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Commission hears lengthy "missing middle" housing presentation, considers targeted study
Summary
A staff-led presentation on "missing middle" housing—duplexes, triplexes, townhomes—argued current zoning caps housing supply and raised policy options (removing attachment/detachment distinctions, reducing setbacks, node-based overlays). Commissioners directed staff to explore next steps and consider a subcommittee or partner outreach.
A planning-commission presentation reviewed the history of zoning, argued current regulations limit the supply of moderate-density housing, and proposed targeted policy changes to enable 'missing middle' housing such as duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and small townhomes inside the urban growth boundary.
The presenter traced zoning’s evolution from safety-focused rules to Euclidean separation of uses and argued that building-code changes have made some zoning prescriptions (like large setbacks) less…
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