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Kent, WA Zoning

Euclidean-zoning. 20 districts · 8 overlays · 5 applicable state preemptions.

Overview

Code type
euclidean
Naming convention
mixed

Kent completed Phase 1 ReCode via Ord. 4517 (6-30-2025) which RENAMED and CONSOLIDATED residential districts. Legacy v1 record's SR-1 / SR-3 / SR-6 / SR-8 / MF-L / MF-M / MF-H / C-1 / C-2 / C-3 / I-L / I-G / DMU codes are obsolete. New designations per KCC 15.03.010 + 15.04.170 reflect HB 1110 4-plex floor in NR-2 and middle-housing tiering. Property not otherwise classified defaults to NR-2 interim zone per KCC 15.03.020(E). | naming_convention_raw=letter-code with intensity numbering — post-2025 ReCode replaces legacy SR-1/SR-3/SR-4.5/SR-6/SR-8/MR-T12/MR-T16/MR-G/MR-M/MR-H with Neighborhood Residential series NR-L / NR-S / NR-2 / NR-3 / NR-4A / NR-4B (NR-2 carries 4 units/lot by-right, NR-3 multiplex by-right, NR-4A medium-density MF, NR-4B high-density MF); commercial keeps NCC/CC/DC/DCE/MTC-1/MTC-2/MCR/CM/GC; industrial keeps I1/I2/I3 (light/mixed/heavy) ; sub_flags_raw=[pacific-northwest, post-recode-2025-renumbered-districts, kent-valley-industrial-corridor] ; narrative_ref=narratives/kent-wa/drain-20260518T072625-wa-03.json

Worth knowing
  • Kent's Phase 1 ReCode (Ord. 4517 effective 2025-07-30) and Phase 2 (Ord. 4536, 'Revised 1/26') replaced the legacy SR-1 / SR-3 / SR-4.5 / SR-6 / SR-8 / MR-T12 / MR-T16 / MR-G / MR-M / MR-H residential district names with a new Neighborhood Residential series: NR-L (low density, 1 du/ac), NR-S (shoreline, 3.63 du/ac), NR-2 (4 du/lot — the HB 1110 4-plex floor lives here and NR-2 is the interim/default zone per §15.03.020(E)), NR-3 (multiplexes/MF, 24 du/ac), NR-4A (medium-density MF, 24 du/ac), NR-4B (high-density MF, 40 du/ac). The legacy SR-1/SR-3/SR-6/MF-L/MF-M codes in the v1 record are obsolete. Any pre-2025 zoning analysis or v1 conversion of Kent districts must be re-mapped to the new codes.
  • Kent implements HB 1110's 4-plex by-right by setting NR-2's 'Unit density (dwelling units per lot)' row at 4 directly in KCC 15.04.170 (with footnote 27). The 6-plex tier (1/2 mi major transit + affordability) is reached through KCC 15.04.180(27)(c) affordable-housing density bonus, which KCC explicitly references as 'pursuant to RCW 36.70A.635(1)(b)(iii)' in the live-work footnote at §15.04.030(28)(i). This is unusually direct integration — Kent did not adopt a separate middle-housing chapter (unlike Bellingham BMC 20.28); the floor lives in the base-zone development standards table.
  • Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension (FWLE) opened on 2025-12-06 with three new Link stations including Kent/Des Moines on the border of Kent and Des Moines at S 236th Street, east of I-5. This station qualifies as a 'major transit stop' under RCW 81.104.015, triggering HB 1110's 6-unit-per-lot tier (with affordability) for any residentially-zoned parcel within 1/2 mile walking distance. The Midway Transit Community districts (MTC-1, MTC-2, MCR) are mapped around this station to support TOD. Kent Station (Sounder commuter rail S Line, downtown Kent) is a separate qualifying major transit stop covering the downtown core's 1/2-mi walkshed.

+ 5 more in Quirks & notes

Districts

spec 5ind 4res_sf 3res_mf 3com 3cbd 2
CodeNameCategory Min lotHeight CoverageFAR Du/acParking Setbacks F/S/R
A-10Agricultural Districtspec435,600 sf35 ft[4]0.3[5]—0.1[6]—20[1] / 15[2] / 20[3]
NR-LNeighborhood Residential Low Densityres_sf34,700 sf35 ft[10]0.3[11]—1[12]—20[7] / 15[8] / 15[9]
NR-SNeighborhood Residential Shorelineres_sf9,600 sf35 ft[14]0.45[15]—3.63[16]—10[13] / 5 / 5
NR-2Neighborhood Residential 2res_sf5,700 sf28 ft[18]0.5[19]—24[20]—10[17] / 5 / 10
NR-3Neighborhood Residential 3res_mf4,000 sf35 ft[23]0.55[24]—24[25]—10[21] / 5[22] / 20
NR-4ANeighborhood Residential 4Ares_mf—40 ft[28]0.55[29]—24[30]—10 / 5[26] / 20[27]
NR-4BNeighborhood Residential 4Bres_mf—50 ft[32]0.55[33]—40[34]—10 / 5 / 20[31]
NCCNeighborhood Convenience Commercialcom10,000 sf35 ft[35]0.4[36]———10 / — / —
CCCommunity Commercialcom10,000 sf40 ft[37]0.4———15 / — / 20
DCDowntown Commercialcbd5,000 sf60 ft[38]1[39]———— / — / —
DCEDowntown Commercial Enterprisecbd5,000 sf65 ft[40]1[41]———— / — / —
MTC-1Midway Transit Community-1spec7,500 sf60 ft[43]0.8[44]———20[42] / — / —
MTC-2Midway Transit Community-2spec7,500 sf65 ft[45]1[46]———15 / — / —
MCRMidway Commercial/Residentialspec7,500 sf200 ft[47]0.8[48]———20 / — / —
CMCommercial Manufacturingind10,000 sf35 ft[49]0.5———15 / — / —
GCGeneral Commercialcom10,000 sf35 ft[50]0.4———15 / — / —
I1Industrial Business District (Light Industrial / Innovation)ind10,000 sf85 ft[51]0.6[52]———15 / 10 / —
I2Mixed Industrial Districtind15,000 sf85 ft[53]0.65[54]———15 / 10 / —
I3Heavy Industrial Districtind15,000 sf85 ft[56]0.75[57]———15 / 15[55] / —
AGAgricultural General Districtspec43,560 sf35 ft[59]0.6———25[58] / — / —

Confidence: confirmed partial under review not found

Overlays

CAO
Critical Areas Code (overlay)
SPEC
KCC Chapter 11.06 — Critical Areas

Wetlands, streams and shoreline buffers, fish/wildlife habitat conservation areas, geologic hazard areas (landslide / erosion / seismic), critical aquifer recharge areas, and frequently flooded areas across all Kent zoning districts

FHA
Flood Hazard Regulations
SPEC
KCC Chapter 14.09 — Flood Hazard Regulations

FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA) — predominantly the Green River corridor, lower Mill Creek, Springbrook Creek, and the Kent Valley west of the Green River; Kent is downstream of Howard Hanson Dam and exposed to systemic 1%-annual-chance flooding from the Green River

MTC
Midway Transit Community Overlay (MTC-1 / MTC-2 / MCR)
SPEC
KCC §15.03.010 (MTC-1, MTC-2, MCR district purpose statements); KCC §15.04.190 (commercial/industrial dev standards columns for MTC-1, MTC-2, MCR)

Midway Subarea — Pacific Highway South / SR 99 corridor between Kent and Des Moines, organized around the new Kent/Des Moines Sound Transit Link light rail station (Federal Way Link Extension, opened 2025-12-06). MTC-1 is moderate density transit-supportive; MTC-2 is the dense core; MCR is mixed commercial/residential supporting light rail

MUO
Mixed Use Overlay (GC-MU, CC-MU)
SPEC
KCC §15.04.200 — Mixed Use Overlay Development Standards (Amended Ord. 4536)

Mapped Mixed Use Overlay applied to CC (Community Commercial) and GC (General Commercial) base districts per Comprehensive Plan designation; permits residential as part of mixed-use buildings where commercial alone would be required by base district

DCE-T
Downtown Commercial Enterprise — Transitional Overlay
SPEC
KCC §15.03.010 (DCE-T purpose statement); applied as transitional combining overlay within DCE district

Downtown Commercial Enterprise district edges adjacent to lower-density residential — overlay imposes height limits and downtown design review elements to improve compatibility

MHP
Mobile Home Park Combining District
SPEC
KCC §15.03.010 (MHP purpose); §15.04.170 column MHP

Combining district that may be applied to any multifamily residential district when MHP development plans are approved

SU
Special Use Combining District
SPEC
KCC §15.03.010 (SU purpose); §15.04.150

Special-character uses not fitting other districts (technological/social changes, unique uses); combining overlay imposed on an existing zoning district

PUD
Planned Unit Development District
SPEC
KCC §15.03.010 (PUD purpose)

PUD process available for sites where applicant seeks diversity/creativity in site design and mix of residential/commercial/industrial uses

State preemptions

WA-HB-1110-middle-housingapplies
Qualifying condition
{"city_population": 136588, "population_source": "U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census (Kent city, WA \u2014 FIPS 5305210)", "population_vintage": "2020-04-01", "threshold": 75000, "tier_assigned": "Tier 1 (>=75,000)", "secondary_population_check": "Census 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimate 135,603 \u2014 also far exceeds 75,000 threshold"} | qualifying_condition=Kent pop 136,588 (2020 Census) >> 75,000 -> HB 1110 Tier 1 city ; preempted_local_standards=Pre-2025 SR-1 / SR-3 / SR-4.5 / SR-6 / SR-8 single-family-only zoning that prohibited multifamily — replaced by NR series via Ord. 4517 ; preempting_law=WA HB 1110 (2023) / RCW 36.70A.635 ; preempted_effective_date=2024-07-01 ; local_implementation_status=implemented — KCC 15.04.170 NR-2 column with 4 du/lot unit density (footnote 27); 6-plex tier via KCC 15.04.180(27)(c) affordable bonus explicitly citing RCW 36.70A.635(1)(b)(iii); residential district consolidation via Ord. 4517 (effective 2025-07-30); further refinements via Ord. 4536 'Revised 1/26'
Effect
4-plex by-right in all SF residential zones (implemented in NR-2 unit-density row of KCC 15.04.170 = 4 du/lot); 6-plex by-right within 1/2 mi walking distance of major transit stop with >=2 affordable units (implemented via KCC 15.04.180(27)(c) affordable-housing density bonus); parking capped at 1/unit (0 within 1/2 mi major transit); only objective design standards permitted for middle housing
WA-HB-1337-ADUsapplies
Qualifying condition
{"scope": "statewide mandate (RCW 36.70A.680-681)", "city_status": "GMA-planning code city under RCW 36.70A", "city_population": 136588, "population_vintage": "2020-04-01", "applicability": "applies to all WA cities planning under GMA regardless of population"} | qualifying_condition=statewide mandate applies; Kent is a GMA-planning code city ; preempted_local_standards=Any KCC owner-occupancy requirement for ADUs; ADU parking mandates within 1/2 mi of transit; ADU size caps below 1,000 SF ; preempting_law=WA HB 1337 (2023) / RCW 36.70A.680, 36.70A.681 ; preempted_effective_date=2023-07-23 ; local_implementation_status=implemented — KCC Title 15 amendments via Ord. 4517 (effective 2025-07-30) and Ord. 4536 ('Revised 1/26'); ADUs permitted by-right in NR-L through NR-4B per residential land use table KCC 15.04.020
Effect
>=2 ADUs per lot in all residential zones; no owner-occupancy requirement; no off-street parking within 1/2 mi of transit; cannot cap detached ADU below 1,000 SF; connection/impact fees limited
WA-E2SHB-1220-comp-plan-housingapplies
Qualifying condition
{"scope": "all GMA-planning cities (RCW 36.70A.070(2))", "city_status": "GMA-planning code city", "comp_plan_status": "Kent 2044 Comprehensive Plan adopted June 2025 alongside Ord. 4517 \u2014 addresses HB 1220 housing element including permanent supportive housing, emergency shelters, and transitional housing planning"} | qualifying_condition=Kent is a GMA-planning city; must update comprehensive plan housing element ; preempted_local_standards=Any zone that excludes permanent supportive housing / emergency shelter / transitional housing where residential is otherwise allowed ; preempting_law=WA E2SHB 1220 (2021) / RCW 36.70A.070(2) ; preempted_effective_date=2021-07-25 ; local_implementation_status=implemented via Kent 2044 Comprehensive Plan (adopted June 2025) and KCC Title 15 amendments under Ord. 4517
Effect
Must plan for / accommodate permanent supportive housing + emergency shelters; shelters must be allowed in at least one zone; cannot prohibit transitional/PSH where residential is otherwise allowed
WA-SB-5184-lot-splittingapplies
Qualifying condition
{"scope": "statewide enablement", "city_status": "GMA-planning code city", "tied_to": "HB 1110 unit-count thresholds (Kent Tier 1: 4 du/lot citywide; 6 du/lot near major transit w/ affordability)"} | qualifying_condition=statewide enablement; Kent subject as HB 1110 Tier 1 city ; preempted_local_standards=Subdivision standards in KCC Title 12 that block unit-lot splitting at HB 1110 unit counts (4 or 6) ; preempting_law=WA SB 5184 (2024) / RCW 58.17 amendments ; preempted_effective_date=2024-07-01 ; local_implementation_status=implemented as part of Phase 1 ReCode under Ord. 4517 (and supporting amendments to KCC Title 12 subdivision regulations); specific subdivision provisions retrievable from KCC Ch. 12.04 (not deep-extracted in this drain)
Effect
Administrative lot splits enabled to support HB 1110 unit counts on existing SF lots
WA-SB-5290-permit-timelinesapplies
Qualifying condition
{"scope": "all GMA-planning cities (RCW 36.70B.080)", "city_status": "GMA-planning code city"} | qualifying_condition=Kent is a GMA-planning code city subject to RCW 36.70B.080 permit-review timeline caps ; preempted_local_standards=Any KCC Title 12 permit timeline exceeding statutory caps ; preempting_law=WA SB 5290 (2023) / RCW 36.70B.080 ; preempted_effective_date=2024-01-01 ; local_implementation_status=implemented via KCC Title 12 administration of development regulations (KCC 12.01); specific timeline provisions not deep-extracted in this drain
Effect
Type 1 permits 65 calendar days; Type 2 100 days; Type 3 170 days; Type 4 170 days; exceedance triggers state-mandated fee refunds on graduated scale

Adopted building codes

Statewide; update sched May 2026

IBC
2021
IRC
2021
NEC
2023
IFC
2021
IECC (Residential)
2021
IECC (Commercial)
2021

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Amendment history

DateKindCitation
2026-01-01effectiveOrd. No. 4536 (Phase 2) — residential land uses + commercial/industrial standards amendments; cited as 'Revised 1/26' across KCC 15.04.020, 15.04.030, 15.04.190, 15.04.195, 15.04.200 | type=phase2_recode_housing_standards
2025-12-09effectiveOrd. No. 4530 — amending KCC Ch. 6.02 to exempt residential development projects with 4 or fewer dwelling units from certain infrastructure improvement requirements (per City of Kent ReCode/EngageKent page) | type=infrastructure_exemption_small_residential
2025-09-01effectiveOrd. No. 4535 — agricultural and residential zone development standards (KCC 15.04.170 / 15.04.180), 'Revised 9/25' | type=residential_dev_standards_amendment
2025-07-30effectiveOrd. No. 4517 (passed 6-30-2025, effective 2025-07-30) — Phase 1 ReCode Kent amending KCC Chs 15.02/15.03/15.04 to update housing requirements to comply with HB 1110, HB 1337, HB 1220 and the 2044 Comprehensive Plan | type=phase1_recode_hb1110_compliance
2025-06-30effectiveKent 2044 Comprehensive Plan (HB 1220 housing element compliance) adopted alongside Ord. 4517; see EngageKent Future Kent program | type=comprehensive_plan_adoption

Quirks & notes

  • Kent's Phase 1 ReCode (Ord. 4517 effective 2025-07-30) and Phase 2 (Ord. 4536, 'Revised 1/26') replaced the legacy SR-1 / SR-3 / SR-4.5 / SR-6 / SR-8 / MR-T12 / MR-T16 / MR-G / MR-M / MR-H residential district names with a new Neighborhood Residential series: NR-L (low density, 1 du/ac), NR-S (shoreline, 3.63 du/ac), NR-2 (4 du/lot — the HB 1110 4-plex floor lives here and NR-2 is the interim/default zone per §15.03.020(E)), NR-3 (multiplexes/MF, 24 du/ac), NR-4A (medium-density MF, 24 du/ac), NR-4B (high-density MF, 40 du/ac). The legacy SR-1/SR-3/SR-6/MF-L/MF-M codes in the v1 record are obsolete. Any pre-2025 zoning analysis or v1 conversion of Kent districts must be re-mapped to the new codes.
  • Kent implements HB 1110's 4-plex by-right by setting NR-2's 'Unit density (dwelling units per lot)' row at 4 directly in KCC 15.04.170 (with footnote 27). The 6-plex tier (1/2 mi major transit + affordability) is reached through KCC 15.04.180(27)(c) affordable-housing density bonus, which KCC explicitly references as 'pursuant to RCW 36.70A.635(1)(b)(iii)' in the live-work footnote at §15.04.030(28)(i). This is unusually direct integration — Kent did not adopt a separate middle-housing chapter (unlike Bellingham BMC 20.28); the floor lives in the base-zone development standards table.
  • Sound Transit Federal Way Link Extension (FWLE) opened on 2025-12-06 with three new Link stations including Kent/Des Moines on the border of Kent and Des Moines at S 236th Street, east of I-5. This station qualifies as a 'major transit stop' under RCW 81.104.015, triggering HB 1110's 6-unit-per-lot tier (with affordability) for any residentially-zoned parcel within 1/2 mile walking distance. The Midway Transit Community districts (MTC-1, MTC-2, MCR) are mapped around this station to support TOD. Kent Station (Sounder commuter rail S Line, downtown Kent) is a separate qualifying major transit stop covering the downtown core's 1/2-mi walkshed.
  • Kent contains one of the largest industrial markets in the western United States — the Kent Valley logistics/distribution corridor along SR 167 and the BNSF/UP mainlines. The 2025 ReCode established a three-tier industrial hierarchy: I1 (Industrial Business District — light industrial / employment-density / amenity-rich), I2 (Mixed Industrial — moderate-to-large logistics, manufacturing, distribution), I3 (Heavy Industrial — large-scale, high-impact, outdoor-storage-permitted). All three permit 8 stories / 85 ft max height per KCC 15.04.190, but site coverage steps from 60% (I1) → 65% (I2) → 75% (I3). I1 has design / amenity / employment-density requirements that I2/I3 don't.
  • KCC 15.04.170 NR-L (Neighborhood Residential Low Density) column shows unit density of 4 per lot (footnote 27, same as NR-2) BUT maximum net density of 1 du/ac with footnote 45, and minimum lot area 34,700 sf — suggesting NR-L is mapped only to environmentally-constrained or service-limited areas where HB 1110's RCW 36.70A.635(2)(c) critical-areas / GMA exemption pathway justifies a lower floor. The interaction of 4 du/lot floor with 1 du/ac net density on 34,700-sf-minimum lots warrants project-specific analysis. Per NR-L purpose statement (§15.03.010): 'because of environmental constraints or the lack of urban services.'
  • The Mixed Use Overlay at KCC 15.04.200 layers onto CC and GC base districts: in GC-MU, residential FAR can reach 1.0 alone or 1.5 with below-grade parking, but only if 5% gross floor area is commercial; in CC-MU, the commercial threshold is 25% (5% on parcels ≤2 ac), basic height 25 ft increasable to 40 ft. Critically: the residential component cannot be permitted or occupied before the commercial component is — staging matters. Front yard 0 ft and rear/side 0 ft except 20 ft adjacent to residential.
  • Kent is downstream of Howard Hanson Dam and has substantial FEMA-mapped SFHA along the Green River, Mill Creek, and Springbrook Creek through the Kent Valley. KCC Chapter 11.06 (Critical Areas Code) controls wetlands, streams/riparian, geohazards, CARA, and frequently flooded areas as an overlay applying to all zoning per §11.06.020 ('in conflict, regulation providing greater protection applies'). KCC Chapter 14.09 (Flood Hazard Regulations) implements FEMA FIRM-based SFHA standards. The Kent Airport levee (south bank Green River, King County Flood Control District jurisdiction) was damaged in 2020 flooding — material flood risk in industrial corridor.
  • Phase 2 ReCode under Ord. 4536 ('Revised 1/26' tag across KCC 15.04.020, 15.04.030, 15.04.190, 15.04.195, 15.04.200) is the most-recent residential and mixed-use update post-Phase 1. Ord. 4530 (12-9-2025) separately exempts ≤4-unit residential projects from certain Ch. 6.02 infrastructure improvement requirements — material for small-project pro-formas. Code volatility remains high through 2026.

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Sources & references

Primary source
Kent City Code (KCC) Title 15 — Zoning
supplement current through Ord. 4536 (revised 1/26) · retrieved 2026-05-18
Secondary sources
Citations
  1. [1] — KCC 15.04.170 row (E)
  2. [2] — KCC 15.04.170 row (F)
  3. [3] — KCC 15.04.170 row (H)
  4. [4] — 2.5 stories / 35 ft per KCC 15.04.170 row (I)
  5. [5] — Maximum site coverage 30% per KCC 15.04.170 row (B)
  6. [6] — 1 du/10 ac per KCC 15.04.170 (Maximum net density row)
  7. [7] — footnote 6
  8. [8] — KCC 15.04.170
  9. [9] — KCC 15.04.170
  10. [10] — 2.5 stories / 35 ft footnote 16
  11. [11] — 30% site coverage
  12. [12] — 1 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170
  13. [13] — footnotes 6, 8, 9
  14. [14] — 2.5 stories / 35 ft
  15. [15] — 45% site coverage per KCC 15.04.170 footnote (5)
  16. [16] — 3.63 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170
  17. [17] — footnotes 6, 8
  18. [18] — 2.5 stories / 28 ft per KCC 15.04.170 footnote 43
  19. [19] — 50% site coverage footnote 5
  20. [20] — 24 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170 footnote 38
  21. [21] — footnotes 6, 8
  22. [22] — footnotes 11, 30
  23. [23] — 3 stories / 35 ft
  24. [24] — 55% site coverage footnote 5
  25. [25] — 24 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170
  26. [26] — footnotes 11, 30
  27. [27] — footnote 3
  28. [28] — 3 stories / 40 ft
  29. [29] — 55% site coverage
  30. [30] — 24 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170 footnote 2
  31. [31] — footnote 3
  32. [32] — 4 stories / 50 ft
  33. [33] — 55% site coverage
  34. [34] — 40.0 du/ac per KCC 15.04.170 footnote 2
  35. [35] — 2 stories / 35 ft
  36. [36] — 40% site coverage
  37. [37] — 3 stories / 40 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnote 30
  38. [38] — 4 stories / 60 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnote 32
  39. [39] — 100% site coverage allowed
  40. [40] — 7 stories / 65 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnotes 69, 70
  41. [41] — 100% site coverage
  42. [42] — footnote 68
  43. [43] — 4 stories / 60 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnote 32
  44. [44] — 80% site coverage
  45. [45] — 7 stories / 65 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnote 69+70
  46. [46] — 100% site coverage
  47. [47] — 16 stories / 200 ft per KCC 15.04.190 footnote 70
  48. [48] — 80% site coverage
  49. [49] — 2 stories / 35 ft footnote 30
  50. [50] — 2 stories / 35 ft footnote 30
  51. [51] — 8 stories / 85 ft per KCC 15.04.190
  52. [52] — 60% site coverage
  53. [53] — 8 stories / 85 ft
  54. [54] — 65% site coverage
  55. [55] — footnote 12
  56. [56] — 8 stories / 85 ft
  57. [57] — 75% site coverage
  58. [58] — footnote 5
  59. [59] — 2 stories / 35 ft footnote 35

Research status

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primary url presentpassedsource.primary_url = https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Kent/html/Kent15/Kent15.html (Code Publishing Company — authoritative)
no aggregator citedpassedscan clean — no zoneomics / steadily / siteplanguide / sitedesignguide / siteplancreator / propwire / zonara / unzoned references in record
confidence tags full formpassedall confirmed fields carry §-citations to KCC sections (15.03.010, 15.04.030, 15.04.150, 15.04.170, 15.04.180, 15.04.190, 15.04.200, 11.06.020, 14.09); partial fields carry retrieval_failure_reason per FM-8
overlays have parameters trigger confidencepassed8 overlays (CAO, FHA, MTC, MUO, DCE-T, MHP, SU, PUD) each have non-empty parameters[], geographic_trigger, status, citation
preempt section city specificpassed5 WA preemption laws (HB 1110, HB 1337, E2SHB 1220, SB 5184, SB 5290) each carry city-specific qualifying_condition_checked with numeric inputs (pop 136588 / threshold 75000), vintage (2020 Census), and threshold compared

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