Transportation and park impact fee rates for development were lowered under ordinances adopted by the City Council after a September 6 public hearing. The new rates are aimed at encouraging development projects to move forward in today’s tight financing markets. Because of current financing constraints, projects have had more difficulty getting built. The lower impact [...]
Premera Blue Cross, the City of Mountlake Terrace’s largest employer, recently purchased the Lloyd Control building property in order to expand their parking. The building was recently demolished and the site will be repaved to add additional parking for 225 vehicles. Thanks to David Carlos for sending in these photos.
Economic vitality helps our community move forward and provides the jobs, services, businesses, parks, schools, and other things people need. Fortunately, Mountlake Terrace is weathering the current national recession and poised to do even better. Development, consistent with community standards, is being planned in the Town Center and other locations. A recent count showed 39 [...]
Construction of civil improvements (road and utilities) has been completed at the Brook Glenn subdivision. The project will subdivide 4.92 acres in to 14 single-family attached (townhome/condominium) units. Brook Glenn is located just south of Creekside Village on Cedar Way. [mappress mapid="207"]
The worst of the recent flooding in Mountlake Terrace was definitely felt by the Ballinger Lake Golf Course and surrounding properties. Check out these photos below that were posted on their Facebook Page. Hardy Golf, who manages the golf course, is hoping to have the course open this weekend but will be evaluating the conditions [...]
The City Council voted Monday night 6-1 to classify an area adjacent to I-5 and 220th Street SW as general commercial instead of residential. The area contains one large site that had been a public school between 1959 and 1975 and nineteen single-family parcels. The time set aside for public comment before the Council’s vote [...]
Early election results Tuesday night have the Mountlake Terrace Civic Campus measure failing 54% to 46%. Since the measure needs a 60% vote to pass, it would take a lot for the measure to catch up at this point. While many who voted yes saw the measure as an investment in the community, opponents argued [...]
Heights were reduced and trees were required in the Freeway/Tourist Zoning District under a Zoning Code amendment approved by the City Council after a public hearing October 18. The Freeway/Tourist district is just east of I-5 between 236th and 244th. It includes the Gateway Place commercial area. Under the previous code, building heights were unlimited [...]
