AN ORDINANCE relating to the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village Neighborhood Plan; amending the Seattle Comprehensive Plan to incorporate portions of the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village Neighborhood Plan, and amending the Official Land Use Map, Title 23 of the Seattle Municipal Code, to reflect the boundaries of the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village.

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

WHEREAS, a coalition of Pike/Pine neighborhood stakeholders came together to form the Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition in the Autumn, 1995 for the purpose of preparing a Neighborhood Plan as provided for in the City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition convened monthly meetings open to everyone and regularly attended by 15-25 citizens throughout the next year; and

WHEREAS, the Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition conducted an extensive Phase I outreach process featuring focus groups for residents and businesses, a telephone survey of residents and local businesses, a project newsletter, an urban design charette, a youth needs assessment, a slide show of the neighborhood, and mailings, all of which led to a generally recognized vision for Pike/Pine in the year 2014 as shown in the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village Neighborhood Plan and

WHEREAS, this outreach process also created a list of priority planning topics and led to the selection of members for a planning committee to lead Phase II planning; and

WHEREAS, consultants were hired to assist the planning committee to study and prepare analyses and recommendations on the issues of Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Housing and Land Use, Human Services, and Urban Design; and

WHEREAS, a final plan incorporating Key Strategies and Additional Activities for Implementation was reviewed and approved by the Pike/Pine Urban Neighborhood Coalition and validated by the community in response to a community-wide mailer and validation event; and

WHEREAS, the overall vision of the Pike/Pine Neighborhood Plan is consistent with the goals and policies of Seattle's Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, a SEPA checklist on the Pike/Pine Neighborhood Plan has been prepared and a Determination of Non-significance was issued on November 12, 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 subsequently 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 Pike/Pine, as shown in Attachment 1.

B. The Pike/Pine Plan 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 confirm the designation and growth targets for the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village.

D. The capital facilities and utilities inventory and analyses and transportation analyses shown in Attachment 4 to this Ordinance are hereby incorporated into the Neighborhood Plans volume, Pike/Pine section, of the Comprehensive Plan.

E. The following maps are hereby amended to reflect the final designation and boundaries of the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village, as shown in Attachment 5 to this Ordinance:

* Future Land Use Map

* Land Use Figure 1

* Land Use Figure A-1

A new Land Use Figure, containing a large scale map of the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village is hereby added to the Land Use Element, as shown in Attachment 5 to this Ordinance.

Section 2. The amendments contained in Section 1 of this ordinance constitute an adopted neighborhood plan. All previous neighborhood plans for the Pike/Pine area, including the "1991 Pike/Pine Planning Study" recognized in Resolution 28657, but not including the 1974 "Capitol Hill Plan" adopted by Resolution 24678, are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Pursuant to SMC 23.12.110, the following streets are Green Streets designated by the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village Neighborhood Plan:

* Summit Avenue from East Olive Street to East Union Street (Type III)

* Belmont Avenue from East Olive Street to East Union Street (Type III)

* Harvard Avenue from East Olive Street to East Union Street (Type III)

* 10th Avenue from East Pine Street to East Madison Street (Type III)

* 11th Avenue from East Olive Street to East Pine Street (Type III)

* Yale Avenue west of Melrose Avenue, east of Interstate 5 (Type IV)

Section 4. The Official Land Use Map, Section 23.32.016, Seattle Municipal Code, is amended to reflect the boundaries of the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village as depicted on Attachment 5 to this Ordinance.

Section 5. Pursuant to SMC 23.47.009 (D), single-purpose residential structures within the Pike/Pine Urban Center Village shall continue to be conditional uses in commercial zones.

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 __________________, 1999, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _______________, 1999. ___________________________________ President of the City Council

Approved by me this _____ day of _______________, 1999. ___________________________________ 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 PIKE/PINE 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 AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENTS

ATTACHMENT 6 AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE APPENDIX B

March 15, 1999 (Ver. 4)