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Council hears briefing on small‑scale infill infrastructure exemptions; item pulled for more study

Kent City Council Committee of the Whole · November 19, 2025
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Summary

City planners proposed exempting small infill projects (four units or fewer) from frontage infrastructure requirements in many areas. Council raised concerns about school walk routes, sidewalks and trees; staff offered director discretion and said the item can return for action in December.

City planning staff presented a briefing Nov. 18 proposing to exempt small‑scale residential infill (projects of four units or fewer in specified zones) from some frontage and infrastructure improvement requirements when the city has no planned transportation projects for that corridor.

Planner Matthew Chastain said the proposal would add a new code section (6.0.2045) to explain an…

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