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Snoqualmie committee reviews code changes to boost downtown storefront retail to 90%
Summary
Interim Community Development Director Mona Davis told the committee that two linked code amendments would raise downtown ground‑floor storefront retail requirements to 90%, expand the Downtown Historic District retail overlay and update SR1 Ridge standards, and asked the committee to forward the bills to City Council.
Interim Community Development Director Mona Davis brought two linked proposals to the Community Development Committee on April 7, asking the committee to forward Agenda Bill 25035 and Agenda Bill 25036 to the City Council for action.
Davis said the proposals would amend the Snoqualmie Municipal Code Title 17 to tighten downtown retail-use rules and update standards that reference the code in the Snoqualmie Ridge SR1 mixed‑use final plan. The Planning Commission recommended the package following public outreach to the Downtown Business Association and the Ridge Merchants Association, Davis said.
Under the recommended changes, the minimum ground‑floor storefront retail requirement in the Downtown Historic District overlay would rise from 75 percent to 90 percent. The proposal also would enlarge the overlay to include all parcels zoned BR1 and select parcels along Falls Avenue, remove parcels zoned OS2 (open space) from the overlay, and eliminate the municipal-code…
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