Public hearing
regarding proposals in Puget Neighborhood
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014, 10:00
AM
City Council Chambers
City Hall, 210 Lottie
Street
The City of Bellingham Hearing Examiner will hold a
public hearing to take testimony on a couple of proposals (Public Works Variance
Requests) in the Puget Neighborhood.
1.
This request relates to the Lincoln
Street mixed development near Fred Meyer. The Applicant has requested to reduce
the width of Maple Street to 11' (for
each directional lane) with parking/curbs/gutters/sidewalk, and to reduce the
width of the existing sidewalk on the east side of Lincoln Street from 8' to 5'
8" although City Planning Staff recommends this remain 8’
and further related plans are to be provided at the hearing.
This item may be of interest to those desiring
good city wide bicycle commuting, those with concerns about traffic and
development along Lincoln, as well as those specifically interested in the
Lincoln St./Maple St. area. Additionally, Neighbors may wish to take the
opportunity to comment about hearing processes, deadlines for public comments,
and availability of plans and information. Although written comments are
required before or at the hearing, and verbal testimony should be possible at
the hearing, apparently full plans and information won’t be available until the
time of the hearing, making thoughtful consideration of the proposals by the
public difficult.
2.
Here the Applicants wish to build a
single-family home and improve the alley from Whatcom Street to access the lot.
Although the lot abuts the private road part of Whatcom Street within the gated
development between Puget Street and Nevada Street, apparently the Condo
Association, owner of the road and the north and south adjacent properties, are
not interested in allowing the Applicants to join the association at this time. The proposed alley improvement will run in an alley easement behind 4 existing
homes where no visible alley or pathway exists. Currently, the easement contains
established fences and an outbuilding.
This item may be of interest to
anyone concerned about city zoning and development issues, in-fill development
strategies, development in an alley or alley easement bordering their property and
those Neighbors in the Nevada Street/Whatcom Street
area.
For more information, click here: http://www.cob.org/cob/HElog.nsf/$vAllByUnid/099A8B6E557C9FB288257C6F0075841F?OpenDocument
