Meeting at 6PM on Monday 11/18/13 in Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse
Notes (from Andrew Taylor)
(Link to draft of revised bylaws)
Bryan Cohen from the Capitol Hill Seattle blog alerted me to a load of DPD project applications described as "row houses":
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6389587
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6389422
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6384010
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6385080
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6389422
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6389422
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6384010
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6385080
http://web1.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6389422
Today he published a blog article about row house applications. I was unable to find any definition of what a row house is on the DPD website, and asked DPD director Sugimura if she could explain them to us. She quickly replied:
Thanks for asking Andrew. Mike Podowski said he would be able to do this meeting … he is much, much more familiar with the rowhouse regulations than I! Thanks.So Mike will be at our meeting to describe what DPD means by a "row house" and what the implications might be for us.
Another DPD official will also be talking (bolding by Andrew):
Mike Podowski forwarded me your contact info and suggested I get in touch to see if you have time on the East District Council meeting agenda to discuss the pedestrian zone mapping project I am working on. This project is considering rezoning a variety of areas around the city to promote more walkable neighborhood business districts by adding a Pedestrian Zone designation to an underlying Neighborhood Commercial Zone. A pedestrian overlay designation is intended to protect an existing pedestrian-oriented retail district, or encourage the development of such a district. In addition, we are considering adding a few additional standards in pedestrian zones, including: overhead weather projection, wider sidewalks, minimum densities and additional street-level uses.
In the East District the changes we are considering would apply to the areas with an existing pedestrian zone designation and any areas being considered for a pedestrian zone designations (see attached map).
-Aly
*Note that the timeline will be updated on the project site soon to reflect more time for the entire process.
Aly Pennucci, AICP, LEED Green Associate I Senior Planner
City of Seattle Dept of Planning & Development
206.386.9132 I http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Here's a link to the LARGE map she included
