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Mount Vernon council upholds hearing examiner, approves McLaughlin Road rezone
Summary
After a closed-record hearing, the Mount Vernon City Council voted to approve ordinance 39-33, rezoning about 8.3 acres at 4400 McLaughlin Road from 'public' to multifamily residential (R-4). Neighbors questioned flood risks; staff said no-rise studies and interagency review supported approval.
Mount Vernon City Council voted Jan. 14 to approve ordinance 39-33, adopting a site-specific rezone that changes approximately 8.3 acres at 4400 McLaughlin Road from a public zoning designation to multifamily residential (R-4). The vote came after a closed-record hearing and a staff presentation that cited a hearing examiner recommendation to approve the change.
The rezone request, filed as PLAN210506, was described by senior planner Mary Anne Manville Ailes as a measure to bring the property into compliance with a 2020 comprehensive-plan designation of "medium-high density multifamily." City materials and the hearing record reference state law requiring development regulations to…
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