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Council reviews design-review objectives: walkability, ''eyes on the street' and streamlining standards
Summary
Planning staff briefed council on design-review goals and state requirements for clear, objective standards. Staff emphasized walkability, building scale and active street frontages; the planning board will draft specific code recommendations to meet state streamlining requirements.
City planning staff presented the Edmonds City Council on March 20 with objectives and key issues for the 2025 design-review update, emphasizing walkability, "eyes on the street," neighborhood-scale building design and a need to streamline review processes to meet state legal clarity requirements.
Planning staff reminded council that state legislation (including recent streamlining measures) encourages clear and objective design standards so that review processes do not arbitrarily reduce development capacity. Director Hoppe said design standards must balance specific, enforceable rules with local character goals: "If you have rather vague standards, they might sound good, like make…
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