Applicant Contact: Paul Wozniak
Applicant Phone: (206) 793-1077

Planner: Lori Swallow
Planner Phone: (206) 684-5639

Date of Application: May 13, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 23, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Ted McLean
Applicant Phone: (425) 753-6409

Planner: Bruce Rips
Planner Phone: (206) 615-1392

Date of Application: May 8, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 23, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Charles Bergstrom
Applicant Phone: (206) 545-8494

Planner: Bruce Rips
Planner Phone: (206) 615-1392

Date of Application: May 30, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 30, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Brittani Ard
Applicant Phone: (206) 282-7990

Planner: Lisa Rutzick
Planner Phone: (206) 386-9049

Date of Application: May 23, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 23, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Gary Hall
Applicant Phone: (206) 941-9641

Planner: Tamara Garrett
Planner Phone: (206) 684-0976

Date of Application: May 23, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 23, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Brian Slick
Applicant Phone: (206) 344-5700

Planner: Lisa Rutzick
Planner Phone: (206) 386-9049

Date of Application: May 15, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 29, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Brittani Ard
Applicant Phone: (206) 282-7990

Planner: Dawn Bern
Planner Phone: (206) 684-5876

Date of Application: May 27, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 27, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Greg Brant
Applicant Phone: (206) 762-7392

Planner: Paul Janos
Planner Phone: (206) 233-7195

Date of Application: May 27, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 27, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Gary Hall
Applicant Phone: (206) 941-9641

Planner: Edgardo Manlangit
Planner Phone: (206) 684-5043

Date of Application: May 16, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 29, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Kyle Marston
Applicant Phone: (206) 861-0100

Planner: Holly Godard
Planner Phone: (206) 615-1254

Date of Application: May 30, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 30, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: George Blomberg
Applicant Phone: (206) 728-3194

Planner: Colin Vasquez
Planner Phone: (206) 684-5639

Date of Application: May 7, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 23, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Trinh Nguyen
Applicant Phone: (206) 684-4646

Planner: Rob Knable
Planner Phone: (206) 733-9817

Date of Application: May 28, 2003
Date Application Deemed Complete: May 28, 2003

Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Eric Hogeboom
Applicant Phone: (206 ) 325-5853

Planner: Joan Carson
Planner Phone: (206) 684-8269

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Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application:

Applicant Contact: Paul Wozniak
Applicant Phone: (206) 793-1077

Applicant Contact: Matt Davis
Applicant Phone: (206) 723-2330

• Deny – Variance to allow legally established parking to be removed.

Applicant Contact: Paul Wozniak
Applicant Phone: (206) 793-1077

Applicant Contact: Debbie Goodman
Applicant Phone: (206) 322-6736

The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for an early design guidance meeting regarding the following location:

Address: 1205 North 45th Street

Application No: 2302356

Applicant: Nancy Henderson

Applicant Phone: (206) 902-5494

Zoning: NC2 40’

DPD Planner: Lisa Rutzick

The site is located on the south side of N 45th St between Stone Wy N and Midvale Av N. the site is zoned Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40’ height limit (NC2 40’). The proposal is for a four-story mixed-use building with accessory parking.

The applicants have applied for Design Review related to development of this site for a mixed-use development. At the early design guidance meeting, the applicants will present information about the site and vicinity. The public may offer comments regarding the design and siting of a mixed-use development on the subject site; and, the Design Review Board members will also offer comments and identify those Citywide Design Guidelines of highest priority in developing the site.

Date: Monday, June 16, 2003

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Location: Eckstein Middle School

3003 NE 75^th St

½ Cafeteria

The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for an early design guidance meeting regarding the following location:

Address: 1220 Republican Street

Application No: 2302321

Applicant: Jin Lee

Applicant Phone: (206) 344-5700 x 220

Zoning: SCM/R 55’/75’

DPD Planner: Michael Jenkins

The site is located on the northwest corner of Republican St and Pontius Av N. The site is zoned Seattle Cascade Mixed/’Residential and has a 75’ height limit (SCM/R 55’/75’). The proposal is for a five-story mixed-use building with accessory parking.

The applicants have applied for Design Review related to development of this site for a mixed-use development. At the early design guidance meeting, the applicants will present information about the site and vicinity. The public may offer comments regarding the design and siting of a mixed-use development on the subject site; and, the Design Review Board members will also offer comments and identify those Citywide Design Guidelines of highest priority in developing the site.

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Location: Seattle Central Community College

1701 Broadway

Room 4106

The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for an early design guidance meeting regarding the following location:

Address: 321 15th Avenue East

Application No: 2302021

Applicant: Ken Jensen

Applicant Phone: (206) 344-5700 x223

Zoning: NC2 40’, L3

DPD Planner: Holly Godard

The site is located on the northwest corner of E Thomas St and 15th Av E. The site is split zoned Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40’ height limit (NC2 40’) on the east side and Lowrise 3 (L3) on the west side. The proponents are proposing a rezone of the L3 portion of the site to L3 Residential Commercial, allowing for commercial uses and the current access arrangement. The proposal is for a four-story mixed-use building with accessory parking below and at-grade.

The applicants have applied for Design Review related to development of this site for a mixed-use development. At the early design guidance meeting, the applicants will present information about the site and vicinity. The public may offer comments regarding the design and siting of a mixed-use development on the subject site; and, the Design Review Board members will also offer comments and identify those Citywide Design Guidelines of highest priority in developing the site.

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Seattle Central Community College

1701 Broadway

Room 4106

The Director of DPD is convening the Design Review Board for its recommendations regarding a mixed-use development at the following location:

Address: 2316 Northeast 65th Street

Application No: 2208884

Applicant: Bill Walker

Applicant Phone: (425) 765-0665

Zoning: NC2 40’, L2

DPD Planner: Bruce Rips

The site is located on the northwest corner of NE 65th St and 24th Av NE. The southern portion of the site is zoned Neighborhood Commercial 2 with a 40’ height limit (NC2 40’) and the northern portion of the site is zoned Lowrise 2 (L2). The proposal is for a four-story mixed-use building with 2,740 sq. ft. of ground level commercial space and 21 apartments. Parking for 27 vehicles will be provided.

The applicant has applied for Design Review related to development of this site for a mixed-use development. At the Design Review Board meeting the applicant will present information about the proposed design and how it responds to the Design Guideline priorities established at the Early Design Guidance Board meeting on March 3, 2003, regarding this site; the public may offer comments regarding the proposed design; and, the Design Review Board members will offer to the Director of the Department of Design, Construction and Land Use their recommendations regarding the design.

Date: Monday, June 16, 2003

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Eckstein Middle School

3003 NE 75^th St

½ Cafeteria

Interpretation Number: 02-007

Address and Zone: 11395 Fifth Avenue NE - Zone: SF7200, L3

The interpretation is as follows:
The subject property is split-zoned: Single Family 7200 (SF 7200) and Lowrise Three (L3). The current use established by permit for the property is a child care center. The use of the property by Northlight Communications is the subject of a current Notice of Violation by this Department. This interpretation was requested by an attorney representing Northlight Communications, operators of a business located at the property addressed 11395 Fifth Avenue NE. The issue subject to interpretation is the following:

As regulated under Seattle’s Land Use Code, "Is Northlight Communications an accessory use to the Children’s World Learning Center located at 11395 Fifth Avenue NE?"

This Department has determined that, based on the available information, Northlight Communications is a company that produces, publishes, and distributes videos, books, and music CD’s, related to teaching parents and their children pre-verbal communication techniques. For purposes of the Land Use Code, this use most closely resembles an administrative office use. This is a separate business, and a separate use, from the child care center which is the use established by permit on the property. The production, publication and distribution of educational materials is a second principal use located on the subject site, and is not customarily incidental or accessory to a childcare use. Northlight Communications is a separate principal use, most likely an administrative office use, and is not permitted in the Single Family or Multifamily residential zones. For all of these reasons, use of the premises by Northlight Communications must be discontinued.

Appeal of the Interpretation may be submitted through 5:00 p.m. June 20, 2003 and must be accompanied by a $50.00 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle. The appeal must state specifically why the appellant believes the Interpretation is incorrect. The appeal must be sent to:

Interpretation Number: 02-002

Address and Zone: 9542 – 45^th Avenue Northeast - Zone: SF-7200

The interpretation is as follows: The subject property is described as Lots 7, 8, and 9, Block 4, Replat of Blocks 3 and 4, Lake Shore View Addition. The property is located within the Thornton Creek riparian corridor, which is a Class A riparian corridor. Under the Regulations for Environmentally Critical Areas, Class A riparian corridors have a required 50-foot buffer from the top of the bank of the watercourse within which development is generally not permitted. The regulations allow a reduction of the required buffer if development of adjacent lots is less than 50 feet from the watercourse. The buffer may be reduced to not less than 25 feet or the distance to the watercourse from the adjacent structure furthest from the watercourse, whichever is greater. At issue is whether Lots 7, 8, and 9 qualify for the buffer reduction. A further issue is whether Lots 7, 8, and 9 qualify as separate legal building sites under the exceptions to the minimum lot area requirement in the Land Use Code.

The DPD decision is that Lots 7, 8, and 9 each meet the minimum lot area exception for undeveloped lots platted prior to July 24, 1957, but the lots are subject to the limitation on the minimum lot area exceptions found at Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) Section 23.44.010 B 5. Subsection B 5 requires that each lot have a building footprint area and access outside of the 50-foot riparian corridor buffer line and any areas of steep slope of 40% slope or greater that may also be on the lots. Since the Land Use Code standard in subsection B 5 requires development on Lots 7, 8, and 9 to be located outside the 50-foot buffer line in order for the lots to qualify as separate building sites, there is no basis for granting a reduction of the buffer to less than 50 feet under the Regulations for Environmentally Critical Areas. However, even if subsection B 5 did not apply to Lots 7, 8, and 9, there is no basis for a reduction of the 50-foot buffer, as the adjacent structure furthest from the Thornton Creek watercourse is more than 50 feet from the watercourse. Since the adjacent structure furthest from the watercourse dictates the setback for new development on Lots 7, 8, and 9, it is immaterial whether other structures closer to the watercourse may also be adjacent to Lots 7, 8 , and 9.

This interpretation is associated with a Type 1 master use permit application (Single-Family building permit) and thus is not appealable to the City’s Office of Hearing Examiner. The DPD decision is the City’s final administrative decision, appealable directly to State Superior Court by filing a land use petition. (23.88.020 F 2.) To be timely, the petition must be filed and served within twenty-one days of the issuance of this interpretation, per RCW 36.70C.040.

Project Number: 2001349 Project Name: Terry Avenue Tech 4 & 5

Address: 410 Terry Ave N

Zone: IC 65’

The Director of the Department of Design, Construction and Land Use (DPD) has issued a decision to approve with conditions the following project:

Master Use Permit to establish use for future construction of a full block development of 270,060 sq. ft. of office and retail in two buildings linked by a four level underground garage totaling 281,597 square feet. The development site is bounded by Terry Avenue N to the west, Boren Avenue N to the east, Harrison Street to the south and Republican Street to the north. The project includes the construction of two new 5 story buildings with both office and ground floor retail uses. A total of 725 parking spaces are proposed for the underground garage area. One existing building on the site will be demolished as a result of this project. The Van Vorst Building, which will be retained at the site, was designated as a City of Seattle Landmark on December 19, 2001. A portion of this building will be demolished, with the façade on Boren retained and incorporated into the new development. A related alley vacation, under Council File 304098, was also approved on September 16, 2002.

The Director of DPD has determined that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) adequately describes and assesses the adverse impacts of the proposed project and that the project has been conditioned to mitigate impacts.

Copies of the Director's Findings and Decision and the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements are available at the DPD Public Resource Center, Key Tower, 700 – 5^th Avenue - Suite 2000, Seattle 98104. Questions about the Director's Findings and Decision may be directed to the DPD Public Resource Center, (206) 684-8467.

Appeals of the Director’s Decision must be received by the Hearing Examiner at the address shown below, no later than 5:00 p.m., June 19, 2003. Appeals must be accompanied by $50.00 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle.

Hearing Examiner
Alaska Building, Room 1320
618 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98l04-2222

Amendments to Sections 15.32.300, 23.57.005, 23.57.009 and 23.57.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code have been proposed.

The amendments would: Prohibit minor communication utilities in Single Family and Residential Small Lot zones, except when located completely within a non single family structure or when there is no alternative for providing service.

The Director of the Department of Design, Construction and Land Use (DPD) has determined that the amendment described above will not have a significant adverse environmental impact, and has issued a Declaration of Non-Significance (no Environmental Impact Statement required).

Copies of the Director's draft report and preliminary recommendation may be obtained at the Public Resource Center, 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 Key Tower. Questions about the proposed amendment or the Director's recommendation may be directed to Roque Deherrera, (206) 615-0743 at DPD.

Written comments on the Director's draft report and recommendation on the proposed code amendment may be submitted through June 19, 2003. Comments may be sent to:

Department of Design, Construction and Land Use
Attention: Michael Jenkins
700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, Washington 98104-5070

Appeals of the decision to issue a Declaration of Non-Significance must be submitted to the Office of the Hearing Examiner by 5:00 p.m. June 19, 2003. Appeals should be addressed to the Hearing Examiner and must be accompanied by a $50.00 filing fee in a check payable to the City of Seattle. The appeal must be sent to