TO: Committee of the Whole - Public Safety and Human Services
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Planning and Community Development
Carol Helland
425-556-2107
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Planning and Community Development
Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development
Jeff Churchill
Long Range Planning Manager
Planning and Community Development
Lauren Alpert
Senior Planner
TITLE:
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2025 Legislative Conformance, Business Improvement, and Fences Zoning Code Amendments
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
Following Council's April 28, 2026, study session at which the Council asked staff to put this package of RZC amendments on the June 2, 2026, consent agenda, staff is returning to Committee of the Whole to describe a recommended wording change for administrative lot splits. The recommended change is shown below.
RZC 21.74.030.D.2.h
Original language:
If the split would create a lot size that would allow further land division, the split is not eligible under this section but could be pursued through another applicable land-division processes under RZC 21.74.
Revised language:
If a lot split results in a newly created lot or lots with a lot size that would allow for further land division, any lot with sufficient lot size is not eligible to be divided through a lot split under this section but may be eligible for further division through another applicable land-division process under RZC 21.74.
This change arises from revised Department of Commerce Guidance published earlier this month and contemporaneous discussion with builders The effect of this change is to make clear that lots created through lot splitting may be eligible for further subdivision, but not through the lot splitting process. This reading is consistent with both Commerce and industry interpretation of RCW 58.17.145. See Attachment B, Exhibit 13, page 5 to view this in context.
On June 2, staff recommend that the City Council adopt an ordinan...
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