23.60A.209

A. Rail transit facilities shall comply with the standards in the applicable shoreline environment, in this Section 23.60A.209 , and if located on a bridge or in a tunnel, in Section 23.60A.196 . In issuing permits for rail transit facilities approved by the City Council under subsection 23.80.004.C.2, the Director shall apply the standards and procedures of this Chapter 23.60A and Chapter 23.80 , when applicable. B. Where reasonable, new rail transit facilities in the Shoreline District shall use existing highway or rail corridors. C. Rail transit facilities located parallel to the shoreline are required to provide means for the public to overcome the physical barrier created by the facility and gain access to the shoreline. D. Bridges for rail transit facilities that are required to cross over water that is regulated by Chapter 23.60A and that are approved by the City Council under subsection 23.80.004.C shall be regulated in the same manner as water-dependent uses, except to the extent that a nonwater-oriented use is allowed if it is part of a water-dependent project, e.g., subsection 23.60A.442.F. E. Temporary structures and uses 1. A temporary structure or use that supports the construction of a light rail transit facility and that is approved pursuant to subsection 23.42.040.F is allowed as a temporary structure or use in all shoreline environments, except the CP Environment; it is allowed in the CP Environment if the Director determines the applicant has demonstrated that all other locations are infeasible. 2. The Director may grant, deny or condition applications for intermittent or temporary uses not meeting development standards in the Shoreline District for light rail transit facility construction if the use complies with the standards of subsection 23.42.040.F. In addition to complying with the site restoration requirements of subsection 23.42.040.F.4 the site restoration plan shall achieve no net loss of ecological function and includes, at a minimum: a. Native vegetation in the landscape plan. b. Mitigation of impacts to fish and wildlife as a result of stormwater runoff from the site. c. No increase in impervious surface from the site condition prior to the intermittent or temporary use. F. Conditions 1. The Director may approve a light rail transit facility pursuant to Chapter 23.76 , Master Use Permits and Council Land Use Decisions only if the alignment, transit station locations, and maintenance base location of the light rail transit system have been approved by the City Council by ordinance or resolution. 2. When approving light rail transit facilities approved by the City Council under subsection 23.80.004.C.2, the Director may impose reasonable conditions in order to lessen identified impacts on surrounding properties. 3. When approving light rail transit facilities, the Director may impose conditions to ensure consistency with design guidelines developed for the light rail system by the City and the applicant. 4. The Director may waive or modify development standards applicable to a light rail transit facility if the applicant demonstrates that waiver or modification of a development standard: a. Is reasonably necessary to allow the siting or proper functioning of a light rail transit facility; or b. Will lessen the environmental impacts of a light rail transit facility on site or on surrounding properties; or c. Will accommodate future development that will comply with development standards better than if the development standard waiver or modification were not granted. 5. The Director may impose reasonable conditions on any waiver or modification of development standards to ensure consistency with design guidelines developed for the light rail system by the City and the applicant, and to lessen, to the extent feasible, environmental impacts of a light rail transit facility on site or on surrounding properties. (Ord. 124105 , § 3, 2013.)