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Lacey staff outline draft middle-housing ordinance, discuss height choices and incentives
Summary
City staff presented a draft middle-housing chapter and accompanying unit-lot subdivision text, described grant-funded work and a public-review plan, and discussed height options (25-foot vs. 35-foot) and possible incentives. Commissioners expressed concern about parking and neighborhood scale.
Jennifer, a staff member leading the middle-housing effort, updated the Planning Commission on June 11 on the city's work to develop a local ordinance to comply with House Bill 1110 and related state guidance.
The city received a $75,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce to support administrative work for middle housing. Jennifer said three early deliverables for the grant were completed and that the last deliverable – worth $27,500 – remains; the grant period is ending in June. The draft ordinance in the commission packet creates a standalone middle‑housing chapter and a separate unit‑lot subdivision chapter; staff said the structure centralizes standards for duplexes, triplexes,…
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