Planning 2016-04-28 Item 5 - Public Hearing: Woodspring Suites - Attachment A - Applicant's Response to Design Criteria

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Woodspring Suites Tukwila Response to Review Comments CPH No. 0128- 7 5 -002 December 23, 2015 Page 7 of 14 Response: The proposed building footprint is approximately 12,150 sf which requires approximately 608 sf of open space. The current site plan provides over 7,500 sf of open space. This open space area includes a public access trail for pedestrians to access from West Valley Highway and benches that face the shoreline area. 18.28.260 Parking 1. Required number of stalls is 1 stall/guest room. Only 119 stalls are proposed for the 126 -room project. Response: The revised building and site plan provides 110 rooms and 1 1 1 parking spaces respectively. 2. The general parking requirements of the zoning code contained in 18.56.040(2) allow a two-foot landscaping overhang to count towards the parking stall length. Many of the standard-size stalls are 17' long (requirement is 19% and many of the compact stalls are 14' long (16' required); the two foot allowance allows these stalls to meet sizing requirements, except where the parking is adjacent to walkways. Per, 18.28.260 (D,3,d) Wheel stops shall be required on the periphery of parking lots so cars will not protrude into the public right-of-way, walkways, off the parking lot or strike buildings. Wheel stops shall be two feet from the end of the stall of head-in parking. Parking stalls adjacent to walkways which do not include the full length required are not able to make use of the two foot overhang allowance, since wheel stops will need to be installed. Please revise plans in these areas to meet the requirements. Response: The site plan has been revised to provide either wheel stops with full-depth stalls or widened sidewalk areas to accommodate a minimum 4-foot clear pedestrian path with the proposed 2-foot vehicle overhang. Per 18.28.260 (D,5,b), trees and pedestrian-scaled lighting (max. 15' in height) shall be used to clearly define pedestrian walkways or other pedestrian areas within parking areas. Include pedestrian-scaled lighting and explain how trees are used to define the pedestrian walkways through parking areas. Response: The designated pedestrian routes are clearly designated and framed with site landscaping. Existing, established trees along the landscape strip on the property adjacent to the south boundary frame the south edge of the public trail. The north edge of this trail is demarcated by landscaping at the parking lot edge, including some small tree elements. Separate pedestrian lighting elements are not proposed, but these facilities are sufficiently lit by the adjacent parking lot lighting—existing offsite and proposed onsite. This is illustrated in-part by the enclosed illumination plan. 4. Indicate on plans that the pedestrian crossings through paved areas will be the same material/pattern as what is used for the sidewalk, per 18.28.260 (D,5,c). Response: The pedestrian crosswalks at the parking and drive entry areas are proposed to be a patterned concrete while the parking lot surfacing will be asphalt cement (AQ. The concrete crosswalk materials match the onsite sidewalks. A detail of the patterned concrete crosswalk will be provided with final engineering /construction plans. 5. Interior parking lot landscaping: minimum of 20 SF/parking stall. Indicate on Sheet L3 the width and square footage of each interior landscape island, and provide a total for the amount of interior parking lot landscaping provided. Please note that required perimeter landscape areas cannot be counted towards interior parking lot landscaping. Response: Each interior parking island is dimensioned and square footage noted on sheet 15 -03. See sheet LS-02 for interior parking lot calculations and total provided landscape. W