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Seattle Mun. Code § 23.74.008
in effectNotwithstanding the use provisions of the underlying zone, the following use provisions apply: A. The following uses are permitted in buildings existing on June 1, 2023: 1. Artist's studio/dwellings; 2. Major institutions. B. The following uses are prohibited: 1. Heavy manufacturing uses; 2. High-impact uses; 3. Solid waste management; 4. Recycling uses; 5. Animal shelters and kennels; 6. Veterinary offices; 7. Pet grooming; 8. Airports, land and water based; 9. Hospitals; 10 Elementary and secondary schools; 11. Drive-in businesses, including gas stations; 12. Bus bases; 13. Flexible-use parking 1 ; and 14. Residential uses, except for those allowed under subsection 23.74.008.C. 1 Parking required for a spectator sports facility or exhibition hall is allowed and shall be permitted to be used for flexible-use parking or shared with another such facility to meet its required parking. A spectator sports facility or exhibition hall within the Stadium Transition Overlay Area District may reserve non-required parking only outside the overlay district and only if: (a) The parking is owned and operated by the owner of the spectator sports facility or exhibition hall; and (b) The parking is reserved for events in the spectator sports facility or exhibition hall; and (c) The reserved parking is south of South Royal Brougham Way, west of 6th Avenue South and north of South Atlantic Street. Parking that is provided to meet required parking will not be considered reserved parking. C. In areas zoned Urban Industrial, residential uses are permitted as a conditional use east of 1st Avenue S pursuant to the criteria contained in subsection 23.50A.062.C: 1. Except that criterion 23.50A.062.C.3 does not apply within the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District (STAOD); 2. Only where the following occur: the total number of residential units permitted in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District may not exceed 990 units; 3. Except that, if any site is determined to be a geologic hazard area by the Director, a covenant shall be required and recorded to run with the land in perpetuity; 4. Except that criterion 23.50A.062.C.4 does not apply within the STAOD, and instead the following criteria must be met: All dwelling units shall have sound-insulating windows sufficient to maintain interior sound levels at 45 decibels or below in consideration of existing environmental noise levels at the site. The applicant shall submit an analysis of existing noise levels and documentation of the sound insulating capabilities of windows as part of the conditional use permit application; 5. Only where the following occur: The building containing residential uses shall have at least three signs in conspicuous locations, such as in the residential lobby, the leasing office, and on the exterior of the building visible from the residential entry, that use clear language to convey the following information: a. That the project is located in an industrial area, and that residents, by choosing to live in the area, accept the industrial character of the neighborhood and agree that existing or permitted industrial uses do not constitute a nuisance or other inappropriate or unlawful use of land, and b. If the project has been determined to be in a liquefaction zone, that the building is in a liquefaction zone and that residents understand that there may be heightened risk during earthquakes; and 6. Except that a Master Use Permit application for a development containing residential uses in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District pursuant to the criteria contained in subsection 23.50A.062.C must contain an executed and recorded agreement stating that the development has not used City funding, will not use City funding and will not seek City funding for the construction of the project, maintenance of the project, or any environmental remediation of the site on which the development is located. The agreement shall be recorded on the title of the property on which that development is located. Residential uses otherwise allowed as an administrative conditional use in the Urban Industrial zone pursuant to subsection 23.50A.062.C are prohibited west of 1st Avenue S. (Ord. 127191 , § 2, 2025; Ord. 126862 , § 17, 2023; Ord. 125558 , § 57, 2018; Ord. 122311 , § 94, 2006; Ord. 119972 § 10 (part), 2000.) Reviser's note— Ordinance 127191 , when it was before the City Council as Council Bill 120933, was passed with several amendments to the new subsection 23.74.008.C that did not refer to each other. As much as possible, those amendments have been codified in the order they were considered and adopted. C.2 through C.6 were passed as Amendments A, C, D, F, and I, respectively. Amendment H's provisions are in the first clause of C and the sentence after C.6.
Source: Seattle Municipal Code (Municode library)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_codeFetched: 7/25/2026