HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2024-02-08 ITEM 7 - COMMUNITY CHARACTER ELEMENT / LAND USE ELEMENT REVISIONS - STAFF REPORT
TO: Tukwila Planning Commission
FROM: Nora Gierloff, AICP, DCD Director
BY: Nancy Eklund, AICP & Neil Tabor, AICP
DATE: January 30, 2024
SUBJECT: Draft Community Character and Land Use Element (Refined) - Briefing
ISSUE
This agenda item is to brief the Planning Commission at their February 8, 2024, meeting on a proposed
Community Character Goals and Policies, and further refinements to the Land Use Element for the
COMMUNITY CHARACTER ELEMENT
The consolidated renamed Community Character Element includes portions of the Community Image
and Identity Element, the Roles and Responsibilities Element, and a few policies from the Residential
Neighborhoods Element.
Its purpose is to characterize how the Tukwila envisions itself in terms of its character as a built
environment, its relationship to its past, its cultural uniqueness as a community, and the health of its
community members. In addition, the role of the City in supporting its community is also discussed
whether in the focus on providing accessible community services in languages that recognize
significant non-English speaking community; the human services provided
of life; as well as the safety and emergency preparedness services that serve the Tukwila population.
Finally, the Element addresses how its citizens are encouraged to volunteer on boards and
commissions to help direct Tukwila activities, and how the City should assume a role in supporting
Tukwila regionally.
UPDATES IN LAND USE ELEMENT
The Draft Land Use Element has been updated with additional materials and revised based on Planning
Commission (PC) Feedback and further staff review.
General Additions
Additional Introduction language and issues statement framing
Goal and policies for Comprehensive Plan designations and corresponding zoning classification
table (Zone specific classification language taken from 2015 Comprehensive Plan with some
alterations)
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Tukwila Planning Commission February 8, 2024
Draft Community Character and Land Use Element (Refined) - Briefing
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Goal and policies and special overlays
Policy 1.10.2 from 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update added
Revisions
Deletion of duplicate policy identified by PC
forthcoming changes to state law
Expansion of nuisance policies to expand beyond only noise based nuisances
Eliminate overly specific references in Outside the Nodes: Land Use in
heading
goal and consolidation of
underlying policies into single new policy
goal
Additional policy regarding upkeep of public transit facilities based on PC feedback
Additional policy on marketing Tukwila to businesses based on PC feedback
Minor grammatical changes
Attachments:
A - Draft Community Character Element Clean Version
B 2015 Community Image and Identity and Roles and Responsibilities Element
C - Draft Land Use Element - Clean
D Draft Land Use Element Redline Revisions
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