ESSB 5466 — Promoting transit-oriented development.

What this bill does

Establishes that cities planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA) may not enact or enforce any new development regulation within a transit station area or station hub that prohibits the siting of multifamily residential housing on parcels 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 transit station area or station hub that imposes a maximum floor area ratio of less than the transit-oriented density or imposes a maximum residential density, measured in residential units per acre or other metric of land area. Prohibits cities and counties planning under the GMA from requiring off-street parking as a condition of permitting development within a station area, with some exceptions. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to help finance qualifying housing projects within rapid transit corridors and to provide technical assistance for implementing transit-oriented development regulations. Expands the categorical exemption for infill development.

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Floor votes

• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  40 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting

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