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City staff regularly propose updates to development regulations to address consistency with state law, stakeholder interests and concerns, and regular code maintenance. This fall staff are seeking feedback on three proposals: business code improvements, conformance with new state legislation, and updates for fences and retaining walls.
Draft changes to the Redmond Zoning Code for all three proposals will be live in November 2025 together with a questionnaire to provide feedback by Dec. 31, 2025.
2025 Legislative Conformance
In 2025 the state legislature enacted several new laws affecting local development regulations. This amendment package will result in updates to the Redmond Zoning Code to address new state laws. It will also address several clean-ups related to Redmond 2050. Topics include subdivision regulations, zoning for child care centers, parking, permitting timelines, building conversions, and miscellaneous corrections.
Business Code Improvements
The City's Economic Development team monitors business interaction with our development regulations. Annually, staff prepares a package of code amendments proposed to improve business use of these regulations. The 2025-2026 package includes:
Ensuring commercial floor area is provided in mixed-use developments by removing opportunity for deviation from adopted code requirements;
Requiring placement of "Businesses Open" where pedestrian access to businesses areimpacted by sidewalk closures;
Updating home-based business allowances;
Simplifying and clarifying opportunities for Food Truck and Pop-Up Retail Courts and for Publicly Accessible Enhanced Amenity Spaces (PEAS); and
Improving definitions of allowed business uses.
Fences and Retaining Walls
The fence updates are intended to synchronize and add clarity to fence requirements, and to evaluate the purpose and intent of regulating fence and retaining wall location, dimensions, permit requirements, and design.
City staff regularly propose updates to development regulations to address consistency with state law, stakeholder interests and concerns, and regular code maintenance. This fall staff are seeking feedback on three proposals: business code improvements, conformance with new state legislation, and updates for fences and retaining walls.
Draft changes to the Redmond Zoning Code for all three proposals will be live in November 2025 together with a questionnaire to provide feedback by Dec. 31, 2025.
2025 Legislative Conformance
In 2025 the state legislature enacted several new laws affecting local development regulations. This amendment package will result in updates to the Redmond Zoning Code to address new state laws. It will also address several clean-ups related to Redmond 2050. Topics include subdivision regulations, zoning for child care centers, parking, permitting timelines, building conversions, and miscellaneous corrections.
Business Code Improvements
The City's Economic Development team monitors business interaction with our development regulations. Annually, staff prepares a package of code amendments proposed to improve business use of these regulations. The 2025-2026 package includes:
Ensuring commercial floor area is provided in mixed-use developments by removing opportunity for deviation from adopted code requirements;
Requiring placement of "Businesses Open" where pedestrian access to businesses areimpacted by sidewalk closures;
Updating home-based business allowances;
Simplifying and clarifying opportunities for Food Truck and Pop-Up Retail Courts and for Publicly Accessible Enhanced Amenity Spaces (PEAS); and
Improving definitions of allowed business uses.
Fences and Retaining Walls
The fence updates are intended to synchronize and add clarity to fence requirements, and to evaluate the purpose and intent of regulating fence and retaining wall location, dimensions, permit requirements, and design.
