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Bill would require some UGA boundary expansions for residential parcels; water and sewer districts warn of costs
Summary
The House Local Government Committee heard public testimony on House Bill 1164, which would require counties and cities to expand urban growth area boundaries to include certain adjacent parcels and allow residential density consistent with adjoining qualifying parcels.
The House Local Government Committee heard public testimony on House Bill 1164, which would require counties and cities planning under the Growth Management Act to expand urban growth area (UGA) boundaries at their next comprehensive plan update to include specified adjacent parcels and to allow residential development at densities consistent with adjoining qualifying parcels.
Committee staff summarized the bill’s mechanics: qualifying parcels are those that (1) share a common boundary with another qualifying parcel or (2) are adjacent across the street to parcels already in the UGA; qualifying parcels would have to be included in the UGA and be allowed residential density consistent with the…
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