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Medical Lake planning commission continues public hearing on zoning, ADUs and housing code changes
Summary
The Medical Lake Planning Commission heard a city-planner presentation on consolidating zoning districts and several state-driven housing changes (ADUs, co-living, conversion rules) and voted to continue the public hearing to the March meeting for further review.
The Medical Lake Planning Commission on Monday heard a detailed presentation on proposed comprehensive-plan and zoning-code changes and unanimously voted to continue the public hearing to the commission's March meeting.
City Planner Melissa (staff) told commissioners the council recently approved the first package of amendments at second reading as ordinance 11 40, with an effective date five days after publication. "The effective date is 5 days after publication, and that puts it at next week," the planner said, noting that because of timing the public hearing would proceed under the existing zoning criteria.
The planner outlined a broad reorganization that would move the municipality from 10 legacy zoning districts in Title 17 into five new Title 19 districts grouped as residential,…
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