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Lake Forest Park planning commissioners ask staff to analyze removing 75-foot street-frontage requirement
Summary
The commission debated a proposal to strike three code provisions requiring 75 feet of street frontage on new lots in the city’s largest single-family zones and asked staff to provide a scope and timeline for a desktop analysis by December to estimate citywide impacts.
Commissioner Yanni proposed that the Planning Commission explore removing a 75-foot street-frontage requirement that appears in three sections of the municipal code affecting RS 20, RS 15 and RS 10 zones. At the Nov. 18 meeting, Yanni said the change could allow lawful subdivisions consistent with existing zoning, increase housing supply over time and correct what he called an inequitable rule that exempts very large lots from contributing to additional housing.
"I propose that we strike the provision that requires that for any new lots created in those zones each must have a 75-foot frontage along a public street," Commissioner Yanni said, arguing the rule dates from a late-1990s code…
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