SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 120265

• Record No: CB 120265
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 120265
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/29/2022
• Ordinance No: Ord 126555
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to land use regulation of home occupations; extending for six months interim development controls established by Ordinance 126293 to allow home-based businesses to operate with fewer limitations during the COVID-19 civil emergency; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Dan Strauss
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation on C.B. 120001 (2/24/21), 3. Central Staff Memo on C.B. 120001 (3/10/21), 4. Central Staff Memo (3/23/22), 5. Signed Ordinance 126555, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/5/2022	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/5/2022	1	Mayor	returned
4/5/2022	1	Mayor	Signed
3/30/2022	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/29/2022	1	City Council	passed	Pass
3/23/2022	1	Land Use Committee	pass	Pass
3/9/2022	1	Land Use Committee	discussed
2/8/2022	1	City Council	referred
2/7/2022	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/4/2022	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use regulation of home occupations; extending for six months interim development controls established by Ordinance 126293 to allow home-based businesses to operate with fewer limitations during the COVID-19 civil emergency; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council makes the following legislative findings of fact and declarations:
A. The Council incorporates by reference the findings of fact contained in Ordinance 126293, with the exception of Section 1(H) of that ordinance.
B. In March 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance 126293, establishing interim development controls relaxing certain restrictions on the operation of home occupations during the ongoing COVID-19 civil emergency and adopting a work program for the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, in consultation with the Office of Economic Development, to develop and propose permanent modification of land use regulations for home occupations.
C. Although the City has worked to develop permanent regulations, the work has not been completed and the City Council is unlikely to act upon any proposed permanent regulations, or for those regulations to be effective, until after the expiration of the interim development controls on April 21, 2022.
D. If the City Council does not adopt permanent regulations that are effective before the expiration of the interim development controls, the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections would be limited to enforcing restrictions on home occupations that existed prior to the pandemic. If this were to occur, home-based small businesses, which have relocated from storefronts or commercially leased locations due to the decline in commercial activity during the pandemic, may no longer be able to operate out of their curre...