Kirkland City Council ends Downtown Building Moratorium, adopts limited Interim Ordinace
At the Kirkland City Council meeting last night, two public hearings were conducted with regard to downtown development:
Ordinance No. 4149
Relating to Land Use and Zoning Within Central Business District (CBD) Zone 1, Adopting Interim Zoning Regulations Limiting the Height of Buildings Within Design Districts 1A and 1B as Designated in the Moss Bay Neighborhood Portion of the Comprehensive Plan to Three and Four Stories, Respectively; Limiting the Height of Buildings Within 100 Feet of Lake Street or Lake Street South to Two Stories; and Repealing Ordinance 4139.
This ordinance ends the building moratorium and releases downtown Central Business Districts with the exception of CBDs 1A, 1B and 2. Ordinance No. 4149 is available for download.
Ordinance No, 4143
Relating to Land Use and Zoning, Adopting Interim Zoning Regulations for the Review Process for City Council Initiated Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and/or Text of the Zoning Code in Central Business District (CBD) Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, Including Amendments to Kirkland Zoning Code Chapter 142, Design Review.
This ordinance grants the City Council the power to circumvent the Planning Commission on land use and zoning issues in the downtown core.
How the City Council voted:
VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 4149
- Mayor James Lauinger
- Mary-Alyce Burleigh
- Dave Asher
- Jessica Greenway
- Tom Hodgson
- Bob Sternoff
VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 4149
- Deputy Mayor Joan McBride
VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 4143
- Mayor James Lauinger
- Dave Asher
- Jessica Greenway
- Tom Hodgson
VOTING AGAINST THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 4143
- Deputy Mayor Joan McBride
- Mary-Alyce Burleigh
- Bob Sternoff
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Posted by Admin on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Filed under Council · Tagged with Development, Downtown, Moratorium, Planning Commission, Vote
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On the surface this seems like a terrible turn of events. A substitution of amateur wisdom, from a clearly biased Council majority, for professional management doesn’t meet “the smell test.” I fear for the damage this cabal can inflict on our once fair City.
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Jiminkirkland,
It’s not that bad. Look at all the good those 4 have brought Kirkland so far. Law Suits, Moratoriums and already higher taxes. Next up Budget, Park Place and Robs personal favorite Annexation. Just imagine what another year of these guys is going to do to Kirkland? Oh and I think you got it right.. Our once fair City is once again (sigh) a fair City! Al
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I blame the whole council for the problems we have in town because they are responsible. Blaming some individuals and not others is playing politics. They are all responsible for inaction and running our city into the ground. When a majority clearly exists some like to paint the minority in an angelic light which is not the case. Look closely at their records and you may not support the “gang of three” as individuals. The stomach flu is not as bad as a broken leg but that doesn’t make the flu a good thing. These are not free market, small government individuals on the council and some on this blog are making them sound like they are. You can like a vote one one issue but dont be a single issue voter. Kirkland can’t afford to spend money as this group has been doing since the mid 1990’s. We need is new choices and new blood on the council. Not one of them is preferrable to someone else who can actially get things done. Four new candidates is what we need for 2009. Don’t settle for any of the bunch we have. We need change in Kirkland and the old guard has let us down too many times. Some of them look like they have nothing else to do but run our lives and take our money to feed their whims. I can think of two up for election that have little to do if they weren’t on the Council. Those sorts of elected officials help themselves more than they help the public. Think about it. Four new people to enact change and remove the fighting and stalemate that makes Kirkland the laughing stalk of the region.
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