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Port Orchard committee vets map, stricter rules for multifamily tax-exemption program
Summary
The Land Use Committee reviewed a draft map and layered criteria for an eight- and 12-year multifamily tax-exemption (MFTE) program, proposing a higher affordability requirement for the 12-year exemption and scheduling the measure for full council discussion in September.
The Port Orchard Land Use Committee on Aug. 28 reviewed a draft map and layered code for reintroducing a multifamily tax-exemption program that would offer 8- and 12-year exemptions in designated center areas of the city. The committee considered a single consolidated target-area map aligned to centers in the comprehensive plan and a code structure in which the 12-year exemption would require deeper tenant savings than the 8-year option. Committee members said the change matters because it aims to encourage mixed-use downtown redevelopment and middle-housing infill without broadly subsidizing garden-apartment growth. "If we're gonna offer MFTE, let's let's offer all of the types of MFTE," Community Development Director Nick Bond said,…
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