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Edmonds planning board preserves Westgate protected‑slope lines, approves a small map adjustment
Summary
The board voted to keep the protected‑slope (magenta) lines in place for the Westgate area but approved an amendment to move the line on one parcel (9601) to follow the tree buffer; the board recommended the council review the lines’ scientific basis and noted overlap with updated tree and critical‑areas protections.
The Edmonds Citizens Planning Board voted to leave the existing protected‑slope (magenta) lines in place for Westgate while approving a narrowly focused amendment to move the magenta line on parcel 9601 northward to align with the mapped tree buffer.
Residents had urged the board to keep the slope protections. In public comment, Arati Williams said: “Please keep the lines. There are landmark treaties and other vegetation on these West Gate slopes that hold the hillsides together.” Planning staff explained the magenta slope lines were adopted earlier as a protective overlay and that more recent updates to the city’s tree code and critical‑areas…
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