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Kenmore council directs staff to clarify review for 100‑unit step-housing projects and removes recommended good-neighbor language
Summary
The Kenmore City Council voted to ask staff to revise draft step-housing regulations so projects of 100 or more units follow a Type 2 administrative review and, in a separate 4–3 vote, struck footnotes and a definition recommending voluntary "good neighbor" agreements; a public hearing is scheduled for early June.
The Kenmore City Council on Monday directed staff to amend draft "step housing" regulations to clarify that projects of 100 or more units would undergo a Type 2 administrative land‑use process, and removed recommended language and footnotes related to voluntary "good neighbor" agreements ahead of a scheduled public hearing.
Assistant City Manager and Community Development Director Debbie Bent told the council she was "looking for direction on the step housing regulations to move forward to a public hearing." Bent recommended clarifying when an expedited Type 1 administrative process applies and when a Type 2 process—with additional public notice and an administrative appeal to the hearing examiner—would apply.
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