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Puyallup council moves toward simplifying single-family zones, staff to refine standards
Summary
Planning staff presented Phase 2 map and code updates focused on single-family (RS) zones; after debate the council signaled a preference to consolidate existing RS categories into two low-density residential tiers (retain RS-35), directing staff to draft standards and rezones for Planning Commission review.
Puyallup planning staff asked the City Council for policy direction on Phase 2 of zoning-map and municipal-code updates, focused on simplifying the city's single-family residential (RS) zoning structure.
Senior Planner Kendall Walls (with Planning Manager Katie Baker) explained that the 2021 housing action plan recommended consolidating the city's five RS categories (RS 35, RS 10, RS 8, RS 6 and RS 4) to reduce complexity and better implement housing goals. Staff said changes in state law requiring "middle housing" and the periodic comprehensive-plan update have already altered the zoning landscape, eliminating RS 4 from the low-density RS set and requiring the city to consider how to…
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