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Commission continues Housing Action Plan review; many items sent back for staff code language or further study
Summary
The commission continued its work narrowing the Housing Action Plan menu: staff will follow Department of Commerce guidance on new co‑living requirements, return with code language for selected items and bring additional ADU, density and minimum-lot-size clarifications to the Feb. 12 meeting
The Anacortes Planning Commission on Jan. 22 continued a multi‑month review of the city's Housing Action Plan (HAP), focusing on which recommended actions staff should convert into concrete code amendments. Commissioners agreed to send several items back to staff for drafting of specific regulatory language and to revisit others after additional research.
The HAP update is intended to be a prioritized, implementable menu of actions. "My intent with saying that was move forward with directing staff to develop language amendments to the development regulations so that the Commission and the public could see what the actual changes would look like in the code," Planning Manager Libby Grage said.
Why it matters: The HAP contains a variety of tools — from co‑living and single‑room occupancy allowances to minimum lot‑size changes, density standards, ADU rules and small‑unit incentives tied to a height bonus. Any change could affect housing supply, housing type mix and neighborhood character; commission members emphasized choosing items that produce measurable results and are implementable in code.
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