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Council reviews revised design-review code to comply with state law and consolidate standards
Summary
Staff presented a revised design-review code to implement HB 1293, consolidate scattered design standards, and replace a two-step public hearing process with a hybrid administrative/public model; the Planning Board recommended adoption and staff scheduled a public hearing and additional revisions.
Planning staff presented a revised design-review code on May 6 intended to implement HB 1293 (2023) and to streamline Edmonds’ design-review processes.
Mike Clugston and Senior Planner Grama Shipley said the draft consolidates design standards now scattered across multiple chapters into one primary chapter (ECDC 20.10) and moves district-specific rules into their zoning districts. The proposal removes the city’s two-step district-based review and replaces it with a hybrid model intended to reduce duplicative review and…
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