Industrial Buffer—Setback requirements
Seattle Mun. Code § 23.50.030
in effectA. Setbacks shall be required in the Industrial Buffer (IB) zone according to the provisions of subsections B, C and D of this section. All required setbacks shall be landscaped according to the provisions of Section 23.50.036 . B. A five (5) foot setback shall be required from all street lot lines which are across a street right-of-way eighty (80) feet or less in width from a lot in a neighborhood residential, Lowrise 1, Lowrise 2 or Lowrise 3 zone. C. When across a street right-of-way eighty (80) feet or less in width from a lot in a Midrise, Highrise or Residential Commercial zone, or across an alley from a lot in any residential zone, the following uses shall be required to provide a five (5) foot setback from the street or alley lot line: 1. Surface parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles; 2. Parking structures unless enclosed by a solid wall; 3. Outdoor loading berths; 4. Outdoor recycling collection stations; and 5. Outdoor storage, except when the elevation of the outdoor storage area is at least fifteen (15) feet above the residential property. D. The following uses or structures shall be set back five (5) feet from any lot line abutting a residentially zoned lot: 1. Surface parking areas for more than five (5) vehicles; 2. Parking structures unless enclosed by a solid wall; and 3. Drive-in businesses. E. The following outdoor activities shall be set back fifteen (15) feet from all lot lines abutting a residentially zoned lot: 1. Outdoor recycling collection stations; 2. Outdoor loading berths; and 3. Outdoor storage. F. Any outdoor manufacturing, repairing, refuse compacting or recycling activity shall be set back fifty (50) feet from any lot in a residential zone. G. No entrance, window, or other opening shall be closer than five (5) feet to any abutting residentially zoned lot, except when: 1. Windows are of translucent glass; or 2. Windows are perpendicular to the lot line; or 3. View-obscuring screening is provided between the window and abutting residentially zoned lot. (Ord. 126509 , § 69, 2022 [zone name change]; Ord. 125603 , § 55, 2018; Ord. 115326 § 23, 1990; Ord. 113658 § 4(part), 1987.)
Source: Seattle Municipal Code (Municode library)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_codeFetched: 7/25/2026