How a 16-Month Real Estate Battle Changed the Way Washington Homes Come to MarketInside the new NWMLS First Look option and what it means for buyers and sellersBy Sean JeffreyRE/MAX Whatcom
The Attack on Single Family Zoning in WA State....
Dated: April 10 2024
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I would like to share Richard Hagar's article on "The Attack on Single Family Zoning", which is a must read.....Richard talks first about the history behind zoning and then the new Two House bills in WA St.
Stack Housing now Possible with New Definition
In July 2023, the people in Washington’s state capital created new laws that override the local decision-making process that America was based upon. Two House Bills now require that all towns and cities must rezone and allow muli-family zoning in all residential areas of their communities, not just multi-family zoned areas.
House Bill 1337 requires all cities and counties to allow one or two additional housing units on a lot in all single-family zoned areas. The law uses the term “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU) and removes the requirement of the property owner having to live on the property, thereby creating a duplex or tri-plex in an Single-Family Residential (SFR) zoned area.
The second law, House Bill 1110, requires all cities with a population greater than 25,000 to rezone and allow a minimum of four housing units on all formerly single-family zoned lots. And cities with a population greater than 75,000 must allow a minimum of six housing units on all single-family zoned lots. This higher density zoning (3 housing units) is even required for towns, regardless of size, if they are near larger cities in King, Pierce, Snohomish, Thurston, Kitsap, Clark, and Spokane Counties.
FULL ARTICLE:
The Attack of Single Family Zoning WA St
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Sean Jeffrey
I graduated from the University of Washington in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications/Public Relations. Soon after college, I moved to Eugene, Oregon, where I supervised stadium and t....
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