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Sammamish council adopts affordable-housing fee-in-lieu policy; $34.45/sq ft fee added to schedule
Summary
Council approved two resolutions to implement the city’s mandatory inclusionary housing program: one adopting fund policies and one adding a $34.45 per square-foot fee-in-lieu to the master fee schedule. Both measures passed 6–1.
The Sammamish City Council voted March 4 to adopt policies for and add an affordable-housing fee‑in‑lieu to the city’s master fee schedule, formalizing the mechanism by which developers who do not provide required affordable units will pay into a local fund.
David Pyle of the Department of Community Development and staff presenter Evan Fisher reviewed the policy package and the mechanics of the fee, which the staff and ARCH (A Regional Coalition for Housing) modeled using local market data. Fisher said the fee in lieu was set at $34.45 per square foot and that ARCH’s model and third‑party review supported the…
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