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Auburn council hears update on moratorium for urban‑core multi‑unit development
Summary
City staff told the council a temporary moratorium on multi‑unit development in the urban core remains under study; consultants are collecting traffic and stormwater data and 30 flow monitors will provide April–June data for modeling ahead of any ordinance changes.
City staff updated the Auburn City Council on a temporary moratorium that limits new multi‑unit developments in the city’s urban core. The moratorium, adopted in 2025, is set to expire Nov. 30, 2026, and staff said consultants are collecting traffic and stormwater data to inform possible zoning changes.
Planning staff said a citywide traffic analysis contract has been approved and consultants (identified in the record as White Smith and Cusino) are prioritizing intersections for detailed study. The team has transmitted infrastructure and historical property‑use data to the stormwater consultant and described the modeling and field review underway for the moratorium footprint.
Staff noted the deployment of roughly 30 sanitary‑sewer/flow monitors across the study area and a data‑collection window running through April, May and June to provide live inputs for the modeling work. Officials warned that lack of rainfall during the monitoring period could reduce the representativeness of the flow data and that student presence or absence was less likely to skew results than a dry period.
Councilmembers asked whether the work is on schedule and when recommendations would be ready. Planning staff (Megan) said preliminary data are 'trickling in' and that the project remains in analysis; final recommendations will depend on additional public input and review by the Planning Commission and could extend into the fall, with no firm guarantee the ordinance amendments will be completed before the moratorium’s current expiration.
Next steps listed by staff include continued consultant analysis, stakeholder and committee meetings on zoning criteria for the urban core, and a planned public survey to gather broader input.
