CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
title
AN ORDINANCE granting Eco District LLC permission to construct, maintain, and operate below-grade utility lines for a site specific heat conveyance system under and along Virginia Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, and under and across 6th Avenue between Virginia Street and Lenora Street; for a ten-year term, renewable for two successive ten-year terms; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
body
WHEREAS, Eco District LLC (Eco District) has applied for permission to construct below-grade utilities including lines for a site specific heat conveyance system, including facilities for conveying non-potable water and communications, for new Acorn Development LLC (Acorn) building(s); and
WHEREAS, the below-grade utility lines will be used for utilities that include a site specific heat conveyance system that will capture heat energy from the Westin Building Exchange at 2001 6th Avenue and will transfer that heat energy to the Acorn building(s) as a heating and cooling source; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Council conceptually approved utility tunnels containing the site-specific, below-grade heat conveyance system for the Acorn building(s) under Resolution No. 31544. Although the Resolution refers to utility tunnels, only utility lines will be installed in the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Eco District acknowledges that the utility lines and site specific, below-grade heat conveyance system will not be utilized to provide utility services to third parties (other than Acorn building(s), the Westin Building Exchange and Eco District LLC) under the permissions granted under this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, adopting this ordinance is the culmination of the approval process for the utility lines that contain a site specific, below-grade heat conveyance system to legally occupy a portion of the ...
Click here for full text