23.66.302

The International District is the urban focal point for the Asian American community. The International Special Review District is established to promote, preserve and perpetuate the cultural, economic, historical, and otherwise beneficial qualities of the area, particularly the features derived from its Asian heritage, by: A. Reestablishing the District as a stable residential neighborhood with a mixture of housing types; B. Encouraging the use of street-level spaces for pedestrian-oriented retail specialty shops with colorful and interesting displays; C. Protecting the area and its periphery from the proliferation of parking lots and other automobile-oriented uses; D. Encouraging the rehabilitation of existing structures; E. Improving the visual and urban design relationships between existing and future buildings, parking garages, open spaces and public improvements within the International District; F. Exercising a reasonable degree of control over site development and the location of off-street parking and other automobile-oriented uses; and G. Discouraging traffic and parking resulting from athletic stadium events and commuters working outside the District. All property within the International Special Review District, as designated on the Official Land Use Map, shall be subject to the use and development standards of the underlying zoning and the applicable use and development standards of this Chapter 23.66 . In the event of irreconcilable differences between the use and development standards of this Chapter 23.66 and the provisions of the underlying zone or other chapters of the Seattle Municipal Code or other City ordinances, this Chapter 23.66 applies, except that nothing in this Chapter 23.66 shall permit any use or development on a lot from which TDR or TDP are transferred that is inconsistent with the restrictions applicable as a result of such transfer pursuant to Chapter 23.49 or Chapter 23.58A . The boundaries of the International Special Review District are shown on the Official Land Use Map, and on Map A for 23.66.302, included at the end of this Chapter 23.66 . (Ord. 123589, § 80, 2011; Ord. 112134 § 1(part), 1985.)