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City staff brief council on state—o‑living law (HB 1998) and potential impacts for Covington
Summary
Staff presented an informational briefing on House Bill 1998 (2024), which requires cities to allow co‑living where six or more units could be built, sets a 1 sleeping unit = 0.25 dwelling unit density conversion and caps parking at 0.25 spaces per sleeping unit; Covington staff identified code gaps, mapped potential parcels and warned about infrastructure and parking implications.
Daphne, presenting for Community Development, told the Covington City Council and Planning Commission on Feb. 24 that House Bill 1998 (adopted in 2024) requires cities to allow "co‑living" housing — defined as individual rented sleeping units with shared kitchens — in areas where six or more residential units would be permitted under base zoning.
Daphne summarized the law's mandatory requirements: a sleeping unit counts as no more than one quarter of a dwelling unit for density calculations; parking requirements may not exceed one quarter of a parking space per sleeping unit (and may be zero within a half‑mile of a major transit stop); and co‑living must not be regulated more restrictively than multifamily housing in the same zone. She emphasized these requirements are mandatory and…
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