SEQUIM — Step one toward permitting a regional shopping center just south of the city’s downtown is in place.
City Planning Director Dennis Lefevre on Wednesday issued preliminary approval for a 30-acre retail complex, which could be anchored by a Fred Meyer department store.
Sequim Properties I Inc. has applied to build a 30-acre retail development named Bell Farm Center just north of U.S. Highway 101 and east of South Sequim Avenue, near Hammond Street.
Lefevre issued a document called a mitigated determination of non-significance, which accepts the developer’s proposed plans and adds conditions needed to meet city standards for environmental, design and traffic concerns.
Sequim Properties I has asked for a commercial overlay, or C-4, modification to the parcel’s current zoning.
That would allow a mix of retail establishments to lease or buy properties and build in conformance with newly adopted city design standards.
The process moves on to a public comment period ending March 26, 2004, after which the city Planning Commission will review the application
Details of Lefevre’s findings and recommendations are available at the city Planning and Public Works Department, 144 W. Cedar St., Sequim, or on the Internet at www.ci.sequim.wa.us/planning/enviroreviews.cfm.
Public comments may be addressed to Lefevre at the Cedar Street address by March 26.
