Planning 2016-11-10 Minutes - Public Hearing - TMC Chapter 18.52 Landscaping Code Update / SEPA Application

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City of Tukwila Planning Commission PLANNING COMMISSION (PC) MINUTES Date: November 10, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Council Chambers Present: Chair, Sharon Mann; Commissioners, Mike Hansen, Louise Strander, Brooke Alford, Nhan Nguyen and Dennis Martinez Absent: Vice Chair, Miguel Maestas Staff: Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director; Carol Lumb, Senior Planner, Andrea Cummins, Urban Environmentalist and Wynetta Bivens, Planning Commission Secretary, PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER: L16-0012, 2016 Landscaping Code Update APPLICANT: City of Tukwila REQUEST: Repeal TMC Chapter 18.52, Landscaping Code and adopt a new TMC 18.52, landscaping regulation chapter to implement Comprehensive Plan policies LOCATION: City-wide Chair Sharon Mann called the meeting to o at 6:30 and swore in those individual testifying. Chair Sharon Mann opened the public hearing. Carol Lumb , Senior Planner, Department of Community Development gave the presentation on the proposed new landscaping chapter, TMC 18.52. The current landscaping code was adopted in 1999, after a major revision to the Comp Plan. Since then the Comp Plan has gone through another major revision. As part of that process the City adopted new goals and policies that relate to landscaping and urban forestry and necessitated updating the regulations to implement the goals and policies. To help with the Comp Plan update the City Council appointed the Tukwila Tree and Environment Advisory Committee. The Committee also worked on and help shape the Draft Landscaping Chapter. The Committee was made up of representatives from the City, Planning Commission, City Council, members of the community and industrial and commercial property owners. There was additional background provided explaining how the Draft Landscaping Chapter was shaped. The following will be affected by the landscape chapter, commercial development projects, and non-residential projects in the single-family district, such as religious institutions and schools. Staff entered into the record two emails, received on 11/10/16, from Puget Sound Energy, regarding the Landscaping Code, and from Don Tomaso, the City’s Fire Marshal, regarding a tree ordinance comment. Copies of the emails were handed out to the PC. Staff walked the PC through the review of the recommended Draft Landscaping Code noting new and revised changes, as well as review of the two comment letters. Questions were addressed, and additional revisions made to the draft code.