March 13, 2008 at 1:17 am
#616346
Jeannie
Participant
P.S. I received a nice response from one of Councilmember Sally Clark’s aides. Part of his email: “Yes, Councilmember Conlin and Clark are planning on addressing the mega-house issue this year. There are houses popping up all over Seattle that, while technically legal, they are obviously out of character with the homes built during a time when “yard” and “tree” weren’t considered four-letter words.”
You can also go down to the Seattle Dept. of Planning and Development’s records library to view the original plans on microfilm.
I don’t know if any of this will do any good, but it’s worth pursuing. My neighbors and I also have “before” and “after” photos showing how the Hummer House destroyed our view.