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May 27, 2020
Paul Monsef
Monsef Donogh Design Group
2806 NE Sunset Blvd, Ste F
Renton, WA 98056
Subject: Request for Extension
Huynh Short Plat, LUA17-000855, SHPL-A
Dear Mr. Monsef:
This office has reviewed your request (May 18, 2020) to extend an approved short plat (File No. LUA17-
000855) that expired on April 6, 2020 for a period of six (6) months.
Due to the various emergency declarations issued by the Governor of Washington in response to the ongoing
public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, construction activity in the City of Renton has
undergone a substantial interruption. Impacting factors include the stay-at-home order, disruptions in the
construction materials supply chain, and social distancing requirements. In response to the disruptions, the
Renton City Council adopted an ordinance (Ordinance No. 5968) on April 20, 2020 that temporarily extended
the validity of certain permits by a period of six (6) months.
Due to the fact that the subject preliminary short plat approval expired 14 days prior to the adoption date of
the ordinance, the temporary extension does not apply to your project. However, staff concurs with your
justification for granting a six (6) month extension, in that your project faced similar hardships created by the
public health emergency identified in the ordinance and should therefore be subject to the temporary
extension granted by the ordinance.
Pursuant to RMC 4-7-070M, the municipal code allows the original approving body to issue a single extension
of up to one (1) year. Therefore, your six (6) month short plat extension request is approved. The six (6)
month extension shall be measured using the original expiration date of the preliminary short plat approval
(April 6, 2020) in order to provide the ensure consistency with the extension language in the ordinance.
Please note that all construction must be completed or deferred and the final plat recorded in accordance
with City Code prior to the last day of the extension period (October 6, 2020). Please note that no
additional extensions will be granted.
Paul Monsef
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Please contact Alex Morganroth, Senior Planner, at (425) 430-7219 or amorganroth@rentonwa.gov should
you have any further questions or comments regarding this extension.
Sincerely,
Jennifer T. Henning
Planning Director
cc: Vanessa Dolbee, Current Planning Manager
Brianne Bannwarth, Development Engineering Manager
Alex Morganroth, Senior Planner
Jonathan Chavez, Civil Engineer III
City of Renton File LUA17-000855
Parties of Record
1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 • rentonwa.gov