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Planning board weighs interim STEP housing ordinance language, plans recommendation timeline
Summary
Planning staff briefed the Edmonds Planning Board on proposed interim ordinance language to allow emergency, transitional and supportive housing in residential and hotel zones; board members asked about consistency with other code chapters, design and parking concerns, and set a schedule for a recommendation to City Council.
Planning staff told the Edmonds Planning Board that draft interim ordinance language to comply with what staff described as Commerce guidance would allow indoor emergency shelters and emergency housing where hotels are allowed and would permit permanent supportive and transitional housing in any zone that allows residential dwelling units or hotels.
Planning staff Mike explained the intent: "This eliminates the main barrier, which is use," by making those housing types allowed where hotels or dwelling units are permitted. He said the draft tracks closely with language that came from "the recommended language that came from…
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