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City of Tukwfla Allan Ekberg, • <br />i- Von 711 Sri on <br />STAFF REPORT <br />TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Prepared October 31, 2016 <br />FILE NUMBERS: L16 -0012 Revisions to TMC 18.52, Landscaping Code <br />E16 -0003 SEPA Checklist <br />REQUEST: Public Hearing to consider repealing the current TMC 18.52, Landscaping, <br />Recreation, Recycling/Solid Waste Space Requirements and adoption of new <br />landscaping requirements. Based on direction from the Planning Commission <br />staff will revise the draft regulations. The Planning Commission's <br />recommendations then will be forwarded to the City Council for review. <br />PUBLIC HEARING: November 10, 2016 <br />LOCATION: City wide <br />STAFF: Carol Lumb, Senior Planner <br />Andrea Cummins, Urban Environmentalist <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />A. Tukwila Tree and Environment Advisory Committee Draft TMC 18.52 <br />B. Current TMC 18.52 <br />C. TMC 18.28, Tukwila Urban Center District <br />D. Urban Forestry Goals and Policies <br />E. SEPA Application and Checklist <br />F. Email from Daryl Tapio with attachments <br />G. Puget Sound Energy Comments on Draft 18.52 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The current landscaping regulations were adopted 17 years ago in 1999, four years after the 1995 <br />Comprehensive Plan was adopted. Only minor revisions to the chapter have been made in recent years. <br />The update of the landscaping regulations is the final phase of a three phase process: <br />Phase l: Establishment of the Tukwila Tree and Environment Advisory Committee: a team of <br />Tukwila residents, business and professional experts, and Planning Commission and City Council <br />representatives appointed to guide development of goals and policies on the natural environment and <br />urban forestry. The Committee met from September, 2012 to May, 2013 and provided <br />recommendations to the Planning Commission on the goals and policies. <br />r r . I4 w «r r • w " •« «« I. � «14 � ar � ♦w <br />3 <br />