Edgemoor Neighborhood Plan Update
Draft
Chapter 2, Land Use and Maps
Part 1, Subarea Descriptions
Area 1
Area 1
includes all but the north side of the Shorewood Subdivision and the houses on
the West side of Briar Road north of Bayside Road. Recently, the lots overlooking the railroad
to the West have been developed. There are no sidewalks on the street, the
lots tend to be large, utility lines are buried and the houses are generally
new and well kept.
Single
Family Residential, Low Density
Area 2
Area 2 is
representative of subdivisions designed in the early 1970’s having wide streets
(36’) including curb, gutter and sidewalk (5’) on both sides. The lots are smaller than many others in
Edgemoor. Most are on northern slope
graded down to Bellingham Bay to the North which affords them excellent views
of the Bay. The area is beginning to
suffer rental but is generally well kept.
The area should include all the houses on the north side of Bayside
Road from east end of Bayside Place to the next to the last house on Bayside
Road before the Briar Road intersection
which do not belong in design or use to Area 4. Also, note that the City base maps identify
Acadia Place instead of Acacia which it
should be.
Single
family Residential, Medium Density
Area 3
Area 3 is
the Fairhaven Middle School and adjacent play fields.
Public
Area 4
Area 4
consists of large, half-acre lots exemplifying the “rural estate” portion of
the Edgemoor neighborhood. Street widths
vary depending on the time of development of the subdivision development. Utilities are buried throughout the
Area. There is a sidewalk on the East
side of Hawthorn Road from the 12th Street intersection to Learmont
Manor south of the crest of the hill on Fieldston, othersise the Area generally lacks sidewalks and curb and gutter. Views to the West of the entrance to
Bellingham Bay are excellent as are views to the North from Middlefield Road. Recently, some infill has occurred and some
house have been renovated or replaced. City
base maps and street signs should be reconciled to clear up the ambiguity which
identifies Fieldston Road as Fieldstone.
Single
Family Residential, Low Density
Area 5
Area 5
consists of lots larger than those in Area 2 but half the size of lots in Area
4. Willow Road which runs East-West on
the North of the Area is a major collector with curb, gutter and sidewalk on
both sides from Fieldston to Chuckanut Drive.
Single
Family Residential, Low Density
Area 6
Area 6
includes the cul-de-sacs off the East end of Willow Road and all the property
North of Viewcrest Road, some of which is unplatted. Lot sizes vary throughout
the Area. On the East slope of the
Neighborhood, the view from these lots are generally to the East.
Single
Family Residential, Low density
Area 7
Area 7 is
the most varied of the areas in Edgemoor and may warrant redefinition. Most of the property slopes from North to
South towards Chuckanut Bay. On the East
end, the Sea Pines-Briza Subdivision consists of new houses on steep slopes
with undeveloped yards with streets with curb and gutter. Immediately to the South of Briza is an
undeveloped, City-owned area of brush and marsh to the edge of Chuckanut
Bay. A large area of undeveloped land is
to the West of Sea Pines Road. Clarks
Point lies South of where the railroad tunnels under the ridge from the
waterside along Bellingham Bay to the causeway across the tidelands of
Chuckanut Bay. The Point is the
residence of few dwellings. The road to
the point is ten feet wide. The property
of the point is part of the Whatcom Land Trust and, therefore, deemed to be not
subject to standard zoning regulation.
The remaining land at the West end of the Area is steeply sloped and has
lots with good views to the South and West.
It includes the only gated subdivision in Edgemoor, steeply sloped lots
facing West, and some non-conforming, extra-large houses. An undeveloped, City-designated trail is
designated to follow the from the East end of Arbutus Place along the North
side of Chuckanut Bay towards Fairhaven Avenue south of Edgemoor.
Single
Family Residential, Low Density
Area 8 (See the existing plan for description and
designation.)