Dwight | December 17, 2009
New shoreline master plans are coming to your lake–or maybe they’ve already arrived. Check here to see what’s new in the rules and regulations that impact the way you build or remodel your lakefront property.
Dwight | February 20, 2009
PROPOSED ORDINANCES FROM THE CITY OF SAMMAMISH WILL AFFECT YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PROPERTY VALUES! IT’S NOT TOO LATE!! JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS IN STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT AGAINST UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS ON Building or re-building your dream house on the lake Building or repairing your dock or bulkhead Adding a garage, a greenhouse or addition [...]
Dwight | February 20, 2009
One of THE most critical phases for the group is shortly upon us. Preparing draft alternative text that projects a more user friendly tone and incorporates the input the group wishes to have considered by the council. We have asked for a clearer unambiguous draft. We will now have to get specific and put our [...]
Dwight | February 17, 2009
The pdf below is a report that was created by the Sammamish Homeowners group. We are a group of individuals with the common goal of a better reasoned, more equitable, and more effective Sammamish Shoreline Management Program. This first report covers existing homes with in 50′ of the shoreline in the City of Sammamish. The residents [...]
Dwight | January 21, 2009
Yesterday City Staff posted the Shoreline Master Plan as recommended to the City Council. There was a meeting on January 6 where this document changed hands from the Planning Commission to the Council. You can see the plan and other documents relating to the SMP at this location: http://www.ci.sammamish.wa.us/SMP.aspx It is also noted that DOE [...]
Dwight | January 15, 2009
Shoreline Residents: January 2009 Planning Commission Approves New Shoreline Rules Lakefront residents face greater restrictions Who is affected? All property owners within 200’ of Pine Lake, Beaver Lake, and Lake Sammamish. What new Rules? The new regulations are called the “City of Sammamish Shoreline Master Plan Update” (SMP). The new SMP contains 73 pages of [...]
Dwight | January 11, 2009
The following letter was submitted to the Planing commission on 10/30/08. I used my allotted 3 minutes of public testimony to describe my concerns further. At their next meeting the Shoreline Master Plan was modified and approved by the Committee. I will review and comment on the revisions once they are made public. D.K. MARTIN CONSTRUCTION, INC. [...]
Dwight | December 28, 2008
Shoreline plans in Washington State are being updated. Much has changed since many of these plans were first created in the 1970s. The City of Sammamish has written a new plan and the City Council will continue work on it in early 2009. After the City Council approves the plan it will go to the State [...]
