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Council urges narrow, focused planning work on housing, walkability and neighborhood businesses
Summary
At the Jan. 13 joint meeting, council members said they prefer targeted fixes (for example, frontage or specific code clarifications) and asked commissioners to prioritize discrete items such as preapproved ADU plans, cottage housing incentives, neighborhood retail and pedestrian-safe streets rather than a broad, unfocused package.
Lake Forest Park council members used a Jan. 13 joint session with the Planning Commission to press for focused, achievable planning deliverables on housing and walkability, recommending targeted fixes rather than large bundled code overhauls.
Several council members said the city should define what it meant by "affordability" before asking the commission to tackle broad housing goals, distinguishing between capital-A affordable housing for low-income residents and smaller-scale, lower-cost housing options for first-time buyers. Commissioners agreed clearer direction from…
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