News of Madison Valley

Here are the Seattle OPCD and SDCI Land Use notices and City planning activities in the last three weeks for communities from 18th Ave. to Lake Washington and E Union St. to SR-520.

Central Area Design Guidelines Open House

The Central Area Design Guidelines Coalition (CA DGC) has been working with the City of Seattle and local architects Schemata Workshop and Mimar Studio to outline a set of neighborhood specific guidelines for future development in the Central Area. Guidelines are intended to address how new buildings support and enhance the character of the existing community fabric. They define the qualities of architecture, urban design, and public space that are used by the City of Seattle Design Review Program. Come help celebrate the hard work done by this community and team of partners to create neighborhood specific design guidelines. The final document from Schemata Workshop and Mimar Studio is complete. Come check it out!

Tuesday, September 26, at 6:00 pm
Black Zone
2301 S Jackson St

Central Area Design Guidelines Open House

Proposed Neighborhood Parking Reforms

Legislation is being prepared (and attached to the notice) to update parking regulations, including how ‘frequent transit’ is measured, expanding access to off street parking by introducing a new ‘flexible-use parking’ category and allowing park and ride use in garages in certain areas, unbundling parking spaces from units in multifamily housing, and other changes to parking requirements. The SDCI Director has determined that the changes will have no probable significant environmental impact, which is a step in the process before the legislation is introduced to Council.

Notice of Code Amendments

1811 20th Ave

Administrative Conditional Use to allow a Hotel in a Neighborhood Commercial 2-40. Application is to change a portion of an existing building from office to lodging. Live-work and boarding house units to remain.  Zone: Urban Village overlay, Neighborhood Commercial 2-40

Notice of Application

1640 20th Ave

Application to subdivide one development site into five-unit lots. The construction of residential units is under Project #6497162. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. Zone: Lowrise-3, Scenic view within 500 ft., Urban Village overlay, Neighborhood Commercial 2-40′

Notice of Application

212 25th Ave E

Application to subdivide one development site into four unit lots. The construction of residential units is under Project #6440840. This subdivision of property is only for the purpose of allowing sale or lease of the unit lots. Development standards will be applied to the original parcel and not to each of the new unit lots. Zone: Potential slide area, Lowrise-3, Arterial within 100 ft., Scenic view within 500 ft.

Notice of Decision

Resources
Land Use Information Bulletins
Property & Building Activity Interactive Map
Permit and Property Records
Design Review Board
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