Mountlake Terrace City Council on Aug. 7 set a public hearing for Aug. 21, 2025, on a petition to annex a roughly 0.4-acre parcel identified in staff materials as 2422940 Eighth Avenue West.

Senior planner Sarah Pizzo told the council the petition had been certified as sufficient by the Snohomish County assessor’s office and that the property shares a boundary with the city on all sides and lies inside the urban growth boundary. She said the lot measures about 17,269 square feet and that the property owners want to connect to city sewer service. Pizzo recommended the council set the hearing date and conduct the first reading of an annexation ordinance at that meeting.

The annexation relates to council goals on community growth and to Mountlake Terrace’s comprehensive plan language that requires annexation before extending city services to unincorporated areas, Pizzo said. She reviewed prior steps: a June 12 work session introducing the notice of intent, and a June 26 council resolution authorizing circulation of the petition and related actions, including adopting zoning concurrent with annexation.

Mayor Pro Tem Wall moved to set the Aug. 21 regular meeting as the public hearing date and to schedule the first reading of the annexation ordinance under Mountlake Terrace Municipal Code 18.05.320(B); the motion was seconded and carried. Council members voiced “Aye” during roll call on the motion and the council confirmed the date.

Pizzo said next steps are the public hearing, first reading of the annexation ordinance, transmission of the annexation request to the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board for review, and subsequent planning commission and council proceedings on zoning and final adoption. She reported no immediate financial or budget impacts to the city from the petition itself.

The council’s action tonight set the formal hearing date; any final determination on annexation and zoning will follow the public hearing, additional planning commission review, and council ordinance readings.

A copy of the petition and staff report are on the city’s agenda packet; the planning commission will schedule a work session and public hearing on zoning as the next review step.