HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-19-22 Public Comment - M. Wictor - Public Comment 5-19-2022 on Definitions, housing & Affordability--Bozeman, MT plus OR,CA &WAFrom:Mary Wictor
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Subject:Fw: Public Comment 5-19-2022 on Definitions, Housing, & Affordability--Bozeman, MT plus OR, CA, & WA
Date:Thursday, May 19, 2022 12:22:10 PM
Attachments:Binder-BozMT OR WA CA legislative bills ~ Affordability & Housing Production.pdf
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{Note: my laptop computer hung & I accidently emailed an earlier DRAFT of this email about Noon.Please delete & disregard that one.} ----- CORRECT Message -----From: Mary Wictor <mwictor@yahoo.com>To: Agenda <agenda@bozeman.net>Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2022, Sent in before 3pm PDTSubject: Public Comment 5-19-2022 on Definitions for Housing--from Bozeman MT, and also from OR,CA, & WA
I hope this email text can be provided along WITH the attached .pdf file [to create 1 single .pdf with text &attachment] to the following: Bozeman CITY COMMISSION & Community Development Board along with appropriate City Staff &Management
+++++++++++++++++Dear City of Bozeman--Commissioners, Board members, and City leadership:I hope you have been able to take the time to read and review my Public Comments #1 & #2 from5/16/2022 to the CommDevBoard, and the brief text supplement I emailed on 5/17/2022 to the CityCommission. These inputs relate to the DEFINITIONs in upcoming Ordinance 2111
Here's more research/info for your consideration with Affordable Housing and also will help with
Housing Affordability and VARIETY.
Best Regards, Mary Wictor 425-283-7253 mobileOwner: 1504 Boylan Rd, Bozeman, MT 59715 and other properties in Bozeman & in Gallatin County
Bozeman, MONTANA
From Page 36 of 148 in the 2020 Bozeman Community Plan, COPY/PASTE of and
Goal N-3: Promote a diverse supply ofquality housing units....
N-3.8 Promote the development of "MissingMiddle" housing (side by side or stackedduplex, triplex, live-work, cottagehousing, group living, rowhouses/townhouses, etc.) as one of the mostcritical components of affordablehousing.
also see in the attached with yellow-highlighting "Missing Middle" page 145 of 148 in the 2020 BCP fromOpticos that has their image.[This week I asked that Missing Middle Housing definition include courtyard building, and also to consideradding ADUs and Tiny home.]
Last fall 2021 I had provided information via Public Comment about legislature bills addressing housing
from Oregon & California passed, and bills Washington state was/is considering and working on. Beloware some text excerpts and also see the .pdf info attached.
OREGON -- Was the first West-coast state to pass legislation for increasing housing types andaddressing affordability.[1-page overview appears in the attached .pdf file]
WA STATE-- Couple definitions including Middle Housing and Stacked Flats, etc excepted from Feb
2022 draft of WA's HB 1782.[2-page excerpt included and definitions highlighted. I recall one meeting where Mayor Andrus had asked,
"What are stacked flats?"]
In practice, HB 1782 would allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes, and
more — known more colloquially as “middle housing” — in areas within a half mile of
transit stops in cities with populations over 20,000, affecting just over 70 cities in
Washington.
CALIFORNIA
Article from The National Law Review, here's the direct link below, but also a .pdf Print of the article is
included in the attached .pdf
Perhaps the last two pages with bullets are the easiest to read and consider the usefulness of the ideas
for Bozeman, MT?
These appear under the Senate Bill 9 headers, on the final 2-pages of the attached .pdf
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/three-new-california-laws-to-facilitate-housing-production OR
California Enacts New Housing Legislation to Increase Supply and Address HousingCrisis. On September 16, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed several new key
housing bills, all of which take effect January 1, 2022, to increase the supply of new
housing in California and address the state's ongoing housing supply crisis.
Senate Bill 9 is a California state law that enables homeowners to split their single-
family residential lot into two separate lots and build up to two new housing units on
each.
WA STATE: What does HB 1782 mean for townhomes?
House Bill 2001: More Housing Choices for Oregonians
In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2001, a bipartisan bill to help provide Oregonians with
more housing choices, especially housing choices more people can afford.
The new law lets people build certain traditional housing types
that already exist in most cities, instead of being limited to a
single housing type.
House Bill 2001 requires updates of local rules that have limited
what sorts of housing people could build. These limitations have
led to increased housing costs.
The Need for More Diverse, Affordable Choices
People need a variety of housing choices. Today, too many
Oregonians are paying too much for the housing they have and
are limited to renting or buying detached single-unit homes.
Meanwhile, the composition of Oregon households is shifting;
more than a quarter of households today are a single person living
alone.
At different times in their lives, we have different needs. Imagine what sort of housing a young adult
might want or be able to afford, or think of the needs of a retired person.
The Bill: Traditional Housing Types Allowed in Most Neighborhoods Soon
Under the bill, by June 30, 2021, Oregon’s medium-sized cities must allow Oregonians to build duplexes
in areas zoned for single-family dwellings. Most cities already allowed duplexes in certain circumstances.
By June 30, 2022, cities in the Portland Metro region and Oregon’s other largest dozen cities (those over
25,000 population), must allow people to build duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, cottage clusters, and
townhouses in residential areas.
These houses can be more affordable and meet the housing needs of many younger people, older
people, and people who work hard but can’t afford a large detached house of their own.
The bill also provided $3.5 million for technical assistance to cities, and has other details. Read the bill
for details: olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001/Enrolled
Siting and Design Flexibility; Transformation Expected to be Gradual
While the bill re-legalizes certain housing types, the bill is about choices. People can still build detached
single-family homes. We expect most homes in residential areas to be built as such.
Cities can set reasonable siting and design requirements on the houses, including making sure there is
adequate infrastructure. The bill directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD)
to help cities figure this out.
While the law allows traditional housing types, DLCD expects the transformation of housing choices to
be gradual. Cities have allowed some of these types in certain areas. Not many have been built. Local
knowledge of how to build these housing types will grow over time. The building of them will depend on
local housing markets.
Learn More and Sign Up to Stay Informed
www.oregon.gov/lcd/UP/Pages/Housing-Choices.aspx
Ethan Stuckmayer, Senior Housing Planner, ethan.stuckmayer@state.or.us (503) 934-0619
Before being outlawed, non-single-unit homes have
long been built in our cities; this is a Salem triplex.
(((14))) (16) "Geologically hazardous areas" means areas that 1
because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or 2
other geological events, are not suited to the siting of commercial, 3
residential, or industrial development consistent with public health 4
or safety concerns.5
(((15))) (17) "Long-term commercial significance" includes the 6
growing capacity, productivity, and soil composition of the land for 7
long-term commercial production, in consideration with the land's 8
proximity to population areas, and the possibility of more intense 9
uses of the land.10
(((16))) (18) "Low-income household" means a single person, 11
family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is 12
at or below eighty percent of the median household income adjusted 13
for household size, for the county where the household is located, as 14
reported by the United States department of housing and urban 15
development.16
(((17))) (19) "Major transit stop" means:17
(a) A stop on a high capacity transportation system funded or 18
expanded under the provisions of chapter 81.104 RCW;19
(b) Commuter rail stops;20
(c) Stops on rail or fixed guideway systems, including 21
transitways;22
(d) Stops on bus rapid transit routes or routes that run on high 23
occupancy vehicle lanes;24
(e) Stops for a bus or other transit mode providing actual fixed 25
route service at intervals of at least 15 minutes for at least five 26
hours during the peak hours of operation on weekdays; or27
(f) Washington state ferry terminals.28
(20) "Middle housing" means duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, 29
attached and detached accessory dwelling units, cottage housing, 30
stacked flats, townhouses, and courtyard apartments.31
(21) "Minerals" include gravel, sand, and valuable metallic 32
substances.33
(((18))) (22) "Moderate-income household" means a single person, 34
family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is 35
at or below 120 percent of the median household income adjusted for 36
household size, for the county where the household is located, as 37
reported by the United States department of housing and urban 38
development.39
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(e) That reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land 1
into sprawling, low-density development;2
(f) That generally do not require the extension of urban 3
governmental services; and4
(g) That are consistent with the protection of natural surface 5
water flows and groundwater and surface water recharge and discharge 6
areas.7
(((24))) (28) "Rural development" refers to development outside 8
the urban growth area and outside agricultural, forest, and mineral 9
resource lands designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170. Rural 10
development can consist of a variety of uses and residential 11
densities, including clustered residential development, at levels 12
that are consistent with the preservation of rural character and the 13
requirements of the rural element. Rural development does not refer 14
to agriculture or forestry activities that may be conducted in rural 15
areas.16
(((25))) (29) "Rural governmental services" or "rural services" 17
include those public services and public facilities historically and 18
typically delivered at an intensity usually found in rural areas, and 19
may include domestic water systems, fire and police protection 20
services, transportation and public transit services, and other 21
public utilities associated with rural development and normally not 22
associated with urban areas. Rural services do not include storm or 23
sanitary sewers, except as otherwise authorized by RCW 36.70A.110(4).24
(((26))) (30) "Short line railroad" means those railroad lines 25
designated class II or class III by the United States surface 26
transportation board.27
(((27))) (31) "Stacked flat" means dwelling units in a two or 28
three story residential building on a residential zoned lot in which 29
each floor may be separately rented or owned and is a discrete 30
dwelling unit.31
(32) "Townhouses" means dwelling units constructed in a row of 32
two or more attached units, where each dwelling unit is located on an 33
individual lot or parcel and shares at least one common wall with an 34
adjacent unit.35
(33) "Urban governmental services" or "urban services" include 36
those public services and public facilities at an intensity 37
historically and typically provided in cities, specifically including 38
storm and sanitary sewer systems, domestic water systems, street 39
cleaning services, fire and police protection services, public 40
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