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Tumwater schedules Nov. 25 hearing on development-code update amid debate over 'middle housing' and manufactured-home protections
Summary
The Planning Commission set a public hearing for Ordinance O2025-011 (2025 development code update) for Nov. 25, 2025. Discussion focused on middle-housing rules required by state law, parking feasibility, zone-district terminology, and residents’ concerns about manufactured-home parks.
The Tumwater Planning Commission voted Nov. 10 to set a public hearing on Ordinance O2025-011, the 2025 development code periodic update, for Nov. 25, 2025. Staff framed the package as primarily housing-driven changes required by state law and aimed at meeting the state deadline to avoid the state model code taking effect.
Brad Madrig (acting for Erica) told commissioners the development-code updates implement state-mandated middle-housing changes: expanded allowances for duplexes, triplexes, cottage housing, accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and other housing types. Madrig said the city will allow at least two units per lot by right in many residential zones and up to four (or more in certain…
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