HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing Project DescriptionEmail 3-10-2023, Commerce.
The Washington State Department of Commerce is surveying local jurisdictions to collect information about local actions supporting housing production and affordability. The data collected
will inform the 2023 Affordable Housing Advisory Board (AHAB) Five-Year Housing Advisory Plan, mandated by RCW 43.185B.040. By completing this survey, you will help AHAB develop policy
recommendations for supporting local jurisdictions to advance solutions to preserve and develop affordable housing.
This survey includes questions about:
Housing Tools and Incentives
Zoning and Development Regulation Changes
Funding
Tenant Protections
Partnerships
Please coordinate locally to ensure that only one representative from your jurisdiction completes this survey by April 7, 2023.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Design code alternative based on the Planned Rural Residential Development (PRRD) framework:
Outlines the development of a special project
Looks at cumulative development impacts
Uses performance standards for level of development rather than residential zoned density (dwelling units/acre)
It is an overlay zone, or floating zone, and done by an opt-in program
Can implement a Planned Low Impact Development (PLID) land division section, particularly in Port Hadlock/Irondale UGA.
It considers any critical areas and performance standards are applied to reduce cumulative impacts, improve condition of critical areas, applies Low Impact Development standards.
Permitted through a Type II process with a community meeting requirement
Bonus density and incentives can include amenities such as linear parkways, connectivity networks to trails and parks (propose for year two—2024 Amendment Cycle.
Amends Farmworker Housing code to decouple employer from housing provider.
Biodiversity plan, impervious surfaces, parking and transportation
FARMWORKER HOUSING AMENDMENTS JCC 18.30.030(…)
URBAN GROWTH AREA WETLAND & FWHCA PROTECTION PLANNING
Linear parkway, net area density program,
DENSITY INCENTIVES
CONGREGATE HOUSING
UDC DEVELOPMENT FOR BOARDING HOUSE STANDARDS
Shared water, waste and utility systems
Incentivized by increased (bonus) density
Create open space
INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES WITH COMMON AREAS
Allow typical impervious surface area to be divided among smaller dwelling footprints
Shared water, waste and utility systems
Performance Standards
Biodiversity plan
Invasive species plan
Agriculture or forestry plan
Community-oriented plan
Mixed use plan as applicable
Performance standards incentivize small dwellings sited to create open space, clustered or distributed, to meet natural features and site characteristics