Seattle committee reviews interim HB 11 10 zoning measures, adds work plan and technical fixes ahead of June deadline

Seattle’s Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan on May 7 reviewed interim land-use legislation the city is advancing to comply with state middle-housing requirements and discussed seven sponsor amendments and a short work plan ahead of an implementation deadline at the end of June.

Chair Joy Hollingsworth, who chairs the select committee, said the legislation responds to a state requirement, noting, “it’s a state mandated legislation to create missing middle housing,” and reminded the public that a May 19 public hearing will be split into an online session at 9:30 a.m. and an in-person session at 4 p.m. Written comments were accepted at council@Seattle.gov.

The committee spent the meeting walking through sponsor amendments to Council Bill 120969, which central staff described as interim controls and a work program for permanent legislation. Central staff summarized seven amendments and the committee’s sponsors described them as either technical fixes or a starting list of topics for deeper work on the permanent code.

Central staff member Lischwitzen said, “So, we have 7 amendments today to talk about,” and then walked members through each amendment. The package included:

- An amendment by Councilmember Solomon to align the interim bill with…