Backyard Cottages
I visited several backyard cottages in southeast Seattle with colleagues Sally Clark and Jean Godden yesterday afternoon. The above photograph was taken in the Mt Baker neighborhood; the garage up the driveway with red doors has been converted to a living unit. The City Council will soon begin consideration of legislation allowing backyard cottages citywide.
The Council's Planning, Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee will discuss this issue in August.
Here are important resources as we begin to study this issue and prepare for a September decision.
For a general overview of the Mayor's proposal, plus the specific legislation, click to the backyard cottage section of the Department of Planning and Development website. For more in-depth detail and perspective, click to the Seattle Planning Commission website and scroll down to the section dealing with backyard cottages.