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Port Orchard staff push for local middle-housing ordinance to avoid state model default
Summary
City staff recommended the land use committee endorse a locally adapted middle-housing ordinance so Port Orchard can avoid automatic application of the state's model ordinance if no local code is adopted by the statutory deadline.
Port Orchard’s Community Development staff asked the Land Use Committee to consider recommending a locally tailored middle-housing ordinance to City Council so the city does not default to the state’s model ordinance.
Nick Bond, community development director, told the committee the planning commission and City Council have reviewed the draft and the planning commission will hold a public hearing June 3. “Again, with the state mandate, if we don't adopt something by the…
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