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Planning underway for new retail buildings, subdivisions, rezones
By Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business
Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.
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The State Environmental Review Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.
Here’s a look at projects that appeared in the SEPA register in the past month.
Red Mountain tower
Benton County
Benton County submitted plans for a 200-foot public safety communication facility tower on the north side of Red Mountain.
TruFrame shop
Benton City
TruFrame submitted plans to build a new 6,400-square-foot Tru-Frame shop within the light industrial zoning district in Benton City. The shop will be used for form and tool storage. It will also include a break room and a bathroom.
Fire station zone change
Kennewick
Robert Blain submitted plans to rezone a 3-acre parcel at 7400 Quinault Ave. from public facility to justice facility.
Haffner short plat
Benton County
Sally Haffner submitted plans to divide a 22-acre parcel into two lots at 110107 E. 196 PR SE in unincorporated Benton County.
ADU regulations
Kennewick
The city of Kennewick proposed to amend the city’s development regulations governing accessory dwelling units, including where they can be built, the number permitted on each lot, parking, dimensional requirements, etc.
Blair Loop subdivision
Prosser
Jerrod Sessler submitted a preliminary plat of Blair Loop, a subdivision of about 65 acres in Prosser.
Code amendment
Kennewick
Tyson Fellman submitted a request to amend Kennewick Municipal Code to permit day care centers via a conditional use permit in the residential, suburban (R), residential, low density (RL) and residential, manufactured home (RMH) zoning districts.
DH Recycling Yard
Kennewick
John Scheline on behalf of DH Recycling LLC submitted plans for a concrete and asphalt crushing operation at 109 N. Oak St.
About 5,250 cubic yards of material will be stored on-site and grading for the access road and site prep are planned.
Calvary Chapel grading
Kennewick
Paul Knutzen submitted plans for grading and importing material from the Calvary Chapel Tri-Cities lot to the north in order to create a sports field at 10924 W. 10th Ave.
Event Center text amendment
West Richland
Randall Wall applied for a text amendment to the West Richland zoning code to create a definition for event centers and to allow commercial entertainment and event uses as a conditional use in the RL40 zone on properties more than 10 acres.
Phase 2 Sunridge Estates
Kennewick
North 44 Homes LLC submitted plans for the second phase of Sunridge Estates to include 166 leasable areas for stickbuilt homes on 16.72 acres at 6482 W. 37th Place.
A community pool, gazebo and bathrooms are also planned.
Badger Mountain Plateau
Kennewick
John Becker submitted plans to subdivide a 2.5-acre parcel on the Badger Mountain Plateau at 93406 E. Holly Road into two lots.
Kellogg Street plan
Kennewick
Paul Knutzen submitted a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land use designation at 208 N. Kellogg St. from low- density residential to commercial.
Raeder Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Benton County
Courtney Raeder submitted a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land use designation of 12.33 acres on South Oak Street and South Quince Place in unincorporated Benton County from industrial to low- density residential.
Cedar Street Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Benton County
JF Engineering PLLC submitted a comprehensive plan amendment to change the land use designation of 1.18 acres at 1215 S. Cedar St. in unincorporated Benton County from low-density residential to medium- density residential.
Clubhouse Lane road
Richland
The city of Richland submitted plans to build about 0.2 miles of a new urban roadway near 2572 Clubhouse Lane. The work involves about an acre of roadway excavation.
Duportail Street retail building
Richland
David Hipp submitted plans to build a 7,000-square-foot multi-tenant retail building with a drive-thru lane at 3151 Duportail St. Landscaping, storm water mitigation and parking will be included.
