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Liberty Lake planners map housing goals, flag state-mandated code changes
Summary
City staff presented draft housing and community-service goals and policies and summarized state-required code changes—ADUs, duplexes, parking and adaptive reuse—while commissioners debated design, density and neighborhood impacts.
Liberty Lake city staff briefed the Liberty Lake Planning Commission on March 26 on draft housing and community service goals and policies and the code changes the state requires as part of the city’s comprehensive-plan update.
The presentation outlined three draft housing goals: preserve neighborhood character while supporting high-quality new development; increase housing availability and affordability across income groups; and accommodate supportive, emergency and special-needs housing. City staff said several changes to the municipal code are mandatory under recent state legislation and must be completed alongside the comprehensive-plan adoption or by the state deadlines.
Sharifa, a city staff member, told the commission the city “has to allow duplexes in R‑1 zones” and “has to allow up to two ADUs per lot.” She also summarized other statutory requirements: ADU design standards may not be more restrictive than…
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