SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 121022

• Record No: CB 121022
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 121022
• Type: Council Bill (CB)
• Status: In Committee
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/2/2025
• Title: AN ORDINANCE granting HST Lessee West Seattle LLC permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian skybridge over and across Virginia Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, for a 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
• Sponsors: Rob Saka
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A – Map, 3. Summary Att B – Photos, 4. Summary Att C – Annual Fee Assessment Summary, 5. Central Staff Memo, 6. Presentation

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/2/2025	1	Transportation Committee	discussed
7/1/2025	1	City Council	referred
6/9/2025	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
6/4/2025	1	City Clerk	sent for review
6/4/2025	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting HST Lessee West Seattle LLC permission to continue maintaining and operating a pedestrian skybridge over and across Virginia Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, for a 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 109848 the City of Seattle ("City") granted permission to the Washington Plaza Hotel to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian skybridge over and across Virginia Street, between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue; and
WHEREAS, ownership of the pedestrian skybridge was transferred from the Washington Plaza Hotel to The Seattle Westin Hotel Company and subsequently transferred to HST Lessee West Seattle LLC; and
WHEREAS, the permission authorized by Ordinance 109848 was amended by Resolution 28344 and Ordinance 118103 to allow for its extension, and the permission ended on January 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the obligations under Ordinance 109848, as amended by Resolution 28344 and Ordinance 118103, remain in effect after the ordinance term expires until the encroachment is removed, HST Lessee West Seattle LLC is relieved of the obligations by the Seattle Department of Transportation Director, or the Seattle City Council passes a new ordinance to renew the permission granted; and
WHEREAS, since the adoption of Ordinance 109848, the City has established a practice for the length of the permit to consist of one 15-year term, renewable for one successive 15-year term; and
WHEREAS, HST Lessee West Seattle LLC has applied for permission to continue maintaining and operating the pedestrian skybridge and has satisfied all the terms of the original authorizing ordinances as amended; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the pedestrian skybridge is to provide a pedestrian connection between the parking g...