HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Committees - Planning and Economic Development Committee - 11/27/1989 (3) KENT PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
November 27, 1989
The meeting of the Kent Planning Commission was called to order by
Chair Martinez at 7: 30 p.m. Monday, November 27, 1989 in the Kent
City Hall, City Council Chambers.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Linda Martinez, Chair
Anne Biteman
Tracy Faust
Elmira Forner
Greg Greenstreet
Leona Orr
Carol Stoner
Raymond Ward
COMMISSION MEMBER ABSENT:
Gabriella Uhlar-Heffner, excused
PLANNING STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
James P. Harris, Planning Director
Fred Satterstrom, Planning Manager
Stephen Clifton, Planner
Lauri Anderson, Planner
Janet Shull, Planner
Lois Ricketts, Recording Secretary
FOSTER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHANGE CPZ-89-5 (Continued)
Mr. Harris explained that this hearing was continued from October
23 in order to have a report on traffic impacts at the SR 516/167
intersection. City Council previously adopted C-suffix zoning at
the intersections of 212th and 228th and West Valley Highway. The
current request is for C-suffix zoning in the Foster Plat area,
which is currently zoned M2 and designated as Industrial Park in
the Comprehensive Plan. Currently there is no access off SR 516
into this site. Access into the site off SR 167 from the south
would be easy, but access from the site to SR 167 would be
difficult. Mr. Harris suggested the C-suffix be a half circle
instead of a full circle. In the M2 zone, manufacturing could
generate 43 trips, and a restaurant could generate 36 trips, a
total of 79 potential trips during peak hours. In Ml-C zoning a
hotel could generate 74 trips, and a restaurant could generate 36
trips, a total of 110 trips. The projected trip generation
difference between the M2 and the M1-C could be a net gain of 31
potential trips during peak hours. He pointed out that there are
many trips on SR 516 each day, and regardless of the type of
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development in that area, there will be "F" level of service during
peak hours. When the project is presented to the city for
development, traffic mitigation assessment could be at either 50
percent or 100 percent of the difference in trips (the projected
31 trips) . At that point a charge could be assessed for the
additional trips. Mr. Harris pointed out that there are four
traffic lights in the area of SR 516 and Willis Street. A fifth
light would be added. The state monitors the lights on SR 516 at
the present time, but in the future the city will be synchronizing
the lights so that there will be a free flow of traffic through the
area.
Ron Healey, John Anderson and Associates, 10312 NE Eighth,
Bellevue, 98004, stated that he was present to clarify the request
and commented that the railroad tracks on the east side of the site
separate the area from the adjacent neighborhood.
Commissioner Ward MOVED to close the public hearing. Commissioner
Faust SECONDED the motion. Motion carried.
Commissioner Stoner pointed out that in addition to the vacant land
in the southeast quadrant, there is also some vacant land next to
Valley Daily News on the southwest corner, and a very large, vacant
parcel on the northwest corner. She urged careful consideration
of the size of the circle.
Mr. Harris responded that the area on the west side of the freeway,
specifically the Valley Daily News area, is currently zoned General
Commercial. The area on the north and south side of Willis is
zoned M2. The current task of the Commission is to make a decision
on this Comprehensive Plan rezone request. If approved,the Hearing
Examiner would hear the request to rezone the area to a
classification for a specific use at a later time.
Chairman Martinez pointed out that the area west of the freeway is
currently zoned GC, and hotels, motels, restaurants and retail
stores can be located in this zone. If the zoning is changed to
M1-C, there would be three quadrants in which hotels and
restaurants could be located.
Mr. Harris responded that it would be better to have them easily
accessible from the freeway rather than have them located
sporadically along West Valley Highway.
Commissioner Forner MOVED that the Comprehensive Plan be amended
to allow M1-C designation in the semicircle south of Willis bounded
on the east by the Union Pacific Railroad and on the west by the
Valley Freeway off ramp. Commissioner Ward SECONDED the motion.
Motion carried unanimously.
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Chair Martinez: I would like to open the public hearing by having
staff presentation.
Stephen Clifton: My name is Stephen Clifton and I am with the Kent
Planning Department. And before I start, if anyone has not had an
opportunity to sign up on this list and you would like to speak to
the areas which have not been decided upon, would you raise your
hand and I will give you this and you can speak on that. First
I ' ll clarify the areas. They are the Valley Floor areas. They are
MF Area-8, MF Area-9A, Option Area I and Option Area III. As
Chairperson Martinez indicated, this is a continuation of the
Valley Floor Subarea Housing meeting and the East Hill Area Housing
meeting. First off what we would like to do is. . .Janet will be
starting off with a presentation of the four areas which have not
been decided upon yet, and then what we will do is take some public
testimony and at that time the Planning Commission can make their
decisions on the four areas. We can take a break, and I can run
upstairs. I will run some numbers and come back down and tell you
what the overall density will be now that we are coming to the end
of this meeting. As you remember, last week you made
recommendations on five areas on the Valley Floor Plan and what
remains of the four areas which I just described before, and so at
this time I would like to present Janet Shull and she will be
presenting for the Valley Floor.
VALLEY FLOOR HOUSING STUDY (CPZ-89-4) (Continued)
Janet Shull: Janet Shull, Kent Planning Department, and I 'd like
to start out by giving you two handouts. One is going to be
similar in format to the handout we gave you last week, which
basically outlines what you have done to date, and the four areas
you still need to make recommendations on. And the other handout
I have is the letter we just received today from D. B. Associates
and it is in regard to Option Area 2, and so I have a copy for each
of you of that letter. What I 'd like to do is start out and show
a video that will hopefully better give you a picture of Areas MF-
81 9A, and Option Area 3, which is something that you requested at
the last hearing and, hopefully, will give you a better picture of
it tonight. Start out there and then move on and give you a
description or go over again Option Area 1. This overhead is
basically centered on Option Areas 8, or I 'm sorry, Multifamily
Area 8, but it shows how the areas all kind of go together. Here
is 8, and 9A just to the north, and Option Area 3 is essentially
to the west. If you are ready at this time, I will show the
video. We are starting out here looking into Area 9A. We are
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standing on the Overlook property and looking right into the site.
You can see it is heavily wooded. This is the steeper part of the
site. This area has been designated as significant wildlife habitat
by the Department of Ecology, and it also has a wetland area down
to the western part of the site, more of a grassy area. Now we are
sort of panning down below. You can see some of the commercial
uses that are across the street. . .across 288th. . .to give you a
sense of what is down below the site. And now looking back into
Area 9A. And that is just a kind of zooming in looking through the
trees. This next view is also standing on the Overlook property,
and we are panning down. . .this is the lower area of Option Area A.
or I'm sorry, Multifamily Area 9A. And now we are looking down on
Multifamily Area 8 and looking down toward Jonathan's Landing, and
you can see some of those commercial manufacturing businesses that
do border the area. Then we are basically looking to the west at
this point. So you get a sense of. . .this is from up high on the
hill. . .on the Overlook site. Now we are standing in between Area
9A and Area 8. At this point here we are looking back toward the
Overlook site and that grassy area there that you can see is the
wetland area, the lower portion of Area 9A. And now we are looking
up into the steeper slope portion of 9A where it is more heavily
wooded. And now we are looking up the road that comes into
Multifamily Area 8. And if you could look beneath the trees, you
can sometimes see there are three single family homes back on the
eastern portion of the site. Now we are kind of turning the corner
and looking down across area MF-8 and in the distance you can see
Jonathan's Landing. And we are just panning area Multifamily 8.
Now we are looking back across. . .you can see across the bark piles,
and we are looking down. I don't know how else to describe it.
We are looking down the street towards the CM-zoned area, which is
Option Area 3, and now we are coming back around looking at this
L-shaped piece of Option Area 3 and coming back to the boundary
between 9A, which is this grassy part here, and Option Area 3 . So
now we are looking back towards the Overlook property. . .as we are
coming around here we are looking up. . .
Chair Martinez: That point we just passed, is that commercial.
The out buildings. . .were these manufacturing, or what were those.
I can't recognize them.
Ms. Shull: Those would be the CM-zoned area. What we essentially
did is. . .we swept a big circle. We started looking to the north
at the point between Area 9A and Option Area 3, and we swung a big
circle around this direction, so we were looking into 9A, and then
around over Area 8, which is the real, flat area. And first we
looked up into Area 8, which is a hilly, wooded site where three
single family houses are, then we swung around to the lower portion
of Area 8, which is the flat area, and then you could see in the
distance Jonathan's Landing, and then we swung around so you got
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a sense. . .you saw the bark, the mounds of bark. . . looking across the
area. . .Option Area 3, then we swung back around, and that is when
you saw some of the buildings.
Chair Martinez: But those aren't in Option Area 3 .
Ms. Shull: No they are bounding on it.
Chair Martinez: Fine.
Ms. Shull: Now what we are doing is panning down 88th and we are
going to drive south on 88th Avenue so you can see into Option Area
3 and you will have to pardon the sun. We did this in the
afternoon and the sun was really at a bad angle. We will
eventually be driving down the street. Okay. Now we are driving
south on 88th, so we are panning all of Option Area 3 . And we will
turn the corner at the south portion of Option Area 3 and turn into
the Chandler's Bay Apartments, so we will be rounding that corner.
So you get a sense of how large this area is. It is 22 plus acres
in size. . .Option Area 3 . Okay, now we are about to round the
corner and head back into the Chandler's Bay property, and we will
be looking north into Option Area 3 at this time. So, the
buildings that you can see in the distance, or you could see, there
for a second, were on the northern boundary of Option Area 3 . Now
we had to switch, and now we are coming down Central, north on
Central so you could get a sense of the businesses that are on the
west side of Option Area 3 and that front on Central. And these
are those mounds of bark and dirt that you could see when you were
looking the other direction into the site. That's a bowling alley
there. It is hard to make out what that is. Now we are rounding
the corner and heading back down 228th, heading east. So we are
basically making a big circle around the site. These are some more
of the CM type of uses that are located around the property. And
then we are pausing here, this is looking south on 88th Avenue,
which runs down along the border. Now we are just continuing up
to the Overlook site. We are heading east on 228th. So, we are
essentially coming back to where we started from where we took this
video. So now we are looking back up into the Overlook site, which
is this area right here. So we are back to where we started. I
thought that was the end, too. I 'm not sure what we are doing now.
Okay. What we did now is we shot the other. . .I remember now. . .we
shot the north side of 228th so that you could see the businesses
on the north side of 228th as well. This is also zoned primarily
CM. What we are doing now is that we are heading out Central so
that you could see that overpass area where 167 goes over Central,
so we will be heading back out to the intersection. You can see
the cars up top there, that was 167. That's our video and I hope
it helped you.
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Commissioner Faust: You were much slower this time in your drive.
Thank you.
Ms. Shull: It's tough, especially on Central to go slow. At this
time if you like, I can go through the areas area by area, if you
like. I don't know if you need more information for those three
areas, or if you like I can go to Option Area 1, it is up to you.
Chair Martinez: Do we need any more information for those three
areas.
Commissioner Stoner: I 'm have one question. What is the zoning
to the north area (unclear) .
Ms. Shull: I have a zoning map I can bring. . .a large-scale zoning
map I can show you. This is essentially Option Area 3 in here.
Area M-8 and Area 9A is this little piece here, and so you can see
that the bulk of this area is zoned CM, and then we have high
density multifamily which is the Overlook site, we have high
density and medium density multifamily to the south, this is the
Jonathan's Landing and Chandler's Bay areas. This is Jonathan's
Landing and this is Chandler's Bay here. And then we have GC which
runs north and south along Central.
Chair Martinez: Are there any other questions on these three
areas, or shall we go to Option Area 1. Option Area 1, please.
Ms. Shull: Okay, Option Area 1 is 4 .25 acres in size, and it is
just east of area M-2, just to the other side of the track of the
South of Willis neighborhood, which is also known as M-2, and it
is currently zoned CM, Commercial Manufacturing. The specific
recommendation was for duplex. That would allow for up to 40 units
if it were redeveloped at that density. We had a lot of public
testimony against this site-specific recommendation. The testimony
was for leaving it as is. I ' ll point it out on the zoning map so
that you can get a sense for the surrounding zoning. It is located
right in this CM strip here, so we have multifamily area on the
west side of the tracks, CM directly to the east and to the north.
This area here is GC, which comes down again along Central Avenue,
so that it kind of borders it as a northernmost. . . northeastern
corner. And then we have the Downtown Commercial designation to
the north of Willis and then to the west of the railroad tracks.
And then the CM strip continues south to the city limits.
Commissioner Stoner: Which portion are you looking at?
Ms. Shull: Okay. We are looking at this two-square-block portion
here, the railroad tracks to the west, CM to the east. Do you have
any more questions on that site.
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Chair Martinez: Any questions. Thank you.
Ms. Shull: Thanks
Chair Martinez: I have five people signed up. One person for 0-
2 and one for 0-4 and I would like to not take that testimony
because we are hearing testimony only on the sites that are
currently still under discussion. That's 0-1, 0-31 M-8 and M-9A.
Two people did not put down what sites they are going to speak to.
I will call you. If you are speaking on the right thing, you may
go ahead. The first one is, I belief Jacqueline Whiteman or
Whitman. Please come to the microphone and state your name and
address, please.
Jacqueline Whiteman: My name is Jacqueline Whiteman and I live at
9427 South 213th Place Kent, and I was here in regards to the
grocery store business. . .I see is under 0-4 .
Chair Martinez: We have already decided on that one so we are not
taking further testimony.
Jacqueline Whiteman: You are leaving me alone.
Chair Martinez: Yes
Jacqueline Whiteman: That's all I wanted to know.
Chair Martinez: G. Richard Hill.
Richard Hill: Members of the Planning Commission, good evening.
My name is Richard Hill and I was thinking about Option area 3 and
Multifamily Area 8. As you will see, we have prepared a larger
scale diagram of the one that Mr. DiJulio presented at the last
Commission hearing to show you the area in its context. On behalf
of. . .Oh, I need to state my address for the record. . . 1111 Third
Avenue, Seattle, Washington. I am counsel for the Carpinito
family, and on behalf of the Carpinito family, the Carpinito family
would urge the Planning Commission to make no change to Option Area
3 and Multifamily Area 8 at this time. As the letter that we have
submitted to you demonstrates and has been stated before,
downzoning these two areas does not fulfill the objectives of the
planning study at issue. We understand that the density reduction
has been met by the Commission's decisions to date, so it is not
necessary to downzone these two parcels for density reduction
proposes. Indeed as our letter to you states, there will actually
be an increase in the number of dwelling units if both of these
denseness take place. These properties are appropriate in their
current zoning, but if the Planning Commission determines that it
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is appropriate to study these zoning designations further, it
should do so in the context of the properties in the vicinity off
167 and commercial and high density multifamily developments in
that area rather than essentially single family focus that has been
the Planning Commission's focus in the current setting. Therefore
we'd urge the Commission to delete these areas from the study areas
at this time. If further study is proposed, it should be done in
the context of 167 and the development of that area as a whole.
Chair Martinez: Are there any questions?
Commissioner Faust: Would you go over now using this larger map
exactly what we are seeing.
Richard Hill: Certainly. First I am going to take away the
constituent parts of it. . .the wonders of modern diagram making.
Here you see Option Area 3 in the vicinity of 84th and 228th,
Multifamily Area 8 in the vicinity of 88th and 228th. The steep
slope which you saw at the beginning of the video is to the right
of the map. The flat area that you saw adjacent to 88th moving
towards the left. Again, moving across 88th is the Option Area 3 ,
and to the right again where the mounds of bark and soil and the
commercial retail development that you saw. The overlay that I am
showing you now is the existing zoning on the property. Again,
currently MRH is the existing designation on multifamily Area 8.
CM is the existing designation on Option Area 3 . The proposal is
to downzone the MRH-zoned property here to Garden Density
Residential which again would result in an MRH zone to the north,
and MRH zone to the south, a CM zone to the west and a CM zone on
this portion to the north, essentially creating spot zone of
Garden, excuse my loaded expression, unique zone, let me say, of
Garden Density. The natural buffer area between property on the
slope by virtue of the existing steep slope on the eastern portion
of the property. This is a diagram that shows one possible
development of the property, including the MRH designation here and
potential development here to the left. And this final overlay
shows the location of Option Area 3, the location of Multifamily
Area 8, and the location of Area 9A.
Chair Martinez: Are there questions?
Commissioner Ward: Sure. The area that you are concerned about
is Area 8 and it is supposed to be used for agricultural purposes.
Richard Hill: That's correct.
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Commissioner Ward: Is this a hypothetical plan, or is this a plan
that you have for the development of the property within a
reasonably short period of time. What do you say. Why not MRG.
Richard Hill: There is no specific plan for a development in the
immediate future; however, MRG zoning would obviously hamper the
development of a plan such as this in the future. The property
has been zoned MRH and been acquired under MRH expectations, and
really should not be a downzone to the MRG zoning designation
unless there are very good reasons . . change circumstances
justifying the downzone. Again there is MRH development to the
south, there is commercial zoning to the north, and MRH zoning is
appropriate for development in the future. Well we can't say the
development will occur in six months or nine months. That is what
the property was acquired for, and that was the basis for the
investment in the acquisition.
Chair Martinez: Other questions.
Commissioner Forner: I had a real concern when I was looking at
that land, is there going to be a problem with that being protected
under the wetlands.
Richard Hill: There are existing regulations governing wetlands
both under Federal Law Section 404 permits would be required as
well as the City of Kent has wetland protection, and the State
Environmental Policy Act. So to the extent that there are wetland
issues, those will be addressed under independent and preexisting
land use policies. The designation of the MRG will not add
additional protection to the wetlands. Indeed the MRH zoning
designation would allow development to occur in a more protective
way in the sense that there would be a sufficient amount of density
so that if there are wetlands on the property to the extent there
are, they can be protected while also developing the nonwetlands
portions of the property.
voice: (unclear)
Voice: Option Area 3 is about 23 or 25.
Mr. Harris: Could you address yourself to the chair please.
Richard Hill: For the record Mr. Carpinito, my client, identified
Option Area 3 as about 22-25 acres.
Commissioner Ward: What is the present consideration been given
to 9A by some environmental. . .
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Richard Hill: There was a reference by staff that the Department
of Ecology has identified a portion of the property as wetlands
and/or sensitive wildlife habitat. The owner has been unable to
confirm that and has received no formal notice of that.
Mr. Harris: Could I clarify that a little bit.
Chair Martinez: Yes, please.
Mr. Harris: When we were dealing with that. . . is this on or
off. . .when we were dealing with the Overlook people, at first they
came in with a plan that covered 9A. When they discovered that we
were going to be working on some significant wildlife habitat and
wetlands in the area, they dropped that out of their plans.
Subsequently they sold it off. I do see that the drawing shows a
lot of green in that area, so I would assume. . .this is very
hypothetical. . .that they are recognizing that potential in this
plan right here.
Richard Hill: That was definitely the intent.
Chair Martinez: Other questions. Okay.
Commissioner Faust: How does your client feel about a rezone of
8 to MRM.
Richard Hill: A rezone of 8 to MRM would obviously not be as
drastic as MRG, and while it would hurt substantially, it would
not hurt as much. Again, we don't believe at this point that it
is appropriate. We would prefer that the matter would be studied
in the context of the immediately surrounding area rather than the
other portions of the property.
Commissioner Faust: Do you have any idea what kind of traffic
increase is going to result to the two exits out onto Central if
this is left MRH.
Richard Hill: There hasn't been any formal traffic study of the
traffic impacts. Obviously if there was a development proposal,
there would be SEPA review. The City of Kent is becoming
increasingly sophisticated at imposing traffic mitigation
conditions and improvements on development applications, and I am
certain that would be evaluated and mitigated, but in terms of
answering your question, no, there hasn't been a specific traffic
study.
Commissioner Stoner: Could I ask a question (unclear) current
issues on the CM property on 03.
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Commissioner Faust: Lettuce fields.
Richard Hill: Yes, I think I might invite my client, Mr.
Carpinito, to come up and answer that specifically with the
Commission's permission.
Chair Martinez: Please identify yourself and give your address.
Mike Carpinito: Identify myself. My name is Mike Carpinito, 23032
88th Avenue South in Kent 98032 . Along the highway on North
Central from the present Kent Bowl south to the car lot of the Kent
Auto Brokers, and behind it we have our retail operation which
consists of many things, bark, dirt, nursery, fruit stand, truck
shop. Everything that relates to farming operation. You know we
are using both commercial and commercial manufacturing to what it
is zoned for. Zoning us to an apartment zone just wouldn't fit our
ultimate goals for the property whether . . . even for our own use
as present Carpinito Brothers business. We would prefer just to
keep that zoning while operating the business we have there.
Chair Martinez: Thank you.
Mike Carpinito: Anything else.
Commissioner Stoner: What is the current use, though, in terms
of. . .and I am thinking specifically of the . . . (unclear) . . .I know
what is along Central, but I am thinking of 0-3 specifically that
(unclear) .
Mike Carpinito: Part of it is we are using it with the bark and
the dirt. Part of it is being farmed.
Chair Martinez: Are there any other questions. Thank you. Donald
L. McDaniel.
Don McDaniel: Don McDaniel and I have property at 615 and 609
South Bridges Avenue. I want to address a couple of things here.
Again, maybe it is a little bit old hat now, but if you look at
Option Area 1, again we see basically commercial on three sides.
We see a railroad on the fourth side. We see a situation if you
wanted to put duplexes in there, one, you would have the duplexes
only one block from a major artery, Central, or one block from
another major artery, Willis, probably not conducive to residential
properties. Next thing you look at the size of lots 6600 square
feet each, the average lot, although some of them have been split
in half. I don't think it would be in your intent to put a duplex
on a 6600 square foot lot, although I am not sure. You have heard
testimony before that over 80 percent of the property owners, not
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renters, but property owners prefer the present zoning, feel it is
most appropriate, most of them bought the properties with
investment purposes in mind and with the idea of developing the
properties in the manner in which the property was zoned for when
they acquired it. You heard not one objection to leaving it at the
present zoning. You know what the owners of the property in the
area feel. There was a comment close to the close of the last
meeting to the effect that it wouldn't look good to have commercial
property there. Well there is commercial property all along the
area. There was another comment to the fact that there has been
that mud heap out there which I assume we are talking about the
area where the egg hatchery was and behind Andy's. Well, that's
not even in the area that is being considered for rezoning at this
time. Also, we see that there has been a tool rental company that
is going in there with a brand new building, and we envision that
there could be attractive, commercial buildings in that area, given
the time to develop the property, which is probably five or ten
years down the road. I don't think you are going to see any
immediate change. You look at the area, the houses are old, none
of them have any historical significance; however, the current
property owners are maintaining these residential properties
knowing and even wanting the commercial designation to remain. So
we are a little bit confused as to why the city feels it necessary
to change the zoning when the zoning appears to be appropriate.
Thank you.
Chair Martinez: Before you go are there any questions.
Commissioner Forner: If you don't think we can put garden density
or duplex on a 6600 square foot lot, what kind of a business could
you put on that lot? Do you have any suggestions of what needs to
be . . .
Don McDaniel: I understand with the present zoning that you would
have to have at least two adjacent lots to do any development at
all. So, consequently nothing can be done by individual property
owners unless they get together under present circumstances.
Chair Martinez: Are there other questions. Thank you. I have
two other people signed up. One for 0-2 and one for 0-4 . Do they
wish to speak to any of the areas currently under consideration.
Okay. Is there anyone else in the audience who wishes to speak to
the areas currently under consideration. If not, I would entertain
a motion to close the public hearing.
Commissioner Faust: So moved.
Commissioner Forner: Second.
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Chair Martinez: Is there discussion. (silence) All in favor.
Voices• Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (Silence) Thank you. Now we would like
to take a 15-minute break. . .Oh no. I'm sorry. Now we have to make
our decision first so that we can send you off with the numbers.
Again, if we can reach consensus that would be good, but if we
can't we' ll vote. Okay. Let's start with 01. That will be fine
with me.
Commissioner Faust: Think we ought to leave it the way it is.
Voices• Agreed.
Chair Martinez: I would like to say that at some time it would
behoove us to go back and look at the zoning there. We might want
to make it General Commercial or something actually more
appropriate for that area. I think for now. . .
Commissioner Forner: Right. It appears to me that neither of them
are the ideal solution to that piece of property. But I don't have
anything . . . I agree.
Commissioner Stoner: And I am reluctant to pull the two-block area
out of what is either Commercial Manufacturing or General
Commercial and make it something else.
Chair Martinez: Okay, so the consensus on 01 is to retain it CM.
Commissioner Ward: CM
Chair Martinez: Okay. We have left the three contiguous pieces
of property.
Commissioner Forner: Madam Chairman, I 'd like to propose that we
change the zoning to area M-9A to RA.
Chair Martinez: Something we haven't considered yet.
Commissioner Forner: Yes. I think that would leave the options
for the piece of property open to a variety of uses.
Chair Martinez: Still making it residential. . .
Commissioner Forner: Still within the residential, but I believe
it would expand the options for that piece of property.
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Chair Martinez: And RA has always been a transitional zone.
Commissioner Forner: Right.
Commissioner Faust: How big is 9A.
Mr. Harris: Does she have a second on that. She made a motion
didn't she.
Chair Martinez: Did you make a motion. I thought you were just
making a suggestion.
Commissioner Forner: I was just making a suggestion and open for
discussion. I will make it as a motion.
Chair Martinez: I don't think we need a motion yet, unless we. . . is
there discussion.
Commissioner Ward: What is 9A now.
Voice• It is MRH.
Chair Martinez: Yeah. High Density.
Commissioner Forner: That is a wetlands sensitive area, very
beautiful area. I think this would leave options open for future
uses that we perhaps don't anticipate right now.
Commissioner Faust: I 'd like to know how big the parcel is,
because, of course, RA has a one-acre minimum on houses.
Commissioner Orr: I have in my notes that it is five acres. I
don't know if that is correct.
Voices: Five acres. . .that is correct.
Commissioner Faust: Most of which is unbuildable. So what you
are basically talking about is the potential for putting one maybe
two houses on that property because the rest of it is already
designated as a sensitive area.
Mr. Harris: This has been brought to my attention that we weren't
recommending any change on that, but I assume that you are.
Commissioner Faust: Yes. That is correct.
Commissioner Stoner: I guess I would like staff to tell us what
the implications are in putting RA on that property.
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Mr. Harris: My feeling is that you have. . .you are going all the
way from a high density, 40 units per acre, down to one unit per
acre, which is single family, with the idea that it is essentially
agriculture with a possibility of a transition to some other
residential in the future. RA is a holding zone. We had a lot of
it in the valley many years ago. As you went from the agriculture
to residential. . .so you would be taking it from an actual specific
zoning designation down to kind of a holding zone. They would have
to come back later if they wanted to and try to get a rezone to
something else, or develop it out at one-acre lots.
Commissioner Faust: I 'd like to speak against that. It is a nice
idea, but I don't think it is appropriate for this parcel. First
of all part of it isn't going to be built on anyway because of what
it is, and there is no other RA around there, and it is really
going to severely limit what the owner can do with it, and I just
don't think it is appropriate for that piece. I really don't.
Commissioner Orr: I have to agree with Tracy. From looking at
this map and not knowing specifically how much may or may not be
developable, it almost appears it has to be used in conjunction
with another parcel to maybe even be developed at all. So. . .
Commissioner Stoner: It is under one ownership.
Commissioner Orr: The entire. . .
Commissioner Stoner: At present the entire parcel is under one
ownership.
Commissioner Faust: I think it is too drastic. . . (unclear) . . .
Commissioner Forner: My thinking is that they could possibly. . .I
think it is a little over five acres. . . is that correct. . . is that
what that one is. . .that there is such a thing as transfer of
development rights that they could still get a higher density than
one house per acre, and yet still leave that as a transition zone.
Commissioner Faust: Transition to what, though.
Commissioner Forner: As a wetlands or farmlands or a holding zone,
whatever you want to call it. Your argument that they would not
be able to get as many houses on in the RA zoning, I think there
is going to be a minimal amount of houses that are allowable on
that piece anyhow, and to further protect that piece of land, I
would like to see it go RA. And in response to your opposition
that disallows a certain number of houses, there is such a thing
as development rights exchange, which means that if it is five
acres and you could put five acres on that whole area, then perhaps
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in the one acre you could put five houses leaving the other four
vacant.
Mr. Harris: Just a suggestion. . .we don't have a legal mechanism
in Kent to do transfer of development rights. Some communities
have that. It would have to be out of the kindness of their heart
that. . .they do own 03, 8, and 9A in an overall development as you
see there, as I see it they would be protecting 9A by moving back
to the south. We couldn't come along and say let's do some trading
of development rights, because we don't have a legal mechanism to
do that. We would have to create that. We have never advocated
that here in the Kent Planning Department because we don't have the
very dense urban development that you have in downtown Seattle or
Tacoma where they do trade development rights. They trade for air
rights. They do all kinds of neat things there. We've just never
done it.
Commissioner Faust: In further argument. . .
Commissioner Biteman: I would be inclined to leave it what it is,
staff has recommended, MRH.
Commissioner Faust: Part of it can't be built anyway. And there
are state and local mechanisms already in place that will ensure
that the parts of that that are sensitive are retained pristine.
Commissioner Ward: You think there is enough restriction on it
already. I think back in some records you will find that it
possibly is a wetland there. I think that's going to be a
restriction in itself. Why do anything with it. Why downzone it
to a single family when the restriction is already built in. Leave
it MRH and (unclear) .
Commissioner Stoner: I think it would be appropriate at this point
to ask staff to clarify what the sensitive ordinance regulations
are that impact that property. What kind of setbacks are we going
to have from them, because I think that influences what we do.
What kind of protection does the City of Kent have in place for
this.
Ms. Anderson: This is Lauri Anderson, Kent Planning Department.
I am going to speak to this one because I worked on the Overlook
properties and I 'm probably more familiar with the property. When
the owners of the Overlook property had a wetlands report done for
the entire piece, there were two. . .three wetlands identified, two
natural and one manmade wetland on 9A. There is a natural wetland
at the bottom of the slope in this area, there is a sump, actually
sort of a pond, and Mr. Carpinito might be better able to tell
me. . . I don't know what it is, and then down in this area which
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actually extends, I think, off this property to a certain extent
is a very large wetland. At the same time the wetlands analysis
was done, we had someone from the Department of Ecology come out
and walk the site to give us their input on it. At that time they
indicated that all of the property to the south of a fence line
which runs along here could be identified as a significant wildlife
habitat. It is very heavily forested, and there are steep slopes.
In terms of the mechanism that we have in place that would control
that, the first part would be the State Environmental Policy Act
Review. And as Mr. Carpinito's attorney mentioned, the Section 404
permits from the Army Corps of Engineers which regulate development
in a wetland area. We also have the Hazard Regulations of the
Zoning Code prohibit development in wetlands and on slopes of a
certain steepness. We have a tree protection ordinance in place
that governs which trees can be cut on a site. In terms of
significant wildlife habitat, that would be a concern that would
have to be addressed through the SEPA review. We don't have any
specific zoning ordinance that refers to that, although I think
that part of the hazard area regulations mention that the Planning
Director has the authority to deem certain areas of significance
for a variety of reasons, and then the hazard area regulations come
into play. And then Stephen wanted to make. . .did that answer your
questions.
Mr. Clifton: This is to further clarify what Jim is talking about.
Stephen Clifton, Kent Planning Department, with transfer of
development rights. We do not have a procedure for doing that;
however, what I would like to do is just point out one thing here.
What you have is a single ownership property right here. In Kent
what we do is take the whole parcel and calculate the density on
that parcel. So if this lot line were ever to be removed, these
40 units calculated as such could be transferred to this property
down here provided that this lot line is removed. So it is
possible to take those units and put them on the other piece of
property. If they chose not to develop on
this property here by removing this lot line here. . . if that is
absolutely contiguous piece under one ownership. . .
Commissioner Orr: I just have one more comment against the RA
zoning, and I agree it is a nice idea and I would like to see some
way to preserve that type of property, but, logically speaking, I
can't imagine a person building a home or buying a home there
surrounded by multifamily on all sides. Even if you could build
one home per acre or even if you could only build two homes, it
just doesn't make sense to me. It makes more sense to me that at
a time it was developed a lot line could be removed, the area could
be preserved and it could be developed with the rest of the
property.
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Commissioner Faust: I 'd like to see it perhaps downzoned to MRM
rather than MRH, which is such a high density. I might as well
sail right into 8 because that is my recommendation for that parcel
as well, MRM.
Commissioner Forner: I have another question. Is it possible that
the entire piece could be undevelopable, that the entire piece
would be declared wetlands.
Ms. Anderson: I can address that. The piece itself has several
wetlands on it. If a person owns a piece of property without just
compensation, we would not take the property and claim that it was
undevelopable. There are constraints on the property, certainly,
but some sort of development, if an individual owner owned that
property, would be permissible. Of course we would prefer to see
the development rights transferred to another piece of property
because of the nature of that area.
Chair Martinez: Okay. We have two suggestions now on the table.
For 9A we have RA, MRM and MRH. For 8 we have MRM.
Commissioner Ward: You have two. Eight should be MRH also,
because to transfer those ownership rights and not develop the
greater portion of 9A they would have to go to 8 since it is a
single property owner.
Chair Martinez: I don't understand what you just said.
Commissioner Ward: Shall I say it again.
Chair Martinez: Yeah.
Commissioner Ward: A pointed discussion with 9A. I feel that 9A
should remain as MRH. I think there are enough restrictions of 9A
presently that will prohibit the development. Now to be fair to
the owner who is speaking against a downzoning and I see no
particular reason to downzone 9A for that basic reason, because we
are talking about wetlands which make it impossible to develop a
greater portion thereof. Then if we are going to throw 8 in the
same bailiwick, then we are still talking about 8 remaining as MRH
in order to be able to transfer. The developmental rights have a
higher density on 8 and therefore not develop any portion of 9A
which gives us a green belt, scenic wetlands zone, what have
you. . .we're talking about beautification. I see no reason to
downzone.
Chair Martinez: Okay. So now we have two suggestions for 8 and
three for 9A.
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Commissioner Ward: I think somebody needs to withdraw their. . .
Chair Martinez: There was no motion. We are still talking.
Commissioner Orr: I have one question of staff if someone can
answer it. I know we are talking about achieving a 20 percent
overall reduction. We've also been considering a potential of
higher densities on the Valley Floor with the ultimate potential
for mass transit. Is there any idea of what impact changing this
from MRH to MRM would have given that. . .
Mr. Harris: I think that's the calculations Stephen. . .
Commissioner Orr: Once we decide.
Mr. Harris: Is going to go upstairs and do or may have some idea
now. I am not sure.
Voice: (Unclear)
Mr. Harris: No, he would have to run that through on a machine.
Chair Martinez: What would happen if we make all these properties
MRG or MRM, either one. Just make the whole. . .
Commissioner Ward: Then we'd have a fourth suggestion.
Chair Martinez: Okay. Stephen, do you have something for us.
Voices: (Unclear)
Mr. Clifton: Stephen Clifton with the Kent Planning Department.
On Option Area 8 under MRH zoning you have approximately 544 units
which could be developed. With MRG zoning you are looking
at approximately 217 units, and under MRM you would just kind of
average those two. We have not calculated MRM. Somewhere around
400.
Chair Martinez: Okay.
Mr. Clifton: Nine A being five acres, let's say it is all
developable . . . five acres at 40 units per acre would be 200; 23
units for MRM would be 115; and then MRG would be 16 units per
acre, five acres, 80 units. I think those are right. Those are
off the top of my head. Okay. Are those the only two areas you
wanted.
Chair Martinez: We might as well hear 0-3, too.
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Mr. Clifton: 0-3. Under CM zoning, obviously then what you have
is zero units; MRG is 340 units; let's see, MRM is 489 units.
Chair Martinez: And MRH.
Mr. Clifton: We didn't calculate MRH. That was previously CM and
we never recommended it as MRH.
Commissioner Ward: You also have a suggestion on 0-3 also.
Commissioner Forner: If we changed Number 8 to MRM and 9A to MRM,
and we consider that as one parcel, and the development rights for
9A were transferred to 8, does that give then an increase of
another 200 units so that it would go from 400 to 600, which is
seven a higher density than MRH.
Mr. Clifton: If the applicants take Area 9A and 8, remove the lot
line between the two parcels, then they could calculate all that
acreage for their density, meaning that you could actually add
around 200 units to Area 8. That is correct.
Commissioner Ward: How many could they add if it stayed MRH.
Mr. Clifton: That was MRH. That was MRH. . .200 units at five
acres, 40 units an acre.
Commissioner Ward: Oh, I thought it was MRM.
Chair Martinez: So that is 700 all together.
Commissioner Forner: Seven hundred that they could put on that. . .
Voices: For MRH.
Commissioner Forner: MRM would be two thirds of that.
Voices: Umhmm . .between five and six.
Mr. Clifton: But no one knows if that would really occur. I mean,
the possibility exists.
Commissioner Ward: But the typical build out is not anywhere
nearly the maximum level typically in Kent, right.
Mr. Clifton: That depends upon how the parking is handled.
Commissioner Ward: Except next door.
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Mr. Clifton: If parking is put under structures, if parking is
put under the buildings, then you can achieve maximum density.
Typically it is usually around 90 percent.
Commissioner Ward: Of course on the Valley Floor they can't dig
down under the building there, can they?
Mr. Clifton: You'd only be able to put parking mostly half way
down, usually around three or four feet, or sink it directly under
the building.
Commissioner Forner: I have strong feeling for going MRH with the
possibility of that increasing into almost 900 units.
Commissioner Stoner: I think the only argument in favor of it is
that if you look at the area to the south, the high density areas
to the south, they are not visible. They do not impact you as
being high density areas. Because of the topography and because
of the separation from the major arterials, visually you don't see
that. I think the question is. . .they are also not adjacent to
where we think our mass transit lines may fall. And that, I think,
is the argument against. You want to look at both of them.
Central and 167 are going to be the routes that those people use.
And I don't know even if you put that. . .and it was developed at MRH
or MRM, if you are going to have enough density in that strip
against the hillside to be served by mass transit effectively
Commissioner Forner: (Unclear) . . .build for mass transit and. . .
(unclear)
Commissioner Stoner: There is always that issue, isn't there.
Commissioner Forner: (Unclear) . . .traffic jams.
Commissioner Ward: Maybe the MRH is 20 years off, too, and
everything else says MRH. . .north and south of it.
Commissioner Faust: I still think that we shouldn't zone it at a
higher density than MRM, 9A and 8.
Commissioner Stoner: I would move that we take Option Area 3 , Area
8 and Area 9A and zone them at MRM.
Commissioner Ward: A point of order. I think we had a motion on
the floor.
Voices: No, we don't. We've had discussion.
Commissioner Ward: You're RA thing wasn't a motion.
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Chair Martinez: Is there a second.
Commissioner Biteman: I 'll second it.
Chair Martinez: Is there discussion.
Commissioner Faust: Yes. I really think we ought to leave 3 the
way it is.
Voice: I do, too.
Commissioner Faust: Leave it the way it is.
Commissioner Ward: Same here. I think it should be CM.
Commissioner Faust: Well, I guess if you ask why, I guess in part
it has to do with what we just did with 01. Our purpose here is
to rezone to single family as well as to try to reduce densities.
And I just don't think that changing the designation of 3 to put
it into multifamily at any level is really going to help. I really
don't see. If we leave 8 and 9A at a fairly high density, I am
even willing to give a little on that, but the owner does not want
it changed, the owners of 1 does not want it chanted, and I think
those are two instances where we ought to pay attention to the
owners of the property. I really do.
Commissioner Forner: To further support that, I think we need
commercial to support the high density. I just think it does
support the density.
Commissioner Stoner: We have Gateway Commercial to the north,
we've got General Commercial all along 84th on both sides, and
we've got a significant amount of acreage there, and I am wondering
how much more we need in terms of commercial or commercial
manufacturing uses.
Commissioner Faust: I 'll tell you what concerns me the most
about. . .rezoning that to multifamily at any level is the increased
traffic. It is just going to be horrendous. We know that we want
to increase the density if we are going to increase it anywhere on
the Valley Floor, but I think that leaving 8 and 9 at a fairly high
density is sufficient for that area. You have two exists from
that. And I don't know what it is like during rush hour now with
all those little apartments in there, but it is going to be just
terrible if we rezone all of that to multifamily and it is built
out.
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Commissioner Stoner: Janet, could we move this one down and see
if the larger. . . (unclear) .
Ms. Shull: Did you want the zoning or the. . .
Commissioner Stoner: That'll be. . .
Ms. Shull: The general area here.
Commissioner Greenstreet: I agree with Carol. Before coming down
here. . .previous testimony, I didn't think that area was commercial.
There's plenty of commercial already to support. Another argument
for it, I was hoping that a nicer project could be built, that more
projects, the more money that could be made because of the density
of nicer, green belts, trails and that could be put in. That a
better plan could be made. I don't know if that area needs to
look at more commercial as you drive down through there. The only
argument that I really see possibly is the multifamily traffic
generation. We all look at a gateway. . . (unclear) see what a
commercial district can raise the traffic, so I don't think you are
really solving anything if you put commercial there. . . I mean it is
really going to be bad. . .commercial. . .multifamily, I think it is
going to be bad. That gateway center would be supported very well,
very nice strip through the (unclear) we initiated six months ago.
That hillside, sensitive area and all that, I really think a plan
could be made (unclear) to support the commercial there. If it
happens, I don't know. That is up to the owner. We can't tell
them what to build. All we can hopefully do is to set some
guidelines to do it.
Chair Martinez: I 'd like to speak in support of that. It seems
to me that because we do happen to have this property that is three
contiguous areas that are very large, and we do have a PUD plan
that is available to people where you can come in and ask for a
mixed use PUD even if the underlying zoning is multifamily, that
putting multifamily there on Option Area 3 makes a certain kind
of sense in that we are trying to get the density on the Floor.
Of course the flip side of that is the traffic. . .traffic. . .traffic.
But it does give. . . it perhaps conveys a sense that we would like
to have something happen down there that is really positive and for
the whole community.
commissioner Stoner: It' a place. . .
Commissioner Forner: (Unclear) . . .Community Commercial is supposed
to be a community commercial area supported by a high density
population that uses that so that they don't have to drive ten
miles down the road or five miles down the road for their services.
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And I guess one of my concerns is that Kent does not become a
bedroom community. It's nice to have high density, but we still
have to create our own services and community commercial within
that density. And, whether we have enough on that strip, I don't
know.
Commissioner Stoner: And I don't think we will know until it
starts developing to support the multifamily that exists there now
and may exist later.
Commissioner Greenstreet: . . .Have the opportunity. The market
will decide. But if you get enough people there that want to buy,
they are going to develop that commercial. . .there is commercial
land there could utilize (unclear) . . .
Commissioner Stoner: And this is a place that multifamily can go
with reasonable densities, and it is not going to impact single
family neighborhoods.
Commissioner Faust: Well, I sound like a broken record, but I
still think that we ought to leave 3 the way it is. If we are going
to go ahead and rezone the others so that they stay multifamily,
I think we ought to leave this as the CG the way it is. I think
that there is. . .I 'm sorry. . .
Voice: CM
Commissioner Faust: CM. I think there is a need for it. I just
hate to foreclose the owners' options this way. I know we've only
got one owner here talking about this as opposed to all those
landowners in 01, but we've talked so long here about buffers, and
this is a buffer that could go either way. This is a buffer that
could stay commercial between that and the multifamily, or could
go multifamily. I just think it ought to stay the way it is as a
buffer between the multifamily. I think there is a need in that
area of Kent to keep that designation. The owner testified that
he is presently using it. And I know, Greg, that you and I have
talked before about wouldn't it be nice if we ran the zoo and could
tell owners what to do with their property, but right now those are
lettuce fields. I rather like them the way they are. There is
no guarantee that they are going to stay lettuce fields forever,
but my major concern is that one, we just agreed to do 01, to leave
it commercial because it was right there on a commercial strip and
it fit very well in with that, and there was a lot of support for
it, and for the same reasons the fact that it is right next to a
commercial strip and the owner feels very strongly about it, and
because there is an awfully lot of multifamily there, I 'd still
like to leave 3 the way it is. And we have to up the amount of
multifamily that we do in the other two areas. So be it. I think
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we are looking at serious traffic problems if we rezone 03 to
multifamily at any level.
Commissioner Stoner: I got out my zoning code, and Commercial
Manufacturing. . .the purpose of this district is to provide
locations for those types of developments which combine some
characteristics of both retail establishments and industrial
operations, heavy commercial and wholesale uses, and then it goes
on to say principally permitted uses. . .heavy commercial uses, which
often include outdoor storage such as lumber yards, trailer and
truck rentals, etc. contractor shops where most of the work is done
on call, semi-manufacturing work, such carpentry, heating,
electrical, glass shops, which are the kinds of uses that are there
up against 228th. Specialty manufacturing. . .that isn't a community
commercial designation, and whether that is the long-term intent
of the owner is one thing, but that's not a neighborhood commercial
or community commercial, or even a general commercial use. It's
a commercial manufacturing designation now. I guess I 'd like to
see that as an MRM zone if there is a need. . .there is always the
rezone process to get a specific kind of development in there. We
are talking very general land use issues now, and I guess I don't
see commercial manufacturing as being appropriate up against that
kind of multifamily.
Commissioner Greenstreet: (Unclear) . . .Commercial Manufacturing
does not fit that area (unclear) . . .I 'd like to see it
developed. . . lettuce fields or if it is a grocery store, if they
need a support grocery, or laundry mat, that can happen later, and
I know Gateway Commercial will start building out. CM just doesn't
fit.
Commissioner Faust: How about if we rezone it to some other
commercial use.
Chair Martinez: We might want to do that, but not now. We are
dealing with the housing study now and to start dealing with
commercial zoning. . . first of all we have not been given the
authority to do that, and that's a new ball game.
Commissioner Stoner: I would like more information before we do
that.
Chair Martinez: Let's not do that.
Commissioner Forner: I would also like to reiterate that I think
in the present traffic configuration that we have on North Central,
to zone all three of those properties as high density is going to
create a traffic nightmare, and we have in our Comprehensive Plan
the options for reviewing this plan. In fact that is one of the
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dictates of this plan. . .is to be reviewed, and when they have
aligned the light rail and said it is going to come there, then I
would suggest that they review this plan and take a second look at
it. But all I have heard about light rail and where the alignment
is going to be, I don't believe we will see it in the valley at
all, and if we do it certainly will be 20 years down the road.
Commissioner Greenstreet: So, are you suggesting that we zone it
MRG, and if light rail is built, turn to MRH.
Commissioner Forner: I would suggest that you relook at the plan.
If we have a definite rail coming down in the valley, we are going
to relook at this whole Valley Floor Plan at that time. But we
can't zone something now in anticipation of light rail taking care
of the traffic impacts.
Chair Martinez: Okay, we have a motion on the floor to zone all
three parcels MRM. Is there any further discussion.
Commissioner Ward: You mean against.
Chair Martinez: Is there any further discussion.
Commissioner Ward: Yes. I would agree with an MRM for 8 and 9A.
I could not agree with changing 03 from commercial to multifamily.
Some other commercial, fine. Commercial Manufacturing does not fit,
but it is presently Commercial Manufacturing. Someone with some
kind of wisdom decided upon on CM for that zoning designation and
it is surrounded by it, and I see no reason to change it.
Voice: The question.
Chair Martinez: There is a call for the question. The motion on
the floor is to make all three properties. . .O3 , MF8 and MF9A into
MRM. All in favor.
Voices: Aye. . .Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed.
Voices• Nay. . .Nay.
Chair Martinez: So that has been defeated.
Commissioner Ward: I will make a motion. . .you make a motion.
Commissioner Faust: I move that we rezone 9A and Multifamily 8 to
MRM and leave 03 the way it is.
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Commissioner Forner: Second.
Commissioner Ward: Question.
Chair Martinez: Okay, the question has been called. The motion
is 9A and 8 MRM, and 03 CM. All in favor.
Voices: Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed.
Voices: Aye. . .Opposed
Chair Martinez: So it carried. So we now have consensus.
Commissioner Ward: Are you going to identify those who voted
against it.
Chair Martinez: Okay, so 8 is MRM, 9A is MRM, and 03 retains the
CM. We will take a 15-minutes break and we'll be back here at ten
minutes to ten.
BREAK
Chair Martinez: Okay, I would like to have the new numbers
presented if you would, please.
Mr. Clifton: Stephen Clifton with the Kent Planning Department.
I would like to address one area prior to finishing with the
numbers. Nine A was under separate ownership when this study
began. And we just realized that because of that we never
calculated in 9A numbers for that because there was no development
potential for it at the time. And now since it is under another
ownership, it is possible to. . .you know, if that lot line were
removed, to transfer that density down to Area 8. So basically
what we did then was to just add for the development potential of
the study. . .we had 47. . .4, 750 for total units citywide. Now with
9A added onto that, we have a development potential of 4,944,
because it is now under another ownership. And so that development
potential is a lot different now than it was at the time we began
the study. And so basically what we did was to add that number to
the final figure, 4,944, and use that to calculate our percentages.
Had we not done that, it would have been 28 percent reduction.
With that it is a 31 percent reduction in multifamily density
citywide. Thirty-one percent was the figure you had going into
last week. It dropped down to 24 percent prior to this meeting,
and now it is back up to 31 percent.
Chair Martinez: Okay.
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Mr. Clifton: Just under a rough calculation, if the area CM, Area
3 CM went to MRM, it would have gone down to around 24 percent
reduction. We just kind of calculated that for your information.
Chair Martinez: Okay, thank you. I would like to now move into
the East Hill. Do you have any comments you would like to make,
please.
EAST HILL HOUSING STUDY (CPZ 89-3) (Continued)
Ms. Anderson: Before we get started on this. . .this is Lauri
Anderson with the Kent Planning Department, I have a memo similar
to the one that Janet handed out for the Valley Floor discussing
what actions needed to remain before you tonight. I also have a
letter that we received today from Donna Sampson. It is regarding
an area that you had already made a decision on, I believe, Area
MF14. She had written previously and I just want to enter this
into the record and hand it to you.
Mr. Harris: Madam Chair, may I get a point of order. On the memo
that Janet gave you we had number 1 thing had to be done, and you
just did that. You reached a consensus on four areas.
Chair Martinez: That is correct.
Mr. Harris: Then there were two, amend the Valley Floor Plan Map
and Comprehensive Plan Map as necessary for implementation of the
Planning Commission's recommendations.
Chair Martinez: Yes.
Mr. Harris: Then number 4 and 5, were you going to do that later
tonight.
Chair Martinez: Yes
Mr. Harris: You weren't going to do that now.
Chair Martinez: No, we are just going to try to keep moving along.
Voice: Before we go on I have a question about your figures. They
seem to be backwards, actually increase the density, the reduction
went higher, and when you decrease the density, it went lower. You
said if we changed CM to MRM, the reduction would go down 24
percent, when actually. . .
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Mr. Clifton: Right, it would go down to 24 percent. In our
calculations Area 3 under MRG zoning was around 340 units. Because
that went back down to CM, you are removing 340 units from the
final calculations; therefore, the percentage would increase, and
that is what happened. You add units and the reduction will. . .
Commissioner Forner: You were (unclear) MRG rather than CM.
Mr. Clifton: That is what we had up to this date, because that
was our recommendation. And so now that you did not go along with
the recommendation, you went to CM, then that increases the
percentage.
Commissioner Forner: That makes sense.
Ms. Anderson: Okay, this is Lauri Anderson again. Back to the
East Hill. Last week you reached consensus on the remaining six
sites on East Hill and you were holding action on those sites until
you had decided looking at the percentage reduction how you wished
to proceed. On page 2 of the memo that I just handed out is a list
of major actions that are before you tonight. The first one would
be formal approval of those zoning map designations for the six
consensus sites. You have already in one of your earlier meetings
listed the sites for the record and approved and moved for that
action. The second action would be decision on amending the
subarea and Comprehensive Plan Maps, and there is an attachment
which outlines, based on the consensus that you have achieved for
all the East Hill sites, the proposed amendments both to the
Comprehensive Plan and the East Hill Plan maps.
Chair Martinez: Do we need to make any adjustments to that
particular area.
Ms. Anderson: Not unless you were to go back at this point and
change your mind on any of the East Hill sites. Okay. And then
the last action before you would be the decision on amending the
already approved single family designated area. You had approved
the map that you see attached as the last page at an earlier
meeting. As a result of some of the zoning changes you have made,
staff is recommending you add four small areas to the single family
designated overlay, and those are highlighted in yellow. There is
one down on 256th, two that are more easily observable near the top
of the map, and then one over to the left in the area of Farrington
Court Apartments, sort of in the curve of the East Hill.
Chair Martinez: Thank you. Are there any questions of anyone
before we begin this process. Okay. So the first thing we need
to do is to have a motion to approve the consensus areas that we
arrived at last week.
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Commissioner Faust: So moved.
Chair Martinez: And do you need those listed. They're all here.
Okay. Is there a second. Okay, Greg seconded it.
Mr. Harris: So I assume the motion said that all those consensus
items under number 4. . . (unclear)
Chair Martinez: And number 5, actually number 4 has been approved.
Voice: On the first case. . .
Chair Martinez: Okay, this is number 5. Okay, this is consensus
on the areas listed under number 5 in the November 27th memo from
Lauri Anderson.
Ms. Anderson: Okay, that's all right. You could also refer to
number 1 in the actions on the next page. .
Chair Martinez: Okay, we have. . . is there any further discussion.
Voice: Question.
Chair Martinez: All in favor.
Voices: Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (silence) Motion carried. Tracy made
it and Greg seconded it. Now we need approval of the zoning map
designations on the sixth consensus site as listed on the next
page. No we didn't.
Ms. Anderson: That was the action that you just took.
Chair Martinez: Okay, excuse me. Now I need a decision on
amending the Subarea and Comprehensive Plan. The list is attached.
Commissioner Stoner: I move that we amend the Subarea and
Comprehensive Plan Maps to bring them into conformance with the
Commission's approved zoning map designations as per the list which
would be page 3 of the memo.
Chair Martinez: Is there a second.
Commissioner Faust: Second.
Chair Martinez: Discussion. All in favor.
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Voices: Aye
Chair Martinez: Opposed (silence) . Motion carried. We have
approved the single family designation overlay. Would you like to
amend that to include the four areas which we have in our
deliberations changed, or added to single family, all of which are
contiguous to other single family areas.
Commissioner Stoner: I move we amend the already approved single
family designated area overlay to bring it into conformance with
Commission's approved zoning map designations per the map in our
memo.
Chair Martinez: Is there a second to that.
Commissioner Forner: Second.
Chair Martinez: Is there discussion.
Commissioner Ward: These were amended today.
Chair Martinez: No, last time. These are all a part of what we
have already discussed. It is simply adding it to the single
family designated overlay. Is there further discussion.
Voice: Question.
Chair Martinez: The question has been called. Those in favor.
Voices: Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (silence) Okay. We will do the facts
. . . findings and conclusions in a moment. We need to move now to
the actions that we need to take on the Valley Floor.
VALLEY FLOOR HOUSING STUDY (CPZ 89-4)
Ms. Shull: Janet Shull, Planning Department. Would you like me
to go over those for you. There are some differences between the
Valley Floor and the East Hill and I would like to point those out.
The first difference is on the Valley Floor at this time you have
only reached preliminary consensus on all these sites. None of
them have been officially recommended for a change. So you need
to take action on all of them by making those official
recommendations. So I wanted to point that out. You also have
attached to the final pages of your memo a similar map to the one
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that Lauri showed you on the single family designated area overlay,
and there are no additions that need to be made to this map based
on any recommendations you have made tonight. For instance, you
made no recommendations for single family, so there would be no
further amendments that would need to be made. But essentially
there are three areas highlighted in yellow, and they represent
essentially area MF11, which is the area to the north surrounded
by the dotted area. That was an area you recommended single family
zoning for. The large area in the center of the map is essentially
MF6 that you recommended R1-5 for that area. And then the area in
the lower right, area MF4 that you recommended R1-7.2. So we are
suggesting that you would want to include those in the single
family designated area overlay. There is one other point I wanted
to bring out on this map, if you will remember area MF12, and I can
point it out on the large map. . .located here. You recommended R1-
7.2 for that site. And that is not included in this proposed
overlay because it is such a small site; however, that area up to
the north of that is currently zoned RA, and it was never included
in the single family overlay because we didn't include any RA-
zoned areas, only those designated R1 single family. But as we
looked at the Comprehensive Plan and the Subarea Plan, they both
designate that area as single family. So we would like to bring
that your attention, if you would see fit to include that area as
well. So it is essentially all this area that is shown in yellow.
And I guess staff recommendation would be that you either not
include it at all, or include the entire area. But it wouldn't be
appropriate to just include Area MF12, because it is a singular
parcel and it doesn't meet the criteria of the single family
designated overlay being a large contiguous single family area. So
I wanted to bring that to your attention. Essentially you have the
same set of actions to take with those two differences, that being
that you have to officially adopt all the recommendations you've
made to this point. So I suppose by doing that you could refer to
those listed in the memo under action 2 which is on page 1 and
action 3 which is on page 2. Then you would have to go area by area
to indicate for the record the recommendations you have made
tonight.
Commissioner Greenstreet: I make a motion that we accept point
number 2 and point number 3, point 2 on page 1 and point 3 on page
2 , as written.
Chair Martinez: And how about what we have done tonight.
Commissioner Greenstreet: I thought I 'd stop at that motion,
because I wasn't sure what I had missed.
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Chair Martinez: Second.
Commissioner Orr: Second.
Chair Martinez: Further discussion. Leona.
Commissioner Orr: I did.
Chair Martinez: Is there further discussion. All in favor.
Voices• Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (silence) Okay. I need a motion about
the areas that we decided on tonight.
Commissioner Faust: Madam Chair, I recommend that this body
approve the decision it made earlier tonight regarding parcels 9A
and MF8 to MRM, the parcel 03, the area 03 be left as is, that area
01 be left as is.
Commissioner Forner: I second it.
Chair Martinez: Is there further discussion.
Commissioner Ward: Call for the question.
Chair Martinez: All in favor.
Voices• Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (silence--motion carried) Okay. We now
need to amend the Valley Floor to create the single family
designated areas.
Commissioner Stoner: I move that we apply the single family
designated area overlay to those dotted areas on the map in the
memo plus the yellow areas that are designated on the memo.
Commissioner Biteman: I 'll second it.
Chair Martinez: I want to clarify. . .you did not include. . .
Commissioner Stoner: I 'm not addressing the area to the north.
Chair Martinez: Okay. Is there any discussion.
Commissioner Ward: She is not addressing MF 12 and the adjacent
area to the north.
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Commissioner Stoner: No, I am not.
Commissioner Ward: Why. Are you going to do that separately or
what.
Commissioner Stoner: I think that needs to be discussed because
we haven't really talked about applying that. We can make that
motion and discuss that area, but I think the ones that are here
are the ones that we are pretty sure that we know what we want to
do. . .that we have discussed.
Commissioner Ward: MF12 .
Commissioner Stoner: No, we would not include MF12. It includes
just what is shown on the map in the memo in your packet and the
yellow additions that are on the map in the packet.
Chair Martinez: Okay. Is there further discussion.
Commissioner Stoner: Question.
Chair Martinez: All in favor.
Voices: Aye.
Commissioner Stoner: Opposed. (silence) Motion carried. The
official zoning map.
Ms. Shull: Janet Shull, Kent Planning, you've actually done number
5, which is to amend the zoning map by making those recommendations
on each area. What you need to do is address item 2, which is
amending the Valley Floor Plan Map and the Comprehensive Plan Map,
and I 'd like to point out, there is a note at the bottom that says
that you might need to make additional amendments as might be
necessary because of the recommendations you have made tonight on
those four areas. But there are no other changes you need to make.
Just those that are listed in the memo.
Chair Martinez: Okay, fine. So we need to have this whole thing
under item number 2 be a motion, please.
Commissioner Forner: So moved.
Chair Martinez: Is there a second.
Commissioner Greenstreet: Second.
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Commissioner Stoner: Do we need to refer specifically to the
actions we took tonight on MF8, MF9A, 01 and 03 .
Mr. Harris: You just did those (unclear) . . .
Commissioner Stoner: So we don't have to speak specifically to
those in our motion.
Commissioner Forner: Do I have to restate that motion or is that
plain.
Chair Martinez: No, no. I think we got that down. Is there
further discussion.
Voice: Question.
Chair Martinez: All in favor.
Voices: Aye.
Chair Martinez: Opposed. (silence) Motion carried. By law we
need to have our findings and conclusions back within 14 days which
would be December 11, 1989. So I need a motion to continue, not
the hearing, but this meeting on the housing elements until
December 11, 1989, in these chambers. And I understand two of us
are going to be away, but there will be a quorum here for that
meeting that evening. . .unless somebody else is going to be gone.
So I do need that motion.
Commissioner Ward: I just moved.
Chair Martinez: Is there a second.
Commissioner Forner: Second.
Chair Martinez: In favor.
Voices: Aye.
Chair Martinez: So we will meet on December 11 for our findings
and conclusions.
(End of Verbatim Minutes)
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Commissioner Martinez was elected Chair and Commissioner Faust was
elected as Vice Chair for 1990.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10: 10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Ja s P. lgariis, Secretary
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