Rachel Rosen reports from the Oak Harbor City Council meeting of Tue., Nov. 15, 2022.
A parcel of land near Maple Leaf Cemetery has been annexed by the city of Oak Harbor in order to build housing…
The L-shaped parcel of land is 6.6 acres in size and is adjacent to Northeast 16th Avenue and east of Highway 20. The proposed zoning for the parcel is R-3 which allows for 9 to 16 dwelling units per acre. Lefevre said this would limit the density to multi-family homes.
They Said It
“This is another one of those infill properties that we always had envisioned as being developed,” Councilmember Jim Woessner said. “You know, if it was developed years ago, it (would) have been developed with three houses per acre, four houses per acre.” [Ed. Note: according to the story, the proposed zoning “[allows] 9 to 16 dwelling units per acre.]
Woessner went on to say that diversity in types of dwellings is good for Oak Harbor’s neighborhoods.
All council members voted to approve the annexation with the proposed zoning except for Councilmember Bryan Stucky who abstained because his business, Wallin-Stucky Funeral Home, is next to the property.
