AN ORDINANCE amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate portions of the University Community Urban Center plan and amending Seattle Municipal Code Sections 23.47.004 and 23.47.006 relating to single purpose residential development.

WHEREAS, on July 25, 1994, by Ordinance 117221, the City Council adopted the Seattle Comprehensive Plan, which includes a neighborhood planning element; and

WHEREAS, City Council Resolution 28966, adopted August 1, 1994, established a Neighborhood Planning Program for the City of Seattle; and

WHEREAS, an organizing committee of stakeholders in the University Community Urban Center was formed in 1995, for the purpose of preparing a plan for the University CommunityUrban Center as designated in the Seattle Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, this organizing committee conducted extensive outreach to stakeholders and adjacent communities in order to establish planning priorities; and

WHEREAS, stakeholders in this community formed a Planning Committee and worked with City staff and consultants to develop specific plan recommendations; and

WHEREAS, a community-wide validation process was conducted to familiarize stakeholders and neighboring areas with the proposed plan and ascertain support for it; and

WHEREAS, the University Community Urban Center Plan is consistent with the goals and policies of Seattle's Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, a SEPA checklist on the University Community Urban Center Plan has been prepared and a Determination of Nonsignificance for the proposed plan was issued on July 23, 1998; and

WHEREAS, the Council finds that the proposed amendments are consistent with the Growth Management Act, and will protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public;

NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Seattle Comprehensive Plan, as adopted by Ordinance 117221 and last amended, is hereby amended as follows:

A. The Table of Contents of the Neighborhood Plans Volume of the Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended to add University Community Urban Center, as shown in Attachment 1.

B. The University Community Urban Center goals and policies, as shown in Attachment 2 to this Ordinance, are hereby incorporated into the Neighborhood Plans volume of the Comprehensive Plan.

C. The Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as shown in Attachment 3 to this Ordinance to: 1) confirm the designation for the University District Northwest Center Village; 2) change the name of the University Village Urban Center Village to the Ravenna Urban Center Village; and 3) remove the designation of the University of Washington campus as an Urban Center Village.

D. The Neighborhood Plans volume, University Community Urban Center section, is hereby amended to include the capital facilities and utilities inventory and analyses and transportation analyses shown in Attachment 4 to this Ordinance.

E. The Capital Facilities Appendix of the Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended to delete the information on pages A143 and A144, as this information is superseded by the capital facilities and utilities inventory and analyses to be included in the Neighborhood Plans Volume, University Community Urban Center section.

F. The following map is hereby amended to reflect the final designation and boundaries of the University District Northwest and Ravenna Urban Center Villages, as shown in Attachment 5 to this Ordinance:

Land Use Figure 5

G. Land Use Appendix B is hereby amended to indicate that the City Council has reaffirmed the growth targets for the University Community Urban Center, and that separate growth targets are not adopted for the University District Northwest Urban Center Village, the Ravenna Urban Center Village, or the University of Washington, as shown in Attachment 6 to this Ordinance.

Section 3. Section 23.47.004, Subsection E of the Seattle Municipal Code, as last amended by Ordinance 118794, is further amended as follows:

SMC 23.47.004 Permitted and prohibited uses.

E. Residential Uses.

1. Residential use in single-purpose residential structures.

Residential use in single-purpose residential structures is permitted as an administrative conditional use, unless

(a.) the structure is located within an area in which the use is either permitted outright or prohibited, as shown on the Maps 23.47.004 A and B, or

(b.) the use is a nursing home, in which case it is permitted outright, unless it is located in a PedestrianDesignated zone, in which case the use is prohibited, or

(c.) the structure is located within a zone which has a height limit of 85 feet or higher, in which case the use is prohibited.

2. Residential use in mixed use structures.

Residential use in mixed-use development is permitted outright in NC1, NC2, NC3 and C1 zones, provided that nursing homes are permitted in all zones except in Pedestrian-Designated zones (See Section 23.47.040).

Map 23.47.004B

Section 5. The provisions of this ordinance are declared to be separate and severable and the invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section, subsection, or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance or the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.

Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from and after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten (10) days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the _____ day of _______________, 1998, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _______________, 1998. ___________________________________ President of the City Council

Approved by me this _____ day of _______________, 1998. ___________________________________ Paul Schell, Mayor

Filed by me this _____ day of _______________, 19____. ___________________________________ City Clerk LIST OF ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENT 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS ATTACHMENT 2 UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY URBAN CENTER GOALS AND POLICIES ATTACHMENT 3 AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT ATTACHMENT 4 CAPITAL FACILITIES AND UTILITIES INVENTORY AND ANALYSES AND TRANSPORTATION ANALYSES ATTACHMENT 5 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENTS: LAND USE FIGURE 5 ATTACHMENT 6 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE APPENDIX B (Ver. 2)