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Council advances middle-housing overhaul: new rules for duplexes, triplexes and unit-lot ownership
Summary
Federal Way planning staff presented code revisions to implement state middle‑housing laws; the council moved all related ordinances (Title 18, Title 19, unit-lot subdivision rules and a legislative rezone) to second reading after unanimous votes to forward them for enactment June 3.
The Federal Way City Council on May 20 advanced a package of land‑use code changes aimed at implementing Washington’s middle‑housing laws, forwarding multiple ordinances to a June 3 second reading. The measures would permit a broader range of "middle housing" types — including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhouses, cottage housing and courtyard apartments — in areas now zoned for single‑family housing and create a unit‑lot subdivision process to allow individual ownership of attached units.
Holly Bosak, the city’s planning manager, told the council the package responds to 2023 state legislation and related requirements: "House Bill 1110 and related law require cities to allow four- to six‑unit options that are compatible in form and scale with single‑family neighborhoods," she said during the presentation. The code…
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