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Edmonds council hears public comment and staff briefing on middle-housing code changes tied to HB 1110
Summary
City planners presented code edits intended to comply with state middle-housing requirements and to add design and impact-fee guidance; public commenters pressed for limits on changes that would increase building heights, lot coverage or remove tree protections.
Edmonds city staff held a public hearing June 10 on revisions to the city’s development code to implement middle-housing requirements tied to the state’s House Bill 1110.
Planner Brad Shipley and Acting Planning and Development Director Mike Clugston described a package of changes intended to meet the state mandate while preserving local standards. Shipley said the state law "requires middle housing in all residential zones" and that, under the proposed code, "we must allow at least 2 units on all lots" and allow additional units in specific transit- proximate or affordability-triggered circumstances.
The proposed language adds design standards aimed at preventing “slot home” forms, requires visible primary entrances oriented to the public street unless the…
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