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Existing Housing Goals and Policies
The 2015 Stanwood Comprehensive Plan includes the following housing goals and policies:
GOALS | |
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HG-1 | To provide fair and equal access to housing for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, family status, source of income or disability. |
HG-2 | To provide a range of housing types to ensure an adequate choice of living accommodations for those desiring to live in Stanwood. |
HG-3 | To ensure strong, stable residential neighborhoods through public investment in infrastructure and in preserving existing housing units. |
HG-4 | Plan an appropriate mix of residential densities in the City and UGA. |
HG-5 | Encourage larger lots where appropriate. |
HG-6 | Encourage rehabilitation of older housing and infrastructure. |
HG-7 | Create unique residential neighborhoods with a variety of densities. |
HG-8 | Maintain residential character. |
HG-9 | Minimize environmental impacts of new housing developments |
HG-10 | To provide open space and other recreational amenities for residential developments. |
POLICIES | |
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HP-1.1 | Encourage the use of affordable housing techniques and incentives to assure housing opportunities for people of all incomes, ages, and assistance needs. |
HP-1.2 | Encourage housing opportunities for those with housing assistance needs through the use of available regional and federal funding programs. |
HP-1.3 | Disperse small scale special needs housing throughout the residential neighborhoods. Special needs housing provides living arrangements for those with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities where appropriate. |
HP-1.4 | Provide opportunities for siting manufactured housing. |
HP-1.5 | Encourage and assist in rehabilitating and preserving existing affordable housing. |
HP-1.6 | Accept and plan for Stanwood’s “fair share” of the County’s affordable housing needs as determined by the Snohomish County Tomorrow planning process. |
HP-1.7 | Utilize appropriate zoning techniques, including density bonuses for affordable housing, in order to meet the City’s “fair share” of affordable housing goals. |
HP-1.8 | Treat residential structures that provide group homes for children and that meet the definition of “familial status” the same as other residential structures. |
HP-1.9 | Treat residential structures that provide group homes for the disabled and meet the definition of "familial status" the same as other residential structures. |
HP-2.1 | Encourage the development of a full range of housing types to meet the needs of all citizens of Stanwood. |
HP-2.2 | Balance the housing needs of the entire community when determining development regulations. |
HP-2.3 | Allow housing units within commercial buildings in appropriate zones. |
HP-2.4 | Encourage single and multi-family housing close to transportation facilities, public services, and employment centers. |
HP-2.5 | Encourage the development of townhouses or other housing types, utilizing Planned Residential Developments (PRDs) in various areas to promote affordable housing. |
HP-2.6 | Allow manufactured housing in all residential zones, subject to City development regulations. |
HP-2.7 | Allow qualified senior citizen housing developments, which may include housing for disabled persons, to exceed the maximum zoned density requirements in specified areas. |
HP-2.8 | Support opportunities to accommodate home buyers and renters with varying income levels. |
HP-2.9 | Encourage a balance of percentages of housing availability for low, moderate, and high income residents. |
HP-3.1 | Locate residential development within the existing sewer service area and phase it into the projected wastewater service areas as shown in the City Wastewater Facilities Plan. |
HP-3.2 | Encourage pedestrian oriented development where possible to improve safety and sense of community. |
HP-4.1 | Rely on community input, the vision and values for Stanwood, and the assessed future housing needs to make changes in residential densities. Base recommended changes on: |
HP-4.2 | Maintain quality of residential neighborhoods when providing a mix of housing types and densities. |
HP-4.3 | On lots where feasible, allow single-family homes to have accessory units or “mother-in-law apartments” where zoning requirements can be met. Discourage use in areas where on-street parking congestion and other safety factors would cause problems. |
HP-4.4 | Allow mixed residential densities in subdivisions and planned developments where traditional neighborhood goals, designs, and amenities can be achieved for a variety of housing types and densities. |
HP-5.1 | Allow the use of larger lots in areas where there is a demand for larger, more expensive homes and transit service is not as accessible. |
HP-5.2 | Promote the use of large lot development away from the center of the business district. |
HP-6.1 | Develop incentives to encourage property owners to retain and rehabilitate existing or older housing stock. |
HP-6.2 | Promote education on the use of any available programs to rehabilitate housing. |
HP-6.3 | Encourage rehabilitation of older residential and commercial buildings. |
HP-6.4 | Encourage innovative rehabilitation measures such as adaptive reuse of dilapidated residential structures, and where appropriate, adaptive reuse of commercial buildings for residential purposes. |
HP-6.5 | Continue to seek Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and other funds in order to continue investments in older neighborhoods. |
HP-6.6 | Continue to invest in the infrastructure of older neighborhoods. |
HP-6.7 | Encourage improvements of streets and sidewalks on both sides of rights-of-way. |
HP-6.8 | Develop historical guidelines and promote historic preservation. |
HP-6.9 | Involve the Housing Authority of Snohomish County, Snohomish County’s Office of Housing and Community Development, and other service providers in various housing programs. |
HP-6.10 | Encourage the preservation of the exterior of older housing that is being converted to multi-family units. |
HP-7.1 | Encourage the development of quality single family homes. |
HP-7.2 | Encourage the development of quality multi-family homes. |
HP-8.1 | Retain and rehabilitate older or existing housing units. |
HP-8.2 | Encourage development that is similar in character to existing neighborhoods. |
HP-8.3 | Ensure the orderly transition and compatibility of adjacent residential densities. |
HP-9.1 | Ensure new housing developments conform to the City's sensitive area regulations. |
HP-9.2 | Ensure new housing developments conform to the City's adopted drainage manual. |
HP-9.3 | Ensure services for new housing developments are in place concurrently with the occupancy of the structures. |
HP-9.4 | Allow for clustering and smaller lot sizes in return for protection and rehabilitation of sensitive areas. |
HP-9.5 | Protect views by maintaining height limitations. |
HP-10.1 | Require the provision of open space and recreational amenities in new developments to serve those developments. |
HP-10.2 | Collect impact fees from new developments to provide public recreational facilities. |
HP-10.3 | Create a fee-in-lieu-of program to allow residential developments to pay a fee rather than provide small, non-utilized recreation areas. |
HP-10.4 | Allow for clustering and smaller lot sizes in return for larger amounts of open space. |