Council summarily dismisses Meadowood East appeal, citing limits on reconsideration

After returning from executive session on May 5, 2026, the Snohomish County Council approved Motion 26-195 to summarily dismiss an appeal by Robinette Investment Company LLC of a hearing examiner decision that conditionally approved the Meadowood East rural cluster subdivision (file no. 22-104584PSD). The council found that the issues raised in the current appeal were not included in the petitioner’s earlier petition for reconsideration and therefore were beyond the council’s jurisdiction under Snohomish County Code.

Councilmember Nehring moved the oral motion to dismiss and recited findings from the record, noting that the hearing examiner had previously granted reconsideration on Oct. 30, 2025 and remanded certain matters to the Department of Planning and Development Services, and that on April 7, 2026 the hearing examiner issued a decision eliminating the requirement to construct an extension of 100th and 46th Avenue Northeast to the north. The motion cited Snohomish County Code provisions governing appeals and reconsideration (SCC 30.72.0655; SCC 30.72.0702; SCC 30.72.0705) and stated that the current appeal raises issues not included in the petition for reconsideration.

The motion states that the appellant’s asserted issues concerned school impact fees, park and recreation impact fees, sprinkler and fire-flow requirements, and HOA ownership and bylaws recording; the council concluded those matters were not properly before it and moved to dismiss the appeal under SCC 30.72.0705. The motion was seconded and the council voted 'aye'; the chair announced the motion passed 5 to 0.

The council’s action ends this closed-record appeal at the council level; the motion as presented summarized the procedural basis for dismissal rather than addressing the substantive merits of the appellant’s newly-raised issues. The council adjourned after concluding the administrative agenda.