Legislation Details

Record No: CB 121196    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 121196
Type: Council Bill (CB) Status: In Committee
Current Controlling Legislative Body Land Use and Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 4/15/2026
Ordinance No:
Title: 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.
Sponsors: Eddie Lin, Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Attachments: 1. Full Text: CB 121196 v1, 2. Att 1 – Eligible Areas for Residential Height Limit Increase, 3. Att 2 – Fremont - Stone Way Rezone Map, 4. Att 3 – Downtown Retail Core Rezone Map, 5. Att 4 – University District Rezone Map, 6. Att 5 – Rainier Beach Rezone Map, 7. Att 6 – Madison - Miller Rezone Map
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Director's Report, 3. Presentation (4/15/26)

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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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