Windermere Plans Subdivision On 12th

Development

The county’s hearing examiner committee will consider two Valley development proposals at its meeting this month.

Windermere Realty wants to turn eight acres on 12th Avenue into a 46-lot subdivision.

And Steve Smart of Spokane wants to build a convenience store at the intersection of Bigelow Gulch and Argonne roads.

The committee will consider the requests Dec. 21. A public hearing begins at 9 a.m. in the downstairs meeting room of the county public works building, 1026 W. Broadway.

Windermere is asking the committee for a change of zoning on the property it controls on 12th, between University and Pierce.

The company wants the zone switched from a residential designation that allows 3.5 homes per acre to one that allows up to 7 homes per acre.

Windermere plans to cluster the 46 homes on small lots, leaving some open space.

Smart owns about an acre on the southwest corner of Bigelow Gulch and Argonne.

He is seeking a zone change, from general agriculture to rural settlement, so he can build a convenience store at the busy intersection.

, DataTimes