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Council reviews zoning and critical-area amendments; staff to return for Dec. 1 action
Summary
City staff reviewed proposed zoning and critical-area code amendments to align University Place regulations with the comprehensive plan and recent state law changes, including definitions for step housing introduced by House Bill 1220.
City planning staff presented a package of zoning and critical-area code amendments Monday that they said are intended to bring University Place’s development regulations into consistency with the city’s recently adopted comprehensive plan and with state law.
Community and Economic Development Director Kevin Brisky and Planning Manager Kenneth George said the amendments respond to the Growth Management Act periodic-update process and state legislation, most notably House Bill 1220, which adds definitions and requirements for so-called step housing (emergency shelter, emergency housing, transitional housing and permanent supportive housing).
Kenneth George summarized the staff recommendations,…
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