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Pasco planners warn city must add zoning capacity for 6,200 apartment units to meet state target
Summary
Planning staff told the Pasco Planning Commission that Washington’s latest 20‑year housing allocation requires room for about 18,000 units citywide and — after a land‑capacity analysis — Pasco lacks roughly 6,200 apartment‑style units (low‑/mid‑rise and ADUs). Staff recommended raising multifamily density in mixed‑use zones and targeted height increases as the first steps.
City planning staff told commissioners and members of the public on Feb. 9 that Pasco’s zoning and vacant‑land inventory must be adjusted to show capacity for roughly 18,000 housing units the state expects the city to plan for over the next 20 years. The planning department’s land‑capacity analysis identified a 6,200‑unit shortfall concentrated in multi‑family building types — low‑rise and mid‑rise apartments and accessory dwelling units — even while the city shows a surplus of single‑family and moderate‑density housing.
Kim Lairman, Pasco’s community and economic development director, described the technical steps the department used to reach the shortfall figure: classifying city parcels as undevelopable, vacant,…
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