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Bellevue Planning Commission recommends objective-design LUCA to City Council after public hearing

3758429 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

After a public hearing, the Bellevue Planning Commission voted to recommend a land-use code amendment to implement state House Bill 1293 that establishes objective design review standards. Commissioners said staff had addressed earlier study-session questions and directed the item to the City Council for final action.

The Bellevue Planning Commission on Jan. 22 held a public hearing and voted to recommend the proposed objective-design land use code amendment to City Council, moving the city toward compliance with state House Bill 1293.

The amendment would revise Bellevue’s administrative design-review process to use clear, ascertainable design standards, require consolidated permit review with no more than one public hearing, and add vesting language so administrative design review (ADR) permits vest to the code in effect when a complete application is filed. "This amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan," a commissioner said during the motion to…

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