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DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
What is an Urban Design Framework?A shared community vision for the physical development of the Uptown neighborhood developed collaboratively between the City and the neighborhood.
A road map for City departments working on zoning, design guidelines, facilities and services.
A coordinated strategy to make the most of opportunities (redevelopment, the north portal, reconnecting the street grid east of Seattle Center…).
City of SeattleDepartment of Planning and Development
DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
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• 297 Acres• 7,300 Residents• 14,801 Jobs• Capacity for 5,000 jobs and 4,000 Households• 20-year Growth Targets for jobs and housing
range from 2,000 – 3,500.
Uptown By The Numbers
City of SeattleDepartment of Planning and Development
Charrette 1• Neighborhood Character
• Neighborhood Connections
• Neighborhood Edges
DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
Neighborhood Character Drill-Down
• Land Use• Urban Form – including Height• Neighborhood Amenities
DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
Street Character
• Street Typology• Bike/Ped/Freight• Neighborhood Connections
DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
November 7 2011 Uptown Community Open House
Project Kick Off Open
House
Public Review of
Draft Urban Design
Framework
November
2013
Community Design Charrette
s
Establish Community Priorities
Potentially: Update Uptown Design
Guidelines, Develop
Streetscape Plans and Business District
Strategies
Implement Urban Design
Framework Recommend
ations Thru January 2015
Develop Draft Urban Design
Framework
Feb 2015
Community Open House
Mar 2015
DESIGNING A FRAMEWORK FOR UPTOWN’S FUTURE
Late 2015/2016
Adopt any Needed
Code Amendment
s
Potentially: Recommend
land use changes,
Environmental Review
and Land Use Legislation as
needed City of SeattleDepartment of Planning and Development