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Commission hears introduction to state-required 'STEP' housing code updates
Summary
City staff introduced proposed development-code revisions to implement the comprehensive plan's housing policies and state law requiring allowance for emergency shelters, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing; no formal action taken.
Principal planner David Levitan and staff introduced a multi-part update to Lake Stevens’ development code to implement housing provisions in the 2024 comprehensive plan and to satisfy state requirements from the referenced legislation.
Levitan said the update responds to House Bill "12 20" (as cited in the meeting) and the Growth Management Act direction to adopt goals and policies and then create implementing code for certain housing types. He described the acronym "STEP" as shorthand used in staff materials: S for shelters (emergency shelters), T for transitional housing, E for emergency housing (indoor/longer-term than shelters), and P for permanent supportive…
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