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Lake City Neighborhood Plan Status Check (give your feedback)

This summer, many Lake City neighbors attended a meeting and many more participated in on line questionnaires to review the Draft Lake City Neighborhood Status Report and comment on changes— good, bad, and unexpected —that have occurred since the Lake City Neighborhood Plans was written in the late 90’s. Comments can be reviewed here.

The Neighborhood [...]

New mixed-use building in Pinehurst?

An application has been made to build a four-story building with 36 apartment units at 12544 15th Ave NE in Pinehurst. The project would include parking for 55 vehicles in above grade garage.

It appears that the project was originally applied for in 2006 and went through design review. It is not clear whether the [...]

Seattle Neighborhood Plan Update: Summary of feedback so far and next meeting scheduled – November 12th

The Seattle Planning Commission has released summaries of feedback received regarding neighborhood plan status reports. Feedback for the Lake City neighborhood plan is included.

View the Planning Commission main page here
Executive Summary document for all plans here
Lake City Summary
Lake City Detailed Feedback

The second and final community meeting regarding the Lake City and other North Seattle [...]

Update on Backyard Cottages

Council Member Sally Clark has posted to her website a new “Guide to Backyard Cottages in Southeast Seattle.” The guide provides pictures and information on the backyards cottages that have been built in southeast Seattle since 2006. The guide is available for viewing on Council Member Clark’s website www.seattle.gov/council/clark.

There will be a second [...]

Ballard? Greenlake? Capitol Hill?

No, this is a new townhouse project in Pinehurst on 14th Ave NE just south of 125th Ave NE. It caught my eye because it is a nice design and seems a bit hipper than some of the other projects that have gone up in the neighborhood recently. I would live here. Check [...]

The new tenements?

Pinehurst resident, former Seattle City Councilmember and potential candidate for Seattle Mayor, Peter Steinbrueck calls this photo: “the new tenements.” He posted this photo to Facebook (can you tell the location?) and commented on the need for new rules guiding development in Seattle’s L zones. In his Facebook posting, he expressed his concern regarding [...]

Backyard Cottages – New housing option proposed for Seattle

New legislation is being proposed that would allow Seattle homeowners the option to build backyard cottages. Under the proposal, homeowners would be allowed to build backyard cottages under certain conditions. The owner must live on the premises and there would be an annual limit of 50 new cottages.

To ensure the cottages fit within the neighborhood, [...]

3/16 Design Review Meeting for Potential Rezone on 15th Ave NE in Olympic Hills

The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for an early design guidance meeting.

Project: 3009270 Address: 1514 NE 137TH ST Area: Northeast Zone: Single Family 7200 Contact: Lara Sirois,(206)443-1181 Planner: Bruce Rips,(206)615-1392

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThe proposal is for a three-story, 26-unit residential building with parking for 31 vehicles located below [...]

Smarter Neighbors – CORA townhouse rezoning recap

Greg at Smarter Neighbors has a summary of a presentation that David Neiman of CORA Northwest made to Wedgwood Community Council last week. David Neiman will also be presenting on the same topic at our Monday, January 26th Pinehurst Community Meeting.

Smart Growth: New York City grew, but traffic did not

From today’s New York Times here. Increased density with good public transit is not necessarily bad growth.