Planning 2012-01-26 CODE AMENDMENTS - STAFF REPORT

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hearing on any site specific rezone along with the accompanying Comprehensive Plan map change will be scheduled the same night that the Council will be adopting other Comprehensive Plan amendments. The code language needed to accomplish option 1 is attached to this memo as Attachment A. B. Single Family Design Standards: Staff had previously briefed the Community Affairs and Parks Committee in October 2010, regarding some options for regulating the bulk and size of single family dwelling units. See Attachment B for the memo to CAP and minutes of the CAP meeting. At that time the Committee gave direction to staff to amend the method of calculating building height for sloping sites and to not make any other changes to the building footprint or setback regulations. An amendment to the method of calculating building height on sloping lots is discussed under subsection C later in this report. Since October 2010 an issue related to manufactured homes and the existing design standards of minimum roof pitch requirements and front door facing the street was raised by a Tukwila citizen at a City Council meeting. Based on the King County Assessor's data there are a total of 70 manufactured homes in the Low Density Residential zone in Tukwila. Attachment C is the map showing the location of these units in Tukwila. Also, Attachment D includes photos of some of the units. In order to address the issue of replacement of existing single wide manufactured homes staff had outlined three options for the CAP committee to consider. CAP removed the option where there would have been no design standards for single family homes. The remaining two options are discussed below: Amend the Single Family Design Standards to allow the Director to modify the roof pitch and front door facing the street requirement if the proposal includes replacement of a single wide mobile home with a newer and larger manufactured home. 2. Do not make any changes and require all new single family dwelling units to meet the existing design standards. Staff recommends option 1 as this requires all new single family dwelling units to meet the design standards while still allowing owners of single wide manufactured homes to replace the existing structure with a higher quality unit even if it does not meet the 5:12 roof pitch or front door facing the street requirement. The code language needed to accomplish option 1 is attached to this memo as Attachment E. C. Other miscellaneous code amendments: There are a number of code clarifications or updates needed to clean up the code where either the references are outdated or code interpretations need to be codified. A summary of the proposed amendments is listed below. See attachment 1. Amendments to Title 5 are proposed to correct the inaccurate references to zoning designations. 2. Title 8 is proposed to be amended to address the following: 1\1) Page 4 of 7 01'23'2012 Z: ,PC Lasertiche Packet PC Packet 01 -26 -12 ,Planning Commission staff report- 1. doe PC Lasertiche Packet PC Packet ol- 26 -12 Planning Commission 6 staffreport- I.docx