A development controversy in Seattle raises larger questions about land use regulation authority.
"Seattle’s deputy hearing examiner…overturned the city’s approval of a new 12-story building in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood," reports Daniel Beekman.
The decision is the most recent twist in a story that began when the Pioneer Square Preservation Board voted last year to oppose the building before the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods would eventual approve the building. The approval was then appealed by a collection of neighborhood interests. Beekman profiled the opposition to the project in an earlier, separate article.
Project opponents said the decision by the deputy hearing examiner "restores [the Pioneer Square Preservation Board] as the primary protector of the historic resources in Pioneer Square.
FULL STORY: Seattle’s approval of 12-story Pioneer Square building overturned
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