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By Tracy Record
Another twist in the ongoing saga of the West Seattle Junction’s public parking lots.
A nonprofit housing developer has made an offer to buy the land for future development, according to documents we’ve obtained.
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West Seattle Junction Association has long leased the lots, operating them as parking for customers of local businesses. Its lease requires WSJA to cover the costs of the property taxes for the lots, which finally led, earlier this year, to the lots’ conversion from free parking to paid parking. For years before that, as reported here, WSJA had been trying to strategize how to deal with the six-digit tax bill, which is approaching $200,000 a year. While the parking fees are now covering some of it, they won’t cover all. And, as pointed out in that 2018 WSB story, the lots’ long-term future as developable land has always been kept in mind – it’s a major reason why the taxes have gone up.
CarDriver January 12, 2021 (6:50 pm)
Actually it works out to $6 an hour-still expensive.
Joe January 12, 2021 (8:06 pm)
The Map/Legend is not clear.
WSB January 12, 2021 (8:26 pm)
I apologize, this is from The Junction’s site and so far it’s not available in any higher resolution.
Chemist January 12, 2021 (8:46 pm)
I took a peek at the property tax bill for the parking lots on the corner of 42nd/oregon and SE 44th/Alaska and it looks like the property tax bill has likely gone up another 60% between 2018 and 2020 (you can only examine 3 years back online). I’ve found it surprising to see the change to collecting payment considering how the Junction Parking Lots donation box came and went quickly a few years back with the suggestion that payments were forbidden by the lease. The cynical part of me wonders if someone is eager to get 75+ ft towers approved for development on the lots just in case Sound Transit determines it needs to buy the p