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EXECUTIVE/COUNCIL APPROVAL FORM

MANAGEMENT ROUTING:

TO:COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON:

EXECUTIVE 

Dave Somers

SNOHOMISH COUNTY COUNCIL

EXEC. DIR. 

Ken Klein

DIRECTOR/ELECTED

Barb Mock

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:

DEPARTMENT 

Planning & Dev. Serv.

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Mike McCrar

Further ProcessinDIVISION

Lon Rane Plannin

Reuested BORIGINATOR 

Janet Wriht

DATE

Januar 14 2021

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ORDINANCESupplemental Appropriation Amendment to Ord. # Budet TransferPLAN CONTRACT:OTHER  New Amendment

DOCUMENT / AGENDA TITLE:

Ordinance:

RELATING TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT; AMENDING SECTIONS 30.23.032, 30.23.040, 30.31E.050, AND 30.42B.145 OF THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY CODE TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR LOT COVERAGE

 

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PURPOSE:

 Adopt code amendments to increase lot coverage in three urban residential zones in order to remove a potential a barrier to infill development in Urban Growth Areas, achieving allowed density, and flexibility for site and building design.

BACKGROUND:

The Growth Management Act (GMA) and Snohomish County Comprehensive Plan promote infill residential development withinUrban Growth Areas (UGAs) to reduce sprawl.The County received comments from applicants that the existing lot coverage regulations present challenges to achieving theresidential density allowed by the underlying zoning and do not provide needed flexibility for site and building design.This ordinance raises lot coverage ratios in three urban residential zones, Townhouse (T), Low Density Multiple Residential(LDMR) and Multiple Residential (MR), to a standard 50% lot coverage for these zones. This new standard is aligned with lotcoverage ratios for similar zones in cities within Snohomish County.This ordinance promotes a greater variety of housing types through an increase in lot coverage for Townhouse and MixedTownhouse Development in the LDMR zone and an increase in lot coverage for Multifamily Planned Residential Development(PRD) in the LDMR and MR zones.The planning commission held a hearing on this proposal on November 17, 2020 and 9 commissioners voted unanimously torecommend the county council approve the proposed amendments, with a planning commission recommendation letter datedNovember 18, 2020.

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ORDINANCE NO. _____________ RELATING TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT; AMENDING SECTIONS 30.23.032, 30.23.040, 30.31E.050, AND 30.42B.145 OF THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY CODE TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR LOT COVERAGE PAGE 1 OF 17

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Snohomish County, Washington

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ORDINANCE NO. ____________

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RELATING TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT; AMENDING SECTIONS 30.23.032,

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30.23.040, 30.31E.050, AND 30.42B.145 OF THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY CODE TO

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MODIFY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR LOT COVERAGE

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WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act, chapter 36.70A RCW (GMA), requires

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Snohomish County (the “County”) to regulate land use and development within the

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WHEREAS, the Snohomish County GMA Comprehensive Plan (GMACP)

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General Policy Plan (GPP) directs Snohomish County to promote development in urban

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growth areas (UGAs), support land use practices that reduce housing costs, and

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maintain a regulatory environment that facilitates growth of the local economy; and

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WHEREAS, chapters 30.23, 30.31E, and 30.42B of the Snohomish County Code

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(SCC) establish lot coverage ratios, which regulate the amount of building coverage

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(footprint) on a parcel of land, for seven urban residential zones; and

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WHEREAS, the standard lot coverage ratios for three urban residential zones

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classified as multiple residential zones present a barrier to infill development in Urban

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Growth Areas, achieving allowed density, and flexibility for site and building design; and

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WHEREAS, the lot coverage ratios for multi-family development within the Low

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Density Multiple Residential (LDMR) and Multiple Residential (MR) zones are lower

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than the lot coverage allowed for single-family and townhouse development; and

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WHEREAS, the County seeks to promote the delivery of more affordable housing

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throughout Snohomish County by allowing more efficient use of land and promoting a

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variety of housing to meet the needs of all residents; and

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WHEREAS, the County requires all development projects to meet stormwater

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regulations which mitigate the impacts of stormwater runoff from impervious surface

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areas, including from buildings, consistent with chapters 30.63A and 30.63B SCC; and

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