LOT DIMENSIONS

Minimum Lot Size for lots created after July 11, 19939

None

25,000 sq. ft.

None

Minimum Lot Width/Depth for lots created after July 11, 1993

None

LOT COVERAGE

Maximum Lot Coverage for Buildings

None

65%19 of total lot area or 75%19 if parking is provided within the building or within a parking garage.

DENSITY (Dwelling Units per Net Acre)

Minimum Net Residential Density9

75 dwelling units per net acre.

75 dwelling units per net acre.22

Where a development involves residential, the minimum density shall be 30 dwelling units per net acre.

The same area used for commercial and office development can also be used to calculate residential density. Where commercial and/or office areas are utilized in the calculation of density, the City may require restrictive covenants to ensure the maximum density is not exceeded should the property be subdivided or in another manner made available for separate lease or conveyance.

Maximum Net Residential Density9

150 dwelling units per net acre.

Density may be increased to 200 dwelling units per net acre subject to conditional use permit approval.1, 21

150 dwelling units per net acre.

Density may be increased up to 250 dwelling units per net acre subject to conditional use permit approval.1, 21

50 dwelling units per net acre.1, 21

The same area used for commercial and office development can also be used to calculate residential density. Where commercial and/or office areas are utilized in the calculation of density, the City may require restrictive covenants to ensure the maximum density is not exceeded should the property be subdivided or in another manner made available for separate lease or conveyance.

SETBACKS

Minimum Front Yard14,18

None

Residential Mixed Use Buildings: 0 ft.

Buildings less than 25 ft. in height: 15 ft.19

Buildings 25 ft. to 80 ft. in height: 20 ft.13,19

Buildings over 80 ft. in height: 30 ft.13,19

Determined through site plan review.

Maximum Front Yard18

15 ft. – for buildings, or for portions thereof, 25 ft. or less in height.

None – for that portion of a building over 25 ft. in height.

Residential Mixed Use Buildings: 15 ft.

All Other Buildings: None

Determined through site plan review.

Minimum Secondary Front Yard14,18

None

0 ft.19 for Residential Mixed use Buildings

15 ft.19 – for buildings less than 25 ft. in height.

20 ft.13,19 – for buildings 25 ft. to 80 ft. in height.

30 ft.13,19 – for buildings over 80 ft. in height.

Determined through site plan review.

Maximum Secondary Front Yard18

15 ft. – for buildings, or for portions thereof, 25 ft. or less in height.

None – for that portion of a building over 25 ft. in height.

Residential Mixed Use Buildings: 15 ft.15

All Other Buildings: None

Determined through site plan review.

Minimum Freeway Frontage Setback

10 ft. landscaped setback from the property line.

Minimum Rear Yard14,18

None, unless the ground floor facade provides windows for living rooms of attached dwellings – then 10 ft. – unless adjacent to an alley, then none. Additionally, if the CD lot abuts a lot zoned residential, then there shall be a 15 ft. landscaped strip or a 5 ft. wide sight-obscuring landscaped strip and a solid 6 ft. high barrier along the common boundary with an additional 5 ft. setback from the barrier.

None required, except, 15 ft. if abutting a lot zoned residential.

Determined through site plan review.

Minimum Side Yard18

None, unless the ground floor facade provides living room windows of attached dwellings – then 10 ft. – unless adjacent to an alley, then none. Additionally, if the CD lot abuts a lot zoned residential, then there shall be a 15 ft. wide landscaped strip or a 5 ft. wide sight-obscuring landscaped strip and a solid 6 ft. high barrier along the common boundary with an additional 5 ft. setback from the barrier.

None required, except 15 ft. if abutting or adjacent to a residential zone.

Determined through site plan review.

Clear Vision Area

n/a

In no case shall a structure over 42 in. in height intrude into the 20 ft. clear vision area defined in RMC 4-11-030.

BUILDING LIMITATIONS

Maximum Gross Floor Area of Any Residential Use on a Site

Limited to 25% of the total gross floor area of all buildings on site.

LANDSCAPING

General

See RMC 4-4-070

HEIGHT

Maximum Building Height

150 ft.6

250 ft.6

10 stories and/or 125 ft.6

Maximum Building Height When a Lot Is Abutting a Lot Designated as Residential

20 ft. more than the maximum height allowed in the abutting residential zone. Heights may exceed the maximum height with a Hearing Examiner conditional use permit.6

20 ft. more than the maximum height allowed in the abutting residential zone.6

Determined through site plan review.

Maximum Height for Wireless Communication Facilities6, 9

See RMC 4-4-140

SCREENING

Minimum Required for Outdoor Loading, Repair, Maintenance, Storage or Work Areas; Surface-Mounted Utility and Mechanical Equipment; Roof Top Equipment (Except for Telecommunication Equipment)

See RMC 4-4-095

Refuse or Recycling

See RMC 4-4-090

PARKING AND LOADING

General

See RMC 4-4-080 and RMC 10-10-13

See RMC 4-4-080 and RMC 10-10-13. Direct arterial access to individual structures shall occur only when alternative access to local or collector streets or consolidated access with adjacent uses is not feasible.

Required Location for Parking

All parking shall be provided in the rear portion of the site, with access taken from an alley, where available. Surface parking shall not be located between a building and a street. Parking may be located off-site subject to a joint parking requirement.

n/a

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

General

n/a

A pedestrian connection shall be provided from a public entrance to the street, unless the Reviewing Official determines that the requirement would unduly endanger the pedestrian.

Determined through site plan review.

SIGNS

General

See RMC 4-4-100

LOADING DOCKS

Location

For permitted manufacturing and fabrication uses, parking, docking and loading areas for truck traffic shall be off-street and screened from view of abutting public streets.

Not permitted on the side of the lot adjacent or abutting to a lot zoned residential.3

Determined through site plan review.

DUMPSTER/RECYCLING COLLECTION AREA

Size and Location of Refuse or Recycling Areas

See RMC 4-4-090

CRITICAL AREAS

General

See RMC 4-3-050 and 4-3-090

SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Design Regulations

See RMC 4-3-100, Urban Design Regulations

Design District D of RMC 4-3-100, Urban Design Regulations, shall apply to all residential mixed use buildings.

Urban Design Regulations are not applicable to other buildings.

See RMC 4-3-100, Urban Design Regulations.

Upper Story Setbacks

None, unless adjacent to and facing a residentially zoned lot or if the facade contains living room windows – then 10 ft. for the second story and 15 ft. for all upper stories. Also, see RMC 4-3-100, Urban Design Regulations

Residential mixed use buildings: buildings or portions of buildings that exceed one hundred feet (100') in height shall include upper story setbacks as follows: The minimum setback for a seventh (7th) story and succeeding stories shall be ten feet (10') minimum from the preceding story, applicable to each story, or an equivalent standard that adds interest and quality to the building.

Buildings or portions of buildings that exceed fifty feet (50') in height shall include upper story setbacks as follows: The minimum setback for a fifth story and succeeding stories shall be ten feet (10') minimum from the preceding story, applicable to each story or an equivalent standard that adds interest and quality to the building.

Roofline and Facade Modulation

See RMC 4-3-100, Urban Design Regulations

Residential mixed use buildings: buildings shall provide vertical and horizontal modulation of roof lines and facades of not less than two feet (2') at a minimum interval of forty feet (40') per building face, or an equivalent standard that adds interest and quality to the building.

Buildings shall provide vertical and horizontal modulation of roof lines and facades of not less than two feet (2') at a minimum interval of forty feet (40') per building face, or an equivalent standard that adds interest and quality to the building.