HB1923 Grant - Housing Options

The 2019 Washington State Legislature passed E2SHB 1923, encouraging all cities planning under the Growth Management Act (GMA) to increase residential building capacity. Five million in grant assistance was provided for local governments to adopt certain actions listed in RCW 36.70A.600 to achieve that goal.

The City of Fife selected four of the approved actions and was awarded a grant through the Department of Commerce for work related to a proposed series of zoning code changes that are intended to increase housing options and residential building capacity. These proposed amendments are first presented to the Fife Planning Commission for discussion, which will then make a recommendation to the Fife City Council for review before any or all of the amendments are adopted into the Fife Municipal Code.

Below are the four housing options code amendments that are being proposed through this grant.

Proposed Amendments to Fife Municipal Code

HB 1923 Department of Commerce Grant Requirements

(Full grant requirements available on the Washington State Department of Commerce's site.)

You may view drafts of the proposed code amendments through the links below. The City of Fife Planning Commission received presentations and discussed the below proposed amendments at meetings held between March 2020 and January 2021. A Public Hearing took place at the Commission's January 11, 2021 meeting where they recommended adoption of the proposed amendments to Council. Fife City Council received an introductory presentation on the proposed amendments at their January 19, 2021 meeting and will hold a Public Hearing at their January 26, 2021 meeting. To access the Public Hearing and future Council meetings, please visit the Fife City Council's page.