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3 results for “timber ordinance” · minutes

  • Land Use and Sustainability Committee — Minutes 2026-05-20

    May 20, 2026

    ·Seattle, WA
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    The Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee met on May 20, 2026, with five members present (Councilmembers Lin, Strauss, Foster, Hollingsworth, and Rinck), chaired by Councilmember Lin. The committee recommended passage of CB 121196, a comprehensive zoning ordinance affecting the University District, Fremont, Madison/Miller, Rainier Beach, and Downtown neighborhoods that rezones land, amends development standards to increase housing supply, removes barriers to passive house and mass timber construction, and incentivizes community-serving uses, with the vote 4–1 in favor (Hollingsworth abstained). CB 121214, which introduces a new data center definition and establishes a moratorium on data center applications, and CB 121215, which clarifies council land use decision processes, were discussed but no votes were recorded.

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Land Use and Sustainability Committee — Minutes 2026-04-15

Apr 15, 2026

·Seattle, WA
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The Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee met on April 15, 2026, from 9:32 a.m. to 11:35 a.m., with five council members present under the presiding officer Councilmember Lin. The committee discussed two ordinances: CB 121195, which addresses interim provisions to expand transitional encampment capacity and amends Seattle Municipal Code Sections 23.42.054 and 23.42.056; and CB 121196, which rezones land in five neighborhoods (University District, Fremont, Madison/Miller, Rainier Beach, and Downtown) to increase housing supply, remove barriers to passive house and mass timber construction, and support conversion of commercial space to housing. Both council bills were discussed but no votes or formal actions are recorded in the minutes.

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  • Board of Supervisors:

    Carlisle, PA
    Minutes

    The Center Township Board of Supervisors held a regular meeting on June 12, 2024, at the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company Firehall in Butler, Pennsylvania. During the public comment period, a resident questioned the timber ordinance's prohibition on portable sawmills; the board decided to amend the ordinance to specify "no commercial portable sawmills" to allow private property owners to use portable sawmills on their own land. The board approved previous meeting minutes, the May 2024 Treasurer's Report, two warrant lists, and appointed Ryan Crawford as Step-Up Foreman of the Road Crew; May zoning report data showed construction costs of $2,290,000 with $2,943.29 in fees collected.

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