Bill > HB2269

This bill amends existing law to allow counties to permit "middle housing" types, which refers to housing types like duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, and cottage clusters, in unincorporated areas. Specifically, it permits middle housing on parcels that currently allow single-family residences in designated "limited areas of more intensive rural development" and in "urban growth areas." The bill clarifies that if a county authorizes middle housing, it can allow up to four residential units per lot, and the development standards for middle housing should not be more restrictive than those for single-family homes, though standard development regulations like setbacks and lot coverage can still apply. Furthermore, the bill mandates that middle housing in these rural areas must be served by a publicly owned sanitary sewer system or a large on-site sewage system (a system designed to treat sewage from multiple homes), and in non-rural counties, it must be served by a publicly owned sanitary sewer system. For urban growth areas, middle housing must be served by both water and sewer services. The bill also defines "rural county" and "large on-site sewage system" for the purposes of this section.