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Kent launches Recode Kent code update to implement comprehensive plan and meet middle‑housing mandate
Summary
Kent city staff and consultants introduced Recode Kent on Feb. 18, a Development Code update intended to implement the newly adopted comprehensive plan and comply with the state’s middle‑housing law by allowing at least four dwelling units per lot in affected residential zones.
Kent city staff and the consultant team Framework presented Recode Kent — a Development Code update project aimed at implementing the city’s recently adopted comprehensive plan and complying with state middle‑housing requirements — during the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday.
Kristin Halsworth, city staff lead, said the presentation was an introduction and that no decisions have been made. "I wanna say tonight, this is an introduction. Nothing is set in stone," she told the council. The project will run in phases, include public outreach and aim to deliver code amendments that implement the comprehensive plan goals and state law.
Scope and legal drivers: Project materials and presenters identified HB 1110 (middle housing, 2021) as the primary legislative driver for the code updates; the city must allow at least four dwelling units per lot in…
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