HB 1517: Transit-oriented development

Summary

• Establishes that fully planning cities may not enact or enforce any new development regulation within a station area or station hub that prohibits the siting of multifamily residential housing on parcels where any other residential use is permissible, with some exceptions.
• Prohibits fully planning cities from enacting or enforcing any new development regulation within a station area or station hub that imposes a maximum floor area ratio of less than the transit-oriented density or imposes a maximum residential density, measured in residential units per acre or other metric of land area.
• Prohibits cities and counties planning under the Growth Management Act from requiring off-street parking as a condition of permitting development within a station area.
• Requires the Department of Transportation to provide technical assistance and establish grant programs.
• Expands the categorical exemption for infill development.

From the House Bill Analysis 2023 (HB 1517), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗