HB 1998 - NYU Furman Center

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill #	State	Year	Party	Topic
HB 1998	WA	2024	D	"Co-Living" and Single-Room Occupancy, By-right zoning, Minimum parking requirements, Streamline hearings

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Summary

Provides that by December 31, 2025, a fully planned city or county, under the Growth Management Act, must adopt development regulations in its planning resolution that allow for co-living housing on any lot located within an urban growth area that allows at least six multifamily residential units, including on a lot zoned for mixed use development.
In addition, a city or county may not require co-living housing to:

contain room dimensional standards larger than that required by the State Building Code for multifamily housing, including dwelling unit size, sleeping unit size, room area, and habitable space;
provide a mix of unit sizes or number of bedrooms;
provide more than 0.25 parking spaces per sleeping unit;
provide any off-street parking within a mile of a major transit stop; or
Meet any standards that are more restrictive than those that are required for other types of residential uses in the same zone.

Co-living housing is defined as a residential development with sleeping units that are independently rented and lockable and provide living and sleeping space, and residents share kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building.

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