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Seattle Backyard Cottages
We have been working hard to get the City of Seattle to agree to allow Backyard Cottages, or DADUs (detached accessory dwelling units). It gives owners opportunity and choice to provide additional...
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Backyard Cottages – Multigenerational Housing comes to Seattle
Here at CAST we have been watching the Seattle City Council very closely over the past few months as they contemplate passing an ordinance that would allow homeowners to construct backyard cottages, or...
View ArticleSeattle Multi Family Code update: news from yesterday’s meeting
CAST has been involved in reworking the Multi-family code for the City of Seattle–this byzantine, arcane legacy that seems to produce the dreaded Four Pack/Six Pack around a shared auto court. The...
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Multifamily code update
In the last month, the City Council paid 3 groups to study the new MF code and flesh out some likely outcomes (good and bad) and propose revisions to the code. It is a complex issue–the code...
View ArticleSEATTLE BACKYARD COTTAGES-UPCOMING VOTE
The Planning, Land-Use and Neighborhood Committee is planning on voting on the Backyard Cottages on October 8th. Â Last chance to make yourself heard on this issue! It will be a packed agenda, with...
View ArticleQuicker permitting for green projects
Seattle’s DPD just announced a program to accelerate permitting for sustainable projects, called Green Q, as in ‘queue.’ Applicants need to commit to construction waste recycling, dwelling units under...
View ArticleSeattle Backyard Cottages-Land Use meeting recap
We’re almost there–the committee passed the measure to allow backyard cottages in Seattle. Next stop will be City Council. There are some notable amendments to the ordinance–the 50 per year allowed...
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My backyard cottage idea: what would you do?
northwest perspective showing clerestory band wrapping studio and office north elevation: office over guest suite to the left/studio to the right With the impending vote on the backyard cottage...
View ArticleBreaking—Backyard cottages pass 9-0!
The ordinance  to allow backyard cottages in the other three quarters of Seattle just passed 9-0!  The council’s comments focused on the exhaustive community outreach, successful pilot program and...
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