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Lake Stevens planning commission forwards Phase 1 process‑code changes to council with wording tweaks
Summary
The commission recommended forwarding Phase 1 process‑code amendments—making interim permit‑timelines permanent and removing subjective design language—to the City Council with a requested edit to retain a reference to 'neighborhood character' and additional staff wordsmithing before council review.
The Lake Stevens Planning Commission recommended that the City Council consider permanent amendments to the city’s process code on Nov. 19, moving language that was adopted under interim ordinance 11‑92 into the permanent code and removing subjective review terms.
David Levitan, the city’s principal planner, told the commission the Phase 1 package codifies permit‑review timelines required by recent state updates and House Bill 12‑93 and shifts design review into an associated land‑use determination. He said…
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