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Woodinville council leans toward interim inclusionary zoning, not moratorium; May 6 hearing set
Summary
After public comment and a staff legal briefing, the council favored interim zoning controls (including a proposed 10% inclusionary component) over a full moratorium on multifamily permits and directed staff to return with an ordinance and public hearing on May 6.
Woodinvilles City Council spent the bulk of its April 1 meeting weighing whether to impose a temporary moratorium on multifamily housing permits or to adopt interim zoning controls that would require affordable units while allowing development to continue.
Staff presented the options and cited state law (RCW 6.708.390 as stated in the presentation) that authorizes local moratoria and interim zoning controls. The city attorney told the council that a moratorium is legally riskier because courts evaluate whether a regulation constitutes a "taking" under the Fifth Amendment by examining economic impact and whether it frustrates reasonable,…
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