KCC Title 21A grants density bonuses, height increases, and reduced parking when projects in unincorporated King County provide deed-restricted affordable housing or other public benefits.
KCC 21A.34 affordable housing incentives let developers build above the base density when they set aside units for households at or below specified area median income levels for at least 50 years. Bonuses scale with the depth of affordability and apply most strongly within urban growth boundaries near transit. Cities like Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland run their own Mandatory Housing Affordability or incentive zoning programs that layer on top of state law RCW 36.70A.540.
Failure to record covenants or maintain affordability triggers permit revocation, monetary recapture of the bonus value, and denial of future incentives across King County jurisdictions.
Bellevue, WA
Outdoor music must comply with BCC 9.18 limits. Special events with amplified sound require a noise variance from the City Clerk and typically must end by 10...
Bellevue, WA
Aircraft noise is federally preempted by the FAA. Bellevue sits in the Sea-Tac contour near Renton Municipal Airport. Complaints go to Port of Seattle Aviati...
Bellevue, WA
Bellevue treats habitual barking as a nuisance under BCC Title 8 and BCC 9.18. King County Regional Animal Services investigates complaints and issues warnin...
Bellevue, WA
Bellevue enforces RCW 46.55 and BCC 11.23 against vehicles left on streets more than 72 hours or stored inoperable on private property, with impoundment and ...
Bellevue, WA
RCW 16.60 governs boundary fences and cost-sharing in Washington. LUC 20.20.400 controls height and placement. Spite fences allow civil remedy. Get a survey ...
Bellevue, WA
Bellevue prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing in residential zones; chain link is allowed but discouraged in front yards by design guid...
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