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City Weighing Options for Regulating Accessory Dwelling Units

date posted: 01 Jun 2018 by: Kris Ilgenfritz

On May 10, the city of Seattle released its draft environmental impact statement for attached dwelling units (ADUs). ADUs were formerly known as backyard cottages and detached ADUs (DADUs) were formerly known as backyard houses.

Here is an overview of the three alternatives that the city is proposing for changing land-use codes that apply to these units. To see the full document, including a table comparing components of the alternatives. go to www.seattle.gov/council/adu-eis and click on “Read the Draft EIS.”

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MHA Public Hearing

date posted: 10 May 2018

June 5 is a Public Hearing for District 1. This meeting is at Chief Sealth High School, 2600 SW Thistle, beginning at 6. The hearing begins at 6:00 p.m. and will continue until all in-person comments have been received. Members of groups, organizations, or coalitions with similar interests are encouraged to combine their presentations. Group presentations with four or more people will be limited to up to five (5) minutes. Individual comments will be limited to up to two (2) minutes.

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MHA Final Open House

date posted: 04 May 2018

May 9 from 6 - 8 is the Final Open House for the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) District 1 is at Louisa Boren K - 8, 5950 Delridge Avenue SW. District 1 includes Fauntleroy and the urban villages: Admiral, Morgan Junction, South Park, West Seattle Junction, Westwood-Highland Park. This is the last chance to ask questions about the proposed upzones from representatives from multiple city departments directly working on the MHA Proposal. The City has sent out emails that the following City departments planning to attend are: Office of Community Planning and Development (OPCD), Office of Housing (OH), Department of Neighborhoods (DON), Seattle Parks, Seattle City Light (SCL), Seattle Public Utilities with Rainwise (SPU), Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections with RRIO and code compliance (SDCI), Office of Sustainability and the Environment (OSE), Office of Economic Development (OED), King County Metro Transit (METRO), and Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT).

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WSF 2040 Long Range Pan outreach

date posted: 01 May 2018

Washington State Ferries continues its WSF 2040 Long Range Plan outreach meetings. The final meeting for the Triangle route is in Fauntleroy on May 17th. The details are below:

Fauntleroy

Thursday, May 17, 6 – 8 p.m.

Fauntleroy Church
9140 California Avenue SW
Seattle

If you are unable to make it to the meeting, or if you have additional thoughts, the online open house will be live through May 24: https://wsflongrangeplan.com/

There is a nice poster here

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Eat at Joe's

date posted: 04 Apr 2018

Support the Fauntleroy Fall Festival

Dine at Endolyne Joes on Tuesday April 24th, 2018 between 8AM and 10PM and support the Fauntleroy Fall Festival.

Joe’s will donate a percent of sales to help keep the popular october festival free for the entire community.

Add your own donation by buying a chance (or two) on many attractive raffle items.

Endolyne Joe’s is located at 9281 45th Ave SW. 206-937-5637

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