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Redmond Planning Commission reviews business-improvement, fences and state‑law conformance packages; Feb. 25 hearing set
Summary
Staff presented three code‑amendment packages — business improvements, fences, and legislative conformance to 2025 state laws — and outlined a public process with a Feb. 25 public hearing and March study session. Commissioners pressed staff on legacy nonconforming fences, barbed/razor wire near public spaces, co‑living rules and parking‑study standards.
The Redmond Planning Commission on Feb. 11 held the first public review of three 2026 code‑amendment packages covering business supports, fences, and changes needed to conform with 2025 state laws.
"We want to include an amendment that would recognize that a requirement for commercial floor area, when required, is not allowed to be requested for deviation," said Kimberly Deese of the city’s Economic Development group, summarizing the business‑improvement package. Deese described four main changes: clarifying commercial‑floor‑area rules in mixed‑use projects; authorizing standardized 'business open' signs as part of traffic control plans for sidewalk/road closures so pedestrians can find businesses; clarifying that food trucks, pop‑up retail courts and publicly accessible enhanced amenity spaces (PEs) will follow a Type 2 site‑plan entitlement process;…
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