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Bellevue council moves to finalize decade‑long critical‑areas update amid debate over East Main TOD flexibility
Summary
After extensive stakeholder work, Bellevue's planning staff and Planning Commission presented a CAO LUCA that aims to balance environmental protection and housing; council directed staff to finalize the ordinance and asked for a follow‑up study on limited wetland flexibility in TODs for potential code changes.
Bellevue's City Council on Nov. 12 accepted the Planning Commission's recommendation to advance the city's critical areas ordinance (CAO) land‑use code amendment for final action and directed staff to bring the finalized ordinance back for adoption. The Planning Commission, after multiple study sessions and a public hearing, recommended adoption without modification.
Nick Whipple, code and policy director, and Kirsten Mant, senior planner, said the LUCA updates are a required periodic review under the Growth Management Act and incorporate best‑available science, revised habitat scoring, clarified geohazard pathways,…
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