AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.49.008, 23.49.011, 23.76.004, and 23.76.006 of the Seattle Municipal Code to encourage voluntary setbacks in the Downtown Office Core 2 zone between existing residential towers and new towers by authorizing additional height and density.
Please read the report of the Human Services and Public Health Committee, and you can read short Title. Three, part of the Human Services and Public Health Committee agenda and for Accountable 1190 38 relating to planning and zoning and many section 23.40 9.008. Committee recommends that the full council pass the bill's amended. Customer back show. Good. Thank you. Do we have the amendment in front of us first? Yes. We can move to amend. You want to move? 2 minutes. I would like to move Council Bill 119038 as it is in front of us for this amendment. And the effect of amendment is to change the qualifying distance for an alley from 18 feet to 22 feet. It's been moved in second and to amend sections one and two is just a slight sort of a typographical technical errors described this morning. All those in favor of that amendment vote i. I opposed. The ayes have it. So it is now amended. Very good. Thank you. And I want to say special thanks to John and Legales. So snowy and the front row here, Peter Steinberg, for helping us shepherd this through. This all started well over a year ago where downtown residents said, now we're just getting too close. There are established buildings, residential buildings that are already in place in our dock, too. That's downtown office court, too. And when other buildings come in, they get so close that it really does reduce light, air, privacy and sunshine coming to the existing buildings. So this modification to the 2340 9008 in our municipal code impacts structural height. And what it will do is to allow in that dock to zone. And it's a small zone entirely encapsulated within the downtown area to allow a change of height. So it will be a type one decision. The director may increase the maximum height for residential uses, up to 640 feet in this area. And for this, that alleyways will be a little bit wider. The buildings can be taller and skinnier, but to allow light and air and some more sunshine and sometimes a little more privacy to the residential buildings that are already there. So we would move adoption of this. Very good. Any further comments? Councilwoman Johnson. Just want to say thank you to Councilmember Wagstaff for making the space in our committee for this discussion. We have been overbooked, and I'm grateful to you for making the time and energy. I know that land use that doesn't usually go on the public health committee, but thanks for your time. I really appreciate. It. It was great. And if I can just follow up, if nobody else has anything else they want to add, I just want to say thank you to all the people that were involved, Lily Ruderman and Alberta Black in my office, Ketel Freeman. I don't see him here, but he and Matt Roae from Via Architects and of course Councilmember Johnson and his staff, and also Sam Assefa and Sarah McDonough from our Office of Planning and Community Development. This wouldn't be here without all of you. Very good. Okay, please call the roll on the passage of the amended. Bill Johnson. Boris I Bagshaw. Burgess, Gonzalez, Herbold. All right. President Harrell. Height. Eight and favorite unopposed. Bill pass and chair assignment. Please read the report of the Energy and Environment Committee. Carry the short time on please. Three part of the Energy Environment Committee agenda and five cancel 1190 34 relating to the City Light Department declaring the city's eighth and Roy Street property surplus. The city's needs are no longer required for providing public utility services or other municipal purposes.