Bill > HB2158

This bill aims to increase the supply of developable land for housing by directing cities and counties to expand their urban growth area boundaries. The key provisions are: 1. Cities and counties must expand their urban growth area boundaries to include all parcels that share a common boundary with, or are located across the road from, a residential parcel with access to urban services. 2. On these included parcels, cities and counties must authorize residential development at the same density as allowed on the adjacent parcels and allow any new residential buildings to connect to available urban services. 3. The bill amends the Growth Management Act to require the expansion of urban growth areas to accommodate the inclusion of these additional parcels, in addition to the growth projected for the next 20-year period. The overall goal is to make more land available for residential development without increasing costs on local governments, by automatically including certain adjacent parcels within the urban growth areas.