23.60A.504

Uses allowed over water in the UM Environment

Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.60A.504

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A. In addition to uses allowed over water in Section 23.60A.090 and subsection 23.60A.504.C, the following uses are allowed over water on waterfront lots if the standards of subsection 23.60A.504.B are met and are otherwise prohibited: 1. Commercial uses; 2. Light and general manufacturing; 3. Colleges, vocational schools and institutes for advanced study; 4. Passenger terminals; 5. Office uses accessory to a water-dependent or water-related use located on the same lot; and 6. Storage uses accessory to a water-dependent use located on the same lot. B. Standards required for uses listed in subsection 23.60A.504.A are as follows: 1. The depth of dry land of all the waterfront lot area is less than 50 feet measured from the OHW mark to the landward waterfront lot line; 2. The location of the uses on dry land is not reasonable; 3. The use is on or in an existing structure; 4. There is no increase in overwater coverage; and 5. The uses allowed under subsection 23.60A.504.A.1 through 4 shall be: a. Water-dependent; b. Water-related and accessory to a water-dependent use on or in the structure; or c. Water-related that meet the definition of "Water-related use" #1 in Section 23.60A.944 . C. In addition to the uses allowed over water in Section 23.60A.090 and subsection 23.60A.504.A, the following uses are allowed over water if they are not water-dependent or water-related and if the requirements of subsection 23.60A.504.D are met and are otherwise prohibited: 1. Custom and craft work; 2. Storage uses, except as allowed in subsection 23.60A.504.A; 3. Food processing; and 4. Light, general and heavy manufacturing, except the extraction and mining of raw materials, which is prohibited. D. Standards required for uses listed in subsection 23.60A.504.C are as follows: 1. The depth of dry land of all the waterfront lot area is less than 50 feet measured from the OHW mark to the landward waterfront lot line; 2. The location of the use on dry land is not reasonable; 3. The use is on or in an existing structure; 4. There is no increase in overwater coverage; 5. The total of all uses that are not water-dependent does not exceed 10 percent of the lot including submerged land; and 6. Ecological restoration in an amount equivalent in square footage to the gross floor area of any use that is not water-dependent or water-related is required pursuant to Section 23.60A.159 . (Ord. 124750 , § 53, 2015; Ord. 124105 , § 3, 2013.)

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