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Commission approves Snohomish County Operations Center design for 17.5-acre site
Summary
Arlington City Planning Commission approved the Snohomish County Operations Center design review for a 17.5-acre site at 19760 Seventh Avenue NE; plans include a new operations building, materials palette common to the Northwest, perimeter landscaping and a black vinyl chain-link fence.
The Arlington City Planning Commission voted to approve the Snohomish County Operations Center design review after staff presented the site's plans and materials.
The project is sited at 19760 Seventh Avenue Northeast—at the southwest corner of 60 Seventh and 190 Seventh—in the general industrial zone and covers approximately 17.5 acres. The applicant proposes one new operations building with pedestrian access to the existing public sidewalk, parking, walkways, landscaping, perimeter lighting and frontage improvements where required.
Staff presented the site plan, elevations and a color-coded lighting diagram showing building-mounted and site lighting. The material palette described in presentation materials includes masonry veneer, metal vertical siding, phenolic panels, concrete and exposed glulam beams; the plans also show custom signage and glazing. Landscape drawings show lawn along the 60 Seventh frontage, type C parking-lot screening, shade trees and a black vinyl chain-link fence proposed along part of the site perimeter.
Commissioners praised the design and the additional site improvements, observed the project reuses an existing operations center site and noted the plan includes electric vehicle parking. One commissioner said it was "nice to see that this area is getting developed a little bit better and looking nice," and others noted the project will replace older temporary structures on the property and modernize site facilities. Staff clarified that the current phase focuses work along the eastern portion of the site and does not redevelop the entire property at once.
A motion to approve the Snohomish County Operations Center design review passed; the chair announced the item was approved. The transcript does not provide a roll-call vote or detailed tally. No public testimony was recorded on this item during the meeting.
Next steps: the applicant will proceed to building-permit submittal and staff will review lighting fixtures and other permit-level details. The meeting record did not specify a permit timeline or funding sources for construction.
