By James Robinson
Developers for a proposed 12-acre, mixed-use project at the intersection of San Juan Avenue and Discovery Road, moved their project another step closer to fruition with a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) determination of non-significance on March 5, triggering a public comment period that ends March 20.
The SEPA process identifies and analyzes environmental impacts associated with governmental decisions. These decisions may be related to issuing permits for private projects, constructing public facilities, or adopting regulations, policies, and plans.
Called the Peace Hill Development, the project is touted as an “intentional multigenerational living community.” According to city documents, the project includes single-family and multifamily residential areas, retail spaces, a farm, an art building, a culinary facility and a commercial center.
As planned, the project includes 179 dwelling units and as many as 29 accessory dwelling units (ADUs), a 13,200 square-foot combined child care and elder care facility, a 5,000 square-foot community art center, a 5,000-square-foot community agricultural center with a three-quarter acre community farm.
Planned residential construction includes 12 live-work units, 45 multi-family units devoted to senior-age residents built over the child/elder-care center, 40 additional multi-family units built over planned retail spaces, 12 detached single-family homes with as many as 13 ADUs, 16 zero lot line single-family homes with up to 16 ADUs, eight cottage-style homes and a 16-unit condominium area with duplexes, four-plexes and carriage house style units. The project also includes a common house for community members and more than one acre of publicly accessible open space.
The developer, Port Townsend Preservation Alliance (PTPA) aims to create a multi-faceted, mixed-use intergenerational community. Celine Santiago, the managing member of PTPA and Teri Nomura, the daughter of the previous owner, are working together to bring the project to fruition.
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