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Committee forwards co‑living housing code updates to council first reading

Land Use and Transportation Committee · February 3, 2026
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Summary

The committee forwarded proposed Title 19 amendments to implement Washington's co‑living statute, clarifying definitions, zoning applicability, density and parking rules (including 0.25 spaces per sleeping unit) and directing the ordinance to first reading Feb. 17.

The Land Use & Transportation Committee voted Feb. 2 to forward proposed amendments to the Federal Way Revised Code, Title 19, implementing the state co‑living statute (RCW 36.78.535).

Planning Manager Holly Bozak explained the changes required by the 2023 legislation and the local amendments staff drafted: definitions for "co‑living housing" and "sleeping units," updates to use charts in zones that allow six or…

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