The Swift's Terrace Infill subdivision proposes dividing a 2.3-acre R9-zoned parcel into 18 attached single-family residential lots using city infill development standards. While the applicant and city staff assert the project meets dimensional requirements and includes plans for on-site stormwater management, neighboring residents strongly oppose the application. Opponents argue the increased density conflicts with the surrounding detached single-family character and raised safety concerns regarding inadequate pedestrian access, a lack of SEPA environmental review, and deferred slope stability analysis on steep, erosion-prone terrain.
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Vancouver Land Use Hearings · Jun 16, 2026 · 0:57–1:16 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: comprehensive plan rezoning infrastructure affordable housing density concurrency subdivision zoning plat
What was said
0:00 (upbeat music) - All right, thank you. Good evening, everyone. My name is Stephanie Marshall and I'm the City of Vancouver Hearing Examiner. Today is Tuesday, June 16th, 2026, and it is 6.03 p.m. We're gonna call this meeting to order. We have two hearings on the agenda for this evening. The first one is Swift's Terrace Infill subdivision. And the second item on the agenda is Mount Hood Vista subdivision with a zone change. The first item on the agenda is, as I stated,
0:57 the Swift's Terrace Infill subdivision. This is file number PRJ-16957, LUP-85734. The proposal is for a subdivision of property located in the R9 zoning district, 2.3 acres proposed to be subdivided into 18 residential lots. I have reviewed the staff report and I've reviewed the exhibits and the record to date, of which there are 13 exhibits to the staff report. The staff report itself is exhibit one. I'm gonna do a little bit of preliminary statements and explain how the hearing will go this evening. The purpose of the hearing is to have a public forum, essentially, for members of the public to provide testimony on the application, the first item on the agenda this evening.
1:54 And that will be, everybody will be sworn in and this hearing is being recorded as Ms. Bowen stated earlier this evening. I will be swearing you in and testimony will be provided under oath. I see that there are 32 people in the team's room this evening, some of which are staff,
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direct keyword 0:57–1:16 comprehensive plan, rezoning, infrastructure, affordable housing, density, concurrency, subdivision, zoning, plat
rings on the agenda for this evening. The first one is Swift's Terrace Infill subdivision. And the second item on the agenda is Mount Hood Vista subdivision with a zone change. The first item on the agenda is, as I stated, the Swift's Terrace Infill subdivision. This is file number PRJ-16957, LUP-85734. The proposal is for a subdivision of property located in the R9 zoning district, 2.3 acres proposed to be subdivided into 18 residential lots. I have reviewed the staff report and I've reviewed t