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To view previous Planning, Land Use & Neighborhood Committee meetings where the Multifamily Code Update was a discussion item, click the Seattle Channel Webcast links below to view the Seattle Channel video:

November 30, 2010

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) consent agenda, 2) Roofs, 3) Streamlined Design Review
  • Staff Memo
  • Attachment A

September 29, 2010   Seattle Channel Webcast

July 14, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

June 9, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) Design Standards, 2) Administrative Design Review, and 3) Green Factor
  • Staff Memo
  • Graphics

May 26, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) Design Standards, and 2) Streamlined Administrative Design Review
  • Staff Memo
  • Graphics

May 25, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise public hearing

May 12, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) Design Standards, and 2) Administrative Design Review
  • Staff Memo
  • Graphics

April 2, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) Floor Area Ratio (FAR), 2) Residential amenity requirements (aka open space requirements), 3) Green Factor landscaping requirements, 4) Unit lot subdivision
  • Staff Memo

Common MFC Acronyms:

  • C - Commercial
  • DPD - Department of Planning and Development
  • HR - Highrise
  • LDT - Lowrise Duplex Triplex
  • MFC - Multifamily Code
  • MR - Midrise
  • NC - Neighborhood Commercial
  • COBE - Council’s Committee on the Built Environment

March 25, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

March 20, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Community Meeting hosted at Taproot Theatre in Greenwood to discuss Lowrise development, specifically regarding: 1) Parking Requirements in Urban Villages, 2) Height limits in lowrise L3 and L4 multifamily zones
  • Staff Memo
  • Frequent Transit Map

March 10, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) Height limits in lowrise L1 & L2 multifamily zones, 2) The method for measuring height, 3) Regulations for storage areas for solid waste containers
  • Staff Memo
  • Height Measurement Diagram

February 24, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Lowrise discussion regarding: 1) the definition of multifamily housing types, 2) * combining current low-rise zones, 3) location criteria, 4) parking requirements, 5) parking access regulations
  • Staff Memo
  • Combined Locational Criteria Table

February 3, 2010 Seattle Channel Webcast

October 13, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Mobile committee tour to review lowrise housing in various Seattle neighborhoods
  • Discussion of building design with builders and architects

September 24, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Presentation of renderings. Architects and builders created schematics of lowrise buildings using the proposed multifamily code update
  • Renderings available here

September 23, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

July 14, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

July 8, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

June 30, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Special South-end Evening Meeting - Review and discussion of issues surrounding townhouses and other lowrise housing. Meeting at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
  • Staff Memo: Issue Identification for Lowrise zones

June 10, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

June 5, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Zoning 101: An overview presentation of common terms and concepts used in the multifamily code
  • Zoning 101 PowerPoint

May 13, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

April 8, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

March 25, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

March 11, 2009 Seattle Channel Webcast

June 7, 2008 Seattle Channel Webcast

  • Public workshop held at the Capitol Hill Arts Center

All PLUNC meetings are open to the public and the first part of every meeting is dedicated to hearing comments from the public about the issues at hand. If you'd like to be kept in the loop for upcoming meetings about the Multifamily Code Update, you can sign up here to receive meeting agendas.

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