BROUGHTON 4-LOT SHORT PLAT
(South of Willow run)

Chronological timeline of city file with linked documents and correspondence from the city's file
Environmental Checklist
Summary & Transcription of 11-30-01 Hearing (as a WORD file). This includes links to comment letters from residents
Hearing Examiner Decision and Findings of Fact (Acrobat file) (or in Word)

This proposal dates back to October, 1999. It is an application to short plat the small greensward area running west to east just south of Willow Run.

There are numerous problems with the property.

First, there is a category 3 wetland on the west of the property.

Second, a "new" stream was discovered which may (or may not) be ESA habitat. (Determination has not yet been made.)

Third, the only "legal" street access to and from the property is through a 25-foot utility easement between two Willow Run homes (pictured at left). It is indicated in most city documents in this file that it is 25 feet wide, but according to the Planning Department comments of 6-7-00, it "tapers" down to 20 feet. The minimum code is a 30-foot access/easement. The city is requesting that a modification be granted by the Hearing Examiner.

Fourth, there are legal problems related to SEPA review, owner and public notice, and questions related to vesting on an application that is over two years old. Our code states that 180 days is the maximum period that an application must be acted upon, after which it becomes null and void. (There were at least two different written communications from the city "urging" that the applicant renew or confirm his interest in pursuing this project, in order to keep the application active so that he would not have to begin the process again.

At the time of this writing, a 2:00 p.m. hearing examiner hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, November 20th, a time when most residents impacted by this proposal will not be able to attend. (This is contrary to informal and repeated requests by members of the council that hearings be scheduled at a time when all residents may attend.)

Pictured below is the 25 foot alleyway (which tapers down to 20 feet at one point) which is located between the proposal and a private road in Willow Run, for which the city is requesting a modification be granted. (The code states a minimum 60-foot right-of-way.)

NOTE: The city does not wish to relocate an illegal fire hydrant in Willow Run across the street from this alleyway, but why would relocating power and telephone pedestals be any different? (Click here to see the city's creative solution for the fire hydrant problem in Willow Run, as well as other problems in that community.)