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(5) Upon reconstruction of levee to the levee standards of this chapter, the Director may reduce <br />the buffer to actual width required for the levee. If fill is placed along the back slope of a new <br />levee, the buffer may be reduced to the point where the ground plane intersects the back <br />slope of the levee. If the property owner provides a levee maintenance easement landward <br />from the landward toe of the levee or levee wall which: 1) meets the width required by the <br />agency providing maintenance; 2) prohibits the construction of any structures; and 3) allows <br />the City to access the area to inspect the levee and make any necessary repairs, then the <br />Director may place that area outside of the shoreline buffer and allow incidental uses in the <br />area, such as parking. <br />Section 20. TMC 18.44.050 is hereby reenacted to read as follows: <br />18.44.050 Development Standards <br />A. Applicability. The development standards of this chapter apply to work that <br />meets the definition of substantial development except for vegetation removal per TMC <br />Section 18.44.060, which applies to all shoreline development. The term "substantial <br />development applies to non -conforming, new or re -development. Non -conforming uses, <br />structures, parking lots and landscape areas, will be governed by the standards in TMC <br />Section 18.44.110.G, "Non -Conforming Development." <br />B. Shoreline Residential Development Standards. A shoreline substantial <br />development permit is not required for construction within the Shoreline Residential <br />Environment by an owner, lessee or contract purchaser of a single family residence for <br />his/her own use or for the use of a family member. Such construction and all normal <br />appurtenant structures must otherwise conform to this chapter. Short subdivisions and <br />subdivisions are not exempt from obtaining a Shoreline Substantial Development Permit. <br />1. Shoreline Residential Environment Standards. The following standards <br />apply to the Shoreline Residential Environment: <br />a. The development standards of the applicable underlying zoning district <br />(Title 18, Tukwila Municipal Code) shall apply. <br />b. New development and uses must be sited so as to allow natural bank <br />inclination of 3:1 slope with a 20-foot setback from the top of the bank. The Director may <br />require a Riverbank Analysis as part of any development proposal. <br />c. Utilities such as pumps, pipes, etc., shall be suitably screened with <br />native vegetation per the standards in the Vegetation Protection and Landscaping <br />Section, TMC Section 18.44.060. <br />d. New shoreline stabilization, repair of existing stabilization or <br />modifications to the river bank must comply with the standards in the Shoreline <br />Stabilization Section, TMC Section 18.44.050.F. <br />e. Short plats of five to nine lots or formal subdivisions must be designed <br />to provide public access to the river in accordance with the Public Access Section, TMC <br />Section 18.44.080. Signage is required to identify the public access point(s). <br />W: Legislative Development\SMP-Zoning Code changes 2-25-20 <br />MD:bjs Review and analysis by Barbara Saxton Page 16 of 64 <br />