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PC Hearing Minutes <br /> April 28, 2011 <br /> Development Regulations Review: <br /> 1) Delete several permitted uses and add them to conditional uses as follows: <br /> Beauty and barbershops, banks, outpatient medical, indoor recreational facilities, hotels and <br /> motels. <br /> 2) Reorganize and clarify the MIC uses by adding verbiage on their expected impacts. <br /> 1) Add a design review requirement for offices. <br /> 4) Educational uses in the MIC should have a vocational focus. <br /> 5) Delete ni11htclubs, billiards or pool rooms, extended stay hotels, and dormitories from permitted uses. <br /> Boundary Review: <br /> 1) Change the zoning and Comprehensive Plan designation on the Duwamish Hill Preserve area to Low <br /> Density Residential and add a Public Recreation Overlay to reflect its current use. <br /> Environmental Review: <br /> 1) Review the Planned Action document to see if it needs to be updated. This is an environmental document <br /> that anticipates the impacts of development in advance to streamline project review. <br /> Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director, Department of Community Development, explained that the schedule for the <br /> MIC review is driven by the Council's desire to adopt the MIC changes before the expiration of the current <br /> moratorium on non industrial uses, which expires in Judy. <br /> TESTIMONY: <br /> Joe Sabey, representative for The Sabey Corporation, asked the PC' to consider an addition to the MIC <br /> Boundary review. Mr. Sabey showed slides of a parcel inside the 62 acre unified grocer parcel, which he said <br /> IS currently zoned differently from the rest. He requested the parcel be rezoned from MIC Heavy to <br /> Commercial Light Industrial, to make the entire site consistent. He said that 32 acres of the parcel are in <br /> Tukwila and 30 acres are in Seattle. He said that in 2007 the Tukwila portion was rezoned from MIC Heavy <br /> to Commercial Light Industrial. In 2009, the City of Seattle rezoned the acres in Seattle from Industrial <br /> Commercial to General Industrial. This item is scheduled to go before the PC at a quasi judicial public <br /> hearing at a later date. <br /> Bill Summers owner of the old Red Lion Hotel, requested that the PC take a look at the entire MIC zone, <br /> adjacent to Tukwila International Blvd and East Marginal Way. He stated that the zoning taking place in the <br /> area and the zoning decisions are based on an image of a zone that does not exist. He said that the statistics <br /> are very misleading as to what is really happening there. He suggested looking at the 15 of businesses that <br /> are impacted by the changes made in the MIC zone. He also said that special zoning or flexibility for <br /> businesses that really need it should be allowed, or they are going to go out of business because it is not an <br /> economically feasible area. <br /> Commissioner Alford said that it would be interesting to hear what the manufacturing uses are exclusively in <br /> the area because it is unlike the other uses. <br /> Ms. Fox listed various manufacturing uses in the area. She explained that the name "Manufacturing <br /> Industrial Center" was determined by King County. She said a traditional manufacturing use may be different <br /> from what's in the area, but the uses are manufacturing. She also said the zone is not specifically <br /> manufacturing but is also industrial and there is a range of industrial activity that takes place in the area. <br /> Staff addressed questions from the PC. <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br /> 2 <br />