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Lynnwood holds public hearing on Unified Development Code tweaks as residents warn of parking and enforcement gaps
Summary
City planners presented a package of minor clarifications to the Unified Development Code—ground‑floor commercial thresholds, setback rules and temporary use of shipping containers—while residents warned city leaders about parking, enforcement and potential building‑height impacts near light rail.
Lynnwood city planners on Monday outlined a set of mainly technical edits to the city’s Unified Development Code intended to clarify how middle‑housing, accessory structures and commercial street frontages will be applied, while several residents urged the council to tighten enforcement and reconsider parking rules.
Community Planning Manager Carl Almgren and planner Zach Spencer told the council the amendments are “trailing updates” to the development code adopted last year and are designed to improve permit clarity and speed. Spencer said the code will continue to require ground‑floor occupiable space in certain zones and that "multifamily structures that are along the street frontage must have a minimum amount of occupiable space, and then 20% of the…
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