The Arcata City Council opened a public hearing Tuesday on the Waley House rehabilitation and lot split, then continued the item to Sept. 16 after staff found missing exhibits in the packet, according to the meeting summary.
The project, listed in the council agenda as the Whaley House rehabilitation and lot split at 1395 H Street in North Town, had been scheduled for hearing along with ordinances tied to the proposal. The agenda packet identified the site as the historic Whaley House project and noted that the council would consider related ordinances and a public hearing on the rehabilitation and subdivision plan.
The continuance means the council did not act on the Waley House ordinances at this meeting. The item remains in play while the city completes the record ahead of the continued hearing.
City records available for the meeting do not specify in the materials reviewed here which exhibits were missing or whether they could affect the substance of the proposal. The applicant said the project would help fund major restoration work on the house through sale of the new lot, but that question will wait for the Sept. 16 return date.
Elsewhere in the meeting, the council approved the consent calendar and heard committee reports and a staff presentation on data centers, but the Waley House delay was one of the more immediate procedural developments tied to land use and historic preservation.
