Signed by Governor Jay Inslee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that reduces various building construction requirements for housing developments in urban areas in Washington.

Highlights:

• Requires cities and counties planning under this chapter to enforce land use regulations for residential development including that (Sec. 1.1):

• Garage and carports may not be required to meet minimum parking regulations;

• Parking spaces that count towards minimum requirements can be enclosed or unenclosed; 

• Parking spaces in tandem must count towards meeting minimum requirements at a rate of one space for every 20 feet; 

• Tandem as having two or more vehicles within a single means of ingress or egress;

• Existence of gravel surfacing will not prohibit the utilization of the parking space;

• Parking spaces may not be required to exceed twenty feet by twenty feet; 

• Any county planning under this chapter may not require off-street parking; and

• Parking spaces that consist of grass may count towards minimum parking requirements; 

• Exempts parking spaces that do not meet the requirements of this section to be resized and existing paved parking spaces (Sec. 2). 

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