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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Residential Neighborhoods <br />ISSUES <br />In developing the policies to meet these goals, the following issues were <br />identified for Tukwila: <br />Neighborhood Quality <br />Ideally, the built, natural, and social environments in neighborhoods combine to provide <br />opportunities for residents to interact, experience nature, enjoy leisure and physical <br />activities, and to easily access food and other retail opportunities. However, many of <br />Tukwila's neighborhoods lack sidewalks and paths and other amenities such as retail and <br />services within walking distance. This limits residents' ability to enjoy their community, <br />and to get around without a motor vehicle. <br />Tukwila's current regulations only require the construction of sidewalks for short <br />plats /single - family development projects of 5 or more contiguous lots. Sometimes, this has <br />the inadvertent effect of discouraging maximum lot creation due to the increased cost of <br />infrastructure (i.e., developers may create 4 lots when they have enough land for 5). <br />Additionally, the Tukwila Community Center is not accessible without a motor vehicle to <br />most Tukwila neighborhoods. There is no transit service to the area and it is not within <br />walking or biking distance to most neighborhoods. There are very few other organized <br />recreational activities available to residents of Tukwila who lack access to a motor vehicle. <br />Neighborhood Development — Single Family Infill Compatibility <br />Newer Tukwila homes tend to be larger, and less compatible with existing housing stock. <br />The average home size is growing, reflecting a nationwide trend. There is limited available <br />land for residential development in the City, and as such most new development occurs as <br />infill in existing residential neighborhoods. To accommodate the desire for larger homes, <br />some vegetated areas are being removed for new development. Encouraging new <br />development to meet housing targets and residents' needs while maintaining the character <br />and quality of neighborhoods can be challenging. A variety of regulatory tools provide <br />possible avenues to encourage compatible design without unduly limiting development. <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 />Commented [LB31: Condition found in Housing as it <br />relates more to condition of housing stock. Connectivity <br />and Infill cover aspects of neighborhood <br />condition /quality. <br />