Seattle For Growth Et Al : Our Appeal of Impact Fees is now Scheduled
It’s probably because I am a geek, but I love seeing “Seattle for Growth ET AL” at the top of our appeal. Because we filed first, the case has our name on it. Even better, a group called the Seattle Mobility Coalition has filed an appeal too and they have a top notch attorney. I’ve […]
Neighborhood MHA Appeal Squashed: What Happened, Why, and What’s Next?
Last week the City’s Hearing Examiner removed the last barrier for citywide implementation of the City’s Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) scheme by finding against neighborhood groups that had appealed implementation of MHA. Neighborhood groups argued that the City failed to properly review and consider the impacts of MHA. They failed to persuade, so now the […]
Herbold on Impact Fees: “A purely procedural decision.”
Last week we filed an appeal to the City’s proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan (comp plan) to allow impact fees. In order to do what they want to do, charge housing projects fees, the City has to amend the comp plan. With all land use related proposals, including this one, comes a required analysis […]
