Stories about Land Use including zoning, design review and design guidelines, and permitting.
by Elise Koncsek @ koncsek.com In the dead of night on August 3rd the Roosevelt neighborhood experienced a surreal parade of two complete townhomes inching through the streets to their new location a few blocks away. Friday marked the first building relocation event for a site being cleared to make …
Preparations to relocate four townhouse buildings on Northeast 66th Street are in full swing. The relocation will occur late at night over two weekends starting Friday, Aug. 3. More townhouses will be moved the following weekend, Friday, Aug. 10. We invite you to witness this monumental move on one or …
I hope you are all enjoying the official Seattle start of summer 🙂 Here are some updates and announcements on land use issues: Fruit Stand Block Design Meeting – We held a meeting with the Roosevelt Development Group to preview the design of the proposed development for the block at the …
Dear Neighbors: On behalf of the Land Use Committee, I just wanted to publicly thank Jim O’Halloran for his incredible term of service to the Roosevelt community. It has been a privilege to watch Jim work at close range for five years now. All of this work has not been …
by Jim O’Halloran Folks, After eight years of active duty in the Roosevelt Neighborhood Association, I’m stepping down from my role as chair of the RNA Land Use Committee. The new land use chair is John Adams, who has most recently served as RNA Vice President. This change is already …
This afternoon at City Hall, the full Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to approve the Roosevelt legislative rezone. Whatever your opinion about the details of the proposal, this step culminates a process which began in July 2006 when we submitted our detailed recommendations for the rezone. What a long strange …
The neighborhood rezone saga is rapidly coming to a close. City Council’s land use committee (“COBE”) has been discussing this topic since the public hearing on September 19th. I expect for the committee to vote by December 14th and for full Council to finalize new zoning legislation on December 19th. …
Last night’s public hearing by the City Council land use committee was remarkable in many ways; indeed there are many remarks on various blogs I have been told. But what struck me most was the incredible attendance – over 500 people showed up for this meeting, which makes it the …
The Roosevelt Legislative Rezone is now on the “front burner”. This is the process by which Seattle City Council will consider rezoning of blocks around the future light rail station area. Discussion of building heights for specific blocks is under great scrutiny at this time. On Monday, September 19th at …
This past week over 100 of you wrote to Mayor McGinn and other City officials to request action on the Roosevelt Legislative Rezone process, and on Friday, he wrote back. If you didn’t receive a direct response, you can find the letter at this link: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/621526/340d194bc1/317587849/8d4df55024/. Thank you again for your …
