Documents filed under Washington’s environmental review process reveal a list of projects in the works for the Mid-Columbia.
The State Environmental Policy Act, or SEPA, often provides the first look at the mixed-use projects, mini storage facilities, apartments, industrial expansions, subdivisions and more that are working their way through the various planning departments of Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.
Here’s a look at projects that appeared in the SEPA register in the past month.
Kennewick
Sally Haffner submitted plans to divide a 21.74-acre parcel at 110107 E. 196 PR SE into two lots.
Benton County
The Benton County Public Works Department submitted a proposal to update the Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan in accordance with state law, which requires solid waste plans to be regularly reviewed and updated.
Kennewick
Daniel Kapsi submitted plans to change the land use designation of 1.18 acres at 1215 S. Cedar St. from low-density residential to medium-density residential and zone the property residential, medium density.
Kennewick
Courtney Raeder submitted plans to change the land use designation of 12.33 acres near South Oak Street and East Third Avenue from industrial to low-density residential with the potential to add an additional 3.79 acres for a total of 16.12 acres.
Kennewick
Knutzen Engineering submitted plans for a comprehensive plan amendment and future change of zone for about half an acre at 208 N. Kellogg St. from low-density residential to commercial.
Kennewick
Harms Engineering submitted plans for a development with 40 duplex and triplex-style townhomes totaling 107 units. The project at 6443 W. Hildebrand Blvd. includes grading, roads, utilities, buildings, and miscellaneous site improvements.
West Richland
K&B Weaver LLC applied for a text amendment to the West Richland Zoning Code to allow cannabis retail sales in commercial general, commercial light industrial and light industrial districts.
Richland
Knutzen Engineering submitted plans for flex-use pre-engineered metal buildings with office and warehouse space at 4101 Leslie Road. The project will be broken into three phases, starting with mass grading of the site and construction of a 57,736-square-foot building with parking and improvements along Leslie Road. The second phase will include a 56,613-square-foot building with parking and the third phase will include a 78,400-square-foot building with parking.
Kennewick
Dean Maldonado submitted plans to develop a 12-lot binding site plan at 4003 Southridge Blvd. The site has a land use designation of industrial and commercial and is zoned industrial, light and commercial, community. The proposed property lines will match existing zoning district boundaries.
Kennewick
Cordillera Southridge LLC submitted plans for a 182-unit mixed-use development totaling 220,000 square feet and 314 parking stalls. The proposal is at 3700 Southridge Blvd. and has a commercial land use designation and is zoned commercial, community.
Benton County
Kennewick Irrigation District submitted plans to level property near 506 PR SE in unincorporated Benton County. The work will result in the excavation of about 71,000 cubic yards of excess fill material that will be used in canal lining projects in parts of an adjacent KID canal.
Kennewick
SynTier Engineering Inc. submitted plans to build a 5,800-square-foot car wash with associated site improvements on the 600 block of South Ely Street.
Benton City
Benton City submitted plans to extend water and sewer along a new alignment of Dinah Lane. The street alignment is planned over a previously installed abandoned railroad track and partial irrigation canal.
Kennewick
Kennewick Irrigation District submitted plans for a main canal division IV uphill road grading project, which will involve expanding the existing uphill canal maintenance road, excavating and stockpiling materials and installing a gravel surface road. The project will occur next to about one mile of canal.
Benton County
Benton County submitted plans to build a 200-foot public safety communication facility tower and an associated access road. The project is on the north side of Red Mountain in unincorporated Benton County near Benton City.
Creason Ridge subdivision
Prosser
John Fetterolf submitted plans to modify a portion of the Creason Ridge subdivision from roughly 74 lots to 56 single-family home lots. The project involves turning about 24.8 acres of undeveloped land into residential lots and includes installing water, sewer, streets, curbs, electrical systems and street lighting.
Cartmell multifamily
Pasco
Robert McCleod with Knutzen Engineering submitted plans for two two-story triplexes and frontage improvements at 1629 W. Cartmell St. The site is currently vacant.
Pasco
John Fetterolf with JF Engineering PLLC submitted plans on behalf of West Enterprises to grade and gravel property at 2501 E. Lewis Place. The proposed use for the property, which currently has a service repair garage, is to park truck trailers.
Pasco
LCR Construction LLC submitted plans for a 3,750-square-foot convenience store with four gasoline pumps at 3210 Road 44. The building will be a coffee/doughnut shop with drive-thru window and no indoor seating, and the pumps will be served by a 30,000-gallon underground fuel storage tank. Parking and landscaping also are planned, and two more 3,200-square-foot buildings are anticipated in the future.
Pasco
Randy Mullen submitted plans for a booster station, water storage tanks and a back-up generator for a new potable water system facility at 1603 Richview Drive. The facility will serve multiple properties slated for future residential development along the Fraser Road north-south alignment.
Pasco
Stephen Bauman of B4 Development, on behalf of Jubilee Foundation, submitted plans to rezone about 3.2 acres from general business to low-density residential for a single-family residential cul-de-sac. The property is along the south side of East Helena Street and about one block east of Heritage Boulevard.
Pasco
Damon Kluck submitted plans for a 204-unit apartment complex on about 10 acres of vacant land north of Chapel Hill Boulevard, south of Interstate 182 and west of Road 76.
Pasco
Peter Harpster of Aqtera Engineering, on behalf of Big Sky Developers LLC, submitted plans to rezone a 10.2-acre site located near the intersection of Burns Road and Ochoco Lane. The proposal would amend 80% of the site from commercial zoning to medium-density, matching the zoning of the adjoining property.
Pasco
Jay Brantingham submitted plans for a 10,000-square-foot warehouse building with a 1,370-square-foot office at 3210 N. Rainier Ave. He also submitted plans for a 12,000-square-foot warehouse with a 1,567-square-foot office at 3002 N. Rainier Ave.
Pasco
Jubilee Foundation submitted plans for a 120-unit apartment complex on a vacant parcel.
Trilogy MedWaste West LLC
Pasco
Chad Plata, acting on behalf of Trilogy MedWaste West LLC, submitted plans to collect and transport medical waste to a trailer at 1620 E. Salt Lake St., Suite B. A rented warehouse on site will be used as office space and for storage of empty, clean waste containers.