Kenmore Planning Commission took up 2026 Comprehensive Plan and zoning map amendments at its Sept. 15 meeting

What the records say

The City of Kenmore Planning Commission met Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, at 7 p.m., with 'Comprehensive Plan Amendments' on the agenda, supported by a staff memo and attachments including proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments, proposed Title 10 and 18 zoning code amendments, and proposed 2026 zoning and land-use map amendments ¹. The packet materials list specific proposed map changes — including R-1 to R-4, R-6 to R-4, R-12 to R-24, R-4 to R-6, R-1 to Park, and R-6 to PSP rezones, among others — along with proposed code text amendments touching topics such as overnight parking in residential areas, residential zone purposes and densities, fences, setbacks, manufactured housing community standards, and accessory dwelling unit language ¹. The packet's parcel-level map detail is not legible in the supplied text, so exact affected properties cannot be confirmed from this record. The packet also includes minutes showing the meeting was held and adjourned at 8:45 p.m., but the minutes do not state what action, if any, the Commission took on the Comprehensive Plan amendments item ¹. Separately, the same meeting agenda included a 'Neighborhood Retail' item with its own staff memo and draft code; the memo text included in the packet concerns that item and describes a tentative Oct. 6, 2026 public hearing and tentative Oct. 19 recommendation to City Council for the neighborhood retail code ¹.

• The Sept. 15, 2026 Planning Commission agenda included a Comprehensive Plan Amendments item with a staff memo, proposed Comp Plan amendments, proposed Title 10 and 18 zoning code amendments, and proposed 2026 zoning and land-use map attachments (updated 9/10).
• The proposed 2026 zoning map amendment materials list changes including R-1 to R-4, R-6 to R-4, R-4 to R-6, R-12 to R-24, R-24 to R-12, R-1 to Park, R-1 to UR, R-6 to UR, R-6 to PSP, R-12 to PSP, R-4 to PSP, R-4 to R-1, R-6 to R-24, and CB to UC, with corresponding land-use map changes such as LDR to MDR, MDR to HDR, and LDR to PPF.
• Proposed code text amendments in the packet address topics including overnight parking prohibitions in residential areas, residential zone densities (including references to an R-48 zone), fence heights on retaining walls, setbacks, manufactured housing community density, and accessory dwelling unit provisions.
• The packet's minutes show the Sept. 15 meeting was held and adjourned at 8:45 p.m., but do not record any action on the Comprehensive Plan amendments item.

Why it matters

Rezones and zoning code amendments determine what can be built on properties across Kenmore — density, housing types, and permitted uses. Residents tracking development near their homes would need the full map attachments and any Commission action to know which parcels are affected, since the supplied record lists the categories of map changes but not legible parcel boundaries, and does not record the meeting's outcome on this item ¹.

What changed / what's next

• No outcome was documented. The record shows the item was scheduled and heard materials were published, but does not establish any vote, recommendation, or adoption ¹.
• The packet does not state how the Commission acted on the Comprehensive Plan amendments on Sept. 15, and the parcel-level detail of the proposed map amendments is not legible in the supplied text. Separately, the Neighborhood Retail item on the same agenda has a tentative public hearing set for the Oct. 6, 2026 meeting and a tentative Oct. 19 recommendation to City Council, per the staff memo included in the packet ¹.
• The available records do not establish the meeting's outcome.