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Bothell studies middle-housing expansion and inclusionary zoning; council seeks pro formas and targeted approach
Summary
City planners proposed expanding middle-housing allowances citywide and extending inclusionary-zoning requirements to larger residential zones; council members expressed strong interest in incentives and caution about mandating affordability in lower-demand areas, asking staff for feasibility pro formas and targeted pilot approaches.
City planners returned to the Bothell City Council on Oct. 7 with draft changes to the middle-housing code and proposed expansions to the city's inclusionary zoning requirements aimed at producing deed-restricted affordable units alongside market housing.
Senior long-range planner Ray Sosa summarized a two-part approach: the middle-housing code update would allow up to six units on lots where the code permits (and include an affordability requirement of two deed-restricted units per six-unit project); a separate inclusionary-zoning proposal would move mandatory affordability standards out of overlay zones and into selected base residential zones (staff proposed covering RM‑2 and above, and…
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