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Council hears first reads on GMA updates and zoning-code revisions including Uptown mixed-use, ADU changes and development standards
Summary
Planning staff presented first readings of an ordinance to adopt GMA-related updates and a separate zoning-code ordinance that would add an Uptown mixed-use district, reclassify several streets, adjust ADU and multifamily rules, and add new dimensional controls such as impervious-surface limits and maximum building footprints.
City planning staff on Jan. 13 reviewed proposed Growth Management Act (GMA) updates and corresponding zoning-code changes scheduled as first reads of Ordinance 2104-25 and Ordinance 2105-25.
Planning Manager Stalnecker and consultant Sarah Lukens summarized modest agency-triggered edits to the comprehensive plan and a set of zoning-code changes the planning commission recommended. Staff said several edits came from the Puget Sound Regional Council, the Washington Department of Commerce, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Natural Resources and will be incorporated before formal adoption.
Major zoning changes presented include a new Uptown mixed-use (UMX) district along Meridian, a neighborhood commercial designation in small commercial…
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