Residents urge Renton council to act on Logan 6 development, citing parking and safety concerns

Multiple North Renton residents used the city council public-comment period to press elected leaders to intervene in the Logan 6 apartment project, arguing the proposal would worsen parking shortages, increase traffic on narrow neighborhood streets and create safety risks for pedestrians and schoolchildren.

At the March council meeting, Matt Hamby, a Renton resident who said he and neighbors had submitted questions to staff, said the hearing examiner’s decision on the project was issued two weeks earlier and that a developer could soon file for building permits. “I implore you not to let the clock run out,” Hamby said, asking the council to demonstrate that it had heard residents’ legal and planning concerns.

Hamby and several other speakers asked the council to consider three immediate actions: raise parking requirements for multifamily units,…