CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Section 23.41.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code to approve the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2019.
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WHEREAS, the Capitol Hill Neighborhood was designated as an Urban Center Village in 1999; and
WHEREAS, The City of Seattle worked with the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and other community stakeholders to assess recent development and identify current priority design issues in the Capitol Hill Urban Center Village; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Planning and Community Development have engaged the Capitol Hill EcoDistrict and other community stakeholders in the development of updated Neighborhood Design Guidelines;
WHEREAS, the Office of Planning and Community Development on January 17, 2019, released the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Checklist and a Determination of Non-Significance, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection 23.41.010.B of the Seattle Municipal Code, which section was last amended by the ordinance introduced as Council Bill 119505, is amended as follows:
23.41.010 Design review guidelines
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B. The following neighborhood design guidelines are approved. These neighborhood design guidelines apply in the areas shown on the map included in the guidelines.
1. “Admiral Design Guidelines, 2013”;
2. “Ballard Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2019”;
3. “Belltown Urban Center Village Design Guidelines, 2004”;
4. “Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines, ((2013)) 2019”;
5. “Central Area Design Guidelines, 2018”;
6. “Green Lake Design Guidelines, 2013”;
7. “Greenwood/Phinney Design Guidelines, 2013”;
8. “Morgan Junction Design Guidelines, 2013”;
9. “Mount Baker Town Center Design Guidelines, 2017”;
10. “North Beacon Hill Design Guidelines, 2013”;
11. “North District/Lake City Design Guidelines, 2013”;
12. “Northgate Design Guidelines, 2013”;
13. “Othello Design Guidelines, 2013”;
14. “Pike/Pine Design Guidelines, 2017”;
15. “Roosevelt Design Guidelines, 2013”;
16. “South Lake Union Design Guidelines, 2018”;
17. “University District Design Guidelines, 2019”;
18. “Upper Queen Anne Design Guidelines, 2013”;
19. “Uptown Design Guidelines, 2019”;
20. “Wallingford Design Guidelines, 2013”; and
21. “West Seattle Junction Design Guidelines, 2013.”
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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2019, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2019.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2019.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2019