Required parking in South Lake Union Regional Center
Seattle Mun. Code § 23.48.280
in effectA. Off-street parking spaces and bicycle parking are required according to Section 23.54.015 unless modified by this Section 23.48.280 . B. Maximum parking limits 1. Except as provided in subsections 23.48.280.B.2 and 23.48.280.B.3, the amount of parking reserved for or accessory to non-residential uses is limited to one parking space per every 1,000 square feet of gross floor area in non-residential use minus gross floor area in parking uses. 2. If, on or before September 1, 2012, a lot is providing legal off-site parking for another lot, by means such as a recorded parking easement or off-site accessory parking covenant on the subject lot, then the number of such off-site parking spaces is allowed on the off-site lot in addition to one space per 1,000 square feet for non-residential uses minus gross floor area in parking uses on the subject lot. 3. A lot in the SM-SLU 85/65-160 zone may exceed the maximum parking limits in this subsection 23.48.280.B without approval of a special exception pursuant to subsection 23.48.280.B.2 when, prior to issuance of a Master Use Permit for the lot that exceeds the maximum parking limit, the fee owners of both the property subject to the Master Use Permit for the lot that exceeds the maximum parking limit and the fee owners of the property subject to the Master Use Permit execute a restrictive covenant that is recorded in the King County real property records that limits the amount of parking that can be provided on other lot(s), such that the total quantity of parking provided as part of the Master Use Permit together with the parking to be provided on the other lot(s) subject to the restrictive covenant does not exceed the maximum parking limits in subsection 23.48.280.B. C. Parking at street level within structures. Parking is permitted in a story that is partially above street level and partially below street level in a structure permitted in a setback area under the provisions of subsection 23.48.240.C.2.b. (Ord. 127375 , § 59, 2025; Ord. 125558 , § 21, 2018; Ord. 124883 , § 13, 2015.)
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