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Tumwater planning commission forwards 2025 development-code update to city council
Summary
The Tumwater Planning Commission on Dec. 9, 2025 recommended City Council approval of Ordinance O2025-011, a package of 2025 development-code updates that includes a reduced townhouse minimum lot size, ADU regulation changes after Department of Commerce review, 0-lot-line clarifications, and parking adjustments near transit.
The Tumwater Planning Commission voted Dec. 9 to recommend City Council approve Ordinance O2025-011, the 2025 development-code periodic update, after a staff presentation and a brief public hearing. Vice Chair Brandon Staff moved to forward the ordinance “as presented,” and the commission voted in favor.
Staff summarized the substantive edits in the update and recommended adoption. Eric Smith Erickson, the city’s housing and land use planner, said the code now reduces the minimum lot size for townhouse development to “2,000 square feet” to match an amended minimum lot width and make townhouse standards clearer and more feasible for applicants; he…
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