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Bremerton planners direct staff to draft code removing minimum parking requirements
Summary
At a Feb. 24 workshop the Bremerton Special Planning Commission signaled majority support for eliminating citywide minimum off‑street parking requirements and asked staff to prepare legislative code language for a future hearing. Commissioners, city staff and public speakers debated impacts on housing, downtown development and Naval Base Kitsap.
The Bremerton Special Planning Commission on Feb. 24 directed city staff to prepare draft municipal-code language that would remove or substantially reduce minimum off‑street parking requirements citywide, with commissioners signaling majority support for elimination and some members urging a temporary moratorium instead.
The commission's guidance follows a staff presentation that summarized current local requirements (Bremerton Municipal Code Chapter 20.48), pending state restrictions and several alternative tracks commissioners could recommend: (A) goal‑based local reductions informed by neighboring Kitsap jurisdictions; (B) a modified local approach that adopts portions of the pending state bill while keeping some local exemptions; or (C) adopting the pending state proposal verbatim. The presentation noted recent state restrictions on parking for certain housing types and referenced proposed legislation described in the packet as “SB 51 84.” City planning manager Garrett Jackson told the commission staff would return with…
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