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Medical Lake council rejects Ring Lake Estates preliminary plat over sewer, wetlands and design concerns
Summary
The Medical Lake City Council on April 1 rejected a preliminary plat, planned unit development and critical‑areas application for “Ring Lake Estates,” upholding the planning commission staff recommendation after concluding required concurrency studies and wetland information were incomplete.
The Medical Lake City Council voted April 1 to reject a preliminary plat application for Ring Lake Estates, a proposed subdivision south of the city’s maintenance building near the intersection of South Greengate Lane and Bay Street.
Staff and the planning commission recommended denial after finding key approval criteria were not met, including sewer concurrency, incomplete wetland delineation and requested deviations from city street and lot-size requirements. Planning staff said the city’s sewer system and the lakeshore lift station are at capacity, and the concurrency test for the project “said, no. This is not met,” leaving the development unable to proceed as submitted.
The project, which proposes more than 100 lots across roughly 30 acres, combines three land‑use requests: a preliminary plat (subdivision layout), a planned‑unit development…
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