23.48.255

A. Landscaping requirements 1. Landscaping required by this Section 23.48.255 to achieve the Green Factor score of .30 may be met on one or more other lots within the SM-SLU 85/65-160 zone, on the blocks bounded by Valley Street, Mercer Street, Westlake Avenue North, and Fairview Avenue North, or their adjacent rights-of-way when a Green Factor score of .50 or greater is achieved and when, prior to issuance of a Master Use Permit for any development that relies on one or more other lots within the SM-SLU 85/65-160 zone, on the blocks bounded by Valley Street, Mercer Street, Westlake Avenue North, and Fairview Avenue North, or their adjacent rights-of-way to meet the landscaping requirement of this Section 23.48.255 , the fee owner of the lot(s) used to meet landscaping requirements shall execute a restrictive covenant that is recorded in the King County real property records that: a. restricts the use of that portion of the off-site property that is to meet the landscaping requirement of this Section 23.48.255 ; b. includes the legal descriptions of the lot burdened by the covenant; c. acknowledges the specific extent to which the Green Factor standards are met through a combination of the lots; and d. provides that the covenant shall be in effect until the Master Use Permit terminates or the development allowed by the Master Use Permit no longer requires the off-site landscaping. B. Parking in structures. Except as provided for by subsection 23.48.085.B, parking located at or above street level in a garage shall be screened on Class 1 and 2 Pedestrian Streets, shown on Map A for 23.48.240, parking is not permitted at street level unless separated from the street by other uses, provided that garage doors need not be separated. (Ord. 127375 , § 58, 2025; Ord. 124883 , § 13, 2015.)