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Duval outlines work plan to resolve Commerce appeal, warns of broad code rewrites and Dec. 2026 deadline
Summary
City staff told the Duval City Council they must revise zoning, municipal code and elements of the comprehensive plan to resolve an appeal with the Department of Commerce; staff said many changes are required by state guidance and case law and must be adopted by December 2026.
City staff told the Duval City Council on Dec. 2 that an ongoing appeal with the Washington State Department of Commerce will require extensive code and comprehensive plan amendments and that the city has roughly a year to produce a work plan and implementing ordinance changes.
City administrator Cynthia McNabb said staff submitted a draft land capacity analysis and are coordinating a peer review memo from BERC to present to King County; if King County agrees to revised percentages the Commerce work plan can move into its next phases. McNabb told council the city "is kind of in a holding…
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