This episode: Stevenson's June meant a sewer-ordinance rewrite that's almost across the line, a move to scrap downtown parking minimums, and a Board of Adjustment that granted one hotel parking relief while sending an accessory-dwelling-unit case back for more homework. We cover the Stevenson City Council (June 18) and the Stevenson Board of Adjustment (June 10), plus a city-administrator hire that fell through at the last minute.

In this episode:

• The revised sewer ordinance: who has to connect, who doesn't, and the one clause still holding up a vote
• Why Stevenson wants to drop its downtown parking minimums, and the national movement behind it
• The Artbliss Hotel parking variance, granted
• A continued ADU variance, and a fact-check on whether ADUs are "just money makers"
• A CPA hired for financial oversight, and a stalled administrator search
• What's next: the July 9 retreat, the July 16 council meeting, and a mid-July Board of Adjustment hearing

Resources & Links:

• Read the full written Dispatch, with every source linked, at skamaniadispatch.com
• City of Stevenson agendas, packets, and meeting video: ci.stevenson.wa.us/meetings and vimeo.com/cityofstevenson
• Going deeper on parking reform: Strong Towns (strongtowns.org/parking) and the Parking Reform Network (parkingreform.org)
• The ADU data: UC Berkeley's Terner Center and the Florida Housing Action Lab

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