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On July 30, 2001 the City Council adopted nine ordinances (120452,
120453, 120454, 120455, 120456, 120457, 120458, 120459, 120460) that
establish a permanent Station Area Overlay District (SAOD) in
Chapter 23.61 of the Land Use Code, apply the SAOD, identify
principal pedestrian streets and rezone certain properties near
future light rail stations. The legislation was signed by the Mayor
on July 31 and becomes effective August 30, 2001.
The permanent overlay Chapter 23.61 of the Land Use Code, Station
Area Overlay District, replaces interim regulations in place since
1999 for the following areas: South Henderson Street; South Othello
Street; South Edmunds Street; South McClellan Street; First Hill;
Capitol Hill; Beacon Hill; and Northeast 45th Street.
What the Station Area
Overlay District (SAOD) legislation does:
Rezones:
The rezoning affects commercial and multifamily zoned areas by
rezoning general purpose, automobile oriented commercial zoning to
neighborhood commercial zoning and applying pedestrian designations;
and allowing flexibility in existing multifamily areas (mainly on
Seattle Housing Authority property) by allowing for more varieties
of housing types and mixed residential and commercial uses using the
Lowrise 4 and Lowrise/Residential Commercial zone designations.
The Station Area Overlay District (SAOD):
The new overlay modifies underlying zoning in the following
ways:
- prohibits uses that are not supportive of walkable
neighborhood business areas or uses that are automobile related;
- provides more opportunity for housing development in
Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zones (without large scale changes
to height limits) by allowing single purpose residential (SPR)
development to be permitted outright, without density limits,
outside of the pedestrian designations; and by removing the 64%
upper-level coverage limit that would otherwise apply when
residential use is proposed;
- modifies restrictions to the location of parking in NC zones
by not allowing parking to the side of a structure if that side
faces a side lot line (essentially, not allowing the condition
described in 23.47.032 B2c); and
- provides flexibility for certain business that become
nonconforming in Southeast Seattle by allowing a one time
expansion.
The rezoning and boundaries for the SAOD are shown on the
Official Land Use map. You may also view or print the individual
ordinances to see the boundaries or other information. You may
retrieve the ordinances from the links at this site.
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