BILL REQ. #:  H-1018.1 

Read first time 01/24/2007.   Referred to Committee on Local Government.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring resident notification of proposed housing developments; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.01 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 35A.21 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All cities and towns must deliver in person or by mail a written public notice to all residential dwellings within five hundred feet of a boundary line of a parcel or parcels on which a housing development is proposed that:
     (a) Consists of five or more units intended for permanent residential occupancy, where "permanent residential occupancy" means housing that provides either rental or owner occupancy on a nontransient basis, including owner-occupied or rental accommodation that is leased for a period of at least one month, but excluding hotels and motels that predominantly offer rental accommodation on a daily or weekly basis, as well as temporary housing shelters, transitional and supportive living facilities, and group homes; and
     (b) Is funded in whole or part by:
     (i) A federal or state housing program administered by the department of community, trade, and economic development;
     (ii) A federal housing program administered by a city, town, code city, or county government;
     (iii) An affordable housing levy authorized under RCW 84.52.105; or
     (iv) Any of the surcharges intended to fund housing programs under chapters 36.22, 43.185, 43.185A, 43.185B, and 43.185C RCW.
     (2) The notice required in subsection (1) of this section must be mailed or delivered to the residential dwellings at least fifteen days before any public hearing on the development and within one hundred eighty days of the commencement of construction or renovation. The notice must include information about any public hearing scheduled for the development and information, at a minimum, related to the type of housing to be developed and the number of units and size of the development proposed.
     (3) The requirements of this section are supplemental to any notification requirements of the local jurisdiction.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 36.01 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All counties must deliver in person or by mail a written public notice to all residential dwellings within five hundred feet of a boundary line of a parcel or parcels on which a housing development is proposed that:
     (a) Consists of five or more units intended for permanent residential occupancy, where "permanent residential occupancy" means housing that provides either rental or owner occupancy on a nontransient basis, including owner-occupied or rental accommodation that is leased for a period of at least one month, but excluding hotels and motels that predominantly offer rental accommodation on a daily or weekly basis, as well as temporary housing shelters, transitional and supportive living facilities, and group homes; and
     (b) Is funded in whole or part by:
     (i) A federal or state housing program administered by the department of community, trade, and economic development;
     (ii) A federal housing program administered by a city, town, code city, or county government;
     (iii) An affordable housing levy authorized under RCW 84.52.105; or
     (iv) Any of the surcharges intended to fund housing programs under chapters 36.22, 43.185, 43.185A, 43.185B, and 43.185C RCW.
     (2) The notice required in subsection (1) of this section must be mailed or delivered to the residential dwellings at least fifteen days before any public hearing on the development and within one hundred eighty days of the commencement of construction or renovation. The notice must include information about any public hearing scheduled for the development and information, at a minimum, related to the type of housing to be developed and the number of units and size of the development proposed.
     (3) The requirements of this section are supplemental to any notification requirements of the local jurisdiction.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 35A.21 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All code cities must deliver in person or by mail a written public notice to all residential dwellings within five hundred feet of a boundary line of a parcel or parcels on which a housing development is proposed that:
     (a) Consists of five or more units intended for permanent residential occupancy, where "permanent residential occupancy" means housing that provides either rental or owner occupancy on a nontransient basis, including owner-occupied or rental accommodation that is leased for a period of at least one month, but excluding hotels and motels that predominantly offer rental accommodation on a daily or weekly basis, as well as temporary housing shelters, transitional and supportive living facilities, and group homes; and
     (b) Is funded in whole or part by:
     (i) A federal or state housing program administered by the department of community, trade, and economic development;
     (ii) A federal housing program administered by a city, town, code city, or county government;
     (iii) An affordable housing levy authorized under RCW 84.52.105; or
     (iv) Any of the surcharges intended to fund housing programs under chapters 36.22, 43.185, 43.185A, 43.185B, and 43.185C RCW.
     (2) The notice required in subsection (1) of this section must be mailed or delivered to the residential dwellings at least fifteen days before any public hearing on the development and within one hundred eighty days of the commencement of construction or renovation. The notice must include information about any public hearing scheduled for the development and information, at a minimum, related to the type of housing to be developed and the number of units and size of the development proposed.
     (3) The requirements of this section are supplemental to any notification requirements of the local jurisdiction.