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Ocean Shores hearing examiner takes testimony on two‑unit subdivision; decision due within 10 business days
Summary
The City of Ocean Shores hearing examiner heard staff and applicant testimony Feb. 3 on CUP 26000001, a request to create two individually owned units on a 0.17‑acre lot; no members of the public testified and the examiner will issue a written decision within 10 business days.
Yoshi Kimura, the hearing examiner the city selected to preside over land‑use hearings, convened a hearing Feb. 3, 2026, on a conditional‑use permit application (CUP 26000001) that would allow a two‑unit common‑wall residential structure on an approximately 0.17‑acre lot in Ocean Shores to be subdivided for individual unit ownership.
City planner Christina Breault presented the staff analysis on behalf of the city, saying the application from Lotus Design and Construction is for a two‑unit building on property addressed as 944 and 946 Exact Court SE, measuring about 7,388 square feet, with each unit about 1,252 square feet. Breault said the proposal is consistent with the comprehensive plan and allowed in the underlying B1 and B2 commercial zones with a conditional use permit, and she set out recommended conditions including compliance with current building and fire codes; provision of adequate parking under Ocean Shores municipal code; an approved storm‑drain design prior to permit issuance; landscaping per the municipal code; one sewer utility assessment credit; and applicable system development charges and utility requirements.
Breault also said the city determined the project is exempt from state environmental review rules as new construction. "It is exempt as new construction," she said.
Larry Butler, the land surveyor and applicant representative for owner Hoei Luku of Lotus Design and Construction, testified that a 1999 boundary‑line adjustment combined two original lots and that a short plat last year created the two current lots; Butler said he understands and agrees with the city's recommended conditions.
The examiner asked clarifying questions about a staff‑report typo that referenced R5 zoning and confirmed that the B1/B2 zoning allows the proposed common‑wall residential development with a CUP. No members of the public offered testimony either in person or virtually.
Kimura adjourned the hearing and said he will issue a written decision on the CUP within 10 business days; no formal vote was taken at the hearing.
The record for the hearing includes the staff report, the CUP application, the site plan, and prefiled notices and exhibits admitted by the examiner. Any party wishing to place additional exhibits into the record was directed to identify them when testifying.
