Lot Suit: Another Builder’s Story

This is a second declaration from a builder explaining the negative effects of the City’s abutting lot rule that we’ve challenged in King County Superior Court. You can read Jon Coombes’ full declaration here. Keep in mind more risk and cost to the builder translates into higher prices both for the product but overall when production […]

Lot Suit: One Builder’s Story

I am posting two declarations we submitted as part of our law suit against the City’s abutting lot rule. The first one is from local builder Graham Black. The file is a PDF that translates as an image. So I am posting a screen shot of one key paragraph. The abutting lot rule was intended […]

More MIZ: SEPA Problems and a Rift Between City Staff and HALA Co-Chairs

When legislation is about to pass things can get interesting. As I pointed out in a previous posts more problems have emerged with legislation being considered today by the Council to pass the Framework for the Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning (MIZ) program. The issue is whether SEPA has been done properly or whether the City is […]