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Committee hears status update on daycare, ADU and warehouse code amendments; SEPA and legal review still pending

3788683 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

Staff updated the Planning and Community Development Committee on three council-initiated ordinances (daycare, accessory dwelling units, and warehouse uses). All three received Planning Commission recommendations but require SEPA threshold determinations and final legal review before council action.

County staff provided a combined status update to the Planning and Community Development Committee on three council-initiated code amendments that were referred to the Planning Commission and have received recommendations but are not ready for council action.

Ryan Countryman, council staff, said completion of State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklists and resulting threshold determinations are needed before the council can hold adoption hearings; those determinations are appealable and appeal periods must lapse before action. Legal review for final "approval as to form" is also underway.

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