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Edmonds planning board declines to extend required ground‑floor commercial in Westgate and leaves slope protections under review
Summary
The Edmonds Planning Board voted not to extend a required commercial ground‑floor overlay to parcels west of 70 Eighth Avenue West in Westgate, and heard public testimony urging the board to keep a magenta “protected slopes” line. The board agreed to revisit the slope‑line policy after staff provides background on its history and technical basis.
The Edmonds Planning Board voted to omit an expansion of the required ground‑floor commercial overlay on properties west of 70 Eighth Avenue West in the Westgate area, and agreed to keep existing protected‑slope markings in place while staff returns with more background and technical context.
Board members debated whether to extend a commercial frontage requirement to the end of the block on 70 Eighth Avenue West. After discussion the board put a motion on the table to not extend the overlay; the motion passed. The board’s action leaves commercial use permitted but does not require ground‑floor commercial for the parcels west of the current blue overlay line.
Why this matters: Westgate is a mixed‑use neighborhood center where the city has been weighing incentives (height bonuses and other benefits) against requirements like active ground‑floor uses. Requiring commercial frontage in areas that are currently single‑family or low‑intensity residential could force…
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