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Hearing examiner rejects remand request, sets site visit and reconvenes Lakefront Park hearing
Summary
During a procedural session in the Lakefront Park Improvements appeal, the hearing examiner declined a defense request to remand or deny permits for insufficient record, ordered the city to submit a plan-sheet mapping (entered as Exhibit 45), set an on-site view for 11:30 and reconvened the hearing at 9 a.m. on Feb. 26, 2026.
The hearing examiner overseeing the Lakefront Park Improvements appeal declined on Feb. 25 to remand or deny the city’s permit approvals over claims the record was incomplete, but ordered the parties to clarify the record and agreed to a same-day site visit.
The examiner denied an appellant motion to remand or reject the permits as premature after the appellant’s attorney argued the application lacks clear plan sheets and that critical information is missing from the record. The examiner instead asked the city to provide a plan-sheet explanation chart and said he would reconvene the hearing the following morning at 9 a.m.
The appellant’s attorney said the application is “messy” and “essentially an incomplete application” and argued the city failed to transfer its full administrative record as required under Lake Forest Park municipal code, citing the need for clearer grading and existing-conditions sheets before a quasi-judicial approval. The…
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