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Planning Commission continues study of 2025 code package and design standards tied to Redmond 2050
Summary
Staff walked commissioners through the 2025 zoning and uses code package and proposed design guidelines, including a no-net-loss commercial provision, accessory-commercial support for displaced businesses, and measurable purpose statements to implement HB 1293 permit/design-streamlining requirements.
At its Oct. 23 meeting, the Redmond Planning Commission conducted an extended study session on the 2025 zoning-and-uses code package and a parallel rewrite of design standards intended to implement statewide permit-streamlining legislation and support Redmond 2050.
Becky Fry and Kim Dietz described the restructuring of zoning categories, code consolidation and a multi-year approach to moving design standards into a topic-based Article 3. Fry noted the downtown edge boundaries were consolidated from existing grouped zones and clarified that staff did not change those external boundaries.
"House Bill 1293... permit and design review streamlining" was cited by staff as a driver of…
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