20.25A.135 Downtown neighborhood specific standards.
A. Eastside Center, Convention Civic Neighborhood.
1. Definition of Neighborhood. The Convention Civic Neighborhood encompasses the area bounded by the centerlines of 110th Avenue NE on the west, NE 8th Street on the north, I-405 on the east, and NE 4th Street on the south.
2. Purpose. The purpose of the Convention Civic Center Neighborhood is to implement the Downtown Subarea policies concerning the Special Opportunity Area, by providing specific standards. These standards will permit the development of cultural, conference, and exhibition facilities and other uses as envisioned by the policies.
3. Development Standards. All provisions of this Part 20.25A LUC shall apply to this neighborhood, with the following exceptions:
a. Within the Convention Civic Neighborhood, maximum lot coverage may be up to 100 percent for buildings in which more than 50 percent of the gross floor area, excluding parking, is comprised of one or more of the following uses: city government facilities, cultural facilities, conference facilities and exhibition facilities.
b. Within the Convention Civic Neighborhood, the building floor area per floor above 40 feet high may be unlimited for buildings and floors in which more than 50 percent of the gross floor area, excluding parking, is comprised of one or more of the following uses: city government facilities, cultural facilities, conference facilities and exhibition facilities.
c. Building types listed in subsections A.3.a and A.3.b of this section should incorporate special design features as described below:
i. Building façades shall be divided into increments through the use of offsets, facets, recesses or other architectural features that serve to break down the scale. Roof forms shall incorporate terraces, planting areas, decorative features, or other elements to soften the rectilinear profile.
ii. Special attention shall be given to the provision of elements at or near the ground level such as awnings, recessed entries, water features, address signs, seasonal flower beds, seating, pedestrian-oriented uses and display kiosks.
d. Nothing in these provisions shall affect the maximum floor area ratios permitted in the underlying Land Use Districts.
B. Downtown – Old Bellevue Neighborhood.
1. Development Requirements. Development within the Old Bellevue Neighborhood shall comply with the following if the property abuts the named streets:
a. Street Improvements. The applicant shall provide half-street and sidewalk improvements including paving, street trees, lighting and other street furniture comparable to the existing Main Street streetscape between 102nd Avenue and Bellevue Way on:
i. Both sides of Main Street between 100th Avenue and Bellevue Way;
ii. 102nd and 103rd Avenues between SE 1st Street and NE 1st Street;
iii. The west side of Bellevue Way between SE 1st Street and NE 2nd Street;
iv. The east side of 100th Avenue between SE Bellevue Place and NE 1st Street; and
v. Both sides of NE 1st and NE 2nd between 100th Avenue and Bellevue Way.
b. Pedestrian-oriented frontage shall include display windows having mullions that are spaced two to six feet apart. (Ord. 6377, 10-16-17, § 2)