YIMBY News for 2/8

[Eric Budd]

Seattle Poised to Remove SEPA Review Hurdle for Most Housing Projects

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 56.36. affordable, apartment, comprehensive plan, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, housing, infill, mixed-use, occupancy, parking, parking garage, parking lot, preservation, project, public space, rent, transportation, urban, zone, zoning

Several months after the expiration of a two-year environmental review holiday for residential and mixed-use projects under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), the Seattle City Council has advanced legislation to make those exemptions permanent and significantly limit SEPA for commercial development. The legislation passed out of the council’s Land Use and Sustainability Committee with a “do pass” recommendation on Wednesday, and heads to the full council meeting on Tuesday, February 10. At the meeting on Wednesday, a handful of builders and housing advocates spoke in favor of the refor

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Bothell Housing Boom Brewing in Wake of Recent Zoning Reforms

The Urbanist

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KEYWORD SCORE: 49.38. affordable, affordable housing, apartment, construction, density, development, downtown, growth, house, housing, income, parking, parking lot, project, rent, urban, zone, zoning

Sometime in the 1960s, the City of Bothell adopted the motto, “Welcome to Bothell…for a day or a lifetime.” These days, the city is really making good on that motto by making room for new lifetime visitors, with a building boom brewing on the horizon thanks to an array of new housing reforms. That potential boom is poised to buck a region-wide trend of declining housing permit volumes, suggesting that stringent requirements for builders have been holding back jurisdictions across Puget Sound. The new zoning regulations approved by the Bothell City Council in 2024 upped maximum densities permit

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