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Battle Ground council unanimously adopts broad municipal code amendments, aligns ADU rules with state law
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Battle Ground — The Battle Ground City Council on June 2 unanimously adopted a package of municipal code amendments covering health and safety, streets and sidewalks, building and public-works standards, zoning (including accessory dwelling unit definitions and configurations), and stormwater/clearing and grading rules.
Battle Ground — The Battle Ground City Council on June 2 unanimously adopted a package of municipal code amendments covering health and safety, streets and sidewalks, building and public-works standards, zoning (including accessory dwelling unit definitions and configurations), and stormwater/clearing and grading rules.
The changes—carried as Ordinances 2025-05, 2025-06, 2025-07, 2025-08 and 2025-09—include edits to Title 17 (zoning) to revise the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) definitions and to make the ADU sections “consistent with state law,” staff said. Kristen (staff) told council the Washington State Department of Commerce reviewed the draft and recommended edits during its 60-day comment period.
The ADU revisions add a standalone definition for “accessory dwelling unit” and update the attached/detached…
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