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Commission continues request to reduce creek-corridor setbacks and park-strip width for infill lots
Summary
Property owner Wilford Clyde and applicant Paul Washburn sought a narrow amendment to setback and park-strip rules along Hobble Creek to create more buildable infill lots; staff and public-works concerns led the planning commission to continue the matter for further work with staff.
Property owner Wilford Clyde and applicant Paul Washburn presented a proposal to amend city code governing creek-corridor setbacks and park-strip (landscape strip) width to create larger buildable areas on a narrow infill parcel adjacent to Hobble Creek.
Paul Washburn, the applicant, described protracted discussions with staff and consultants about options to develop the irregular parcel and said the proposal would reduce the required park-strip width between curb and sidewalk from eight feet to three feet and reduce certain front-yard setbacks to 20 feet for lots adjacent to a creek corridor. “The dotted line at the top is the 50 foot setback, and you can see it really compromises the ability to develop the lot,” Washburn said…
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