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Shoreline council reviews broad development-code package: co-living rules, temporary uses and fencing debate
Summary
Planning staff presented a package of development-code amendments Nov. 10 that would add co-living rules required by state law, permit select temporary uses, ease adaptive-reuse requirements, remove minimum density in two residential zones, and set a vinyl-coated chain-link fencing standard.
Shoreline planners outlined a broad set of development-code amendments Nov. 10 that would implement recent state housing legislation and clean up local regulations. Planning Manager Elise Klein and planning staff described changes ranging from definitions for "co-living" to rules for temporary uses, adaptive reuse, and commercial fencing.
Staff said co-living housing consists of private sleeping units with shared kitchens and that state House Bill 1998 requires cities to permit co-living in locations where multifamily housing of six or more units is allowed. "The state gave cities like Shoreline until the end of the year to adopt codes for co-living housing, or the state…
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