Foss Waterway Height Amendment Meeting
I’m sure many of you are aware of the proposed changes to the height limits on the Foss Waterway. It’s been a topic in my inbox for… years. The general idea is that the limits would increase from 100 to 180 feet for an area north of the Murray Morgan Bridge. Our friends in the Perkins Building and Cliff Street Lofts have some definite opinions on this change. Well…
A public hearing by the Planning Commission has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at 5:00 p.m., to receive public comments on the draft proposed amendment to the Foss Waterway shoreline regulations. A community meeting (an informational session) has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 5:30 p.m., for interested parties to learn more about the proposed regulatory changes, ask questions, and be more prepared for the public hearing. Both events will be held in the City Council Chambers.
We’ve let this issue sit for a long while now. The first studies were appearing in 2004. Have you opinions changed at all?
The detailed changes, exhibits, drawings, and staff reports are available via the city site linked below.
Link to the City of Tacoma
Filed under: Waterfront, Developments, Foss Waterway, Foss Waterfront
3 comments
O onbroadway September 7, 2008
There are indeed some great homes and great history in that area. It will be interesting to see if this is able to have any effect on the individual homes that a Wedge resident told me (?) have been, and are being quietly purchased by MultiCare and left vacant.
O onbroadway September 9, 2008
Word on the street is that MultiCare wants to meet with the Wedge neighborhood late this month to present their “master plan” for the Wedge. I wonder if this is in response to this proposed historical designation. I’d like to see if this meeting clarifies their plans for houses they own such as the 407 S. M (built 1907) and 417 S. M (built 1905). I’d be worried if I owned either of the two historic houses in-between.
A anonymous September 9, 2008
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indeed, here’s what i’ve heard (via e-mail):
MultiCare has asked to meet with the Wedge neighbors to discuss their master plan expansion (and potential demolition of a house). The meeting is open to all interested parties so please pass along that this meeting will be at 6 pm, Monday, Sept. 29th, at Mary Bridge, 311 S. L Street, in the basement AV room