Seattle Station Area Planning

Milestones & Events

Transit-Oriented Development

Program Information & Schedule

Station Area AtlasStation Area

Recommendations

Land Use & Zoning

Seattle Station Area Planning

Program Information Phase 1 Light Rail

Start Station Area Planning in 1998 during rail project development and environmental review.

Integrate land use with alignment and station location decision-making and design.

City staff work at geographic and programmatic scale in partnership with Sound Transit, King County/Metro and others.

Seattle Station Area Planning

Program Information Neighborhood Planning

Station Area Planning builds on:

• Comprehensive plans and the urban centers/villages framework

• 4 years of neighborhood planning

• Community capacity up and running to deal with Sound Transit related issues

Seattle Station Area Planning

Station Area Atlas Overview

Baseline information as interlocal deliverable

Input to Sound Transit’s EIS or locally preferred alternative

Resource on the Web

Seattle Station Area Planning

Milestones & Events

Interim OverlayProhibits certain new land uses

Modified by Sound Transit station decisions

Will be replaced with permanent code and map changes in early 2001

Seattle Station Area Planning

Milestones & Events Rainier Valley Community

Development Fund

Acknowledges transit investment alone does not fundamentally change market conditions or support all existing community desires

Provides major funding to leverage additional investment

Catalyst for community-based decision process and establishes diverse leadership

Seattle Station Area Planning

Milestones & Events Design & Development Workshops

Market reality based process

Picks up from neighborhood plan visions

Major community-wide events

Involve stakeholders in in-depth interviews

Technical teams identify options for station, other transit issues, land use and public facilities

Seattle Station Area Planning

Land Use & Zoning Station Area Overlay

Proposed at Council (September 2000)

• new chapter in the land use code

• mapped in station areas

• includes TOD incentives and discourages auto- oriented development

Seattle Station Area Planning

Land Use & Zoning Rezone Proposals

Changes base zoning from auto- to pedestrian-oriented

Some recommendations differ from neighborhood planning

Support SHA Hope VI mixed income redevelopment

Seattle Station Area Planning

McClellan Station Area Existing Conditions

Auto-oriented streetscape

and land uses

Low residential density

Neighborhood Plan calls for a town center

Aerial light rail station presents physical constraints and design opportunities

Disconnected Olmsted Boulevards

Seattle Station Area Planning

McClellan Station Area Conceptual Design Plan

Seattle Station Area Planning

McClellan Station Area Informing Design Concepts

with Market Reality

Seattle Station Area Planning

McClellan Station Area Potential Development

Scenario on Opening Day

New housing takes advantage of views and proximity to downtown

Retail “ front door” to aerial station

Sound Transit properties surplused for redevelopment

Work closely with owners of large parcels to maximize development opportunities

Space for businesses displaced by construction

Seattle Station Area Planning

McClellan Station Area Full Build Out Scenario

Private investment attracted to a close-in neighborhood

Balance residential, commercial and open space uses to achieve town center

Roundabout at MLK/Rainier is a key public investment that achieves major goals of neighborhood plan

Seattle Station Area Planning

Transit Oriented Development Implementing the Vision

Identify and connect partners (land, community development)

Sample City incentives for TOD:

• Property tax exemption

• Location Efficient Mortgage

• FlexCar with other parking management tools

Seattle Station Area Planning

Transit Oriented Development Implementing the Vision