SNOHOMISH COUNTY NOTICE OF OPEN RECORD HEARING AND CONCURRENCY AND TRAFFIC IMPACT FEE DETERMINATIONS File Name: Murphy Townhomes File Number: 25 102812 SPA, 25 102474 PSD, 25 102814 VAR 36-unit townhouse Unit Lot Subdivision and Urban Center Development Plan. Also, with Variance request for garage setback reduction. Location: North of 130th Street SE, between Meridian Avenue S and 3rd Avenue SE, Lynnwood Tax Account Number: 280425-004-040-00, 280425-004-049-00, 280425-004-041-00, Hearing specifics: Before the Snohomish County Hearing Examiner, June 2, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., 1st Floor Public Hearing Room, No. 2 located in the Robert J. Drewel Building (Admin-East Bldg), 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, Washington, and online via Zoom. All parties of record will be sent a link to the Zoom hearing by email. If you have not previously provided an email address and wish to do so now, please send it to hearing.examiner@snoco.org. Applicant: Romano Capital Inc Date of application/Completeness date: February 27, 2025 Approvals required: Site Plan Approval, Preliminary Subdivision, Variance, and all related construction. Concurrency: The Department of Public Works has evaluated the traffic impacts of this development under the provisions of Chapter 30.66B SCC, and the development has been deemed concurrent. The standard of review is found in SCC 30.66B.185. Pursuant to SCC 30.66B.180, an aggrieved person may ask the hearing examiner to review the determination. Traffic Mitigation: This development will be subject to payment of a Transportation Impact Fee to Snohomish County. Any person aggrieved by a decision applying an impact fee under Chapter 30.66B SCC who has filed a written protest in accordance with SCC 30.66B.350 may appeal the decision (when issued) as provided for in SCC 30.66B.370. Project Manager: Sarah Steepy, 425.388.3067 Project Manager e-mail: sarah.steepy@snoco.org Date of Notice: May 2, 2026 HOW TO USE THIS BULLETIN To learn more about a project: • Call the planner assigned to the project. • Review project file at Snohomish County Planning and Development Services (PDS) 2nd Floor Customer Service Center, Administration Building West. • Permit Center and Record Center Hours are o 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday o 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Thursday o Please call ahead to be certain the project file is available. To comment on a project: • Submit written comments to PDS at the address below or email the project manager listed above. All comments received prior to issuance of a department decision or recommendation will be reviewed. To ensure that comments are addressed in the decision or recommendation, they should be received by PDS before the end of the published comment period • Comments on a project scheduled for a hearing before the hearing examiner, may be made by submitting them to PDS prior to the open record hearing. • PDS only publishes the decisions that are required by Snohomish County Code. Persons will receive notice of all decisions that they have submitted written comment on, regardless of whether or not they are published. • You may become a party of record for a project by: 1. submitting original written comments and request to become a party of record to the county prior to the hearing, 2. testifying at the hearing or 3. entering your name on a sign-up register at the hearing. NOTE: only parties of record may subsequently appeal the hearing examiner’s decision or provide written or oral arguments to the county council if such an appeal is filed. To appeal a decision: • Department decisions (including SEPA threshold determinations): submit a written appeal and the $1,500.00 filing fee to PDS prior to the close of the appeal period. Refer to SCC 30.71.050(5) for details on what must be included in a written appeal. • A SEPA appeal also requires that an affidavit or declaration be filed with the hearing examiner within seven days of filing the appeal, pursuant to SCC 30.61.305(1). • Hearing examiner decisions issued after a public hearing are appealable as described in the examiner’s decision. Notice of those decisions is not published. You must have submitted written comments to PDS or written or oral comments at the public hearing in order to appeal a hearing examiner’s decision. HOW TO REACH US: The Customer Service Center for the Snohomish County Planning and Development Services is located on the 2nd floor of the County Administration Building West, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, M/S 604, Everett, WA 98201 425-388-3311. PDS Web Site address listed below: More information can be reviewed online at snohomishcountywa.gov/PDSPostcard ADA NOTICE: Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please make arrangements as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the hearing by contacting the Hearing Examiner’s office at 425-388-3538, or Department of Planning and Development Services at 425-388-7119. Published: May 2, 2026. EDH1030316
