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East Harbor Hills LLC: Manufactured Homes and Planned Unit Developments
Proposal
City-initiated1 and Private Amendment Request submitted by East Harbor Hills, LLC to amend Blaine Municipal Code Chapter 17.68 – Planned Unit Developments (PUD) to:
- Amend BMC 17.68.120.A.1 to eliminate the exclusion of manufactured and mobile homes to remedy an inconsistency with RCW 35.21.312; and
- Amend Table 17.68.C to include mobile/manufactured and modular homes and manufactured home parks, and show those as a permitted use in a PUD located in the Planned Residential zone, consistent with the standards for manufactured homes contained in BMC 17.112 and with the permitted uses in the Planned Residential Zoning District as listed in BMC 17.42.020.
1 Per Resolution 1929-23 adopted by the City Council at their September 11, 2023 meeting, the CDS Department has been directed to reinstate the text amendment process for manufactured home park regulations as both a citizen initiated text amendment and a Council initiated text amendment
Background
The Residential PUD Standards (BMC 17.68.120) exclude manufactured home parks and manufactured homes as a housing type within a PUD. This means that even though manufactured homes and home parks are allowed within the Planned Residential (PR) zone (BMC 17.42.020), this same housing type is specifically prohibited as an option within a PUD. The applicant has submitted a zoning text amendment request to modify the Residential PUD Standards so that they better aligned with the PR permitted uses.
Public Hearing - October 9, 2023
Public Hearing - September 14, 2023
Attachments:
- Public Notice - Publishing
- Public Notice - Interested Parties
- Public Comments
- Planning Commission Materials
- Applicant Information regarding feasibility of Manufactured Home Park on property less than 5 acres
Additional public comments submitted after staff memorandum was issued:
- Correspondence from Rachael Catrell dated September 12, 2023
- Correspondence from Jackie Braverman dated September 11, 2023
- Correspondence from Lance and Marci McCarthy dated September 11, 2023
- Correspondence from Marija Boothe dated September 13, 2023
- Correspondence from Craig R. Parkinson, PE, Cascade Engineering Group, PS, Inc dated September 13, 2023
- Correspondence from Inger C. Brockman, Montgomery Purdue PLLC dated September 13, 2023
- Correspondence from Glenys Killow dated September 13, 2023
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Background Materials
* THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED * Public Hearing (April 13, 2023)
Comments submitted after Staff Memo issued
- Correspondence from Aida Malik and Mike Ingham dated April 6, 2023
- Correspondence from Bruce and Margaret Cook dated April 10, 2023
- Correspondence from Inger C. Brockman, Montgomery Purdue PLLC, dated April 11, 2023
- Correspondence from C Dean dated April 12, 2023
- Correspondence from Shanna Leeland dated April 21, 2023
- Correspondence from the McCarthy's dated April 21, 2023
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 3
- Attachment 4
- Attachment 5
- Attachment 5 (original) and Revised (dated April 10, 2023)
Planning Commission Deliberations (February 9, 2023)
Public Hearing (December 8, 2022)
Presentations
- Community Development Services Staff Presentation
- East Harbor Hills LLC Applicant Presentation
- Meeting Minutes
Staff Report
At the December 8, 2022 meeting, the Planning Commission will accept public testimony and deliberate on a citizen request and application for a Zoning Text Amendment to amend the Title 17 of the Blaine Municipal Code as follows: Amend Blaine Municipal Code Chapter 17.68 – Planned Unit Developments (PUD) to allow manufactured home parks and manufactured homes as an allowed use within a PUD in the Planned Residential zone.
Note: The following additional comments were received after issuance of the staff report:
- Correspondence from Robert E Lee, Executive Director, Building Industry Association of Whatcom County received December 6, 2022
- Correspondence from Holly A Abrams, dated December 6, 2022
- Correspondence from April Hashimoto, dated December 6, 2022
- Correspondence from Lonnie Moore, dated December 8, 2022
Notice of Public Hearing - December 8, 2022 at 6pm
SEPA Determination
Revised Application Materials
- Proposed Amendment Language
- Reasons for the Request
- Response to Questions at August 11, 2022 Planning Commission Study Session
Planning Commission Study Session
August 11, 2022