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La Center hearing leaves Paradise Park site plan record open amid variances, traffic and easement questions
Summary
The hearings examiner closed the oral hearing on the Paradise Park site plan but held the record open through Dec. 9 after staff and the applicant discussed multiple variances, projected traffic impacts, a needed easement from the Cowlitz Tribe and technical corrections to the staff report.
La Center hearings examiner Joe Turner closed the public portion of the Nov. 4 hearing on the Paradise Park site plan conditional-use permit but held the written record open for additional filings after staff and the applicant flagged outstanding questions about variances, traffic mitigation and access.
Angie Merrill, the city’s associate planner, told the examiner the proposal covers roughly 3.36 acres in the Junction Plan zone and would be developed in two phases: a 109-room, five-story hotel in phase one and a second phase that would include a drive‑through quick-service restaurant and a 3,910-square-foot commercial building. Merrill said the drive-through triggers the CUP and that staff received a mitigation plan, geotechnical and hydrology reports, and an archaeological predetermination report as part of the application.
Staff and the applicant identified numerous requested variances tied to lot shape and critical areas and to several Junction Plan design standards, including block-access spacing, a roadway section for La Center Road,…
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