Center Street condos wrong size

I am a relative newcomer to La Conner and I have been surprised by the pending approval of the 20-unit condominium development proposed off of Center Street. As a developer of medical facilities for over thirty years, I have never seen the approval for a project like this that does not demonstrate that it can handle its own parking. I have also never seen an approval for a project that did not fit in with the current use in the proposed development neighborhood.

Let’s look at the parking issue first.

With 20 units you can expect that the parking load will be a minimum of 30 cars exclusive of a...