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Commissioners split over proposed limits on new one‑acre lots; planning commission recommends keeping current rules
Summary
After a lengthy public debate about preserving rural character, infrastructure costs and housing affordability, the commission voted to recommend denying ordinance 2025‑14 (the proposed change limiting new R‑1 one‑acre lots), sending the matter to the County Commission with the planning commission’s recommendation to maintain the status quo.
A broad and at times heated debate over whether to restrict new one‑acre (R‑1) lots dominated the King County Planning & Zoning Commission’s June 11 meeting. Commissioners discussed proposals that ranged from eliminating new R‑1 zoning entirely to allowing a capped percentage (examples discussed in the staff draft included 30% or 10%) of a subdivision to consist of one‑acre lots. After extended public comment and internal deliberations, the commission voted to recommend denying ordinance 2025‑14 — effectively asking the County Commission to leave current rules in place.
The ordinance, as noticed, proposed several options including eliminating new R‑1 zones in new subdivisions, allowing less than two‑acre lots in R‑2 through a percentage cap,…
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