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Council reviews Town Center plan update, raises concerns about 150-foot height proposal and infrastructure financing
Summary
City planners presented a conceptual Town Center land-use map and SEIS schedule. Council members generally favored a simpler three-district map, expressed resistance to an optional 150-foot height limit, and pressed staff for clearer infrastructure funding and implementation rules.
City planning staff updated Sammamish City Council April 1 on progress for the Town Center Plan and Code Amendment project and the supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) process.
"Town Center is an investment in the community: it helps ensure everyone has a place to live," David Pyle, director of the Department of Community Development, told the council while summarizing goals for housing variety, small-business space and public amenities. Pyle and planner Matt Brandmeier presented a draft land-use concept that consolidates the existing five town-center districts into three — urban core, mixed urban and garden mixed — and showed maps and figures staff will use to rework the plan and code.
The council focused discussion on several recurring topics: maximum building height, street and infrastructure responsibility, habitat and critical-area protections, and how…
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