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Lake Stevens council moves transitional housing into Type 2 review; staff to update code language
Summary
After extended debate, council amended an ordinance to subject transitional housing to Type 2 review (public notice and supplementary use regulations) and instructed staff to update related code sections and parking provisions before returning with revised language.
The Lake Stevens City Council on Sept. 9 amended proposed STEP-housing code updates to subject transitional housing to a Type 2 review process, adding public notice and supplementary use requirements to the categories that already apply to emergency housing and shelters.
David Levitan, the city—s principal planner, had presented staff and Planning Commission recommendations that would have kept transitional housing as an outright permitted use (Type 1) while applying Type 2 supplementary regulations to emergency housing and shelters.…
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