17.228.127 Development near existing or proposed light rail stations.

A.         Conditional use permits. A conditional use permit shall not be granted for uses subject to this section unless the decision-maker makes the findings required by section 17.808.200 and all the following findings:

1.       The project includes pedestrian amenities such as lighting, benches, tree shading, and landscaping;

2.       If the project includes the construction or reconstruction of a residential or mixed-use building with one or more dwelling units, or an addition to an existing residential or mixed-use building with one or more dwelling units, the project has a residential density of at least 15 dwelling units per net acre; and

3.       If the project includes the construction or reconstruction of one or more buildings or an addition to an existing building—

a.       New buildings adjacent to the street are designed with ground-floor street-facing facades that include transparent glass storefront windows or display windows that are equal to or greater in size than 50% of the product of the interior height of the ground floor and the width of the building’s street frontage;

b.       The project site provides continuous, direct, and convenient pedestrian walkways to transit, adjacent uses, and other uses on the same site;

c.        Off-street vehicle parking is located beneath, on top, to the rear, or on the interior side of the building and not in front of the building; and

d.       The primary entrance has direct access to public ways and sidewalks.

B.         Exemption. If a use is expressly exempt from the requirement to secure a conditional use permit under any other provision of this title, this section shall not apply.

C.         Call-up review for gas stations capable of simultaneously fueling more than 10 vehicles near truck routes.

1.       Notice to city council. As soon as reasonably practicable after the zoning administrator or planning and design commission makes a decision on a conditional use permit required to establish a gas station capable of simultaneously fueling more than 10 vehicles and within 500 feet of a city truck route or Surface Transportation Assistance Act truck route designated by the city council, the planning director shall report that decision to the mayor and the councilmember in whose district the project is located, by sending the report by electronic mail and confirming that each received it.

2.       Procedures for call-up review. The mayor or the councilmember in whose district the project is located may call up for city council review any decision described in subsection C.1 by filing a written request with the planning director within 15 business days of the zoning administrator’s or planning and design commission’s decision. Once the request is filed, the council shall notice and set the matter for the hearing before it. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner provided in section 17.812.010.A.2.a. The hearing before the city council shall be de novo.

3.       Withdrawal of request for review. The requester under subsection C.1 may withdraw that request. The withdrawal shall be noted on the next regularly scheduled meeting of the city council and shall be considered to have occurred on that date. (Ord. 2021-0024 § 20; Ord. 2020-0006 § 6; Ord. 2018-0055 § 14)