Developer warns Brewery Creek buffer increase could block downtown project
A Mukilteo property owner said applying larger riparian buffers to Brewery Creek would effectively eliminate his downtown mixed-use development site and urged the commission to retain the smaller buffer for non–fish-bearing streams or rely on reasonable-use permits.
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Jay Warner, a Mukilteo resident and developer, told the commission his planned eight-unit mixed-use building near Park Avenue would be effectively precluded if the city applies a 100-foot or site-potential tree-height buffer to Brewery Creek, which he described as a non–fish-bearing stream. "If we go with a 100 foot or even a 186 foot, that essentially wipes out my property, for development," Warner said, urging the commission to consider the practical impacts on downtown sites.
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