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Committee considers bill to allow more ground‑floor housing and mass‑timber incentives
Summary
The Senate Housing Committee heard Feb. 5 on Senate Bill 5,555, which would allow more residential uses on ground floors of commercial or mixed‑use buildings in certain station areas and encourage mass‑timber construction by allowing increased height and density where mass timber is used.
The Senate Housing Committee heard Feb. 5 on Senate Bill 5,555, which would require cities and code cities planning under the Growth Management Act to allow additions of housing units on ground floors of commercial or mixed‑use buildings in station areas that are not designated as major pedestrian corridors, limit cities to designating at most 10% of mixed‑use or commercial area as "major pedestrian corridor," and allow greater building height and density for commercial and mixed‑use zones where developments use mass timber construction.
Ben Humboldt, committee…
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