23.49.009

One or more of the uses listed in subsection 23.49.009.A are required at street level on all lots abutting streets designated on Map 1G. Required street-level uses shall meet the standards of this Section 23.49.009 . A. Types of uses. The following uses qualify as required street-level uses: 1. General sales and services; 2. Human service uses and child care centers; 3. Retail sales, major durables; 4. Entertainment uses; 5. Museums, and administrative offices within a museum expansion space meeting the requirement of subsection 23.49.011.B.1.h; 6. Libraries; 7. Elementary and secondary schools, and colleges, except on lots zoned DRC; 8. Public atriums; 9. Eating and drinking establishments; 10. Arts facilities; and 11. Religious facilities; 12. Bicycle parking, provided that the use does not exceed 30 percent of the frontage 23.49.009.B or 50 feet, whichever is less; and 13. Other uses permitted by interim street activation provisions in Section 23.42.041 . B. General standards 1. The amount of street frontage required to be occupied by street-level uses is as follows: a. Except as provided in subsection 23.49.009.B.1.b, a minimum of 75 percent of each street frontage at street level where street-level uses are required must be occupied by uses listed in subsection 23.49.009.A. The remaining 25 percent of the street frontage at street level may contain other permitted uses and/or pedestrian or vehicular entrances. b. The frontage required to be occupied by street-level uses is reduced to 50 percent, while the remaining 50 percent may contain other permitted uses and/or pedestrian or vehicular entrances, for each street frontage that is 120 feet in length or less if either: 1) The lot does not abut an alley, or 2) The lot abuts more than one street requiring street-level uses. c. The frontage of the following is not counted in street frontage: 1) Any exterior public open space that qualifies for a floor area bonus, whether it receives a bonus or not; 2) Any eligible lot area of an open space TDR site; 3) Any outdoor common recreation area required for residential uses; or 4) Any open space required for office uses, 2. In the DRC zone, a combined total of no more than 80 percent of the total street frontage of the lot may be occupied by uses provided for interim street activation purposes, human service uses, child care centers, customer service offices, entertainment uses or museums. 3. Required street-level uses shall be located within 10 feet of the street lot line, except as follows: a. If a public open space that meets the eligibility conditions of the Downtown Amenity Standards abuts the street, the required street-level uses shall abut the open space; b. If sidewalk widening is required by Section 23.49.022 , the 10 feet shall be measured from the line established by the new sidewalk width; or c. In the DMC 160 zone, if a continuous setback greater than 10 feet is provided from the Alaskan Way street lot line, as allowed in subsection 23.49.056.B.1.d, the required street-level uses shall abut the setback. The setback may be provided at grade or above a partially above-grade story. 4. Except for child care centers, pedestrian access to required street-level uses shall be provided as follows: a. Pedestrian entrances shall be provided directly from the street and shall be located no more than 3 feet above or below sidewalk grade; or b. Pedestrian entrances shall be provided from a bonused public open space, or other publicly accessible open space, and shall be at the same elevation as the abutting public open space; or c. In the DMC 160 zone, if a partially above-grade story is provided that meets the conditions of subsection 23.49.011.B.1.u, pedestrian entrances to the required street-level uses shall be provided at the same elevation as the roof of the partially above-grade story. (Ord. 127198 , § 8, 2025; Ord. 124680 , § 3, 2015; Ord. 122311 , § 52, 2006; Ord. 122235, § 4, 2006; Ord. 122054 § 10, 2006.)