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Committee hears 'Housing Opportunities' rezoning and code package to speed housing production
Summary
Committee members and staff reviewed CB 121196, a seven-part Housing Opportunities Package proposing targeted rezonings (U District, Fremont/Stone Way, Rainier Beach, Belltown and YMCA/community sites), incentives for grocery-linked redevelopment in Lake City, and code changes to remove barriers to modular, passive-house and mass-timber construction.
The Seattle Land-Use and Sustainability Committee on April 15 received an initial briefing on Council Bill 121196, the Housing Opportunities Package (HOP), a multi-component rezoning and code package designed to accelerate housing production on identified opportunity sites.
OPCD land-use staff described the bill’s seven components: targeted rezonings in the Fremont/Stone Way area, the downtown retail core, Rainier Beach (near light rail), the University District YMCA site and East Madison YMCA site; temporary height increases in Belltown to encourage infill housing; and code changes to enable passive-house, modular and mass-timber construction…
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