Planning 2017-06-22 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT Tukwila School District requests approval of a conditional use permit to allow the Foster High School expansion, Birth to Kindergarten Learning Center, and related improvements in the Low - Density Residential (LDR) zone. Conditional use permits are utilized as a way to establish review and permit approval procedures for unusual or unique types of land uses which due to their nature, require special consideration of their impact on the neighborhood and land uses in the vicinity. Criteria for Approval The proposed project must comply with criteria detailed in the Conditional Use Permit Chapter of the Tukwila Municipal Code (TMC 18.64.050). The applicant's response to the conditional use permit criteria is Attachment H to this staff report. Staff makes the following findings using the Code's conditional use permit criteria (TMC 18.64.050) listed in italics: The proposed use will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in the vicinity of the proposed use or in the district in which the subject property is situated. f:: Ster" Foster High School has operated at its current location since at least 1952. It serves the students of Tukwila, and also functions as a community gathering place, renting the sports fields and Performing Arts Center to other organizations for non - school functions. Foster High will continue to be an asset to the public welfare, and will not be detrimental or injurious to the property or neighborhood. The expanded Foster High School will be even better able to serve students' needs in future years, with technological improvements and facilities modernizations fueling STEM (Science - Technology- Engineering- Arts -Math) learning. B2K" The B2K Center is a new use proposed on a site currently used to house sports fields for Foster and Showalter students. As with Foster High, the B2K Center will serve the students and families in Tukwila. Unlike Foster, the B2K Center will not be open after school hours or available for community functions outside of the student population the school will serve. The use of the site for a public school for infants and young children will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or improvements in the neighborhood. 2. The proposed use shall meet or exceed the performance standards that are required in the district it will occupy. The following relevant standards exist in this Low Density Residential (LDR) district (TMC 18.10): 16 :