Growth & Development Committee

Community Organizations with Land Use Resources</span

• Central Ballard Residents Association
• Coalition for an Affordable, Livable Seattle
• Crown Hill Urban Village Committee for Smart Growth
• Livable Ballard
• One Home Per Lot
• Seattle Fair Growth
• Seattle Neighborhood Coalition

Citywide Plans

Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan

• Seattle’s Current Comprehensive Plan
• Seattle’s Draft 2035 Comprehensive Plan
• City Neighborhood Council’s 11/19/2015 Comments
• Impact Fees

Housing

• Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda (HALA)
• Encouraging Backyard Cottages

Green Space

• Parks Legacy Plan
• Urban Forest Stewardship Plan
• Trees & Sidewalks Operations Plan

Transportation

• Pedestrian Master Plan
• Bicycle Master Plan
• Transit Master Plan
• Move Seattle (integration of freight, transit, bicycle and pedestrian master plans)

Neighborhood Plans

Historical

• 1990’s – All Neighborhood Plans
• 1998 Crown Hill/Ballard Neighborhood Plan
• 1999 Approval & Adoption Matrix for Crown Hill/Ballard Plan
• 2009 Status Check on Neighborhood Plans by the Seattle Planning Commission

Currently in Work

• Ballard
• Interbay – Elliott Ave / 15^th Ave Corridor

Development Projects: Whittier Heights & Nearby

Tools

• Seattle In Progress (map of major construction projects provided by the private sector). Allows you to search by location, filter by project status and project type, receive email notifications about a particular project or all projects under the NW Design Review Board; provides the project’s design proposal.
• Shaping Seattle (map of major construction projects from the City of Seattle). Provides project timeline and documents (public notice, meeting reports, design proposal, etc.); allows you to make a comment on the project or attend a meeting about the project; the map allows scrolling.
• Seattle Zoning Maps
• Whittier Heights Zoning Map (select # 38 on the map)
• Single-Family (SF) Zoning Codes (Feb. 2017)
• Lowrise (LR) Multi-Family Zoning Codes (Jan. 2016)
• Commercial (C) Zoning Codes (Jan. 2016)
• King County Parcel Viewer

Project News

Listed are large property developments within Whittier Heights and surrounding neighborhoods, in order of public announcement (most recent at top). Note: this list is not all inclusive because the City of Seattle does not provide public notice for all sizable projects. (Last updated 2016)

North of NW 80th Street:

• 8559 Mary Ave NW (SiP 11/23/2015) – 21 new townhouse units
• 8340 Mary Ave NW (SS 10/29/2015) – new 4-unit townhouse
• 8342 Mary Ave NW (SiP 10/21/2015) – 3 new townhouse units
• Greenwood between 81st & 82^nd (East side)– new public park – Office of the Mayor 7/14/2015
• Greenwood & 85^th (SW corner) – Flint Creek Cattle Co. restaurant – Seattle Met 5/21/2015
• 101 NW 85th St (SiP 9/26/2013) – 105 residential units with retail below
• 8026 15^th Ave NW (SS 7/8/2013) – 24 new residential units & 1 live-work unit
• 8215 Greenwood Ave N (SiP 6/24/2013) – 4 new townhouses

Between NW 70th and 80th Street:

• 7730 15th Ave NW (SiP 1/21/2016) – 66 new residential units with retail below
• 7534 15^th Ave NW (SiP 1/15/2016) – 3 new townhouse units
• 7530 15^th Ave NW (SiP 6/12/2015) – 20 new live-work units and 33 townhomes
• 7016 15^th Ave NW (SiP 3/11/2014) – 89 residential units with commercial space below and 4 live-work units

South of NW 70th Street:

• Ballard Way between 9th & 11^th (South side) – New Seasons Market – new construction (Puget Sound Business Journal 1/15/2016)
  • New Seasons Market –  1/15/2016 Press Release
  • New Seasons Market – Ballard Location
• 1427 NW 65^th St (SiP 11/20/2015) – new 22-unit apartment building
• 6528 Phinney Ave N (SS 8/31/2015) – 8 new small efficiency dwelling units with 2 apartment units and commercial space
• 819 NW 70th St/6752 Division Ave NW (corner of 70th St. & Division Ave)- 6 new live-work units (no public notice)
• 6301 15^th Ave NW (SiP 1/20/2015) – 61 new residential and 2 live-work units with retail below
• 6726 Greenwood Ave N (SiP 1/11/2015) – 55 new residential units with 2 live-work units and commercial space below
• 15^th & Market (NE corner) – new office building
  • Puget Sound Business Journal 10/29/2014
  • East Ballard Community Association 11/21/2014
  • East Ballard Community Association 1/15/2015
  • Design review proposal 8/31/2015
  • Martin Selig Real Estate
• 1436 NW 62^nd St (SiP 4/21/2014) – new 30-unit apartment building:
• 6800 Greenwood Ave N (SiP 3/4/2014) – 32 new residential units with retail below

City Codes, Rules & Guidelines

Property Conditions

• Buildings Unfit for Human Habitation
• Make a Property or Building Complaint
• Vacant Building Standards
• Weed & Vegetation Code

Development Planning

• Zoning
• Land Use Code
• Sign Code
• Street Use Code
• Design Review Guidelines
• Design Review Program Improvements (recommending program changes to the Mayor and City Council in Spring 2016)

Property Development & Maintenance

• Grading Code
• Noise Code
• Property Line Disputes
• Tree Protection Code
• Graffiti Removal

Parking & Street Use Requirements

• Community Access & Parking Program
• Municipal Code re: Off-Street Parking (Chapter 23.54)
• Parking Enforcement (oversees construction parking permits)
• Restricted Parking Zone Program
• SDOT Street Use Inspection (oversees construction street use permits)
• Temporary No Parking Zones

News from the City

Tools

Seattle Channel – Mayor & City Council Videos

Mayor’s Office

• Office of the Mayor website
• 2/16/2016 – Mayor’s state of the city address
• 2/10/2016 – Mayor announces integrated city planning
• 1/8/2016 – Mayors, Senators announce state legislation preserving affordable housing
• 12/9/2015 – Mayor announces 2016 affordable housing investments
• 11/17/2015 – Mayor signs “Grand Bargain” legislation

City Council

• Seattle City Council
• Council Conversations (Seattle Channel videos)
• City Inside/Out: Council Edition (Seattle Channel videos)

City Council: Affordable Housing, Neighborhoods & Finance Committee

• no meetings of note yet

City Council: Planning, Land Use & Zoning Committee

• 2/19/2016 Meeting – Office of Planning & Community Development (OPCD) Briefing
• 2/2/2016 Meeting – Introduction to the Seattle Planning Commission, Housing Affordability and Livability
• 1/22/2016 Meeting – Proposed 2016 Work Program, Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan Update

City Government

Help: Contact Your City Representatives

• City of Seattle Customer Service Bureau
• Ballard District, Department of Neighborhoods:  email Thomas Whittemore – Neighborhood Coordinator
• Department of Neighborhoods
• Department of Neighborhoods: email Director Kathy Nyland
• City Council Representative: Mike O’Brien (webpage)
• City Council: email all City Council representatives
• Mayor Ed Murray (Office of the Mayor webpage contact form)

Departments & Offices

• Department of Construction & Inspections (DCI)
• Department of Housing
• Department of Neighborhoods
• Department of Parks & Recreation
• Department of Transportation (SDOT)
• Office of Economic Development
• Office of Planning & Community Development (OPCD)
• Office of Sustainability & Environment
• Seattle Channel
• Seattle Housing Authority

Boards, Commissions & Committees

• City Neighborhood Council
• City Neighborhood Council – Planning, Land Use & Zoning Committee (contact committee chair to receive meeting announcements, etc.)
• Construction Codes Advisory Board
• Design Commission
• Design Review Program
• Housing Levy Oversight Committee
• Park District Oversight Committee
• Parks Commissioners
• Planning Commission
• Seattle Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
• Urban Forestry Commission