SB 6069 — Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters.

For the purposes of this subsection, "administrative design review" means a development permit process whereby an application is reviewed, approved, or denied by the planning director or the planning director's designee based solely on objective design and development standards without a public predecision hearing, unless such review is otherwise required by state or federal law, or the structure is a designated landmark or within a historic district established under a local preservationp. ordinance.

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(i) Notified residents within 500 feet of the indoor emergency shelter or indoor emergency housing;

(ii) Conducted no more than one community meeting;

(iii) Designated at least one point of contact and provide at least one telephone number to be used in emergencies;

and (iv) Provided documentation of the sponsor's or managing agency's operational policies or procedures for health, fire, safety, and occupancy.

(b) The written certification by the sponsor or managing entity constitutes full compliance with (a) of this subsection (5).

A city may not require the sponsor or managing agency to provide additional certifications outside of what is allowed under (a) of this subsection (5) or to repeat or revise any of the items in (a)(i) p.

5 SSB 6069 through (iv) of this subsection (5).

Nothing in this subsection (b) prohibits the sponsor or managing agency from voluntarily updating any of the information submitted under (a)(i) through (iv) of this subsection (5).

(6) Nothing in this section requires a city to approve a permit application for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters that are proposed in a critical area in which no residential development is permitted, an area of natural hazards that generally prohibit residential development, or on agricultural, forest, or mineral lands of long-term commercial significance.

(7) For purposes of this section, "transitional housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.36.043.

(1)(a) A code city ((shall not prohibitprohibit)) transitional)) must allow:allow transitional housing ((or)), permanent supportive housing ((in any zones in which residential dwelling units or hotels are allowed.

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and (ii) Indoor emergency shelters and indoor emergency housing in any zones in which hotels are allowed((, except in such cities that have adopted an ordinance authorizing indoor emergency shelters and indoor emergency housing in a majority of zones within a one-mile proximity to transit.

Any such requirements on occupancy, spacing, and intensity of use may not prevent the siting of a sufficient number of permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters necessary to accommodate each code city's projected need for such housing and shelter under RCW 36.70A.070(2)(a)(ii))).36.70A.070(2)(a)(ii))) that are not zoned for industrial use.

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(b) A code city may not require transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters to be located in a zone within an area zoned for industrial use.

(2) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, a code city may not require through development regulations, ordinances, or legal agreements any development or operating standards, conditions, or requirements for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters that are more restrictive than those required for other types of lodging and residential development within the same zone, but may apply any objective development regulations, including form-based codes, that are required for residential development including, but not limited to, setback, lot coverage, stormwater, clearing, and tree canopy and retention requirements.

(3) A code city shall only apply the same development permit and environmental review processes to transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency shelters, and indoor emergency housing that apply to other types of lodging and residential development within the same zone, unless otherwise required by state law including, but not limited to, shoreline regulations under chapter 90.58 RCW, building codes under chapter 19.27 RCW, energy codes under chapter 19.27A RCW, or electrical codes under chapter 19.28 RCW.

For the purposes of this subsection, "administrative design review" means a development permit process whereby an application is reviewed, approved, or denied by the planning director or the planning director's designee based solely on objective design and development standards without a public predecision hearing, unless such review is otherwise required by state or federal law, or the structure is a designated landmark or within a historic district established under a local preservation ordinance.

A city may utilize public meetings, hearings, or voluntary review boards to consider, recommend, or approve requests for variances from locally established design review standards.

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7 SSB 6069 (5)(a) For an indoor emergency shelter or indoor emergency housing, a code city may require the sponsor or managing agency to certify in writing that it has, between the date the permit application was approved and the date the certificate of occupancy was issued:

(i) Notified residents within 500 feet of the indoor emergency shelter or indoor emergency housing;

(ii) Conducted no more than one community meeting;

(iii) Designated at least one point of contact and provide at least one telephone number to be used in emergencies;

and (iv) Provided documentation of the sponsor's or managing agency's operational policies or procedures for health, fire, safety, and occupancy.

(b) The written certification by the sponsor or managing entity constitutes full compliance with (a) of this subsection (5).

A code city may not require the sponsor or managing agency to provide additional certifications outside of what is allowed under (a) of this subsection (5) or to repeat or revise any of the items in (a)(i) through (iv) of this subsection (5).

Nothing in this subsection (b) prohibits the sponsor or managing agency from voluntarily updating any of the information submitted under (a)(i) through (iv) of this subsection (5).

(6) Nothing in this section requires a city to approve a permit application for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters that are proposed in a critical area in which no residential development is permitted, an area of natural hazards that generally prohibit residential development, or on agricultural, forest, or mineral lands of long-term commercial significance.

(7) For purposes of this section, "transitional housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.36.043.

(2) This section does not prohibit any city, county, or other local governmental entity or agency from extending preferential p.treatment to affordable housing developments intended for including, but not limited to, occupancy by homeless persons, farmworkers, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, or low-income households.

8 SSB 6069 treatment to affordable housing developments intended for including, but not limited to, occupancy by homeless persons, farmworkers, persons with disabilities, senior citizens, or low-income households.

(3) A city, county, or other local governmental entity or agency may impose and enforce incomereporting qualification, coordinated entry, reporting, and monitoringauditing requirements on affordable housing developments as conditions of loans, grants, financial support, tax benefits, subsidy funds, or sale or lease of publicp. property, or as conditions to eligibility for any affordable housing incentive program under RCW 36.70A.540 or any other program involving bonus density, transfer of development rights, waiver of development regulations or fees, or other development incentives.

5 SB 6069 public property, or as conditions to eligibility for any affordable housing incentive program under RCW 36.70A.540 or any other program involving bonus density, transfer of development rights, waiver of development regulations or fees, or other development incentives.

(a) Impose a restriction on housing unit density that prevents the addition of housing units at a density up to 50 percent more than what is allowed in the underlying zone if constructed entirely within an existing building envelope in a building located within a zone p.that permits multifamily housing, provided that generally applicable health and safety standards, including but not limited to building code standards and fire and life safety standards, can be met within the building;

9 SSB 6069 that permits multifamily housing, provided that generally applicable health and safety standards, including but not limited to building code standards and fire and life safety standards, can be met within the building;

(c) ((With the exception of emergency housing and transitional housing uses, impose)) Impose permitting requirements on the use of an existing building for residential purposes beyond those requirements generally applicable to all residential development withinp. the building's zone, including requiring a change of use permit;

6 SB 6069 within the building's zone, including requiring a change of use permit;

p.(i) The square footage of new dwelling units does not exceed 2,500 square feet or 50 percent of the total building square footage, whichever is greater;

10 SSB 6069 (i) The square footage of new dwelling units does not exceed 2,500 square feet or 50 percent of the total building square footage, whichever is greater;

(h) Deny a building permit application for the addition of housing units within an existing building due to nonconformity regarding parking, height, setbacks, elevator size for gurney transport, or modulation, unless the city official with decision- makingp. authority makes written findings that the nonconformity is causing a significant detriment to the surrounding area;

7 SB 6069 making authority makes written findings that the nonconformity is causing a significant detriment to the surrounding area;

(b) The requirements of subsection (2) of this section apply and take effect in any code city that has not adopted or amended ordinances, regulations, or other official controls as required under this section by the timeline in (a) of this subsection and supersede, p.preempt, and invalidate any conflicting local development regulations.

11 SSB 6069 preempt, and invalidate any conflicting local development regulations.

(b) Impose parking requirements on the addition of dwelling units or living units added within an existing building, however, cities mayp. require the retention of existing parking that is required to satisfy existing residential parking requirements under local laws and for nonresidential uses that remain after the new units are added;

8 SB 6069 may require the retention of existing parking that is required to satisfy existing residential parking requirements under local laws and for nonresidential uses that remain after the new units are added;

(f) Prohibit the addition of housing units in any specific part of a building except ground floor commercial or retail that is along a major pedestrian corridor as defined by the code city, unless the p.addition of the units would violate applicable building codes or health and safety standards;

12 SSB 6069 addition of the units would violate applicable building codes or health and safety standards;

(ii) The building owner submits documentation, in a form acceptable to the code city, showing the building's residential units' projected energy use intensity is less than or equal to the energyp. use intensity target in accordance with the clean buildings performance standard in RCW 19.27A.210;

9 SB 6069 energy use intensity target in accordance with the clean buildings performance standard in RCW 19.27A.210;

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RCW 36.70A.030 and 2025 c 267 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

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13 SSB 6069 Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Active transportation" means forms of pedestrian mobility including walking or running, the use of a mobility assistive device such as a wheelchair, bicycling and cycling irrespective of the number of wheels, and the use of small personal devices such as foot scooters or skateboards.

Active transportation includes both traditional and electric assist bicycles and other devices.

Planning for active transportation must consider and address accommodation pursuant to the Americans with disabilities act and the distinct needs of each form of active transportation.

(2) "Active transportation facilities" means facilities provided for the safety and mobility of active transportation users including, but not limited to, trails, as defined in RCW 47.30.005, sidewalks, bike lanes, shared-use paths, and other facilities in the public right-of-way.

(3) "Administrative design review" means a development permit process whereby an application is reviewed, approved, or denied by the planning director or the planning director's designee based solely on objective design and development standards without a public predecision hearing, unless such review is otherwise required by state or federal law, or the structure is a designated landmark or historic district established under a local preservation ordinance.

A city may utilize public meetings, hearings, or voluntary review boards to consider, recommend, or approve requests for variances from locally established design review standards.

(4) "Adopt a comprehensive land use plan" means to enact a new comprehensive land use plan or to update an existing comprehensive land use plan.

(5) "Affordable housing" means, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, residential housing whose monthly costs, including utilities other than telephone, do not exceed 30 percent of the monthly income of a household whose income is:

(a) For rental housing, 60 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development;

or (b) For owner-occupied housing, 80 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where p.

14 SSB 6069 the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(6) "Agricultural land" means land primarily devoted to the commercial production of horticultural, viticultural, floricultural, dairy, apiary, vegetable, or animal products or of berries, grain, hay, straw, turf, seed, Christmas trees not subject to the excise tax imposed by RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, finfish in upland hatcheries, or livestock, and that has long-term commercial significance for agricultural production.

(7) "Bus station area" means all lots that are:

(a) Fully within an urban growth area;

and (b) Fully or partially within one-quarter mile walking distance of a stop on a fixed route bus system that is designated as a bus rapid transit stop in the transit development plan as required in RCW 35.58.2795, for which an environmental determination has been issued as required under chapter 43.21C RCW, and that features fixed transit assets that indicate permanent, high capacity service including, but not limited to, elevated platforms or enhanced stations, off-board fare collection, dedicated lanes, busways, or transit signal priority.

(8) "City" means any city or town, including a code city.

(9) "Comprehensive land use plan," "comprehensive plan," or "plan" means a generalized coordinated land use policy statement of the governing body of a county or city that is adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(10) "Cottage housing" means residential units on a lot with a common open space that either:

(a) Is owned in common;

or (b) has units owned as condominium units with property owned in common and a minimum of 20 percent of the lot size as open space.

(11) "Courtyard apartments" means attached dwelling units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or court.

(12) "Critical areas" include the following areas and ecosystems:

(a) Wetlands;

(b) areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water;

(c) fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas;

(d) frequently flooded areas;

and (e) geologically hazardous areas.

"Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas" does not include such artificial features or constructs as irrigation delivery systems, irrigation infrastructure, irrigation canals, or drainage ditches that lie within the boundaries of and are maintained by a port district or an irrigation district or company.

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15 SSB 6069 (13) "Department" means the department of commerce.

(14) "Development regulations" or "regulation" means the controls placed on development or land use activities by a county or city, including, but not limited to, zoning ordinances, critical areas ordinances, shoreline master programs, official controls, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and binding site plan ordinances together with any amendments thereto.

A development regulation does not include a decision to approve a project permit application, as defined in RCW 36.70B.020, even though the decision may be expressed in a resolution or ordinance of the legislative body of the county or city.

(15) "Emergency housing" means temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families.

Emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement.

(16) "Emergency shelter" means a facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless.

Emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement.

Emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations.

(17) "Environmental justice" means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

Environmental justice includes addressing disproportionate environmental and health impacts in all laws, rules, and policies with environmental impacts by prioritizing vulnerable populations and overburdened communities and the equitable distribution of resources and benefits.

(18) "Extremely low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 30 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(19) "Floor area ratio" means a measure of development intensity equal to building square footage divided by the developable property p.

16 SSB 6069 square footage.

Developable property excludes public facilities and portions of lots with critical areas and critical area buffers as designated in RCW 36.70A.060, except for critical aquifer recharge areas where a single-family detached house is an allowed use provided that any requirements to maintain aquifer recharge are met.

(20) "Forestland" means land primarily devoted to growing trees for long-term commercial timber production on land that can be economically and practically managed for such production, including Christmas trees subject to the excise tax imposed under RCW 84.33.100 through 84.33.140, and that has long-term commercial significance.

In determining whether forestland is primarily devoted to growing trees for long-term commercial timber production on land that can be economically and practically managed for such production, the following factors shall be considered:

(a) The proximity of the land to urban, suburban, and rural settlements;

(b) surrounding parcel size and the compatibility and intensity of adjacent and nearby land uses;

(c) long-term local economic conditions that affect the ability to manage for timber production;

and (d) the availability of public facilities and services conducive to conversion of forestland to other uses.

(21) "Freight rail dependent uses" means buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of goods where the use is dependent on and makes use of an adjacent short line railroad.

Such facilities are both urban and rural development for purposes of this chapter.

"Freight rail dependent uses" does not include buildings and other infrastructure that are used in the fabrication, processing, storage, and transport of coal, liquefied natural gas, or "crude oil" as defined in RCW 90.56.010.

(22) "Geologically hazardous areas" means areas that because of their susceptibility to erosion, sliding, earthquake, or other geological events, are not suited to the siting of commercial, residential, or industrial development consistent with public health or safety concerns.

(23) "Green infrastructure" means a wide array of natural assets and built structures within an urban growth area boundary, including parks and other areas with protected tree canopy, and management practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintain and restore natural hydrology by storing, infiltrating, evapotranspiring, and harvesting and using stormwater.

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17 SSB 6069 (24) "Green space" means an area of land, vegetated by natural features such as grass, trees, or shrubs, within an urban context and less than one acre in size that creates public value through one or more of the following attributes:

(a) Is accessible to the public;

(b) Promotes physical and mental health of residents;

(c) Provides relief from the urban heat island effects;

(d) Promotes recreational and aesthetic values;

(e) Protects streams or water supply;

or (f) Preserves visual quality along highway, road, or street corridors.

(25) "Long-term commercial significance" includes the growing capacity, productivity, and soil composition of the land for long- term commercial production, in consideration with the land's proximity to population areas, and the possibility of more intense uses of the land.

(26) "Low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 80 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(27) "Major transit stop" means:

(a) A stop on a high capacity transportation system funded or expanded under the provisions of chapter 81.104 RCW, except for any stop that solely serves express bus service or serves express bus service and other bus services not otherwise meeting the definition of major transit stop;

(b) Commuter rail stops;

(c) Stops on rail or fixed guideway systems;

or (d) Stops on bus rapid transit routes, including those stops that are under construction.

(28) "Middle housing" means buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-family houses and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing.

(29) "Minerals" include gravel, sand, and valuable metallic substances.

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18 SSB 6069 (30) "Moderate-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 120 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(31) "Overburdened community" means a geographic area where vulnerable populations face combined, multiple environmental harms and health impacts, and includes, but is not limited to, highly impacted communities as defined in RCW 19.405.020.

(32) "Per capita vehicle miles traveled" means the number of miles traveled using cars and light trucks in a calendar year divided by the number of residents in Washington.

The calculation of this value excludes vehicle miles driven conveying freight.

(33) "Permanent supportive housing" is subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors.

Permanent supportive housing is paired with on-site or off-site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community-based health care, treatment, or employment services.

Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in chapter 59.18 RCW.

(34) "Public facilities" include streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, traffic signals, domestic water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreational facilities, and schools.

(35) "Public services" include fire protection and suppression, law enforcement, public health, education, recreation, environmental protection, and other governmental services.

(36) "Rail station area" means all lots fully within an urban growth area that are:

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19 SSB 6069 (a) Fully or partially within one-half mile walking distance of an entrance to a train station with a stop on a light rail system, a commuter rail stop in a city with a population greater than 15,000, or a stop on a rail trolley operated west of the crest of the Cascade mountains;

or (b) Fully or partially within one-quarter mile walking distance of an entrance to a train station with a commuter rail stop in a city with a population no greater than 15,000.

(37) "Recreational land" means land so designated under RCW 36.70A.1701 and that, immediately prior to this designation, was designated as agricultural land of long-term commercial significance under RCW 36.70A.170.

Recreational land must have playing fields and supporting facilities existing before July 1, 2004, for sports played on grass playing fields.

(38) "Rural character" refers to the patterns of land use and development established by a county in the rural element of its comprehensive plan:

(a) In which open space, the natural landscape, and vegetation predominate over the built environment;

(b) That foster traditional rural lifestyles, rural-based economies, and opportunities to both live and work in rural areas;

(c) That provide visual landscapes that are traditionally found in rural areas and communities;

(d) That are compatible with the use of the land by wildlife and for fish and wildlife habitat;

(e) That reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development;

(f) That generally do not require the extension of urban governmental services;

and (g) That are consistent with the protection of natural surface water flows and groundwater and surface water recharge and discharge areas.

(39) "Rural development" refers to development outside the urban growth area and outside agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170.

Rural development can consist of a variety of uses and residential densities, including clustered residential development, at levels that are consistent with the preservation of rural character and the requirements of the rural element.

Rural development does not refer to agriculture or forestry activities that may be conducted in rural areas.

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20 SSB 6069 (40) "Rural governmental services" or "rural services" include those public services and public facilities historically and typically delivered at an intensity usually found in rural areas, and may include domestic water systems and fire and police protection services associated with rural development and normally not associated with urban areas.

Rural services do not include storm or sanitary sewers, except as otherwise authorized by RCW 36.70A.110(4).

(41) "Short line railroad" means those railroad lines designated class II or class III by the United States surface transportation board.

(42) "Single-family zones" means those zones where single-family detached housing is the predominant land use.

(43) "Stacked flat" means dwelling units in a residential building of no more than three stories on a residential zoned lot in which each floor may be separately rented or owned.

(44) "Station area" means a bus station area or a rail station area.

(45) "Townhouses" means buildings that contain three or more attached single-family dwelling units that extend from foundation to roof and that have a yard or public way on not less than two sides.

(46) "Transitional housing" has the same meaning as in RCW 84.36.043.

(47) "Transportation system" means all infrastructure and services for all forms of transportation within a geographical area, irrespective of the responsible jurisdiction or transportation provider.

(((47))) (48) "Urban governmental services" or "urban services" include those public services and public facilities at an intensity historically and typically provided in cities, specifically including storm and sanitary sewer systems, domestic water systems, street cleaning services, fire and police protection services, public transit services, and other public utilities associated with urban areas and normally not associated with rural areas.

(((48))) (49) "Urban growth" refers to growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures, and impermeable surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of land for the production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources, rural uses, rural development, and natural resource lands designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.170.

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21 SSB 6069 development, as provided in RCW 36.70A.070(5)(d), is not urban growth.

When allowed to spread over wide areas, urban growth typically requires urban governmental services.

"Characterized by urban growth" refers to land having urban growth located on it, or to land located in relationship to an area with urban growth on it as to be appropriate for urban growth.

(((49))) (50) "Urban growth areas" means those areas designated by a county pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110.

(((50))) (51) "Very low-income household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 50 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.

(((51))) (52)(a) "Vulnerable populations" means population groups that are more likely to be at higher risk for poor health outcomes in response to environmental harms, due to:

(i) Adverse socioeconomic factors, such as unemployment, high housing and transportation costs relative to income, limited access to nutritious food and adequate health care, linguistic isolation, and other factors that negatively affect health outcomes and increase vulnerability to the effects of environmental harms;

and (ii) sensitivity factors, such as low birth weight and higher rates of hospitalization.

(b) "Vulnerable populations" includes, but is not limited to:

(i) Racial or ethnic minorities;

(ii) Low-income populations;

and (iii) Populations disproportionately impacted by environmental harms.

(((52))) (53) "Wetland" or "wetlands" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.

Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.

Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass-lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, p.

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Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from nonwetland areas created to mitigate conversion of wetlands.

(((53))) (54) "Wildland urban interface" means the geographical area where structures and other human development meets or intermingles with wildland vegetative fuels.

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(1) A county or city subject to this act shall adopt or amend by ordinance, and incorporate into its development regulations, zoning regulations, and other official controls, the requirements of this act within two years of the effective date of this section or its next comprehensive plan update, whichever occurs first.

The requirements of this act supersede, preempt, and invalidate any conflicting local regulations and apply regardless of whether a county or city has incorporated the requirements of this act into the county's or city's development regulations, zoning regulations, and other official controls.

(2) This act does not apply to the siting of transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency shelters, and indoor emergency housing in operation on the effective date of this section.

A county or city may not deem transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, indoor emergency shelters, and indoor emergency housing in operation on the effective date of this section unlawful or noncompliant due to the provisions of the act or due to ordinances, regulations, or controls adopted or amended under subsection (1) of this section.

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