approach to implement state law (HB 1998) requiring local allowance for co-living/sleeping units; commissioners voted to take the proposal to a public hearing, and staff said they will present draft code language at an October workshop.
Planning staff described a proposed code update to implement the state’s co-living requirement and commissioners unanimously approved a motion to send the item to a public hearing.
Brandon Whitmarsh, a planner leading the code effort, told the commission the city must allow “co‑living” or “sleeping units” in zones where six or more residential units are permitted to comply with state House Bill 1998. He explained key state-driven requirements: sleeping units are independently rentable, lockable units that share a cooking facility; for density calculations sleeping units may be counted as a quarter of a dwelling…
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