Planning 2017-08-24 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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The T11113-3 zone is the most urban: neighborhood, . • has easy access tomulti-modal environment•- • bus service, bus rapid transit, light rail, principal and collector an and state freeway, and an international airport. The zone is intended to attract infill and intensification with more housing and commercial uses in an approximate Y2mile radius of the Tukwila International Boulevard Station (TIBS.) The regulations allow the TIB-3 districts to be gateways to the City and is to maximize the public investments that have been made in public transit infrastructure but to also by creating an area that is compatible and a good neighbor. Over the long term, infill development will c• - the transitionfrom - parking to structured parking,• may be increasingly characterized by • buildings with active ground floor uses designed • create walkable,••r, streetscape. The TIB -2 zone is intended for the heart of the TIB neighborhood and focused around the intersection of the neighborhood collector arterial, S. 144th Street, and TIB. The uses and standards are more locally oriented than TIB -3 but the zone is creating a main street orientation and urban form emphasizing the pedestrian and acting as a crossroads for community members. Development supports an active, comfortable, and safe street front and provides jobs, services, and goods to the community. A broader range of housing types are permitted than in TIB -3 areas. The scale of development and the type of uses is compatible with the adjacent residential neighbors and the civic and educational facilities in the area. The TIB -1 zone is less urban than TIB -3 and TIB -2. TIB -1 is more residentially -focused with commercial uses limited to businesses that are smaller -scaled and neighborhood -serving. A TIB -1 district may have a wide range of building types and will have streets with curbs, sidewalks and street trees that provide an amenity for higher density living. These areas are intended to provide a sensitive transition from the more intensively developed uses along TIB to the nearby single family homes. The districts are relatively small; however, opportunities exist for decreasing the auto -orientation typical of local housing by increasing access and walking opportunities and street character. Additional building height and reduced parking requirements are allowed in exchange for new through -ways, such as pedestrian ways and local access streets. Landscape and recreational amenity requirements are higher than other TIB districts to support the denser housing, soften the impact of the taller bulkier structures on the adjacent lower density single family housing, and provide a high quality living environment. 23