21 “clustered houses” proposed by west end of The Bridge

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From the latest Land Use Information Bulletin: This is described as a “revised application” so perhaps it’s come up before, though we can’t find evidence of that on the DPD website — the project-page address is 3601 Fauntleroy (see city map above; here’s a G-map) and the public-notice page describes the project as “Land Use Application to allow 21 single family residences in an environmentally critical area (clustered housing). Parking for 30 vehicles will be located within the structures and 8 surface parking spaces will be provided on the site.”

KatherineL May 8, 2008 (8:59 pm)

They want to build this in a critical slide area and salmon watershed? Is somebody actually going to approve this? Next thing we know herbicides and oil will be washing straight down into the water. And the next really rainy year, those houses will slump – and the owners will go crying to the city to bail them out with our tax money.

RobertSeattle May 9, 2008 (9:31 am)

That’s some pretty steep terrain. Having never checked, I was almost hoping this was open space since I didn’t think it could be devloped on.

Rich May 9, 2008 (10:07 am)

Amazing, I went to post a comment about how steep this particular piece of land is and two people beat me to it…

Well said, KatherineL & Robert.

Pokey May 9, 2008 (7:50 pm)

Build ’em cheap and stack ’em deep !

JanS May 9, 2008 (9:38 pm)

I keep thinking about Pete Seeger…”little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky, little boxes, little boxes, and they all look just the same”…..

21 new homes clustered on steep environmentally-critical terrain? Gee…what could possibly go wrong with that idea? — Smarter Neighbors May 10, 2008 (1:12 pm)

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Mike May 10, 2008 (3:01 pm)

Hope the developers are at least require to put in sidewalks. Don’t mind density but now you got 21 additional families each with 2+ cars with very narrow and steep roads. Not good.

Dawn May 12, 2008 (10:52 am)

This development is located in a very unique area with narrow winding roads that have many blind spots. Now add potentially 42 more vehicles, if this isn’t an accident waitin’ to happen I don’t know what is. Also, I don’t see how the 5+ emergency vehicles that show up for the accident(s) will be able to maneuver their way around these narrow roads. This is going to be a nightmare!!!

Steve May 12, 2008 (2:10 pm)

I live in the adjacent area. It is currently zoned for 8 lots, but they are trying to change it to 21. The surrounding streets can only handle one car each way at a time! Besides the Salmon Watershed, the Severe Slide Zone and the 21+ extra cars, that alone should prohibit the change. Besides, the plans look to be almost as ugly as the new boxes they built on Manning and Spokane this winter.

Tom May 20, 2008 (11:28 pm)

The house on the bottom in the middle of all the pink is my mom’s house, where I used to live. I always thought it was so amazing to have this green belt for a back yard. It’s really unfortunate that yuppie boxes built basically on the West Seattle Bridge will be replacing such a welcoming green space when entering West Seattle. Nickels wants to plant over a half a million trees, but doesn’t seem to care about preserving the ones that are already here.