Council to decide housing density, setback changes

The Town Planning Commission has spent the better part of two years studying ways to alleviate La Conner’s longtime housing shortage.

And still the work goes on.

“This isn’t the end of the process. This is just part of the process,” outgoing Town Planner Marianne Manville-Ailles said after La Conner Planning Commissioners recommended last Tuesday, Feb. 16 that the Town Council approve proposed housing density and setback municipal code changes next month.

“We’ve been doing this for two years,” said Commissioner Marna Hanneman. “This has been a way to bring more housing into La Conner. We’ve ha...