Planning 2015-01-08 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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C uuuin t.y C uuuin t. ry d YD annuli ui1 u w mi King County's Countywide Planning Policies (CPPs) support Vision 2040's regional growth strategy, address growth management issues in King County, and provide further guidance for coordinating local planning efforts within the county. The CPPs provide a countywide vision and serve as a framework for each jurisdiction, including Tukwila, in developing and updating its own comprehensive plan, which must be consistent with the overall goals for the future of King County. More specifically, the following policies should be considered during the development of the TIB Corridor element: • KCCP recognize that there is little undeveloped land within the urban growth area (UGA.) Housing and employment growth should be concentrated within urban centers and locally designated local centers where existing and future land use capacity, as well as infrastructure capacity, is used efficiently. Development activity must be focused on redevelopment to create vibrant neighborhoods where residents can walk, bicycle or use public transit for most of their needs (DP -4, 11, and 13). Identify local centers, such as city or neighborhood centers, transit station areas, or other activity nodes, where housing, employment, and services are accommodated in a compact and efficient form and at sufficient densities to support transit service (DP -38). • Residents should be within walking distance of commercial areas, fostering a healthy community through physical exercise and a sense of neighborhood (DP -6). Development patterns should promote safe and healthy routes to schools (DP -7). Local transit systems provide convenient connections to the Urban Centers and elsewhere within the Urban Growth Area. • Use urban design and form elements to integrate development into existing built and natural environments in ways that enhance both the urban and natural settings. These elements include high quality design, context sensitive infill and redevelopment, and historic preservation (DP 39 -42). • Housing opportunities should exist for all incomes and lifestyles throughout the county and with the balanced transportation system access to employment is convenient and reliable. Innovation in the development of a diverse range of housing types is fundamental in accommodating population growth. A diversity in housing types will allow residents to stay within their community as their housing needs change (H4 -13). • The needs of residents should be attended to by a social service system that emphasizes prevention but stands ready to respond to direct needs as well. There is a sense of social equity within our communities and all share equitably in the distribution of and access to parks, open space, and vibrant neighborhood centers (PF -17). Public capital facility needs of regional or statewide importance should be equitably dispersed throughout the county (PF -20). • Policies emphasize economic vitality, climate change and sustainability strategies, and integrating health concepts such as access to healthful food and increased physical activity in planning (DP -8, EC -10). • Business development policies promote an economic climate that is supportive of business formation, expansion, and retention, and emphasizes the importance of small businesses in creating jobs (EC -7). Public- private partnerships should be used to implement economic development policies, programs and projects (EC -8). Also important to the TIB Corridor are KCCP related to people. Cultural diversity of the local community should be celebrated (EC -12). Resources should be committed to address disparity in income and employment opportunity for economically disadvantaged populations (EC -13). • A station area plan should be developed for the light rail station and any transit hubs along the TIB Corridor (T -4). Non - driving population needs should be addressed in the development and management of local and regional transportation systems (T -12). TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UI'I: }A I'.)ccombor 10, 0 19. Argo 19