Notice of Public Hearing - City Council - Ordinance No. 24C-18 - November 19, 2024
October 16 - Notice is hereby given that the Mercer Island City Council will hold a public hearing at its Hybrid Meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at approximately 5pm, to receive comments on proposed Ordinance No. 24C-18, Interim Regulations related to the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update and HB 1220 for affordable housing capacity and requirements in Title 19 Mercer Island City Code (MICC). Ordinance No. 24C-18 would amend Chapter 19.11 MICC to increase the maximum building height in the Town Center from five to seven stories in the TC-5 and TC-4 Plus subareas and from four to five stories in the TC-4 subarea; increase the required percentage of affordable housing in new development in Town Center from 10 percent to 15 percent; and deepen the affordability requirement for affordable housing units in new development in Town Center from 60 percent to 50 percent of the area median income (AMI) for rental housing and from 90 percent to 80 percent of the AMI for ownership housing.
The public hearing will be held in person and using Zoom. The public will have the opportunity to comment during the public hearings by either attending in person, calling in, or logging onto the meeting as a Zoom attendee. Written comments may be submitted to the City of Mercer Island by email to council@mercerisland.gov until such time that the public hearing is adjourned.
Detailed instructions on how to comment live during the public hearing will be available online on or before November 13, 2024, at: https://www.mercerisland.gov/citycouncil.
Andrea Larson, CMC
City Clerk
Notice:
- Weekly Permit Bulletin - October 14
- City Council Calendar - October 16
- City Council Agenda Distribution List - October 16
- Website Public Notice - October 16
- Mercer Island Reporter - October 16
