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State bills would ease conversions of existing buildings to housing; planner flags density bonus and review limits
Summary
Hans Sheppard briefed the Planning Commission that state bills allow up to a 50% density increase for residential conversions within existing building envelopes, limit change-of-use permits, and restrict some local review triggers; staff will return with code language, maps of pedestrian corridors, and coordination with public works on utilities.
Senior community planner Hans Sheppard told the Commission that three state bills affecting conversion of existing buildings into housing will require Lacey to examine multiple code chapters.
Sheppard described House Bill 1042 as allowing a 50% density increase when new housing is constructed entirely within an existing building envelope. He said that bonus is measured against existing maximums (for example, a low-density zoning maximum of six units per acre could be increased by 50% where the conversion…
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