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CONCLUSIONS- CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />1. The proposed use, a bus parking lot with support structure, will fulfill a need for the Tukwila School <br />District and should have a minimal impact upon the surrounding neighborhood. There is no <br />expansion of the bus parking lot proposed, and no increase in visitors or employees is projected. <br />The proposed transportation building will provide necessary facilities for the school's bus drivers, <br />replacing portable toilets and a dilapidated shed on the site in the process. <br />2. No increase in parking is proposed, only a reconfiguration of existing parking stalls to <br />accommodate the proposed building. <br />3. The proposed use will be compatible with the surrounding land uses. The small sized one -story <br />structure and its location in the back corner of the property should keep visual impacts on <br />surrounding residential properties to a minimum, while the improved perimeter landscaping will <br />provide an improved visual buffer of the parking area along the adjacent streets. <br />4. The proposed use will not conflict with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. As an <br />accessory use to the Tukwila School District, the bus parking lot and proposed transportation <br />building would provide a necessary function for the City and its schools. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br />Staff recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit. <br />SECTION TWO- DESIGN REVIEW <br />This project is subject to Board of Architectural (BAR) design approval under Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC) <br />Section 18.60.030. In the following discussion the Board of Architectural Review criterion is shown below in bold <br />and italics, followed by staff's comments. For the applicant's response to the criteria, see Attachment C. <br />Design Review Criteria TMC 18.60.050.6 Commercial and Light Industrial <br />The following criteria shall be considered in all cases, except that multi - family and hotel or motel developments <br />shall use the multi - family, hotel and motel design review criteria: <br />1. RELATIONSHIP OF STRUCTURE TO SITE. <br />a. The site should be planned to accomplish a desirable transition with streetscape and to provide for <br />adequate landscaping and pedestrian movement. <br />Proposed changes to the existing pedestrian and vehicular access will work to enhance employee safety by <br />providing great visibility to bus drivers and creating demarcated walkways for those traveling on foot within the <br />parking lot. While locating the office building closer to the corner of E Marginal Way S and S 128th St was initially <br />considered, it was found to not be necessary for a structure of this scale and use type. The applicant provided <br />the following response: "The building is located in the southwest corner of the property for the several reasons. <br />The primary use of the site is to store school buses. The maneuvering and parking space required for the buses <br />is of priority in site design, all the while minimizing the amount of site redesign required for the addition of a <br />small building. Furthermore, the location in the southwest corner allows the building to setback into the <br />12 <br />