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.
CB 121196 · Ordinance (Ord) · Passed
Sponsors: Eddie Lin, Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Timeline
- Mar 25, 2026: Mayor's leg transmitted to Council (Mayor)
- Mar 25, 2026: sent for review (City Clerk)
- Apr 8, 2026: sent for review (Council President's Office)
- Apr 14, 2026: referred (City Council)
- Apr 15, 2026: discussed (Land Use and Sustainability Committee)
- May 20, 2026: pass (Land Use and Sustainability Committee)
- Jun 2, 2026: passed (City Council)
- Jun 4, 2026: submitted for Mayor's signature (City Clerk)
- Jun 4, 2026: Signed (Mayor)
- Jun 4, 2026: returned (Mayor)
- Jun 4, 2026: attested by City Clerk (City Clerk)