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Anacortes planning commission approves Depot Plaza shoreline permit to expand farmers market plaza
Summary
The commission approved SDP-2025-0004 on Nov. 12, 2025 to extend Depot Plaza by about 10,000 square feet at Jim Rich Civic Park for the Anacortes Farmers Market and community events, subject to eight staff-recommended conditions; the project is funded by a Skagit County economic development grant with a May 2026 completion target.
The Anacortes Planning Commission voted Nov. 12 to approve a shoreline substantial development permit (SDP-2025-0004) allowing roughly a 10,000-square-foot expansion of the Depot Plaza at Jim Rich Civic Park to support the Anacortes Farmers Market and other community events.
Anna Dewey, the city ssociate planner, told the commission the project proposes a new concrete plaza, a new asphalt entrance, and paving of the existing gravel approach off Market Street. Dewey said all construction will occur above the ordinary high-water mark, no in-water work is proposed, and the use qualifies as a permitted "water enjoyment" recreational use under the City of Anacortes Shoreline Master Program. "This project is valued under a million dollars," Dewey said, which makes the application a Type 3 review decided by the planning commission.
The staff report,…
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