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 26 of the Official Land Use Map to rezone the property at 8601 Fremont Avenue N from Neighborhood Residential 3 to Lowrise 2 with a M1 Mandatory Housing Affordability Suffix (LR2 (M1)); and accepting a Property Use and Development Agreement as a condition of rezone approval. (Application of Blair Stone/Encore Architects, C.F. 314491, SDCI Project 3036119-LU)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This ordinance rezones the property (“Property”) commonly known as 8601 Fremont Avenue N, legally described as follows:
ALL OF THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOTS 4 AND 5, BLOCK 5, OSNER’S SUBURBAN HOMES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN VOLUME 9 OF PLATS, PAGE 92, IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON;
EXCEPT THAT PORTION LYING NORTH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINE:
COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF SAID PLAT, THENCE S 00°43’58” W, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 5, 128.08 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE N 88°37’25” W 143.80 TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID EAST HALF AND THE TERMINUS OF SAID LINE.
Section 2. Page 26 of the Official Land Use Map, Seattle Municipal Code Section 23.32.016, is amended to rezone the property described in Section 1 of this ordinance, and shown in Exhibit A to this ordinance from Neighborhood Residential 3 (NR3) to Lowrise 2 with an M1 Mandatory Housing Affordability Suffix (LR2 (M1)). Approval of this rezone is conditioned on complying with the Property Use and Development Agreement (PUDA) approved in Section 4 of this ordinance.
Section 3. The zoning established by Section 2 of this ordinance shall remain in effect until the Property is rezoned by subsequent Council action.
Section 4. The PUDA attached to this ordinance as Exhibit B is approved and accepted.
Section 5. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to file the PUDA with the King County Recorder’s Office; to file the original PUDA along with this ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office upon return of the recorded PUDA from the King County Recorder’s Office; and to deliver copies of the PUDA and this ordinance to the Director of the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections and to the King County Assessor’s Office.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2025, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2025.
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Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk
(Seal)
Exhibits:
Exhibit A - Rezone Map
Exhibit B - Property Use and Development Agreement for 8601 Fremont Ave N