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Planning Commission opens study of omnibus housing code changes; asks staff to analyze limiting emergency shelters to hotel zones
Summary
Staff presented an omnibus code package to replace several interim ordinances related to housing and permitting. Commissioners asked staff to analyze whether emergency shelters can be limited to zones where hotels are allowed and return results before the Sept. 24 public hearing.
City planning staff briefed the Planning Commission Sept. 10 on an omnibus ordinance that consolidates permanent code changes intended to replace multiple interim ordinances enacted in response to recent Washington State legislation. The omnibus package covers seven topic areas; staff highlighted three for detailed discussion: (1) House Bill 1220 (affordable and emergency housing, often referred to in staff materials as STEP housing: shelters, transitional, emergency and permanent supportive housing), (2) House Bill 1998 (co‑living / rooming houses), and (3) changes tied to House Bill 1293 that required clearer objective design standards and led the council to dissolve the design commission.
Staff (Principal Planner Adam Zach and Deputy CPD Director Allison Van Gorp) explained how state law changes require local code alignment: transitional and permanent supportive housing must be allowed where dwelling units are allowed; shelters and emergency housing…
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