Ordinance 3311-13 - Laserfiche WebLink

Exhibit A to Ordinance No. - . Central Waterfront Redevelopment Plan At a future applicant's request for amendments to the Shoreline Master Program, the City will consider allowing high quality nonwater-dependent business park type uses along the shoreline when public access and shoreline restoration are provided. • Public Access: Public access is strongly encouraged on-site where not in conflict with water-dependent uses, and required on-site for nonwater-dependent uses in shoreline jurisdiction. Recommended improvements include a public viewpoint at the south end of the Central Waterfront Planning Area with connections to the downtown, and an enhanced pedestrian/bicycle corridor along W Marine View Drive. A pedestrian/ bicycle connection from the west end of Hewitt Avenue to Terminal Avenue is a potential improvement that would substantially improve the connection between downtown and the Central Waterfront public access viewpoint described above. The viability of this connection should be further examined with BNSF. If the site develops with water-dependent and water-related uses and public access cannot be accommodated at the site, public access should be provided elsewhere in the Central Waterfront Planning area shoreline, or where conflicts cannot be avoided, public access could be provided off-site, such as at the Kimberly-Clark property at Preston Point. • Properties between the BNSF railroad right-of-way and West Marine View Drive: A commercial/ industrial area with high quality development standards to implement the Comprehensive Plan designation of West Marine View Drive as a gateway corridor. • Residential properties east of W Marine View Drive: No changes to existing regulations, except to provide for view corridors through street ends. The Bayside Neighborhood P-patch property will remain in use for a community garden or other public benefit use, unless changed to another beneficial community use, as determined by the City working with the Bayside Neighborhood organization. • B-1 property: No changes M. Economic Consultant Review of Preferred Alternative The City's economic consultant has reviewed the draft land use regulations of the Preferred Alternative to determine whether it recognizes the economic realities for industrial uses and users, and whether it is overly restrictive and would limit productive use of property in the Central Waterfront area. His analysis of the permitted uses finds: 24