ENA GROWTH AND LAND USE COMMITTEE REPORT – MARCH 2005
The Growth and Land Use Committee met on March 23. We had a short presentation from Frank James
who is a member of the group “Responsible Development!”. “Responsible
Development!” Is
an action group addressing the pending development of the “Fairhaven
Heights”
development (Formerly Chuckanut Ridge
& 100 acre woods).
They are circulating a petition to have the city not approve any
applications on the site until significant improvements to transportation
planning and facilities have been accomplished.
Information is available at www.onehundredacrewood.org.
After Frank’s presentation, we discussed the up coming April
6th Planning Department Meeting on Growth and Development. This meeting will be held at the Fairhaven
Middle School
commons at 6:30. The agenda for the meeting will be posted on
the ENA web site. Everyone that is
concerned with the development going on specifically in Fairhaven,
please attend and make your concerns heard.
Other topics of discussion:
There will be a Hearing examiner’s meeting on April 13, 2005
to address two issues of interest to residents of the Edgemoor area. These are
1:
FARIHAVEN HARBOR COMPLEX – 8th
and Harris
Ave. A conditional use permit is required for
construction of a 3 and a 9 story, 185,000 square foot building with
approximately 14,000 square feet of commercial/retail space, 80 residential
units, 200 on-site under-building parking spaces, and 35 on-street parking
spaces. A Conditional Use Permit is required because a portion of the project
is within 100’ of Padden Creek.
For more information go to: http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/frmWeb/E1D3CBD68E042BEF88256FBE006D5863?OpenDocument
2:
VAC2005-0001 – states: Request for vacation of the north 5
feet of McKenzie ave between 10th st. and 9th st. and
dedication of the south 5 feet of McKenzie between these same streets – there
will be no net loss to the public right of way.
Andre Molnar – Petitioner
Craig Parkinson – Contact Person
This basically states that they want to move the McKenzie
right of way 5 feet south to account for an encroachment of a building that is
currently being built at the corner of 10 and McKenzie. This movement of the
right of way will give the developers the room necessary to provide some on
street parking to accommodate the planned construction of the next 150,000 sq
foot Retail/Office/Residential building at the corner of
10th and McKenzie.
For more information: Look at the application notice at the
corner of 10th and McKenzie. (COB has yet to post official notice on
web site) or contact Jackie Lynch of the planning department (jlynch@cob.org) or the developers off the
project. To get a visual idea of the
issue, head south on McKenzie from 12th
street and notice where the
large building on 10th
Street prudes to.
OTHER ITEMS OF LAND USE SIGNIFICANCE:
334 Bayside Rd
Request for a Conditional
Use Permit to construct an oversized single family residence with a total floor
area of 9,782 square feet on a 53,136 square foot lot. Property is located at 334
Bayside Road,
Lengthy legally, Parcel #370211327384. Jim & Lauren Swift
owner/applicant, Joy Rubey
(360) 676-7733 contact person.
More Information:
http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/frmWeb/769D5FF26DCE8D8B88256FBA00128860?OpenDocument
826 Briar Rd
Conditional Use Requested for Madrona
Point, Lot 5 – 826 Briar Road…Public Notice Land Use Permit
Application - Requested by Ali Taysi for a single family
residence over the 5,500 sq. ft. limit – requested 8,800 sq. ft.
There is no information posted on the City of Bellingham website. To view official notice, go by the site and
look at the posted Notice.
Submitted March 25, 2005 By Brad Rose - Committee Chair