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Coupeville planner outlines middle-housing code changes; council raises parking, utilities and historic preservation concerns
Summary
Town planner Joshua presented a draft middle-housing code update to implement recent state laws and encourage accessory dwelling units and middle housing types. Council members and staff questioned parking, right-of-way changes, utility hookups and potential impacts on historic streets; planning commission hearings are planned in February.
Joshua, Coupeville’s planner and project lead, presented a draft “middle housing” code update on Jan. 14 designed to implement state laws including House Bill 1337 and HB 1110 and to expand local options for duplexes, cottages, cottage courts, townhomes and multiple accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
Why it matters: The state laws require cities to allow more housing types and the draft would alter development rules across residential and some commercial zones. Changes affect parking, utilities and historic-design protections in the downtown and older neighborhoods.
Joshuadescribed two main pieces: a new chapter to allow “unit-lot subdivision” (a mechanism similar to condominium ownership that divides a parent parcel into separately owned unit lots) and amendments that would permit middle-housing forms across residential zones and allow up…
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