Subdivision Plans Call For 600 Homes Three Projects Near Barker And Eighth

If the county approves plans for three separate Valley subdivisions, almost 600 new homes would be built near Barker Road and Eighth Avenue.

One of the proposed developments, Meadowview Terrace, includes 309 lots on 130 acres at the southeast corner of Barker and Eighth.

The land is being developed by Spokane Valley resident Clara Hepton, who also is developing the 32-lot Meadowview Ranch Estates immediately south of the proposed Meadowview Terrace site.

Nearby are two other projects, Turtle Creek and Turtle Creek South, which are being developed by Dahm Development of Spokane.

Work on the smaller project, Turtle Creek, has been on hold for two years because of an appeal of the county’s approval of the development.

Turtle Creek would have 101 single-family homes on 39 acres at the southwest corner of Barker Road and Eighth Avenue and just north of Saltese Creek.

Turtle Creek South would have 169 lots on 65 acres just west of Barker Road and south of Saltese Creek.

Developer Rich Dahm refused to talk about the projects.

Hepton’s land will go through some drastic changes with the proposed development. For years, her family grew alfalfa on the property and grazed cattle there, too.

“It’s nowhere near paying the taxes or insurance on it and I have to do something with it,” she said.

At one time, Arnold Palmer was interested in building a golf course on the acreage, Hepton said. Palmer decided against it, she said, because he didn’t think Spokane golfers would support a high-budget championship course.

The majority of the Meadowview Terrace lots, which would be a minimum of 10,000 square feet, would be for single-family homes, Hepton said. The lots will be sold to contractors or to individuals planning to build homes.

Hepton said buyers will be required to agree to submit building plans to an architectural committee that will include members of her family.

“This is too nice an area to put any old thing on it. I don’t believe in building homes where they all look the same and are of inferior quality.”

Hepton said she does not plan to develop the property right away even if the county approves her plan.

The project will be completed in several phases.

, DataTimes