CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; granting conditional approval of the University of Washington 2018 Seattle Campus Master Plan; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) at pages 61, 62, 63, 77, 78, 79, 80, and 81 of the Official Land Use Map.
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WHEREAS, in 1998 The City of Seattle and the University of Washington (UW) entered into an agreement regarding planning for the Seattle campus of the University of Washington, called the "City-University Agreement" (CUA); and
WHEREAS, the CUA was last amended by Ordinance 121688 in 2005; and
WHEREAS, in 2002, the City granted conditional approval of a ten-year Campus Master Plan (CMP), allowing for the development of up to 3,000,000 square feet of space on the University of Washington Seattle Campus; and
WHEREAS, on April 21, 2016, the UW filed a notice of intent to prepare a new CMP pursuant to the CUA; and
WHEREAS, the UW developed a draft CMP, held public meetings, and prepared an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed CMP before submitting a final CMP to the City on July 5, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the CMP has been reviewed by the City/University Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC), the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, and the Seattle Hearing Examiner, who recommended approval of the CMP with conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council received petitions for further consideration of the Seattle Hearing Examiner's decision and held a public hearing on the CMP to receive testimony from parties of record; and
WHEREAS, the CUA requires that the City Council prepare a preliminary decision on the CMP; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2018, the City Council adopted Resolution 31839, containing the Council's preliminary decision on the CMP; and
WHEREAS, the CUA provides that the University of Washington's Board of Regents, the City-University-Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC), and any ...
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