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SB 5559 would standardize unit lot subdivision procedures to speed middle-housing within urban growth areas
Summary
Senate Bill 5559 would require jurisdictions planning under the Growth Management Act to adopt unit lot subdivision procedures by June 30, 2026, setting minimum recording, notice and review requirements to make townhouse and similar infill more readily subdividable for separate ownership.
Senate Bill 5559 would require cities, towns and code cities planning under the Growth Management Act to adopt procedures for unit lot subdivisions (ULSs) by June 30, 2026, and sets minimum statutory requirements for those procedures. The bill aims to integrate unit-lot processes into existing subdivision statutes so developers, lenders and buyers have clearer rules when townhouses or other attached housing are divided into separately owned parcels.
Committee staff described ULSs as a way to divide a parent parcel into separately owned unit lots where the individual unit lots may be smaller than underlying zone minimums but were approved…
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