Seneca Planning Commissioners Denied One Proposal and Approved Another

Seneca’s Planning Commission met last night and will advise the city council against the rezoning of 4.5 acres of land near the Hwy 123 Bypass.

The vote was unanimous for denial of a housing development at Short Street and Mountain View Drive. One property owner, Charles Theivagt, had requested an RM-16 zone, but 81% of homeowners on Mountain View signed opposition petitions.

Many of them filled the chambers of city hall. Adrienne Hennes, a local realtor, told the meeting that her side likely will re-format the project by requesting a (PDR) a planned development residential zone…

Neighbors opposed to new housing in their midst believe it would likely add more litter, increased traffic, and result in a destabilization of the single-family area…

Almost ten acres on Wells Highway at Seneca could be used for 85 townhomes after a vote by the planning commission, who will recommend their approval to the city council. There was no public opposition to that plan. Property in that area owned by a local couple and two others in Seattle, Washington, is recommended for a zoning change from office commercial/highway commercial to RM-16. A Greenville architect said the projects fits Seneca’s land use plan, and further predicted it will provide, as he put it, “nice townhomes here.”