Seattle Council Committee Report
Land Use and Sustainability
Committee
Council Chamber, City
Hall
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 9:30 AM
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City 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.
Please Note: Times listed are estimated
A. Call To Order
Meeting Start Time: 9:35 a.m.
Presiding Officer: Councilmember Lin
5 - Eddie Lin, Dan Strauss, Dionne Foster, Joy Hollingsworth,Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Present:
B. Approval of the Agenda
C. Public Comment
D. Items of Business
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
1.
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.
A Public Hearing was held.
The Committee recommends that City Council pass the Council Bill (CB).
4 - Lin, Strauss, Foster,Rinck
In Favor:
None
Opposed:
Abstain:
1 - Hollingsworth
