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Metro Cities Staff Summary of Legislation specific to housing/zoning/parking requirements/public comment Missing Middle Housing bill — SF 3964 (Mitchell): • Cities of the first-class must allow for the development of between four and ten residential units on all residential lots, regardless of the lot size or water and sewer infrastructure capacity. • Cities of the second, third and fourth class must allow the development of between two and eight residential units on all residential lots, regardless of the lot size or water and sewer infrastructure capacity. • The bill does not consider overall lack of public infrastructure capacity, but forces cities to accept additional density without any consideration for how re -sizing infrastructure will be paid for to support the additional density, which will ultimately be borne by existing residents. • Sets minimum lot size requirements which are unreasonable to support the level of density mandated in the bill. • Prohibits cities from requiring more than one off-street parking space per residential unit, prohibits any off-street parking requirement for a dwelling unit that is less than a mile from a transit stop. Limiting parking minimums while requiring higher density could result in developers underbuilding parking resulting in spillover onto city streets that were not designed to accommodate dense on -street parking. • An expedient administrative design review process for 'middle' housing, this eliminates a resident's ability to voice concerns over material impacts a project would have on their property, taking away local community input. • Limitations on aesthetic mandates. • Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are authorized by right. Multifamily Housing bill — SF 3980 (Pha): • Requires all cities to permit by right a multifamily building up to 150 feet in commercial and residential areas. This does not allow for the ability to ensure reasonable setbacks for fire and safety. • Requires approval if multifamily development is consistent with a city's comprehensive plan, this ignores the long-range planning nature of comprehensive plans. • Allows for no more than one off-street parking space per unit required. • Prohibits public hearings on multifamily residential developments. • Removes building height restrictions.