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HIP Tool: Flexible Single Family Development Regulations
Background
Adjusting development regulations to permit varied setbacks, reduced street width and varied building height measurements in certain zones may reduce the costs of development and provide...
HIP Tool: Lot Size Averaging
Background
The flexibility and variety allowed by lot size averaging can be useful for developing housing on unusually shaped parcels or properties with critical areas, as well as for mixing housing...
HIP Tool: Performance Zoning
Background
Performance zoning is effective at increasing diversity and mixing uses; affordable housing goals may be achieved by offering incentives in tandem with this tool.
Benefits of performance...
HIP Tool: Short Plats
Background
Because council and public involvement are not required for short plat approval, increasing the maximum number of lots can simplify the plat approval process for relatively lower impact...
HIP Tool: Upzones & Rezones
Background
An upzone occurs when a jurisdiction increases the density of a district so that more units can be built on an acre of land. A rezone involves changing the allowable uses from non-...
HIP Tool: Form-Based Zoning
Background
Form-based codes seek to codify and regulate the forms of development in a neighborhood or zone, rather than the uses. Form-based codes de-emphasize development regulation detail, adding...
HIP Tool: Minimum Densities
Background
Development at a very low density can result in land use patterns that are difficult or more costly to serve with infrastructure and utilities, reducing affordability. Untapped...
HIP Tool: Regulatory Streamlining
Background
The state of Washington’s Local Project Review law (RCW 36.70B) requires a predictable and timely review process by setting time limits on application review and permit decisions,...
HIP Tool: Public Land for Affordable Housing
Background
Local governments, transit agencies and special districts may own property that is no longer useful for its original purpose, or is ideally situated for shared public and private uses (e....
HIP Tool: Credit Enhancement
Background
Credit enhancement provides leverage to developers creating housing that achieves a jurisdiction’s housing goals. A jurisdiction specifies the criteria a project must meet to qualify for...
