Bothell Sound

Development · Dec 10, 2024

Bothell's 2024 comprehensive plan update was scheduled for a Dec. 10 ordinance vote

In records posted ahead of the Dec. 10, 2024 meeting, Bothell's City Council agenda listed ordinances that would adopt the final 2024 Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan and related zoning and housing code changes 1.

What the records say

In materials posted ahead of the Dec. 10, 2024 meeting, the City Council agenda listed AB #24-208 under Ordinances & Resolutions 1. The item covered ordinances that would adopt the final 2024 Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update and associated Bothell Municipal Code development regulation amendments 1. The recommended action was to approve the ordinances 1. The attachments listed in the record included a comprehensive plan ordinance; amendments to Title 11; technical corrections to BMC Titles 12 and 15; amendments to Title 12 housing; amendments to Chapter 12.26 on nonconforming uses; an amendment to Section 12.32.100 on site plan review; amendments to Title 12 zoning; and adoption of Chapter 15.07 for unit lot subdivisions 1. The same packet includes draft minutes showing the City Council held and closed a public hearing on the final draft comprehensive plan and associated draft code amendments on Nov. 26, 2024, continued from Nov. 19 1. Analysis: In plain terms, the package would update the city's long-range growth plan and change several rules that shape housing and development.

  • The Dec. 10, 2024 City Council agenda listed AB #24-208 under Ordinances & Resolutions 1.
  • The recommended action was to approve ordinances adopting the final 2024 Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update and associated code amendments 1.
  • The attachments included changes to Title 11, Title 12 housing, zoning, nonconforming use, site plan review, and a new Chapter 15.07 for unit lot subdivisions 1.
  • Draft minutes in the same packet show the public hearing on the final draft plan and code amendments was held and closed at the Nov. 26, 2024 meeting 1.
  • The available records do not establish the Dec. 10 meeting's outcome 1.

Why it matters

The ordinances listed in the record cover zoning, housing rules, nonconforming uses, site plan review, and unit lot subdivisions 1. Analysis: Those are the local rules that help determine what can be built, how housing can be arranged, and how development applications are reviewed, so the package could matter to residents following growth in Bothell. The record does not establish whether the Council approved the ordinances on Dec. 10 or what final terms were adopted 1.

What changed / what's next

  • The record proposed adopting the final 2024 Imagine Bothell Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update 1.
  • It also proposed amendments to Bothell Municipal Code development regulations, including Title 11, Title 12 housing, zoning, nonconforming use, site plan review, and a new Chapter 15.07 for unit lot subdivisions 1.
  • The available records do not establish whether the Council approved the ordinances on Dec. 10, 2024, or the final adopted terms 1.
  • Final ordinance language is not included in the supplied record beyond the attachment titles and the draft Chapter 15.07 text 1.
  • The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.