CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; repealing Ordinance 127191, which allowed residential use within the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District under Chapter 23.74 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, on March 18, 2025, the City Council passed Ordinance 127191, amending the text of the Land Use Code to allow residential use as an ancillary and conditional use within a portion of the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of Ordinance 127191 was appealed by the Port of Seattle to both the King County Superior Court and to the Growth Management Hearings Board (Growth Board); and
WHEREAS the Growth Board challenge was assigned Case No. 25-3-0009 and alleged procedural and substantive violations of the Growth Management Act and the State Environmental Policy Act; and
WHEREAS, on November 10, 2025, the Growth Board issued its Final Decision and Order and found procedural deficiencies with the adoption of Ordinance 127191 and determined the ordinance to be invalid; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Board also found that Ordinance 127191 was noncompliant with the Growth Management Act because it determined the ordinance was inconsistent with both the Land Use Element of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the King County Countywide Planning Policies; and
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2025, The City of Seattle filed an appeal challenging the Growth Board's substantive holdings, but the City did not challenge the procedural holdings or the Growth Board's order of invalidity based on those procedural holdings; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Board ordered that The City of Seattle take action before May 11, 2026 to comply with the Growth Board's Final Decision and Order and order of invalidity; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 127191 (included as Attachment 1 to this ordinance), which allowed residential us...
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