Neighbors appeal permit for Stanwood residential treatment facility
STANWOOD — The Snohomish County Council may get the last word on a proposed residential treatment facility near Stanwood.
An appeal filed late last month challenges a permit issued for its operation, contending county land use rules bar its development on protected farmland.
Eight Stanwood-area residents want the council to reverse the Snohomish County hearing examiner’s decision granting the Tulalip Tribes a conditional use permit for a two-wing, 32-bed secure behavioral health center where people would be involuntarily committed for up to six months. It is planned on an undeveloped parcel the tribes own on 300th Street NW.
They argue the property is zoned Local Commercial Farmland and county rules dating back to 2002 prohibit a non-agricultural development in this manner.
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