23.47A.005

A. The requirements of this Section 23.47A.005 apply in addition to the other applicable requirements of this Title 23 . B. Mini-warehouses, warehouses, or utility uses may not abut a street-level, street-facing facade in a structure that contains more than one residential dwelling unit. C. Residential uses at street level 1. In all NC and C zones, residential uses may occupy, in the aggregate, no more than 20 percent of the street-level, street-facing facade in the following circumstances or locations: a. In a pedestrian-designated zone, facing a designated principal pedestrian street; or b. In all NC and C1 zones within the Bitter Lake Urban Center, except lots abutting Linden Avenue North, north of North 135th Street; or c. Within a zone that has a height limit of 85 feet or higher, except as provided in subsection 23.47A.005.C.2; or d. Within an NC1 zone, except as provided in subsection 23.47A.005.C.2; or e. In all NC and C1 zones within the Northgate Overlay District, except as provided in Section 23.71.044 ; or f. In all NC and C1 zones within the areas shown on Maps A through D for 23.47A.005 when facing an arterial street. 2. Subsection 23.47A.005.C.1 notwithstanding, there is no restriction on the location of residential uses in the following circumstances: a. The development is low-income housing; or b. The residential use is an assisted living facility or nursing home and private living units are not located at street level; or c. Within the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District, for street-facing facades that do not face a designated principal pedestrian street, as shown on Map A for 23.73.008; or d. In a structure existing on January 1, 2012, that is within an NC1 zone but not located in an area defined in Maps A through D for 23.47A.005 , a live-work space may be converted to an accessory dwelling unit if the residential use is established, if the area proposed to be converted meets the minimum housing standards of Chapter 22.206 . 3. Additions to, or on-site accessory structures for, existing single-family structures are permitted outright. 4. Where residential uses at street level are limited to 20 percent of the street-level, street-facing facade, such limits do not apply to residential structures separated from the street lot line by an existing structure meeting the standards of this Section 23.47A.005 and Section 23.47A.008 , or by an existing structure legally nonconforming to those standards. D. In pedestrian-designated zones the locations of uses are regulated as follows: 1. Along designated principal pedestrian streets, one or more of the following uses are required along 80 percent of the street-level, street-facing facade in accordance with the standards provided in subsection 23.47A.008.C. a. Arts facilities; b. Community gardens; c. Eating and drinking establishments; d. Entertainment uses, except for adult cabarets, adult motion picture theaters, and adult panorams; e. Food processing and craft work; f. Institutions, except hospitals or major institutions; g. Lodging uses; h. Medical services; i. Offices, provided that no more than 30 feet of the street-level, street-facing facade of a structure may contain an office use; j. Parks and open spaces; k. Rail transit facilities; l. Retail sales and services, automotive, in the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District if located within an existing structure or within a structure that retains a character structure as provided in Section 23.73.015 ; m. Sales and services, general, provided that no more than 40 feet of the street-level, street-facing facade of a structure on a principal pedestrian street may contain a customer services office; n. Sales and services, heavy, except for heavy commercial sales, and provided that no more than 30 feet of the street-level, street-facing facade of a structure may contain a non-household sales and service use; and o. Low-income housing. The establishment of any such use is subject to the applicable use provisions of this Title 23 . 2. The following streets are principal pedestrian streets when located within a pedestrian-designated zone: 10th Avenue; 11th Avenue; 12th Avenue; 13th Avenue, between East Madison Street and East Pine Street; 14th Avenue South, except within the North Beacon Hill Urban Center; 15th Avenue East; 15th Avenue Northeast, north of Lake City Way Northeast; 15th Avenue Northwest; 15th Avenue South; 17th Avenue Northwest; 20th Avenue Northwest; 22nd Avenue Northwest; 23rd Avenue; 24th Avenue Northwest; 25th Avenue Northeast; 32nd Avenue West; 35th Avenue Northeast, except within the Lake City Urban Center; 35th Avenue Southwest, except within the West Seattle Junction Urban Center; 39th Avenue Northeast; Aurora Avenue North, except within the Bitter Lake Urban Center; Ballard Avenue Northwest; Beacon Avenue South; Boren Avenue; Boylston Avenue, except within the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District; Broadway; Broadway East; California Avenue Southwest; Delridge Way Southwest; Dexter Avenue North; East Green Lake Drive North; East Green Lake Way North; East Madison Street; East Olive Way; East Pike Street; East Pine Street; East Union Street, except within the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District only lots abutting East Union Street between Broadway and East Madison Street; Eastlake Avenue East; First Avenue North, except within the Upper Queen Anne Urban Center; Fremont Avenue North; Fremont Place North; Galer Street; Green Lake Drive North; Greenwood Avenue North; Lake City Way Northeast; Leary Avenue Northwest; Linden Avenue North; Madison Street; Martin Luther King Jr. Way South; Mary Avenue Northwest, between Holman Road Northwest and Northwest 87th Street; Mercer Street; North 34th Street; North 35th Street; North 45th Street; North 85th Street; Northeast 43rd Street; Northeast 45th Street, except between Linden Ave North and Evanston Ave North; Northeast 55th Street, east of 15th Avenue Northeast; Northeast 65th Street; Northeast 125th Street; Northwest 65th Street; Northwest 85th Street; Northwest 90th Street, between Mary Avenue Northwest and 14th Avenue Northwest; Northwest Market Street; Phinney Avenue North, between North 58th Street and North 63rd Street; Pike Street; Pine Street; Queen Anne Avenue North; Rainier Avenue South; Roosevelt Way Northeast; Roy Street; Sand Point Way Northeast; South Alaska Street; South Cloverdale Street; South Henderson Street; South Jackson Street; South Lander Street; South McClellan Street; South Othello Street; Southwest Alaska Street; Stone Way North; Summit Avenue, except within the Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District; Terry Avenue; University Way Northeast; Wallingford Avenue North; West Dravus Street; West Galer Street; West Green Lake Drive North; West McGraw Street, except within the Upper Queen Anne Urban Center; and Woodlawn Avenue Northeast. Map A for 23.47A.005: 15th Ave West Map B for 23.47A.005: Uptown Regional Center West Map C for 23.47A.005: Uptown Regional Center East Map D for 23.47A.005: Georgetown (Ord. 127375 , §§ 42, 43, 2025; Ord. 126855 , § 17, 2023; Ord. 126287 , § 5, 2021; Ord. 125791 , § 49, 2019; Ord. 125272 , § 25, 2017; Ord. 125125 , § 2, 2016; Ord. 125103 , § 2, 2016; Ord. 125081 , § 2, 2016; Ord. 124770 , § 4, 2015; Ord. 124503, § 2, 2014; Ord. 124378 , § 39, 2013; Ord. 123939, § 11, 2012; Ord. 123816, § 3, 2012; Ord. 123589, § 8, 2011; Ord. 123046, § 1, 2009; Ord. 123020, § 9, 2009; Ord. 122935, § 3, 2009; Ord. 122311 , § 44, 2006.)