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Commission asks staff to reconcile rooming-house rules and new co-living requirement with state guidance
Summary
Staff told the commission the city must add co-living (cohousing) as a housing type in certain multifamily zones per state guidance, and that the existing local term "rooming house" overlaps with the new state-required category; staff will examine whether the historic rooming-house definition remains compatible with state law and
Staff told the commission that new state guidance requires jurisdictions to permit co-living housing types in residential zones that already allow multifamily development of six or more units, and that the local code’s existing “rooming house” provisions overlap with this requirement. Libby Grage said the code currently treats rooming houses…
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