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Port Orchard reviews parking code changes as state bill moves through legislature
Summary
City planners presented a draft parking code that would reduce required parking for middle‑housing, remove EV parking rules from land‑use code (relying on the state building code), and consider whether to set parking maximums; members noted a companion state bill (Senate Bill 5184) had passed a chamber and the committee will monitor legislation.
The Port Orchard Land Use Committee on Feb. 19 reviewed draft changes to local parking standards and discussed how pending state legislation could affect the city’s rules.
Nick Bond, community development director, said staff’s draft removes locally required electric‑vehicle parking standards from the land‑use code because the state building code incorporated EV requirements about three years ago and the city intends to rely on the building code going forward.
"We're just going to rely on the building code going forward," Bond said, noting the city previously had overlapping EV requirements in…
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