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Select Committee on Citywide Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA)

Monday, April 16, 2018 · 10:30 AM AM · Council Chamber, City Hall 600 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104

TL;DR

Seattle's City Council held a committee meeting to discuss a major ordinance on Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA), which would require affordable units in new residential developments and rezone certain areas throughout the city. The ordinance involves extensive changes to Seattle's development standards and zoning rules to increase housing affordability. The committee discussed the proposal but did not take final action at this meeting.

Key Decisions

  • Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) Ordinance Discussed (no final vote recorded)
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the Full Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
  2. Please Note: Times listed are estimated
  3. Call To Order
  4. Chair's Report
  5. Items of Business
  6. 1. AN ORDINANCE relating to Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA); rezoning certain land and modifying development standards throughout the City, implementing MHA requirements, and modifying existing development standards to improve livability; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) at pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198, 200, 203, 205, 206, 208, 215, 216, 217, 218, and 219 of the Official Land Use Map; amending Sections 23.30.010, 23.34.008, 23.34.010, 23.34.011, 23.34.012, 23.34.024, 23.44.002, 23.44.006, 23.44.008, 23.44.010, 23.44.012, 23.44.014, 23.44.016, 23.44.022, 23.44.024, 23.44.034, 23.44.041, 23.44.042, 23.45.502, 23.45.508, 23.45.509, 23.45.510, 23.45.512, 23.45.514, 23.45.516, 23.45.517, 23.45.518, 23.45.520, 23.45.522, 23.45.529, 23.45.536, 23.45.545, 23.47A.002, 23.47A.005, 23.47A.008, 23.47A.009, 23.47A.012, 23.47A.013, 23.47A.014, 23.47A.017, 23.48.002, 23.48.021, 23.48.025, 23.48.040, 23.48.055, 23.48.300, 23.48.320, 23.48.325, 23.48.400, 23.48.420, 23.48.421, 23.48.620, 23.48.623, 23.48.627, 23.48.635, 23.48.640, 23.48.645, 23.48.646, 23.48.650, 23.50.020, 23.50.026, 23.50.028, 23.50.053, 23.50.055, 23.53.006, 23.53.025, 23.54.015, 23.54.040, 23.58A.002, 23.58A.014, 23.58B.040, 23.58B.050, 23.58C.040, 23.58C.050, 23.58D.002, 23.58D.006, 23.71.030, 23.73.009, 23.73.010, 23.73.014, 23.73.024, 23.74.010, 23.76.060, 23.84A.002, 23.84A.048, 23.86.002, 23.86.007, 23.86.012, 23.86.014, 23.86.015, 23.86.016, 23.86.019, 23.91.002, and 25.11.060 of the SMC; adding Sections 23.34.006, 23.44.009, 23.44.011, 23.44.017, 23.44.018, 23.44.019, 23.44.020, 23.45.530, 23.48.050, 23.48.340, 23.48.345, 23.48.445, 23.48.900, 23.48.905, 23.48.920, 23.48.940, and 23.48.945 to the SMC; repealing Sections 23.34.026, 23.43.006, 23.43.008, 23.43.010, 23.43.012, 23.43.040, 23.48.425, 23.48.621, 23.48.721, 23.58A.025, 23.58A.026, 23.58A.028, and 23.71.040 of the SMC; recodifying Section 23.44.018 of the SMC as Section 23.44.021; and amending the titles of Chapter 23.45 and Subchapter IV of Chapter 23.58A of the SMC.
    Council Bill (CB)
    Action: discussed

    The Council Bill (CB) was discussed in Committee.

  7. Public Comment
  8. Adjournment