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Staff outlines remaining middle-housing code amendments required under state law
Summary
Senior Planner Taylor Jones reviewed the outstanding code tasks to comply with Washington's middle-housing law, including objective administrative design-review definitions, 0-lot-line subdivision allowances, definition cleanups and a decision on whether to adopt Commerce's model ordinance by the June 2025 deadline.
Senior Planner Taylor Jones gave commissioners an overview of remaining code work to comply with Washington’s middle-housing requirements, describing the scope, state deadlines and options for local implementation.
Why it matters: the state middle-housing law requires cities to allow additional housing types and to adopt specific code amendments by June 2025. Jones said Fife is a “tier 3” city (population under 25,000) and summarized the principal legal requirements and implementation choices.
Jones listed the principal requirements and remaining tasks: allow up to two middle-housing…
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