City of Tacoma Planning Commission

Chris Beale, Chair Scott Winship, Vice-Chair

Donald Erickson Benjamin Fields

Meredith Neal Anna Petersen

Erle Thompson Stephen Wamback

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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)

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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.

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

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

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

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

Pilot Infill Options Detached ADU’s

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Corner 2-family

Pilot Infill Options R-3 multi-family

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Cottage housing

4. Planned Residential Districts updates

PRD’s as “innovation district”

– Meet design principles – Sustainability features

Minimums: 1 acre, 15% common open space

Density bonus:1.25 to 2.0 x base zoning – Affordability, sustainability features 15

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