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Burien schedules first review of proposed zoning changes after widespread public concern
Summary
At the June 2 Burien City Council meeting residents urged the council to reconsider proposed zoning changes affecting Lake Burien, Seahurst and 3 Tree Point; the council scheduled a first substantive review for June 16 and said no vote will be taken that night.
Mayor Kevin Schilling called the meeting to order June 2 and told residents that June 16 will be “our first touch on the zoning” and that the council would not take a vote that night. Mayor Kevin Schilling said the council would “spend a lot of time going through it” and would not rush a decision.
The bulk of public comment at the meeting focused on proposed comprehensive-plan and zoning-map changes that commenters said would reclassify many existing single-family lots. Gretchen Erickson, a longtime Burien resident, told the council, "There is no way putting 4 units on Lake Burien lots would benefit the quality of the lake." Justine Edgar, who lives in the Lake Burien neighborhood, said the proposed R3 designation was unrealistic for shoreline lots: "There…
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