SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119451

• Record No: CB 119451
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 119451
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 1/28/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125764
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adopting a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, and/or approval of applications for development in areas currently used as mobile home parks; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
• Sponsors: Kshama Sawant, Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Proposed Amendment, 3. Signed Ordinance 125764, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/6/2019	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
2/6/2019	2	Mayor	returned
2/6/2019	2	Mayor	returned unsigned
1/28/2019	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
1/28/2019	1	City Council	passed as amended	Pass
1/22/2019	1	City Council	referred
1/22/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
1/22/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
title
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adopting a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, and/or approval of applications for development in areas currently used as mobile home parks; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council ("Council") hereby makes the following legislative findings of fact and declarations:
A. Seattle is facing increasing affordability challenges and many Seattle residents are cost-burdened;
B. Severe housing cost burdens disproportionately impact low-income households;
C. Mobile homes provide affordable shelter for a substantial number of elderly and low-income residents;
D. The few remaining mobile home parks within Seattle are under increased development pressure and the residents of those parks are at risk of being displaced;
E. Similar pressures within the county and region are reducing the number of available sites within and outside Seattle to which mobile homes can relocate;
F. With respect to the affordable housing provided by mobile homes, current development regulations may need to be amended to better advance the housing affordability policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan;
G. A work plan to develop alternative development regulations encouraging preservation of affordable housing provided by the market will inform how the City mitigates development pressure and potential displacement of low-income mobile home residents; and
H. A temporary moratorium is necessary to allow the City to develop that work plan and alternative development regulations.
Section 2. The Council hereby adopts a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, and/or approval of any application to establish a new principal or accessory use, or chang...