On page 2, after line 26, insert the following:
"(5) A county or city may adopt a moratorium on the approval of permit applications for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters if the county or city can demonstrate that the facility has led to an increase in crime or other negative impacts.
Sec. 2. RCW
36.70A.390 and 2021 c 254 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
A county or city governing body that adopts a moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control without holding a public hearing on the proposed moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control, shall hold a public hearing on the adopted moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control within at least sixty days of its adoption, whether or not the governing body received a recommendation on the matter from the planning commission or department. If the governing body does not adopt findings of fact justifying its action before this hearing, then the governing body shall do so immediately after this public hearing. A moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control adopted under this section may be effective for not longer than six months, but may be effective for up to one year if a work plan is developed for related studies providing for such a longer period. A moratorium, interim zoning map, interim zoning ordinance, or interim official control may be renewed for one or more six-month periods if a subsequent public hearing is held and findings of fact are made prior to each renewal.
This section does not apply to the designation of critical areas, agricultural lands, forestlands, and mineral resource lands, under RCW
36.70A.170, and the conservation of these lands and protection of these areas under RCW
36.70A.060, prior to such actions being taken in a comprehensive plan adopted under RCW
36.70A.070 and implementing development regulations adopted under RCW
36.70A.120, if a public hearing is held on such proposed actions. ((
This section does not apply to ordinances or development regulations adopted by a city that prohibit building permit applications for or the construction of transitional housing or permanent supportive housing in any zones in which residential dwelling units or hotels are allowed or prohibit building permit applications for or the construction of indoor emergency shelters and indoor emergency housing in any zones in which hotels are allowed.))"
On page 5, after line 18, insert the following:
"(4) A city may adopt a moratorium on the approval of permit applications for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters if the city can demonstrate that the facility has led to an increase in crime or other negative impacts."
On page 6, after line 6, insert the following:
"(4) A code city may adopt a moratorium on the approval of permit applications for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters if the code city can demonstrate that the facility has led to an increase in crime or other negative impacts."
Removes an existing prohibition against a city adopting a moratorium or interim controls that would prohibit building permit applications for transitional or permanent supportive housing in any zones in which residential dwelling units or hotels are allowed or indoor emergency shelters or housing in any zones in which hotels are allowed.