Downtown Office Core 1, Downtown Office Core 2, and Downtown Mixed Commercial flexible-use and accessory parking

Seattle Mun. Code § 23.49.045

in effect

The provisions of this Section 23.49.045 apply in DOC1, DOC2, and DMC zones. DMC zoned areas within the International Special Review District are also subject to Chapter 23.66 . If there is any conflict between this Section 23.49.045 and Chapter 23.66 , Chapter 23.66 applies. A. Flexible-use parking 1. Flexible-use parking garages for short-term parking may be permitted as conditional uses, pursuant to Section 23.49.046 . 2. In DOC1 zones, flexible-use long-term and short-term surface parking areas are prohibited. In DOC2 and DMC zones, flexible-use long-term and short-term surface parking areas may be permitted as administrative conditional uses in areas shown on Map 1I [7] , pursuant to Section 23.49.046 . B. Accessory Parking. 1. Accessory parking garages for both long-term and short-term parking are permitted outright, up to the maximum parking limit established by Section 23.49.019 . 2. Accessory surface parking areas are: a. Permitted outright in areas shown on Map 1I if they contain a total of 20 or fewer parking spaces on the lot; b. Permitted outside South Downtown as administrative conditional uses pursuant to Section 23.49.046 if located in areas shown on Map 1I on a lot containing more than 20 parking spaces; c. Prohibited in areas not shown on Map 1I; and d. Notwithstanding the maximum parking limit in Section 23.49.019 , permitted outright for replacement of a short-term surface parking area with more than 20 parking spaces in existence on December 31, 2009, if the original location and new location are both located in a DMC zone in South Downtown, and if the existing and replacement parking are accessory to the same principal use. 3. Temporary flexible-use and accessory surface parking areas may be permitted as conditional uses pursuant to Section 23.49.046 . (Ord. 125558 , § 27, 2018; Ord. 123589, § 20, 2011; Ord. 122054 § 43, 2006; Ord. 120443 , § 21, 2001; Ord. 112303 § 3(part), 1985.)

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