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City of Tacoma Planning Commission
Chris Beale, Chair Scott Winship, Vice-Chair
Donald Erickson Benjamin Fields
Meredith Neal Anna Petersen
Erle Thompson Stephen Wamback
(vacant)
PRESENTATIONS and HANDOUTS
Regular Meeting of May 6, 2015
1. 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update – Housing Element (PowerPoint Slides; for Discussion Item D-1)
2. Affordable Housing Planning Work Program – Phase 3
(PowerPoint Slides; for Discussion Item D-2)
The City of Tacoma does not discriminate on the basis of disability in any of its programs, activities, or services. To request this information in an alternative format or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Planning and Development Services Department at (253) 591-5056 (voice) or (253) 591-5820 (TTY).
747 Market Street, Room 345 ❚ Tacoma, WA 98402 ❚ (253) 591-5682 ❚ FAX (253) 591-5433 ❚ http://www.cityoftacoma.org/planning
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PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW May 6, 2015
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Agenda Item 1 Outreach Overview
Agenda Item 2 Housing Snapshot/Residential Patterns
Agenda Item 3
Housing Element Draft
2015 Update – Housing Element
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Community Outreach
•Five Community Workshops
•Non-English Speaking Outreach
•Walking Tours
•Survey
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Survey
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Community Outreach
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Topography
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Alleys and Block Structure
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Intersection Junctions
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Median Year Built
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Land-Improvement Ratio
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Housing Snapshot
• Tacoma is an affordable option to buy or rent, regionally
• Tacoma continues to have high rates of cost-burdened households and household prosperity lags the region
» Especially among renter households and low-income households
• Existing housing conditions continue to be a concern
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Housing Snapshot
•Housing Diversity – Missing Middle »64% single family detached »14% of units between 2-9 units »33% multifamily
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Current Housing Element
•Protect, preserve, enhance single family •Neighborhood Design and Investment •Focus on existing housing stock •Quality design, resource efficient •Specific incentives/requirements •Dispersal of high risk populations •No policy on displacement/homelessness
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options • Housing Access • Housing Location • Housing Affordability • Health, Safety, and Efficiency
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options » Expand and diversify in all neighborhoods » Maintain sufficient capacity to meet housing targets » Strive to capture 35% of Urban Pierce County’s
Residential Growth » Existing housing stock is still part of the solution
• Housing Location • Housing Access • Housing Affordability • Health, Safety, and Efficiency
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options • Housing Access » Equitable access – continue to address fair housing
concerns, remove barriers » Foster inclusive communities » Recognize affordability as barrier » Anticipate/monitor effects of investments, plans, actions on
displacement and take corrective actions » Aging in place
• Housing Location • Housing Affordability • Health, Safety, and Efficiency
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options • Housing Access • Housing Location » Higher density housing in and around centers, to take
advantage of opportunities/amenities » Promote transit supportive densities on corridors » Strive to accommodate 80% of new units within and
around centers » New affordable housing in high opportunity areas
• Housing Affordability • Health, Safety, and Efficiency
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options • Housing Location • Housing Access • Housing Affordability » Expand » Variety » Household prosperity » Support regional planning and cooperation » Promote a housing continuum
• Health, Safety, and Efficiency
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Proposed Chapter
• Diverse and Expanding Options • Housing Access • Housing Location • Housing Affordability • Health, Safety, and Efficiency » Support for healthy, active living » Energy efficient, low impact, durable development » Walkable site design and integration into community » Repair, rehabilitate existing housing stock
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Commission Feedback
•Are these the right messages? •Do the policies balance neighborhood infill
appropriately with focus on centers/corridors? •Are the target numbers appropriate (35/80/25)? » Corrective actions to address involuntary displacement.
•More consideration for what we control? •Thoughts on formatting/ layout/ titling? » Other residential design elements shifted to Design and
Development Chapter. » Still a question on how best to incorporate specific
actions/work program items.
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Affordable Housing Planning Work Program (Phase 3)
Planning Commission May 6, 2015
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R-zoned Parcels (Excluding Larger Non-Residential)
Zoning Total Acreage Average Single Family
Use Sq. Ft. R1 1,385 11,796 R2 9,990 7,667 R2-SRD 581 5,479 R3 524 5,938 R4 214 4,168 R4L 399 6,205 HMR-SRD 122 5,479 R5 3 6,718
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What’s missing (from our zoning)?
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Infill strategies
Accessory Dwelling Units
Small Lots Denser housing in single-family zones
Cottage housing
Planned Residential Districts
Size of the site
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1. Lot size flexibility options Lot size averaging
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CAPO density bonus
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2. R2-SRD and HMR-SRD
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2. Special Review Districts 3,500 sf lots
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CUPs for 2- and 3-family
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3. Pilot Residential Infill Program
Administrative design review Design principles:
– Context-responsive – Pedestrian-oriented
Get some good examples built Perfect the code Sustainability features 12
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Pilot Infill Options Detached ADU’s
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Corner 2-family
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Pilot Infill Options R-3 multi-family
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Cottage housing
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4. Planned Residential Districts updates
PRD’s as “innovation district”
– Meet design principles – Sustainability features
Minimums: 1 acre, 15% common open space
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5. Incentives & Upzones Follow RCW 36.70A.540
– 20 units or more – 10% of units at 80% AMI or 5% at 50% AMI* – Fee in lieu option
Bonuses – PRD’s density increases – Downtown FAR increases – Fee reductions (if funded)
Upzones (private initiated)*
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What we are not proposing…
Not changing zoning district locations (at
this time) Density bonuses in additional areas Transfer of Development Rights – housing
option Required affordability with City-initiated
upzones
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Issues & Next Steps Draft code in June
– Outreach – Running scenarios
We’re working on… Conservation Districts Design standards Calibrating incentives Sustainability features 18