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re <br /> Memo:Annual Docket Amendments 3/06/19 <br /> New Land Use Current Zoning Equivalent <br /> Commercial Mixed-Use I B-1, B-2, B-2B, BMU,C-1, C-1R, E-1, E-1MUO,W-C <br /> Industrial I C-2, M-1, M-2, M-M, M-S <br /> Local Resource Lands A-1,AC!, OS, PARK,WRM <br /> With some exceptions(see below),there are not any changes in the Land Use designation boundaries <br /> from what the current zoning is. For example, all areas currently zoned for single family(see table <br /> above) are included in the Residential,Single Family Land Use designation.This proposal does not <br /> include any"upzones"or"downzones", but merely the merging of boundaries into a simpler <br /> framework. <br /> The exceptions to where boundaries were changed include the following: <br /> 1. Simpson Pad.Since this riverfront project has developed as single family and not as Waterfront <br /> Commercial,we have proposed to change the designation to Residential,Single Family.Some of <br /> the surrounding property in public ownership has also changed to Local Resource Lands. <br /> 2. Outside City Limits. Since the city does not have zoning designations outside the city limits,we <br /> first converted our Land Use designation to the new scheme.Then,we checked the county's <br /> land use and zoning designations and found some areas where changes were necessary along <br /> 132nd St SE. <br /> The changes in the Land Use designations also required the amendment of text throughout the Land Use <br /> Element in order to meet GMA requirements. GMA requires the plan to identify the population and <br /> building intensities allowed by the land use plan;the GMA requires that you provide guidance to the <br /> location of various land uses; and GMA requires that the zoning be consistent with, and implement the <br /> comprehensive plan.These GMA requirements are met in the following parts of the Land Use Element: <br /> • Population and building intensities—see Policy 2.11.1. <br /> o The policy acknowledges that for each of these new land use designations, there are a <br /> range of population and building intensities that are allowed as indicated in the table. <br /> o At a recent planning commission meeting, a member of the public mistook this table as <br /> meaning that all multifamily zones would now allow up to 10 stories. New language was <br /> added to help clarify that this is a range.Current multifamily zoning allows for up to 80 <br /> feet in height, so the proposal does provide for consideration of taller buildings in <br /> multifamily zones, but that would have to be accomplished through amendment to the <br /> development codes;this policy only allowsfor taller_buildings to be considered, but <br /> doesn't demand that it be allowed. <br /> • Land Use Designations—Locational Criteria—See Section V.D <br /> o Text has been added to this section to describe each of the six land use designations. <br /> o Since no boundaries are changed in the current land use designations (i.e.all single <br /> family zones merged into one single family land use designation),this section is <br /> guidance for any future requests for changes to the Land Use Map designations.As <br /> explained to City Council at a briefing, please look at this as if you have a request to <br /> change from one land use designation to another several years from now. Does it <br /> provide enough clarity to help guide that decision? <br /> • Equivalent Zoning—See Section VI.A <br /> o The text acknowledges that this rewrite is intended as a first step towards a rewrite of <br /> the zoning and development codes. <br /> 216 <br />