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Mill Creek planning staff outline annual code update focusing on tables, ADU rules and administrative fixes
Summary
At a Feb. 19 study session, Mill Creek planning staff proposed reorganizing land-use standards into comparative tables, clarifying definitions and state references, and suggested changes to ADU counting and setbacks intended to make the municipal code easier to use; staff will draft ordinance language and seek further commissioner input.
Planning staff presented a package of mostly administrative and clarifying updates to Mill Creek's municipal code at the Feb. 19 Planning Commission study session, emphasizing easier navigation and alignment with state law rather than major land-use changes.
Justin, the staff presenter, said the annual code update is "a process for making lots of little changes" intended to fix vague or outdated language without pursuing rezones or controversial policy shifts. He proposed converting narrative, chapter-based use lists into cross-zone tables so residents and businesses can quickly see which uses are allowed citywide. "You don't have to look through every zone trying to find where they can do their business," Justin said.
Staff described a set of targeted edits across code titles: Title 14 (definitions and land-use processes) would be updated to separate similar but distinct terms such as roadway buffers and cutting preserves and to correct out-of-date citations to the Revised Code of Washington (RCW)…
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