Housing Hope's playfield proposal splits planning commission
EVERETT — A nonprofit’s application to bring multi-family housing to one of Everett’s historic neighborhoods divided the city planning commission Tuesday night.
The request seeks to amend a pair of land-use designations that would allow Housing Hope to convert a three-acre ball field in the Port Gardner Neighborhood into 44 units of supportive housing for homeless Everett School District students and their families. Neighbors of the field have consistently expressed opposition to the project.
Commissioners were split 3-3 on the request that would rezone a portion of the site for multi-family housing and would remove the field from the Norton-Grand historic overlay zone — a designation that applies design standards and neighborhood conservation guidelines to specific districts in the city to retain an area’s unique character.
The tie means that no formal recommendation from the planning commission will be made to the Everett City Council, which will make a final decision on the application following public comment at a meeting tentatively scheduled for Oct. 14. Two planning commissioners recused themselves from the discussion, and another was absent from the meeting.
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