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Tukwila Urban Center. The ECONorthwest report also shows that the proposal will not <br /> adversely affect commercial development in the urban center. As indicated in the report, the <br /> scale of development anticipated for the property under the Ll zone will serve the local <br /> market area, rather than the regional market served by the uses in Tukwila Urban Center. <br /> Accordingly, the project will not result in adverse impacts to the urban center. <br /> Environmental Imoacts. Future development of the site would undergo project-specific <br /> review and mitigation to ensure that the proposal does not result in significant adverse <br /> environmental impacts. In addition, development made under the Ll zone would generally <br /> be anticipated to have less impact to the environment than development under the MICIH <br /> zone, since heavy industrial uses typically generate more noise, dust and pollutants than <br /> light industrial, office, and retail uses. <br /> 3. An explanation of why the current comprehensive plan: or development regulations are <br /> deficient or should not continue in effect. <br /> The current MICIH designation and zoning for the property should not continue in effect. <br /> This designation and zoning was placed on the property under very different circumstances <br /> than exist today. Today the site surrounding the property has been rezoned to a light <br /> industrial zone through two major parcel rezones in 2007 and 2009. This remaining small <br /> parcel was recently acquired and should as a matter of consistent zoning be added to the <br /> previous 2007 comprehensive plan amendment. <br /> 4. A statement of how the proposed amendment complies with and promotes the goals and <br /> specific requirements of the Growth Management Act <br /> Urban arowth. The Growth Management Act (GMA) encourages compact urban growth in <br /> areas served by urban infrastructure. RCW'36.70A.020(l), (2). The proposal will further these <br /> goals by allowing development of the property, which is located in an urban area and well- <br /> served by existing infrastructure, under the Ll zone. The MICIH use that currently occupies <br /> the property will relocate in the relative near future. Development in the vicinity of the <br /> property is trending toward light industrial and commercial development. Accordingly, <br /> redevelopment of the property under the Ll zone is appropriate. <br /> Economic development encourages economic development. RCE 36.70A.020(5). <br /> Redevelopment of the site with a range of Ll uses will meet an existing demand, or these <br /> uses in the City. This development will provide additional employment opportunities in the <br /> City of Tukwila as well as significant tax revenue to the City. ECONorthwest (2007). <br /> The proposal is also consistent with Comprehensive Plan Economic Goal 2.1, which calf for <br /> continuing enhancement of the community's economic well being. The proposal meets this <br /> goal by meeting an existing demand in the City for the range of uses that can be developed <br /> 103 <br />