SHORELINE, Wash. — The Shoreline Preservation Society has filed a lawsuit against the city of Shoreline, hoping to slow down the process of rezoning single-family neighborhoods into denser, mixed-use buildings around a future light rail station.
In March, the Shoreline City Council voted to rezone the area, in preparation for a walkable neighborhood where more people could live and work near public transit.
Hundreds of people showed up to that City Council meeting in protest. About 3,300 families are affected by the rezone area around the 185th Street station.
Roz Lehner, who lives in a one-story house now rezoned for what could be three or four stories, said she is now getting people trespassing on her lawn whom she believes are assessing her property.
Lehner said she moved from Ballard, where Edith Macefield’s house is reminiscent of the Disney Pixar movie, “Up.” Macefield refused to sell her home and is thus currently sitting in the midst of a taller development.
Lehner said because of the rezoning, she is currently getting what she considers low-ball offers for her home and that even a great deal of money would not make her want to move from the community she loves.
The city of Shoreline is currently conducting a study to prepare for possible rezoning around the future 145th Street light rail station.