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Planning director outlines stream-buffer updates and step-housing changes staff will bring back for Lake Stevens
Summary
The planning director said staff will return with proposed stream-buffer adjustments tied to best‑available‑science guidance and warned that House Bill 2266 could remove extra land‑use review for step housing, prompting code updates by 2028; staff expects to present analyses and timelines to the commission in upcoming meetings.
Planning Director David updated the commission on two separate work‑program items: proposed minor tweaks to the city’s critical‑areas ordinance (stream buffers) and state action on step housing.
On critical areas, David said staff has followed adoption processes in nearby jurisdictions and noted some local code updates have been remanded by the Growth Management Hearings Board for not reflecting…
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