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Commissioners debate rezoning, say TDR program has failed to meet housing targets
Summary
Staff proposed rezoning vacant parcels in the Sequim urban growth area from SR2 to SR3 (and in one area SR4) to meet GMA housing targets and recommended temporarily suspending the county's transfer-of-development-rights (TDR) program, prompting questions about notice to landowners, sewer service and neighborhood compatibility.
Planning staff (Speaker 1) outlined proposed map amendments that would change specific parcels in the Sequim urban growth area from SR2 (5 units per acre) to SR3 (10 units per acre) and noted an adjacent area already zoned SR4 (16 units per acre). Staff said the parcels were chosen because they were largely vacant, close to existing urban services and had capacity to be redeveloped to meet the county's lower‑income housing targets under the Growth…
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