Shoreline City Council to hold public hearing on March 30 regarding removal of restrictive covenants on City-owned property located at 18351 10th Avenue NE
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The property is currently, and will continue to be, used for surface water management in the area.
The restrictive covenants were placed on the City’s Parcel, along with 29 other parcels, by Evergreen Homes in 1947 as part of their development of the area. A local realtor is requesting all 26 property owners to agree to the removal of the restrictive covenants.
The purpose of the public hearing is to give people an opportunity to provide input on whether the City Council should agree to the removal of the restrictive covenant on the City’s Parcel.
- The first restrictive covenant that the realtor seeks to remove limits development on the properties to single residences. This restrictive covenant is contrary to the MUR-70 zoning for the area. If 75% of the property owners agree to remove the covenant, it will be removed. The properties could then be consolidated for development under the City’s MUR-70 zoning.
- The second restrictive covenant the realtor is seeking to have removed is the racially restrictive covenant. While this covenant has been legally unenforceable under federal and state law since 1948, this action will remove it permanently from the list of restrictive covenants found on the property deeds.
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Shame on us for not removing the race covenant long ago!
The second restrictive covenant should have been removed many many years ago. I would hate seeing on our property deed a racially restrictive covenant. These type of covenants have no place in our society.
Understand that the 27 properties mentioned in this plat would allow for high-density development, specifically up to 70 feet high as part of the MUR-70 zoning. The City has previously communicated that covenants are not a city matter but a civil matter. So why the change in stance by the City to conduct a public hearing?
Anonymous @ 3:47 PM: The enforcement of covenants is a civil matter. This is about removal of a covenant, not enforcement. As an owner of the one of affected properties, the city has the option of agreeing to remove the covenant. That's what this public hearing is about.
Responding to, "...So why the change in stance by the City to conduct a public hearing?" Because the City owns one of the parcels and must sign to remove in accorance with: RCW 35A.21.410. It's in the first line of the article. Thank you City of Shoreline for doing this!
The second KKK covenant obviously shouldn’t be there EVER. The giant multi-family buildings have been eating up trees, businesses, single family homes, and the very spirit of Shoreline. With the speed and destruction all of the multi family giants, this is just a formality. One way or another multi family giants will continue to be built. RIP Shoreline.
Keep the first; eliminate the second. Single family homes are much better than low income ghetto high rises.
Keep the first , eliminate the second. The density in Shoreline is already enough. Leave the single family communities as they are. No more ticky/tacky, box-like townhomes crammed onto tiny lots and no more apartments needed. FYI,I live in an apartment.
Very well said! Good on Shoreline for working to right this wrong.
The town homes with no ground floor retail and a two lane 185th are ruining beautiful Shoreline. The home owners should vote against this or they will be squished between two townhomes soon.
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