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Sou thcen ter, Tukwi la' Urban Center <br />Amended Countywide Planning Policies Recommended T ism <br />Urban Center Criteria Urb for Southcenter. <br />Tuk w-ila's urban c enter <br />1 Planned for 20 years T— !Jk Wilc, L:r an C cn. 76outhce ter planned for 30+ <br />2 Total land area of up to 1.5 square miles (1,440 <br />acres) <br />3 Requires 15,000 employees within one -half <br />mile (walking distance) of a transit center <br />4 Average of 50 employees per gross acre <br />5 Average of 15 households per gross acre <br />6 Emphasis on mass transportation and non- <br />motorized modes, while lessening dependency <br />on single occupancy vehicles <br />7 Promotion of high caliber urban design <br />standards and support for capital public <br />improvements <br />Receives first priority for development of high <br />capacity transit center and regionally funded <br />support infrastructure <br />9 Receives other funding and streamlined permit <br />processing incentives <br />years <br />I rep med `l ..I wala Cvt:tzrSouthcenter aft-a- is <br />approximately 1.35 square miles <br />The area is planned to allow this density. <br />Th-� T u? aAa- b,: a C" mtcrSouthcenter is planned to <br />allow this density. <br />Specific rl L'aMn C—rrA rSouthcenter areas are <br />planned to allow residential uses, particularly <br />in the area within walking distance of the Sounder <br />commuter rail/Amtrak station and the bus transit <br />center. <br />Strong motorized and non motorized connections <br />are planned between the TLC urban center and the <br />Sounder commuter rail/Amtrak station. <br />Enhanced bus transit facilities serve <br />in pr-ofin}Wy the TUC urban center core includine <br />bus rauid transit (BRT). Additional potential forms <br />of high capacity transit (HCT) directly serving t-- <br />TUC Southcenter include bus rapid t+afisit (B a <br />local area transit routes and future phases of light <br />rail. Roadway improvements, including enhanced_ <br />streetscapes, will improve auto, transit. bicvcle and_ <br />pedestrian movement and access. An enhanced <br />street network will improve mobility. <br />Facilities developed will recognize the actual <br />and projected need and demand for motor <br />vehicle, bicvcle, pedestrian, and transit facilities. <br />Design standards and high quality public/ private <br />capital improvements are key to <br />attracting the types of development that will <br />achieve the vision for :Southcenter. <br />A Sounder commuter rail/Amtrak station and a bus <br />transit center is <br />located in thr TUC'Southcenter. Ensuring that <br />additional high- capacity transit facilities serve the <br />TT TCurban center will require active City <br />involvement in regional planning processes. <br />Via a SEPA planned action for the- TUCSouthcenter <br />Plan. <br />Figure 22 Countywide policies compared to .Southcenter, Tukwila's Vurban C—center <br />4 MILong Range ProjectslSouthcenterPlanlComp Plan 20111Edited Ch10 -TUC PC 11.11docxdocx <br />6 Denn mbor 2,098November 2011 <br />