Washington ADU Zoning Updates: HB 1337

Join us for this special edition 2-hour update webinar providing an overview of Washington's landmark ADU law, HB 1337, the strongest state ADU law passed in the country to date.

Washington House Bill 1337 was passed into law in 2023, thereby requiring Washington cities to update their ADU codes to allow two ADUs, drop owner occupancy, eliminate off-street parking requirements, allow condoization, and reduce impact fees by 50% for ADUs. This law will supersede all existing municipal standards.
 
This webinar will provide an overview of the state law by the Department of Commerce, the authority that administers statewide housing laws in Washington. The presenters will cover how this law is going to be rolled out in practice by municipalities.

The intended audience for this session are ADU practitioners (designers, builders, lenders, appraisers, real estate professionals, entrepreneurs) and municipal planning staff that are seeking to understand how this law will work statewide. 

Gain insights on this legislative topic and and the opportunity to consider how these zoning changes impact development entitlements. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about these new regulations.

Presenters and Moderator

Anne Fritzel (Presenter)

Housing Programs Manager, Washington State Department of Commerce

Anne oversees the GMS housing unit, which includes communicating about and implementing new housing-related planning laws, projecting housing needs and updating the housing element, implementing middle housing and accessory dwelling unit laws, administering housing grant programs including transit-oriented development and the CHIP program, and supporting local multifamily property tax exemption programs.

Anne has worked to implement Washington state’s Growth Management Act and its amendments for over 20 years. Anne has a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, and a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the Queen’s University, in Ontario, Canada.

Adam Weinstein

Department of Planning and Building, City of Kirkland

Adam Weinstein is the Director of Planning & Building for the City of Kirkland, WA, where he oversees long-range planning, sustainability, housing, urban forestry, code enforcement, and all aspects of permitting. He helped lead the effort to liberalize missing middle housing and ADU regulations in Kirkland in 2019 and 2020. Adam first engaged with city planning as a local government beat reporter for his college newspaper, where he wrote stories about light rail, agricultural land protection, and downtown redevelopment. Prior to his position with the City of Kirkland, Adam managed the Planning Division for the City of Pleasanton, CA; prior to that, he was a Berkeley- and Seattle-based Principal at LSA Associates, a small urban planning consulting firm. He has a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master of City Planning from the University of California-Berkeley. Adam lives in Seattle with his wife, two young children, and an ADU.

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• Learn the latest info regarding WA HB 1337 and the status of the draft code language
• Understand zoning regulation impacts and changes from WA 1337 in cities 
• Understand how and when Washington cities are to implement HB 1337
• Consider how these zoning changes will impact development entitlements and ask questions about these new regulations as well as market development feasibility variables

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Live Webinar
Intended for audiences in Washington state

Course Fee 
$49 | Regular Admission
$25 | ADU Specialists, Earth Advantage Accredited Professionals (EA Brokers, AGAs, SHPs), EA Builders, EA Builder sales staff


Questions? Please contact us at ADUTraining@earthadvantage.org or (503) 968-7160 x 165.