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Council overturns hearing examiner, waives fence requirement for Riverbend RV-park appeal
Summary
The Mount Vernon City Council reversed a hearing examiner decision and granted a waiver of a required fence/screening along the west property line for the MV28 Riverbend RV park, directing the city attorney to draft findings and a resolution reflecting the ruling.
Mount Vernon City Council members reversed a hearing examiner ruling on Feb. 26, 2025, and granted a waiver of a fencing/screening requirement for the MV28 Riverbend RV park project, which is located near Riverbend Boulevard and adjacent to Wells Nursery.
The council heard staff, city counsel and the applicant in a closed-record, quasi-judicial hearing. Stacy Pratner, the city's development services director, introduced the item and described the appeal of the hearing examiner's denial of a requested waiver. Arnd Denny, city legal counsel, told the council the code distinguishes reductions of buffer width from waivers and that waivers may be granted only when "the actual development on abutting properties is similar in nature." Denny said the hearing examiner had concluded nursery operations and an RV park were incompatibile and therefore a…
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