City of Bainbridge Island PLUS

The owner has tried this in the past- about 8 or 10 years ago. He has a seasonal wetland that holds a lot of water in the rainy season. He would love to fill it in and it appears he is now attempting to do so again. Trucks have been coming and going for the last few days dropping off many hundreds of yards of dirt. This picture is taken from Westerly Lane, looking south towards the back of his property.

Neighbors have placed multiple goats on the property line next to our house away from their house. Loud screaming from goats at various times throughout the day with no farm management plan submitted to COBI that is required.

A recently sold house seems to be cutting down a lot of trees, probably more than allowed by the city. PLEASE look into this soon. The tree company is there again today. Also, the person who quickly flipped the house took down trees before it was sold.

A/C being installed on a neighbors boathouse near our deck area and the waters edge…my understanding is this is not permitted nor is turning a designated boathouse into a dwelling unless it is properly permitted as such

Two very large signs have been installed at Lynwood Commons development One is along Baker Hill Road the other on Lynwood Center Are these signs to code for allowable signage?

Property owner continues to operate a commercial enterprise from a residentially zoned property, in excess of what is allowed under "minor home occupation."

"18.09.030 Use-specific standards provides the guidance under which “minor home occupation” operates and under which the Island Details business operates from 12990 Phelps Rd NE. The code deploys various criteria to restrict the size and nature of any minor home occupation. Any objective review of the facts could only conclude that this business far exceeds what is allowed by the home occupation designation.

I.13.b. The business shall be conducted wholly within a residence or an accessory building and is clearly subordinate to the residence.

Note that the business, Island Details is a large landscaping enterprise. A significant portion of the property north and west of the home has been leveled, covered with gravel and functions as a commercial staging yard. The business is not conducted wholly within a residence or an accessory building.

I.13.c No more than one person who is not a resident of the dwelling shall be employed on site in the home occupation.

Note that employees and contractors of the business gather at the property every morning and evening weekday. Trucks and trailers are loaded and dispatched. Employees and contractors are on the clock and working and therefore the total number of employees on site exceeds what is allowed. Two employees work primarily from the site.

I.13. e. With the exception of home-based teaching, the use shall not generate more than five round trips per day related to the home occupation.

The business generates excessive commercial vehicle traffic often exceeding 40 trips per day. Many of those vehicles are large pickups or other commercial vehicles, sometimes pulling trailers, all louder than a conventional automobile.

I.13. f. No outdoor storage or other exterior indication of the business shall be visible beyond the subject property

Numerous outbuildings, trailers, parked commercial vehicles and equipment are visible from Phelps Rd NE, particularly where Phelps and Yeti Lane intersect.

I.13. g. Commercial vehicles shall not be used for the home occupation or stored on the premises, other than that normally used by the applicant or an employee

The business owns many vehicles all of which are stored on the property when not in weekday use. Many but not all are branded.

I.13. j. No noise, vibration, emissions, dust, odor, heat or glare that would exceed what is normally associated with a dwelling shall be produced by the business beyond the subject property

This commercial enterprise is vehicle and heavy equipment dependent and generates an excessive amount of traffic causing noise, vibration, emissions, dust, odor and glare (associated with headlights). Over the course the past two years the capacity of the property to accommodate commercial vehicle activity has grown by the removal of trees, leveling and the further addition of a gravel surface. The property owner has added lighting on motion sensors to illuminate the staging yard and outbuildings at night resulting in further glare and disruption.

Fence posts and caps are between 7.5' and 8.0' high. We hoped they would finish the fence by cutting the posts to fence heights as is normal but instead they have placed fancy caps on top of the illegally height posts.

This is the third time I have reported an abandoned car in the woods between Battle Point Drive and the home at this address in approximately 3 years. It is now completely covered in vegetation. The area is served by wells, and the car could be leaking hazardous substances. While this has been acknowledged (Feb 2022) nothing has been investigated or done about it.

RV dwellers returned to the property overnight. There and an RV and a white SUV parked, indicating 2+ individuals are likely present.

Per our last rodeo with code enforcement, no one is allowed to reside at the property.

There is no utility connection and these people have been known to defecate in the open, have open fires close to structures, and steal water from the adjacent house.

-Light pollution (15.34.020 ) from multiple Lights left on all night, every night, in unoccupied house.
-Unacceptable shielding, open fixtures, wrap around lenses (15.34.100)
-Light trespass (15.34.050)
-Lumens exceeding 2220 lumens (15.34.050)

Light intrusion violation. These lights shine directly into the the NW condos at Harbor square from the BLIS condos along Cave Ave. Residents are complaining that they come on at dusk and remain on until dawn, filling the North facing units of Harbor Square with unwanted light.