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Residents urge council to exclude Mount Baker View Legion neighborhood from higher‑density rezoning in Everett 2044 plan
Summary
Multiple residents testified May 14 that proposed rezoning to allow UR4 low‑rise development would endanger the Mount Baker View Legion neighborhood because of landslide risk, constrained access, historic homes and inadequate transit and parking.
Several Everett residents used the council’s public‑comment period on May 14 to press council members to exempt the Mount Baker View Legion neighborhood from proposed upzoning in the Everett 2044 comprehensive plan update.
Jo Newland said she and neighbors submitted a package of documents to the planning commission and city council and that written comments were filed for the May 14 record. “The neighborhood becomes a parking lot with no way out, and the residents of Mount Baker View Legion neighborhood become prisoners in our own home,” Newland said, arguing the area has…
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