A Win for Housing in Seattle: Abutting Lot Rule is Overturned!
Fresh from the King County Superior Court. The abutting lot rule has been overturned. The rule, pushed by Councilmember Mike O’Brien and supported by the full council with only Councilmember Bruce Harrell opposing, was deemed “an indirect charge on development” and a violation of RCW 82.02.020. This will be the basis that we’ll later have […]
Chaotic Council Meeting Includes Low Key Passage of Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning
Members of the Seattle City Council sat motionless for about two hours yesterday while they were bombarded by an overflow crowd demanding that the City not build a new $160 million dollar precinct building in north Seattle. After completely losing control of the meeting on more than one occasion, Council President Bruce Harrell shut the […]
More MIZ: SEPA Problems and a Rift Between City Staff and HALA Co-Chairs
When legislation is about to pass things can get interesting. As I pointed out in a previous posts more problems have emerged with legislation being considered today by the Council to pass the Framework for the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) program. The issue is whether SEPA has been done properly or whether the City is […]
