Hearing examiner leaves record open on proposal to subdivide 3‑unit building at 413 Trustee St.

Hearing Examiner Yoshi Kumara on May 20 heard a request by Paragon Homes LLC to allow a three‑unit common‑wall residential building at 413 Trustee Street SW to be subdivided so each unit may be individually owned.

Staff recommended approval with conditions, saying the proposal is listed as a conditional use in the R‑7 multifamily zone and that the site plan conforms to applicable city standards. Marshall Reed, lead city planner for the City of Ocean Shores, told the examiner the project “appears consistent with the purpose of the district” and described required conditions including construction and fire‑code compliance, parking and storm‑drain approval, landscaping, utility assessments and system development charges.

The issue matters because the conditional use hearing does not ask permission to build three attached units — that would be a permitted use under the zoning — but instead asks permission to subdivide the parcel so the…