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Commission asks staff to refine approach to rooming-house and co‑living definitions to align with state law
5809848 · September 18, 2025
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Summary
Commissioners asked staff to examine whether the city’s 'rooming house' definition should be revised given state requirements to allow co‑living housing types and restrictions on regulating unrelated residents.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 17 discussed whether Anacortes should retain the existing code term "rooming house" or revise regulations to incorporate the state-required co‑living housing type and to ensure compatibility with state limits on regulating unrelated residents living together.
Why it matters: State guidance requires jurisdictions to allow co‑living…
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