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Lake Stevens council approves development‑agreement framework for two South‑area parcels after heated public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with residents citing traffic and wetland concerns, the Lake Stevens City Council voted to approve development‑agreement application LUA2025‑0090, allowing the applicant to pursue rezones and fund preliminary intersection analysis; one council member recorded an opposed vote.
A divided Lake Stevens City Council on Dec. 16 approved a development‑agreement framework for two linked properties — identified in staff materials as the KNA (''Ripperager'') parcel on 99th Avenue Southeast and a receiving site on South Lake Stevens Road — while emphasizing that the vote does not itself rezone the land or approve any project. The motion directed staff to adopt findings in the staff report, approve land‑use application LUA2025‑0090 and authorize the mayor to sign the agreement.
Principal planner David Levitan told the council the agreement would require separate rezone applications for each parcel and that project‑level SEPA review and hearing‑examiner review would follow if rezones are filed. The agreement, Levitan said, is intended to provide a clear framework for a transfer of density from the 99th Avenue site to the South Lake Stevens Road site, and to obligate the applicant to perform initial intersection survey…
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