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County report flags code ‘barriers to housing’ and outlines March open house
Summary
Senior planner Suzanne Savin presented the Community Development Code assessment, identifying inconsistent rules between state-defined middle housing and legacy housing types, density and setback thresholds that limit feasibility, and proposed concepts including parity in standards, adjusted lot-coverage thresholds, and targeted neighborhood‑meeting triggers; staff scheduled an open house for March 17.
Senior planner Suzanne Savin briefed the Planning Commission on Feb. 18 that consultants have drafted a substantially complete Community Development Code (CDC) assessment summary report, including a new section on "barriers to housing production." Savin said consultants identified that middle housing types required by state law are treated differently from visually similar legacy housing types in the county code, producing inconsistencies that can raise costs and timelines for some development.
Savin described several code issues: few districts permit high-density multiunit housing;…
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