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Neighborhood-Specific Design Guidelines
The Neighborhood-Specific Design Guidelines serve as supplements to the Design Review Guidelines for Multifamily and Commercial Buildings and apply only to projects that are proposed in the neighborhoods that have written and adopted them.

Printed copies of these documents may be purchased from DPD's Public Resource Center, located on the 20th floor of Seattle Municipal Tower at 700 Fifth Ave., (206) 684-8467.

Northwest

  • Ballard - "Ballard Municipal Center Masterplan Area Design Guidelines," effective Jan. 15, 2001.
  • Greenwood/Phinney - "Greenwood/Phinney Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective April 7, 2006.
  • Northgate - "Northgate Urban Center and Overlay District Design Guidelines," 2nd edition, effective August 1, 2010.

Northeast

  • Green Lake - "Green Lake Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective Aug. 26, 2001.
  • Lake City - "North District/Lake City Neighborhoods Design Guidelines," effective March 10, 2007.
  • Northgate - "Northgate Urban Center and Overlay District Design Guidelines," 2nd edition, effective Augus1, 2010.
  • Roosevelt - "Roosevelt Urban Village Design Guidelines," effective Oct. 15, 2000.
  • University - "University Community Design Guidelines," effective Oct. 15, 2000.
  • Wallingford - "Wallingford Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective May 6, 2005.

West

  • South Lake Union - "South Lake Union Design Guidelines," updated May 25, 2005.
  • Upper Queen Anne - "Upper Queen Anne Design Guidelines," July 2009.
  • Uptown - "Uptown Design Guidelines," July 2009.

Southeast

  • North Beacon Hill- "North Beacon Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective Aug. 19, 2006.
  • Othello - "Othello Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective April 7, 2006.

Southwest

  • Admiral - "Admiral Residential Urban Village Design Guidelines," effective May 29, 2002.
  • Morgan Junction - "Morgan Junction Neighborhood Design Guidelines," Effective Sept. 2, 2007.
  • West Seattle - "West Seattle Junction Urban Village Design Guidelines," effective Aug. 26, 2001.

Downtown

  • Belltown - "Belltown Urban Center Village Design Guidelines," effective Aug. 26, 2004.

East

  • Capitol Hill - "Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines," effective Sept. 21, 2005.
  • Pike/Pine - "Pike/Pine Urban Center Village Design Guidelines," effective Aug. 9, 2010.
  • South Lake Union - "South Lake Union Design Guidelines," updated May 25, 2005.

 

Last Updated:

January 13, 2012