E2SHB 2160 — Promoting community and transit-oriented housing development.

What this bill does

Prohibits cities planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA) from enacting or enforcing any development regulation within a station area that prohibits the siting of multifamily residential housing where any other residential use is permissible, with some exceptions. Prohibits cities planning under the GMA from enacting or enforcing any new development regulation within a station area that imposes a maximum floor area ratio of less than the transit-oriented density for any new residential or mixed-use development or imposes a maximum residential density. Limits the ability of cities planning under the GMA from requiring off-street parking as a condition of permitting residential or mixed-use development within a station area. Creates a categorical exemption from the State Environmental Policy Act for residential or mixed-use development within any station area up to the applicable transit-oriented development density.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 2024
  56 yea · 40 nay · 2 not voting

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