23.41.010
Design review guidelines
Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.41.010
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A. The "Seattle Design Guidelines, 2013" and the "Guidelines for Downtown Development, 1999" are approved. The "Seattle Design Guidelines, 2013", the neighborhood design guidelines identified in subsection 23.41.010.B, and Master Planned Community design guidelines identified in subsection 23.41.010.C provide the basis for Design Review Board recommendations and City design review decisions, except in Downtown zones, where the "Guidelines for Downtown Development, 1999" apply. Neighborhood design guidelines and Master Planned Community design guidelines are intended to augment and make more specific the "Seattle Design Guidelines, 2013" and the "Guidelines for Downtown Development, 1999." To the extent there are conflicts between neighborhood design guidelines or Master Planned Community design guidelines and the "Seattle Design Guidelines, 2013" or "Guidelines for Downtown Development, 1999," the neighborhood design guidelines or Master Planned Community design guidelines supersede. B. The following neighborhood design guidelines are approved. These neighborhood design guidelines apply in the areas shown on the map included in the guidelines. 1. "Admiral Design Guidelines, 2013"; 2. "Ballard Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2019"; 3. "Belltown Urban Center Village Design Guidelines, 2004"; 4. "Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2019"; 5. "Central Area Design Guidelines, 2018"; 6. "Crown Hill Neighborhood Design Guidelines, 2022"; 7. "Green Lake Design Guidelines, 2013"; 8. "Greenwood/Phinney Design Guidelines, 2013"; 9. "Morgan Junction Design Guidelines, 2013"; 10. "Mount Baker Town Center Design Guidelines, 2017"; 11. "North Beacon Hill Design Guidelines, 2013"; 12. "North District/Lake City Design Guidelines, 2013"; 13. "Northgate Design Guidelines, 2013"; 14. "Othello Design Guidelines, 2013"; 15. "Pike/Pine Design Guidelines, 2017"; 16. "Roosevelt Design Guidelines, 2013"; 17. "South Lake Union Design Guidelines, 2018"; 18. "University District Design Guidelines, 2019"; 19. "Upper Queen Anne Design Guidelines, 2013"; 20. "Uptown Design Guidelines, 2019"; 21. "Wallingford Design Guidelines, 2013"; and 22. "West Seattle Junction Design Guidelines, 2013." C. The following Master Planned Community design guidelines are approved: 1. Yesler Terrace Master Planned Community Design Guidelines, 2012, Exhibit B to Ordinance 123963 . ( Ordinances that updated adopted guidelines in B, with no other substantive changes Ord. No. 125844 , § 1, 2019; Ord. 125843 , § 1, 2019; Ord. 125776 , § 1, 2019; Ord. 125775 , § 1, 2019; Ord. 125680 , § 1, 2018; Ord. 124869 , § 1, 2015; Ord. 124242, § 3, 2013; Ord. 123392, § 1, 2010; Ord. 123335, § 1, 2010; Ord. 121781, § 1, 2005. All other ordinances 2020s Ord. 126683 , § 1, 2022. 2010s Ord. 125562 , § 4, 2018; Ord. 125429 , § 8, 2017; Ord. 125362 , § 1, 2017; Ord. 124843 , § 11, 2015 [style update]; Ord. 124389, § 4, 2013; Ord. 123963, § 16, 2012. 2000s Ord. 122994, § 1, 2009; Ord. 122443 , § 1, 2007; Ord. 122334 , § 1, 2007; Ord. 122311 , § 108, 2006; Ord. 122152, § 1, 2006; Ord. 122033, § 1, 2006; Ord. 121891, § 1, 2005; Ord. 121759, § 1, 2005; Ord. 121534, § 1, 2004; Ord. 121476, § 4, 2004 [readopted Ord. 121303's amendments]; Ord. 121305, § 1, 2003; Ord. 121303, § 1, 2003; Ord. 120785, § 1, 2002; Ord. 120447 , § 1, 2001; Ord. 120209, § 1, 2000; Ord. 120081, § 1, 2000. 1990s Ord. 119399, § 2, 1999; Ord. 118012, § 16, 1996; Ord. 116909 , § 1, 1993.)