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Commissioners split on whether to allow childcare outright in Anacortes’ industrial zones amid new state requirement
Summary
Staff said SB 5509 requires cities to permit childcare in most zones and to allow conditional use in industrial areas; commissioners debated permitting childcare outright in industrial zones versus keeping conditional-use review and asked staff for more safety and licensing details.
Anacortes planning staff briefed the Planning Commission on a docketed request and subsequent state law changes affecting childcare facilities. Planning Manager Libby Grage summarized the legislative change: “s b 55 0 9...requires that we allow childcare facilities to be an outright permitted use in all zones except industrial, where it has to at least be a conditional use.” She said the city must also exclude high-hazard areas from industrial allowances and that the adoption deadline for the local code change is 2027.
Commissioners broadly agreed childcare access is important but split on whether industrial zones should allow…
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