ESSB 5611: Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads.

What this bill does

Establishes that for binding site plans, commercially zoned property includes property that is zoned to permit or conditionally permit any multifamily residential uses. Provides that a local government is not prohibited from extending project permit deadlines for any reasonable and certain period of time specified and mutually agreed upon in writing by the applicant and the local government.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 2025
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 2025
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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