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Redmond planners debate 60- vs. 65-foot baseline and incentives to unlock housing
Summary
The Redmond Planning Commission weighed whether to retain a 60-foot base height or allow extra height for mixed-use buildings via a note amendment and the incentives program, while commissioners asked staff to model 'pioneer' incentive options and to balance inclusionary housing targets in Marymoor with project feasibility.
The Redmond Planning Commission spent its Dec. 18 study session weighing whether to keep the city’s base maximum building height at 60 feet or to allow additional height to accommodate taller mixed‑use ground floors and to protect project feasibility.
Chair Weston opened the discussion after staff summarized the 2025 code package. Jeff Churchill, principal planner, recommended keeping a 60‑foot baseline but amending a note so mixed‑use buildings could add additional height for ground‑floor ceilings taller than 10 feet. Churchill said this narrower approach targets relief to mixed‑use projects without raising the hard baseline that applies to purely residential buildings.
Commissioners focused on the tradeoffs between feet and floors: a five‑foot…
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