Community members file land use appeal of Eastview Village

EVERETT — Critics of a large mixed-use development project in unincorporated Snohomish County filed a land use petition in the Skagit County Superior Court on Monday.

Petitioners against the 144.88-acre Eastview Village project included the nonprofit SaveBothell and its sister branch SaveCathcart, the Greenleaf HOA and 21 individuals. The development is slated to be built in the unincorporated Silver Firs area by Seattle-based developer Pacific Ridge Homes.

Land use petition appeals are allowed to be filed in the county which a land use is being challenged or in a neighboring county. The appeal opposes Snohomish County’s approval of Eastview Village, claiming the project was wrongly exempted from the state’s environmental policy act, did not fulfill complete and accurate transportation reviews and would cause safety hazards to nearby school children and residents.

“We are frustrated that the County has chosen to ignore our concerns and we hope that a judge will review the facts and uphold relevant state and local laws in an unbiased manner,” Kathy Putt, petitioner and president of Greenleaf HOA , wrote in an email on Wednesday. “Our goal is not to stop the project, but to mitigate the significant impacts that it will have on our community.”

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