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King County grants conditional approval for Gateway Development final plat
Summary
At the July 8, 2026 King County Administrative Land Use meeting the chair conditionally approved the final plat for the Gateway Development Subdivision — a 26-lot, R2-zoned project on Parcel 3-5-34-2 — delaying recording until required documentation and a final Civil Science review are submitted.
At the King County Administrative Land Use meeting on July 8, 2026, the chair conditionally approved the final plat for the Gateway Development Subdivision, a 26-lot project on Parcel 3-5-34-2 zoned R2. The chair said the subdivision includes a minimum lot size of two acres and named the applicants as Benjamin Menlove and Susan Tarver.
The chair said the subdivision had to go through the city's annexation plan process and that the county received city comments on June 11 which the commission reviewed. The chair told the meeting the commission ‘‘thanked them for that’’ and noted the commission has reviewed the city letter and its comments.
The chair placed a condition on approval: the final plat cannot be recorded until the applicants submit the outstanding documentation and the project receives final review clearance from Civil Science. The transcript lists the missing items generally as required documentation and a final review; the record does not specify the exact name of one required letter beyond the phrasing used in the meeting.
"So I am, recommending a conditional approval today with those conditions," the chair said, announcing the commission's decision. The meeting record does not show a separate recorded motion, mover/second, or a roll-call vote for the conditional approval.
Next steps: the county will allow recording of the final plat only after it confirms receipt of all required documents and issues the Civil Science clearance. The chair adjourned the meeting at 4:01 PM.
