Title
PUBLIC HEARING - Case: West Bay Yards, 21-2854
Report
Applicant:
West Bay Development LLC
Representative(s):
Ron Thomas of Thomas Architecture Studio, 525 Columbia St SW, Olympia WA 98501
Staff Contact:
Nicole Floyd, Director of Planning, 360.570.3768
Type of Action Request:
Shoreline Substantial Development Permit and Shoreline Conditional Use Permit:
Applicant proposes a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit to construct five
buildings above a public plaza and structured parking. Each of the five buildings
will include five stories. The project includes 478 residential units, approximately
22,000 square feet (SF) of commercial use such as restaurant/café, an expanded
waterfront trail and various public amenities. The Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Application includes shoreline restoration to provide placement of granular fill over the existing hard armored shoreline to create a naturally functioning intertidal beach. The project will replace the existing degraded nearshore with native vegetation, convert approximately 0.5 acres of aquatic land to upland through placement of approximately 27,000 cubic yards (CY) of fill and includes intertidal restoration extending approximately 150 feet (FT) beyond the existing Ordinary High Water Mark.
Applicant proposes a Shoreline Conditional Use Permit to place a mix of uses
(Residential and Commercial) within 100 ft of the Ordinary High Water Mark.
Project Location:
1210 West Bay Drive NW
See Attachment 1 for the full staff report.