Final middle housing model ordinances documents now available online



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Oct.18, 2024

Commerce updates model ordinances to support development of middle housing

The Department of Commerce has published final updates to model ordinances and guidance for cities required to allow middle housing under RCW 36.70A.635 [ [link removed] ]. Middle housing is defined as “buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-family houses and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes.”

The model ordinances address specific legislative requirements, and the accompanying user guide gives direction on common development standards to facilitate middle housing development. Jurisdictions can make adjustments based on local preferences and considerations for how their codes may accommodate middle housing.

To account for requirements based on city size, one model ordinance has been prepared to assist cities with 25,000 in population and greater. Another is available for cities of less than 25,000.


* User Guide for Middle Housing Model Ordinances (PDF) [ [link removed] ]
* Final Model Ordinance for* cities 25,000 and over* (PDF) [ [link removed] ]
* Final Model Ordinance for *cities under 25,000* (PDF) [ [link removed] ]

These updates reflect 2024 amendments to the middle housing legislation made by Chapter 152, Laws of 2024 (HB 2321) [ [link removed] ], along with cities’ experiences in implementation since the model ordinances and user guide were originally published in January. Seventy-seven cities are subject to the initial middle housing legislation [ [link removed] ] passed in 2023.

 

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*Questions?* Please contact Dave Osaki at [email protected]. <[email protected]>






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