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Woodinville staff present comprehensive-plan revisions, EMU rezoning options and middle-housing implementation
Summary
City planning staff outlined a draft comprehensive-plan update that incorporates state-required middle-housing provisions, new housing-capacity analyses by income bands, and a proposed East Rail Mixed-Use (EMU) zoning alternative to provide capacity for mid/low-rise multifamily housing; council debated including or excluding specific parcels from the EMU and asked staff for alternate maps and analyses.
City planning staff led a study-session presentation on Jan. 20 covering major revisions in the draft 2024 Comprehensive Plan, focusing on land use and housing.
Robert Grumbach reviewed the reorganized plan structure and highlighted several changes driven by state law: middle-housing requirements (the Growth Management Act change requiring at least two units per lot in many single-family areas), updated housing-element provisions by area median income (AMI) bands, and a new climate-resiliency chapter. He stressed that the new housing analysis is capacity-based: the state's Commerce Department guidance requires jurisdictions to…
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