15 Downtown
Zoning Changes to Be Discussed on Oct 3.
The
public is urged to attend the Gig Harbor City Council Work Session on October
3, 5:30 pm. On the agenda will be the further destruction of our small,
historic, charming and unique downtown.
The
Mayor and City Council set up meetings to discuss rezoning downtown. The public
was barred from attending. No recordings were made of these meetings.
The
Planning Department specifically invited some groups to comment. Everyday
citizens did not receive the same invitation.
The
results of these secret meetings were 15 trumped up zoning changes for downtown
Gig Harbor. One zoning change would eliminate singe family zoning in ALL of
downtown.
Another
of these trumped up changes would rezone the Haub property. This property is
home to our Gig Harbor Heron colony.
The
Haubs want to sell this property. This civic-minded family ignored an offer
from Citizens for Gig Harbor (C4GH) and a land conservancy group to purchase
this land to be used as a park.
The Cheney family wants
to purchase this property but the current zoning does not bring in enough money
for them. They want to clear cut the trees on this property, and add 35-40
residential units.
The Cheneys generously
donated $25,000.00 to the mayor’s favorite non-profit. If the council votes for
the zoning change, the Cheneys might
donate the big Egg building to the city. Sea level rise and the Shore Line
Master Plan could cause this building to sink or not be viable. What a deal!
The
Haubs and Cheneys want you to know there are no herons. In their greed to pave
paradise and develop, the Haubs and Cheneys hired a drilling company. That
drilling produced high squeals of noises for over an hour. Herons cannot
survive this type of noise and fly away.
The
video of this noise activity brought the state biologist to Gig Harbor. She
told the Haubs and Cheneys to stop harassing our herons. The biologist will
return in April to see if the city symbol of Gig Harbor, herons, are able to
re-establish their heronry.
270 + new added cars
This
Cheney property could add 70 cars downtown. Add another 200 from the Judson
redevelopment for a gridlocking number of 270 additional vehicles at Judson/Soundview/Harborview
Drives.
The
Olympic Property Group (OPG), developers of Judson Street, said there will be
no grocery stores on Judson. OPG told Gig Harbor citizens to get rid of their
cars.
Pierce
County told Gig Harbor there will be no new buses if citizens get rid of their
cars.
The
Olympic Property Group, Haubs and Cheneys do not live in the area they intend
to destroy. The folks who live in Gig
Harbor neighborhoods deserve more say than developers who are here to suck it
dry.
Oct
3, 5:30 pm. Your presence speaks volumes.
The
City Council is waiting to hear if you want downtown protected.
You can send 1 email to Molly Towslee and she will forward to the entire council.
Email them today
at towsleem@cityofgigharbor.net
Here are the proposed zoning changes for downtown Gig Harbor.
• Amend the zoning of 5 parcels adjacent to the intersection of Rosedale and Stinson from Single Family
Residential (R-1) and Residential and Business (RB-1) to Residential and Business (RB-2) or Multiple
Family Residential (R-3).
• Amend the zoning of 2 parcels adjacent to the intersection and between Harborview Drive and
Soundview Drive from the existing RB-1 designation to RB-2 or R-3. (This is the Heron property.)
• Amend the zoning of 1 parcel adjacent to the North-East intersection of Peacock Hill and North
Harborview Drive from the existing RB-1 designation to General Business (B-2).
• Extend the Waterfront Residential (WR) zoning designation to include 7 parcels south of Vernhardson
Street located at the mouth of the Bay, which are currently zoned R-1.
• Amend the definition of Marina in GHMC 17.04 to specifically permit marine fueling services.
• For the Downtown Business (DB), RB-2 and B-2 zoning districts in The Harbor, permit all residential
uses outright if located over a primary first floor non-residential use.
• In The Harbor area, permit outright Accessory Apartments, maintaining the current design and
performance standards.
• Permit outright Home Occupation in the DB Zone.
• Consider conditional or outright permitted Museums in the DB Zone.
• Permit outright Taverns in the DB Zone.
• Permit outright Community Recreation Hall in the DB Zone, consider conditional or outright allowance of
Community Recreation Hall for the Waterfront
Millville (WM) and Waterfront Commercial (WC)
zones.
• Permit outright Bed and Breakfasts (lodging
level 1) in the WR Zone.
• Conditionally permit commercial parking lots in
the DB Zone.
• Prohibit or only conditionally permit Automotive
Fuel Dispensing Facilities in the DB Zone.
• Consider conditional or outright permitted use of
Commercial Entertainment (theaters, concert
halls) in the Waterfront Commercial Zone.
Mayor and Council email addresses:
guernseyj@cityofgigharbor.net
paynet@cityofgigharbor.net
kadzikp@cityofgigharbor.net
perrowm@cityofgigharbor.net
malichk@cityofgigharbor.net
EkbergS@cityofgigharbor.net
lovrovichr@cityofgigharbor.net
arbenzc@cityofgigharbor.net
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