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: 

1. 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 
2. 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

Notice of Public Hearing

Public Hearing - September 14, 2023

Meeting Recording

Notice of Public Hearing

Staff Memorandum

Attachments:

1. Public Notice - Publishing
2. Public Notice - Interested Parties
3. Public Comments
4. Planning Commission Materials
5. 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

• Correspondence from Inger C. Brockman, Montgomery Purdue PLLC, dated August 3, 2023

* 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

Staff Memo

• Attachment 1
• Attachment 2
• Attachment 3
• Attachment 4
• Attachment 5 
• Attachment 5 (original) and Revised (dated April 10, 2023)

Notice of Public Hearing

Planning Commission Deliberations (February 9, 2023)

Staff Memo

Meeting Minutes

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. 

Staff Report and Attachments

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

Notice

SEPA Determination

1. Determination of Non-Significance
2. State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Environmental Checklist 

Revised Application Materials

1. Proposed Amendment Language
2. Reasons for the Request
3. Response to Questions at August 11, 2022 Planning Commission Study Session

Planning Commission Study Session

August 11, 2022

• Staff Memo
• Staff Presentation
• Meeting Minutes

Application Materials

Application