WEEK AHEAD: Fauntleroy Community Association talks rezoning and more on Tuesday

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Another neighborhood organization meeting on Tuesday is the Fauntleroy Community Association, with its regular board meeting including a discussion of the city’s new rezoning proposal. As we’ve been reporting, the proposal is open for comments until December 20; a key feature is the creation of more than half a dozen “neighborhood centers” in West Seattle (mapped here), and FCA told the city back in May that it was opposed to the one planned for the Endolyne mini-business-district area. So that’s a big part of the agenda. Community members are welcome at the meeting, which starts at 6 pm Tuesday (November 12) in the conference room at Fauntleroy Schoolhouse (9131 California SW).

Justin November 11, 2024 (8:26 am)

Thank you so much for your continued coverage of this. It’s incredibly fascinating and important.

Darren November 11, 2024 (12:16 pm)

Unfortunately this impacts the entire city and what was considered single family homesthe pain needs to be equitably shared I understand the logic being used, looking at areas that have transit services close by,! Don’t necessarily agree with their decisions low and moderate income areas seem to be hit the hardest with the most density proposednorth admiral seems to be less impacted Why?

WS98 November 11, 2024 (1:03 pm)

Thank you FCA, your letter represents most if not all of the issues that will be created across West Seattle by this poorly drafted plan. I support density but this is a swing and a miss – not enough housing to reduce prices, not enough off street parking, no real public transit infrastructure and certainly not taking the existing uniqueness of neighborhoods into consideration.

Upzone? November 11, 2024 (3:18 pm)

Preserving the “existing uniqueness of neighborhoods” has been the mantra of single family homeowner neighborhood associations.
Their concerns are not the future of a city, rather the future of their properties.
They fight density at every turn and complain about property taxes as their nest eggs become gargantuan and Seattle becomes more and more unaffordable largely due to anachronistic zoning regulations.
- WS98 November 12, 2024 (5:15 pm)
  
  @upzone, sorry, I meant uniqueness of neighborhood villages

Alex November 11, 2024 (2:17 pm)

I urge everyone to look at the material laid out by the Blog and especially the maps for WS. The City is not planning on sending notices to individual property owners that their parcel is being proposed for a 5 story apartment building. What a shock to find out in the next few years that your neighbor is within their rights to put a 5 story apartment building on their lot.!!!! For Fauntleroy these blocks are proposed for 5 story apartments:  One row of
single family homes on the east side of Fauntleroy Way between SW Webster and
SW Director;  Up to
three single family homes deep on the north side of Barton SW between SW
California and SW 35th;  All of the
homes on the residential blocks between Wildwood and Brace Point Drive,
Fauntleroy Way to 46th SW; Blocks
north of the small business area are proposed as 5 story apartment buildings. Please send a letter to the Mayor, City Council and the City Planners expressing your views!

Kyle November 12, 2024 (8:09 pm)

There are problems with the proposed uniform upzoned but FCA’s letter complains about losing views, solar roof capacity, and still somehow brings up that they think the ferry dock is the root of all evil. It’s a pretty out of touch letter. FCA’s membership should think about new leadership if this is not how they want to be represented to the rest of the city.

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