Council committee advances code amendment clarifying public benefits in development agreements
Sep 10, 2025
Staff proposed a cleanup to Federal Way Revised Code chapter 19.85 to add a non-exhaustive list of public benefits commonly accepted in development agreements and to align a definition with the RCW; Planning Commission and the mayor recommended approval and the committee forwarded the ordinance to first reading.
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Andrew Leon, senior planner, presented a technical amendment to the city’s development-agreement chapter in Title 19 (FWRC 19.85) to clarify what types of public benefits the city would commonly accept as part of development agreements and to reconcile a definition with the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).
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