23.48.723
Transfer of development rights (TDR) and transfer of development potential (TDP) in the SM-UP 160 zone
Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.48.723
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A. General standards 1. The transfer of development rights (TDR) may be used to gain extra nonresidential floor area on a receiving site, and the transfer of development potential (TDP) may be used to gain extra residential floor area in a project on a receiving site. 2. The following types of TDR and TDP may be transferred within the Uptown Regional Center, subject to the limits and conditions of this Chapter 23.48 and the standards for the use of TDR and TDP in Section 23.58A.042 : a. Landmark TDR and TDP; b. Open space TDR and TDP; and c. Vulnerable masonry structure TDR and TDP. B. Sending sites. Only sites within the Uptown Regional Center in the MR, LR3, or SM-UP zones are eligible sending sites. These sites must meet the definition of an open space, vulnerable masonry structure, or Landmark TDR or TDP sending site in Chapter 23.84A , and must comply with all applicable standards in this Chapter 23.48 and Section 23.58A.042 . C. Receiving sites. Only sites in the SM-UP 160 zone are eligible receiving sites. D. Except as provided in subsection 23.47A.009.E.2.b, the maximum amount of floor area transferred by TDR and TDP from an eligible sending site may not exceed the maximum FAR of the zone in which the sending site is located, minus the sum of any chargeable floor area on the lot and any TDR and TDP previously transferred from the sending site. (Ord. 127375 , § 69, 2025; Ord. 125432 , § 14, 2017.)