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Planning Commission backs large PUD for mixed‑use development anchored by sporting‑goods retailer
Summary
Commissioners unanimously recommended PUD 20‑94, a two‑tract proposal that would place a major retail anchor and commercial corridor (including limited outdoor recreation uses) adjacent to a residential tract with buffering and masonry walls to protect Remington and Monticello neighborhoods.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 25 unanimously recommended approval of PUD 20‑94, a large mixed‑use proposal centered on a planned sporting‑goods anchor and accompanying commercial and residential tracts.
Applicant David Box said the PUD was designed to balance an anchor retail destination on Track 1 with a lower‑density residential Track 2 separated by 500 feet of green space, landscape buffers and a required masonry wall where the development would border existing single‑family properties. ‘‘We have a 15‑foot landscape buffer along the west side of Track 2 and an 8‑foot capped cedar fence with brick columns,’’ Box said, adding that the developer agreed to plant evergreen trees 7 feet tall at planting to provide screening.
Neighbors urged the commission to address drainage and traffic at key intersections near Portland and 150th Street and asked for protections against light and noise spillover. ‘‘We’re concerned about water and traffic and public safety; I don’t think any of that has been taken into account to the extent it needs to be,’’ said Tim Munson, a resident of Remington. Planning staff and the applicant responded that drainage will be reviewed under the city’s new drainage ordinance and that engineering and impact fees would be used to address capacity issues.
Commissioners negotiated additional technical evaluations during the hearing, including: limiting building massing details for façades (vertical bays, parapet variation), a requirement that the alley or internal drives meet functional plan spacing, an 8‑foot masonry wall adjacent to existing single‑family homes where appropriate, and planning commission discretion on specific plans for residential tracts. With those commitments, the commission voted to recommend the PUD to City Council.
The decision sends the application and the record — including recommended TEs addressing height, landscaping, and façade articulation — to City Council for a final vote in the coming weeks.
