Record No: CB 119323    Version: Council Bill No: CB 119323
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 8/6/2018
Ordinance No: Ord 125640
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 39 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 7009 Greenwood Avenue North from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40-foot height limit to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 55-foot height limit and mandatory housing affordability suffix, and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement as a condition of rezone approval. (Petition by 70th & Greenwood Ave, LLC, C.F. 314356, SDCI Project 3023260)
Sponsors: Rob Johnson
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A – Legal Description, 2. Exhibit B – Rezone Map, 3. Exhibit C – Property Use and Development Agreement v2, 4. Exhibit C – Property Use and Development Agreement v1
Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Proposed Substitute (added 8/7/18), 3. Amendment 2 (added 8/7/18), 4. Signed Ordinance 125640, 5. Affidavit of Publication
Related files: CF 314356
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at page 39 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone property located at 7009 Greenwood Avenue North from Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40-foot height limit to Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 55-foot height limit and mandatory housing affordability suffix, and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement as a condition of rezone approval. (Petition by 70th & Greenwood Ave, LLC, C.F. 314356, SDCI Project 3023260)
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WHEREAS, the Council received an appeal by Bob Morgan and Irene Wall of the Hearing Examiner's recommendation to conditionally approve the rezone;
WHEREAS, the Council determined that the Hearing Examiner did not err in his recommendation to conditionally approve the rezone;
WHEREAS, the appeal raised issues related to an administrative decision by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to establish as a "development site," for the purposes of the application of development standards, the rezone area and two adjacent single-family parcels;
WHEREAS, the Council has not yet made a policy decision reflected in regulations or definitions in the Land Use Code about the implications of "development sites" when a project is proposed for a site that includes a single-family zone designation and another more intensive zone designation;
WHEREAS, the Council intends to address policy issues related to "development sites;" and
WHEREAS, Council decisions related to contract rezone applications have no precedential effect; NOW THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This ordinance rezones a portion of the property commonly known as 7009 Greenwood Avenue North ("Property"), which is legally described in Exhibit A to this ordinance.
Section 2. Page 39 of the Official Land Use Map, Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.32.0...

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