2019/03/20 Council Agenda Packet

6t ' fu Memo:Annual Docket Amendments 3/06/19 New Land Use Current Zoning Equivalent Commercial Mixed-Use I B-1, B-2, B-2B, BM U,C-1, C-1R, E-1, E-1MUO,W-C Industrial I C-2, M-1, M-2, M-M, M-S Local Resource Lands I A-1,AQ, OS, PARK,WRM With some exceptions(see below),there are not any changes in the Land Use designation boundaries from what the current zoning is. For example, all areas currently zoned for single family(see table above) are included in the Residential,Single Family Land Use designation.This proposal does not include any"upzones" or"downzones",but merely the merging of boundaries into a simpler framework. The exceptions to where boundaries were changed include the following: 1. Simpson Pad.Since this riverfront project has developed as single family and not as Waterfront Commercial, we have proposed to change the designation to Residential,Single Family.Some of the surrounding property in public ownership has also changed to Local Resource Lands. 2. Outside City Limits.Since the city does not have zoning designations outside the city limits,we first converted our Land Use designation to the new scheme.Then,we checked the county's land use and zoning designations and found some areas where changes were necessary along 132"d St SE. The changes in the Land Use designations also required the amendment of text throughout the Land Use Element in order to meet GMA requirements. GMA requires the plan to identify the population and building intensities allowed by the land use plan;the GMA requires that you provide guidance to the location of various land uses;and GMA requires that the zoning be consistent with, and implement the comprehensive plan.These GMA requirements are met in the following parts of the Land Use Element: • Population and building intensities—see Policy 2.11.1. o The policy acknowledges that for each of these new land use designations, there are a range.of population and building intensities that are allowed as indicated in the table. o At a recent planning commission meeting, a member of the public mistook this table as meaning that all multifamily zones would now allow up to 10 stories. New language was added to help clarify that this is a range.Current multifamily zoning allows for up to 80 feet in height,so the proposal does provide for consideration of taller buildings in multifamily zones, but that would have to be accomplished through amendment to the - development codes;this policy only allows for taller buildings to be considered, but doesn't demand that it be allowed. • Land Use Designations—Locational Criteria—See Section V.D o Text has been added to this section to describe each of the six land use designations. o Since no boundaries are changed in the current land use designations (i.e.all single family zones merged into one single family land use designation),this section is guidance for any future requests for changes to the Land Use Map designations.As explained to City Council at a briefing, please look at this as if you have a request to change from one land use designation to another several years from now. Does it provide enough clarity to help guide that decision? • Equivalent Zoning—See Section VI.A o The text acknowledges that this rewrite is intended as a first step towards a rewrite of the zoning and development codes.