Laserfiche WebLink
City of Tukwila My WebLink |HelpSearch Tips |About |Sign Out
City of Tukwila <br />Planning Commission <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES <br />Date: October 26, 2017 <br />Time: 6:30 PM <br />Location: Council Chambers <br />Present: Chair, Miguel Maestas; Vice Chair, Nhan Nguyen; Commissioners, Mike Hansen, <br />Brooke Alford, Sharon Mann, Louise Strander, and Dennis Martinez <br />Staff: Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director; Minnie Dhaliwal, Planning Supervisor; and Wynetta <br />Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary <br />Chair, Maestas called the public hearing to order at 6:37 PM. <br />Adoption Commissioner Strander made a motion to adopt the 9/28/17 minutes. <br />of Minutes: Commissioner Martinez seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. <br />Chair Maestas swore in those wishing to provide testimony and opened the public hearing. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW <br />CASE NUMBER: L17-0067, Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulation Update (ADU) <br />APPLICANT: City of Tukwila <br />REQUEST: Update of regulations for ADUs in the single-family zone including <br />allowing detached ADUs, changes to lot size requirement, number of <br />occupants, number of parking spaces and height, size and design standards. <br />LOCATION: Citywide <br />I. STAFF PRESENTATION <br />Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Department of Community Development, gave the presentation for <br />staff. She provided background, went over the requirements, and information on the housing action <br />policy list, the summer outreach, survey response, and gave an overview of staff's seven policy <br />recommendations and alternatives. She said, the Commission's recommendations to staff will be <br />translated into an ordinance, which they will bring back to the Commission for their review, before <br />taking it to the City Council. Staff also addressed questions for the Commission. <br />II. PUBLIC TESTIMONY <br />Margaret Bratcher, citizen, was supportive of all three ADU options. She said she is glad the <br />City has taken this on and expressed appreciation for the work the Commission has put into this <br />update. <br />Roger Lorenzen, citizen, said the lot size and the height restriction is a huge problem. Further, <br />square foot restrictions would almost eliminate any possibility for older homes to incorporate all <br />1 <br />