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Council concurs with planning commission on Piney Ridge concept despite flood concerns
Summary
North Shore River Watch argued the conceptual Piney Ridge Estates plan places dozens of homes in a flood hazard area and urged DEQ approval before moving forward; the council voted to concur with the planning commission's concept approval (motion recorded as unanimous with three absent).
The council heard an appeal from Matthew Allen of North Shore River Watch who urged members to overturn the planning commission’s conceptual approval for Piney Ridge Estates, arguing the conceptual plan proposes more than 70 homes in a mapped flood-hazard area and called for DEQ modeling and explicit sewage permits before the council approved any later stage.
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