Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District
Update
For the past five years, I have been working with the Pike/Pine community to amend land use regulations and design guidelines in order to:
- Promote mixed-use development;
- Keep new development compatible and in scale with the neighborhood;
- Encourage small, diverse local businesses;
- Preserve pre-1940 buildings (“character structures”) that contribute to the character of the neighborhood; and
- Retain and attract arts and cultural uses.
The City Council adopted legislation to further these goals in 2009, 2010, and 2011. (Which are listed here)
I am now sponsoring new legislation along with Council President Sally Clark which is comprised of a set of amendments to the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District that address what the community and City have learned from the recent development boom in the Pike/Pine neighborhood. The draft proposal addresses several issues:
- Demolition of character structures;
- Floor size limits above a height of 35 feet;
- Limits on the floor area ratio (FAR) for nonresidential uses;
- Regulatory barriers that make it difficult to retain character structures;
- Standards for retaining and demolishing character structures; and
- Technical corrections.
 May 2013 Staff Report
May 2013 Draft Legislation
I encourage you to review the linked documents and to send your comments here:
City of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development
Attn: Dennis Meier
PO Box 34019
Seattle WA 98124-4019
or
dennis.meier@seattle.gov
If you have questions regarding the proposed amendments direct them to Rebecca Herzfeld of City Council central staff at (206) 684-8148 or via email at rebecca.herzfeld@seattle.gov, or to Dennis Meier at (206) 684-8270 or via email at dennis.meier@seattle.gov.
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