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Hearing examiner reviews proposal to split 3-unit building at 937 Mount Olympus into separate homes
Summary
A City of Ocean Shores hearing on April 1 heard a conditional-use application from Bayside Builders to subdivide a three-unit commonwall dwelling at 937 Mount Olympus Ave into individually owned lots. City staff recommended conditions; a neighbor raised concerns about parking, storm drainage and sprinklers. The examiner will issue a written decision within 10 business days.
On April 1, 2026, the City of Ocean Shores hearing examiner, Yoshi Kumar, heard testimony on a conditional-use permit application from Bayside Builders LLC to subdivide an existing three-unit commonwall residence at 937 Mount Olympus Avenue so each unit and the land beneath it could be owned separately.
Marshall Read, the city's lead planner in land-use matters, told the examiner the parcel (parcel 0929000015000) is in a B1 retail-commercial zone and the application seeks approval under Ocean Shores Municipal Code provisions that permit commonwall residential developments to be subdivided by conditional use. Read said the lot is about 9,338 square feet and the structure contains three units; staff concluded the proposal meets the applicable CUP criteria subject to recommended conditions including compliance with building and fire codes, on-site parking per OSMC 17.54.060, an approved storm-drain plan, landscaping consistent with OSMC 17.51.00, and payment of applicable system development charges and utility assessments.
Applicant Jeremy Crawford, project manager for Bayside Builders, confirmed the building is under construction and said the developer will meet the recommended conditions. Crawford described the planned parking as two side-by-side spaces per 20-foot-wide parcel; under the code for family residential the 1.5-space-per-unit requirement was rounded to two spaces per unit on the submitted site plan.
Neighbor Joseph Robert Buckley testified in opposition, citing several specific concerns. Buckley said a Zillow listing had recently shown the units being offered as individual lots, asked whether the building was required to have sprinklers and exterior alarms, and said construction and grading had altered elevations such that stormwater now backs up onto his property (he said he had photos). Buckley also said the built condition does not match plans in several details, including missing rear doors, and stated his primary objection was potential on-street parking impacts and that individual sales could lead to nightly rentals in the B1 zone.
Read replied that the change in minimum lot size from 1,000 to 650 square feet had occurred through prior planning commission deliberations and a city council public hearing, and that statewide efforts to increase housing density had informed the local change. The city said it would investigate Buckley's water-pressure and drainage complaint with the water department. The applicant stated they were selling the property as single-family residences at this time and would comply with city requirements.
The hearing examiner closed the first matter and said he would issue a written decision on the CUP within 10 business days.
The record admitted the staff report, the CUP application, site plans, public-notice materials and other pre-filed exhibits. The decision will include the examiner's analysis of how the proposal aligns with the comprehensive plan and the B1 zoning provisions.
