![]() City Planning staff seem reluctant to make big changes. This flexibility is to be woven into the city’s Comprehensive Plan, a once-a-decade planning process Seattle is currently working on, with a draft originally due in April, then June, and now pushed back to September with yet another delay. For example, a lot that can build a sixplex can still build a single-family home, or some accessory dwellings units (ADU’s), or five townhomes, or some cottages, or even that sixplex which will soon be finally permitted. It’s not a minimum, or a mandate, it’s simply the new threshold of what is allowed. The law doesn’t change a city’s zoning code, it only tells the city how many homes are now legally permitted. Dense housing solutions finally legalized in our city can mix with existing single family homes and create the same vibrant community we used to build (Google Street View) So, you may think we finally have the flexibility to have shovels hit the ground and start building much needed housing, but it’s still a little more complicated than that. Thankfully, the Washington State Legislature has done a lot of work this spring, legalizing fourplexes everywhere in Seattle, and legalizing sixplexes near frequent transit. ![]() As a robust job market, the city has never had a housing plan that meets the demand. Right now, the city of Seattle is at a crossroads. Zoning Design Guidelines Publication Cover
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