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Senate Committee Advances Discussion on Street Standards Bill Aimed at Reducing Frontage Costs for Infill

Senate Local Government Committee · January 29, 2026
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Summary

SB 6,274 would require jurisdictions' housing elements to identify infrastructure barriers and periodically review street/frontage standards that may disproportionately affect infill and middle housing. Builders and planners said oversized frontage requirements can make modest infill financially unworkable.

Senate Bill 6,274 would require counties and cities to identify infrastructure barriers in their housing elements — including frontage improvement and street standards that disproportionately affect infill or middle housing — and to periodically review and revise those standards to ensure consistency with local land use and housing goals.

Committee staff said the change is…

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