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.)