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Committee discusses interim encampment provisions and multi-neighborhood rezoning to increase housing

SeattleApr 15, 20262 min read

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The Seattle City Council Land Use and Sustainability Committee met April 15, 2026 (9:32 a.m.–11:35 a.m.). Five members were present. The committee discussed CB 121195 (interim provisions to expand transitional encampment capacity; amendments to SMC 23.42.054 and 23.42.056) and CB 121196 (rezoning and development standard changes to increase housing supply, enable passive house/modular/mass timber construction, support community uses, and amend multiple SMC sections and the Official Land Use Map). The minutes record discussion only; no committee votes or final actions are recorded.

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CB 121195 was discussed (interim provisions to expand capacity of transitional encampments; amends SMC 23.42.054 and 23.42.056). No committee vote or final action recorded in the minutes.
CB 121196 was discussed (rezoning and development standard amendments to increase housing supply, support multi-purpose redevelopment, remove code barriers to passive house/modular/mass timber construction, and incentivize community-serving uses; multiple SMC sections and Official Land Use Map amendments). No committee vote or final action recorded in the minutes.
Meeting convened at 9:32 a.m. and adjourned at 11:35 a.m.; five members present (Eddie Lin, Dan Strauss, Dionne Foster, Joy Hollingsworth, Alexis Mercedes Rinck).

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Apr 15, 2026, 12:00 AMCouncil Chamber, City Hall 600 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104scheduled

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Call To Order
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An ordinance relating to land use and zoning; rezoning certain land in the University District, the Fremont neighborhood, the Madison/Miller neighborhood, the Rainier Beach neighborhood, and the Downtown neighborhood; rezoning land and amending development standards to increase housing supply, support multi-purpose redevelopment on certain sites with community-based uses, remove code barriers to passive house, modular, and mass timber construction and to conversion from commercial space to housing in more zones, and incentivize community-serving uses along with the construction of more housing in certain areas; amending Sections 23.40.080, 23.47A.009, 23.49.008, 23.49.011, 23.49.036, 23.49.058, and 23.49.158 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Section 23.40.090 to the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Map 1L to Chapter 23.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 60, 76, 109, 112, and 188 of the Official Land Use Map.
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An ordinance relating to land use and zoning; adopting interim provisions to expand the capacity of transitional encampments; and amending Sections 23.42.054 and 23.42.056 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Committee discusses interim encampment provisions and multi-neighborhood rezoning to increase housing

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