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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Residential Neighborhoods <br />This element focuses on land use and development of residential neighborhoods. <br />Additional aspects of residential neighborhoods are found in other elements of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, including: Community Image and Identity, Utilities, Transportation, <br />and Parks, Recreation, and Open Space dPROS). <br />Tukwila's residential neighborhoods are geographic areas, some with distinct boundaries <br />such as waterways and freeways, and others with less obvious boundaries based on time of <br />annexation. Tukwila's residential neighborhoods are a mix of smaller -lot, built -out <br />residential areas predominately built before WWII, large multi - family apartment <br />complexes built in the 1960's, 70's, and 80's, and newer areas characterized by more <br />recent, larger houses. New development in the single - family residential neighborhoods <br />occurs primarily as infill, through re- platting existing residential lots. This often results in <br />lot orientation or home sizes that are different from existing development. However, just <br />less than fifty percent of Tukwila residents live in the single - family neighborhoods. The <br />majority of residents reside in apartment or condominium buildings and any significant <br />increase in households will be through the development of multi - family units. <br />From the Comprehensive Plan's adoption in 1994 to the present, Tukwila residents have <br />described the city as having a distinct character focused on community and livability. In the <br />1990's, this characterization seemed based in its physical attributes, such as smaller <br />homes built on smaller lots, homes oriented close to the street, narrow street widths, and <br />parks and trails. While the physical development has changed in the last twenty years to <br />meet the City's growth and evolving needs of residents, residents still tend to see the <br />character of Tukwila's neighborhoods in terms of having a sense of belonging to the <br />community, easy access to community leaders, and ample trees and parks. Residents take <br />pride in the City's diversity and its global community while recognizing that this diversity <br />needs to be supported and that the voices of all residents, both long -term and recently <br />arrived, need to be heard. <br />The design of public and private development can enhance or inhibit this sense of <br />community which is a key to maintaining and strengthening neighborhoods as Tukwila <br />grows. Without it, Tukwila's residential neighborhoods will lose many of their most valued <br />W: \Long Range Projects \2014 CompPlanUpdate \Residential Neighborhoods \Public Review \PC <br />Packet\ ResidentialN eighborhoods_PC_62 5 2015_clean.doc <br />6/9/2015 <br />2015 -2031 <br />36 <br />Commented [LB11: Staff comments throughout the <br />document highlight where to find additional /supportive <br />policies and implementation strategies in other elements <br />