Tacoma city council committee advances plan to add more housing density

Tacoma is one step closer to significant zoning changes that will alter the city’s residential footprint through the Home in Tacoma housing growth plan.

On Tuesday, the City Council Infrastructure, Planning and Sustainability (IPS) Committee voted to recommend that the council adopt a version of the plan that will zone 17.5% of the city as mid-scale residential and turn the rest of the single-family zoning area into low-scale housing.

Mid-scale zoning allows for five to 20 units per lot and…

Source: Arizona Business Journal