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Council hears first reading to tighten downtown retail requirements, remove waiver authority
Summary
On first reading the council considered Ordinance 13-07 to increase the downtown ground-floor retail requirement to 90% and eliminate waivers; planning commission and public engagement informed the draft; second reading is scheduled for May 27.
Snoqualmie — The Snoqualmie City Council held the first reading May 12 of Ordinance 13-07, which would amend portions of the municipal code governing the downtown historic district retail overlay to increase the required ground-floor retail percentage from 75% to 90% and remove the existing waiver authority.
Community Development Director Mona Davis introduced the item and clarified that the measure is an overlay on the zoning map, not a change of base zoning. “This is strictly to increase our ground floor retail requirements from 75% to…
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