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Sequim planning commissioners review draft 2025 housing chapter, discuss AMI, incentives and coordination with Clallam County
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting the Sequim Planning Commission examined the draft housing chapter of the 2025 Comprehensive Plan, asking staff to define AMI in the narrative, to show dollar AMI values, and reviewing proposed incentives (an "affordable housing exceptions" code, multifamily tax-exemption options) and coordination with Clallam County on urban growth area allocations; no formal land-use decisions were taken.
The Sequim Planning Commission on Nov. 18 reviewed the draft housing chapter of the city's 2025 Comprehensive Plan, pressing staff for clearer definitions of area median income and discussing incentives the city could offer to encourage affordable and middle housing.
Planning staff said the packet will be revised to add an explicit AMI definition and to display the reported family AMI for Clallam County (shown in the materials as roughly $93,000) directly in the chapter narrative so readers are not required to consult an appendix or footnote. "We'll add an AMI definition down under source," staff said, and agreed to move the exhibit showing the AMI up to the first page of the housing chapter so the dollar amounts appear in the text.
Commissioners focused on how the city can promote deeply affordable housing while avoiding measures that might "chill" middle-housing development. Staff described a drafted "affordable housing exceptions" section of the code that would provide incentives'for projects that commit to long-term affordability'by permitting…
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