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File #: AM No. 18-187   
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/16/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/4/2018 Final action: 12/4/2018
Title: Final Plat Approval of Kensington Lane a. ORDINANCE NO. 2938: An Ordinance Approving the Final Plat of Kensington Lane Pursuant to RCW 58.17.170 and RZC 21.74.030, and Establishing an Effective Date
Attachments: 1. Agenda Memo No. 18-187, 2. Attachment A: Ordinance, 3. Attachment A, Exhibit 1: Hearing Examiner Decision, 4. Attachment A, Exhibit 2: Tech Committee Notice of Decision, 5. Attachment B: Vicinity Map
MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
SUBJECT:

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Final Plat Approval of Kensington Lane

a. ORDINANCE NO. 2938: An Ordinance Approving the Final Plat of Kensington Lane Pursuant to RCW 58.17.170 and RZC 21.74.030, and Establishing an Effective Date

I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Approve the Ordinance (Attachment A) for the final plat of KENSINGTON LANE. .
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS

Erika Vandenbrande, Director, Planning and Community Development, 425-556-2457
Lisa Rigg, Manager, Development Engineering, 425-556-2295
Pat Lyga, Senior Engineering Technician, 425-556-2747

III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND

Council approval is required as a part of the final plat process in which quasi-judicial review and decision is made by the City Council. While it is approved by the Council, there is no public hearing for this permit, as is traditionally done with other quasi-judicial decisions.
Kensington Lane is the final plat of the approved Strom Property Preliminary Plat. This is a residential development subdividing a 5.74-acre site into 13 single-family lots and 3 tracts along with the dedication of 159th Avenue NE, a public road. The property is zoned R-4.

Kensington Lane is located at 1900 159th Avenue NE and is within the North Redmond Neighborhood. It is bounded on the west and south by the Kensington plat development, on the east by the Greystone plats developments and on the north by unplatted land with a single-family residence. Access to Kensington Lane is from 159TH Avenue NE, a public road constructed by the developer of the Greystone development.

The Strom Property Preliminary Plat approval was granted by the Hearing Examiner on August 14, 2015. An administrative modification of the preliminary plat was approved by the Redmond Technical Committee on February 22, 2018; this approved the developer's proposal to shift lot lines.

Kensington Lane final plat was submitted by the applicant for staff r...

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