Tiffany Park development gets OK to proceed with mitigation

The city called for eleven mitigation measures ranging from more analysis and monitoring of critical areas, adding directional information signage and addressing vermin abatement.

The Reserve at Tiffany Park, a new residential community planned near the Cascade neighborhood, has jumped two hurdles as plans have passed state and city regulations.

Project applicant Henley USA LLC, got the go ahead from the City of Renton Friday, when Rocale Timmons, senior planner, announced that the project was given a determination of non-significance mitigated in its environmental threshold determination. Also called the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) Determination, the measure determines whether a proposed development project meets certain state environmental regulations.

In this case, the project, which sits at Southeast 18th Street and 124th Place in Renton, got the OK with some areas of concern mitigated.

“The City of Renton Environmental Review Committee has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment,” the report states.

The city called for eleven mitigation measures ranging from more analysis and monitoring of critical areas, adding directional information signage and addressing vermin abatement. Some of the mitigation measures include providing a downstream analysis in the final drainage report, retaining 30 percent of the significant trees, and providing a 15-foot wide partially sight-obscuring landscape buffer.

Since the ruling of the determination, the Tiffany Park Woods Advocacy Group has said that it will be reviewing their options during the appeal period. The group has 14 days to decide whether to appeal the SEPA determination.