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Yakima planners review five years of housing code changes, hear green-space and institutional-ownership concerns
Summary
Planning staff summarized zoning and code changes since 2020, reported permit and valuation totals, and commissioners raised concerns about green space. A public commenter warned about large investors buying multifamily housing.
Planning Department staff and the City of Yakima Planning Commission on May 28 reviewed five years of land-use and code changes and heard public concerns about housing access and green space.
Staff presented a summary of code work since 2020 that the commission has reviewed, including comp plan amendments tied to large projects (a farmworkers clinic at Summit View on part of the former Johnson Orchard and the Racket Lane townhomes), revisions to accessory dwelling unit (ADU) standards, cottage-housing/tiny-house regulations, changes to the binding site plan process, updates to wireless communication…
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