20.690.040 Development Standards.
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Development within the Plan District shall be subject to the development standards contained in VMC 20.440.040 and 20.440.050 except as modified herein. Urban Neighborhood Overlay development is subject to the development standards contained in VMC 20.690.070, Section 30 Urban Neighborhood Overlay.
A. New Heavy Industrial (IH) land uses allowed by recorded Development Agreements shall not abut an existing Urban Neighborhood Overlay development unless separated by a major physical barrier (such as topographic break, collector street, water feature, or open space) that will reduce impacts to any commercial and residential activity.
B. Maximum Building Heights. Building heights shall not be restricted within the ECX zoned properties of the Plan District. Refer to the Section 30 Design Guidelines for proposed development along the southwestern quarry slope.
C. Drive-through uses shall be limited to within parking structures or building.
D. Building Setbacks.
1. Any development adjacent to the Principal Arterial streets bordering the Section 30 Plan District shall provide a 20-foot minimum landscaped setback from the back of sidewalk.
2. All other street setbacks shall be a landscaped 10-foot maximum from the back of sidewalk. An exception for up to a 20-foot maximum setback shall be allowed for proposed green street features, publicly accessible plazas, or due to topographic constraints.
3. New Heavy Industrial uses allowed by recorded Development Agreements shall provide a minimum 10-foot landscaped side and rear set back. Landscape shall include shrubs to form a six-foot-high buffer screen 95 percent opaque year-round.
4. All landscaped setbacks shall at a minimum meet the Section 30 Landscape Design Guidelines.
E. Parking spaces provided for individual uses shall be no less than 80 percent of the minimum required indicated in Table 20.945.070-2, and no more than 115 percent to the amount provided in Table 20.945.070-2. The planning official may approve parking beyond the maximum or a parking reduction from the required minimum based on a parking study that justifies the change. Structural parking is permitted subject to the design standards contained in VMC 20.945.060. Structural parking shall count toward the minimum but not the maximum number of parking stalls.
F. A shared use path shall be developed along 192nd Avenue and shall be designed at a minimum similarly to the existing shared use path on 192nd Avenue south of SE 1st Street.
G. Roadways and Access.
1. Collector arterial roadway alignment shall be consistent with the conceptual roadway alignments shown in the Section 30 Employment Center Plan document.
2. Connections to streets that border Section 30 Plan District shall be substantially as shown in the Section 30 Employment Center Plan document.
3. All collector arterial to collector arterial intersections internal to the Plan District (excludes the four surrounding arterials) shall be roundabout intersections. Use of roundabouts for local roadway connections is also encouraged to promote system efficiency and create a unique identity.
4. Traffic calming and context sensitive design shall be incorporated into the design of all internal roadways.
5. The maximum block face length within the Plan District shall be 600 feet generally, and 300 feet in the Urban Neighborhood Overlay areas.
6. All new streets and street improvements shall meet the intent of the Section 30 Design Guidelines.
H. For collector arterial streets, street trees that provide a large, wide canopy shall be selected from the Street Tree Selection List found in Appendix A of the city’s Street Tree Manual. (Ord. M-3930 § 4, 10/05/2009; Ord. M-3930, Added, 10/05/2009, Sec 4)