Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Ordinance 22-014, relating to Growth Management; amending development regulations in Chapters 30.22 and 30.31A SCC pertaining to residential development in the Business Park zone
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Development Services
ORIGINATOR: Amber Piona, Senior Planner
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE - Ken Klein
PURPOSE: Adopt code amendments amending the development regulations related to residential uses within the Business Park (BP) zone to promote flexibility of uses within the BP zone, reinstate residential uses as an allowed use within the BP zone under limited circumstances, and promote the development of a diversity of housing types to provide missing middle housing.
BACKGROUND: The intent and function of the BP zone is to provide for business and industrial uses which are capable of being constructed, maintained, and operated in a manner uniquely designed to be compatible with adjoining residential and retail commercial. The BP zone may also, under limited circumstances, provide for residential development where sites are large and where compatibility can be assured for on-site mixed uses. However, existing regulations do not allow for residential uses within the BP zone. Snohomish County is facing an affordable housing crisis and housing stock shortage. The proposed amendments are intended to provide flexibility for increasing residential development within urban areas. Snohomish County is directed by the CPPs to preserve industrial and commercial land and prevent incompatible development. The proposed amendments are limited in scope to existing parcels zoned BP which are 25 acres or greater. Limiting the proposed amendments to only include existing large parcels preserves the majority of BP parcels for industrial land uses. The Planning Commission held a hearing on this proposal on January 25, 2022, and voted to recommend to approve the proposed amendments, with a planning commissio...
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