Fire Safety in Cities: Minister Urges City Officials to Consider Better Infrastructure Planning

Fire Safety in Cities: Minister Urges City Officials to Consider Better Infrastructure Planning

Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Richard Chimwendo Banda, has urged city councils’ officials to prioritize planning of infrastructure that promotes efforts in facilitating timely fire extinguishing machinery operations. Banda said this in Blantyre on Thursday during the opening of a two-day 5th Cities Caucus conference organized by the Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA). […] The post Fire Safety in Cities: Minister Urges…

Bellevue Approves Middle Housing, Opening Single-Family Zones to Duplexes and More

The Bellevue City Council has approved updates to its housing rules to comply with new state laws that require cities to allow more types of housing. The changes are intended to increase housing options in Bellevue and follow the passage of House Bills 1110 and 1337 by the Washington State Legislature in 2023. Cities were required to adopt these updates by June 30. The new rules allow for what’s known as “middle housing” — such as duplexes, cott…

City Council approves updates to middle housing, fire safety

At its regular meeting Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council passed a second reading of middle housing zoning changes. It also passed a second item allowing the city manager to hire a county coordinator to assist Alameda County groups with fire-related…