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Residents urge Bellevue to narrow middle-housing update; speakers say draft goes beyond state law
Summary
During oral communications at the March 25 council meeting several residents urged the council to scale back the city’s draft land use code amendments for middle housing (LUCA), arguing the draft exceeds state House Bill 1110 requirements, would harm neighborhood character, and lacks sufficient infrastructure planning and phased testing.
Several residents who spoke during the March 25 oral communications period urged Bellevue to narrow its proposed land use code amendments (LUCA) implementing the state’s middle-housing and ADU laws.
Speakers said the city’s draft would allow more density and larger accessory dwelling units than the state Legislature intended. Nicole Myers, who said she reviewed multiple neighboring cities’ ADU standards, warned Bellevue’s draft “goes beyond the state’s expectation” by allowing taller and larger ADUs and allowing four- and six-plexes in areas where she said the intent was lower-scale middle housing. Ed Rittenhouse and Ann Rittenhouse called the proposal “excessive” and urged…
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