16.22.060 Site area.
A. Lots may contain more than one use and will be a shape, size and design appropriate to the zone and intended uses as determined by the city.
B. No minimum setback. The maximum setback shall be fifteen feet from the fronting right-of-way unless the site plan review committee determines it is appropriate for the specific use to have a greater setback finding that other techniques can be used to promote pedestrian emphasis and that the use with application of other techniques will be compatible and complementary to surrounding uses and intent of the zone.
C. Side yard setback minimum of ten feet, unless waived by the site plan review committee pursuant to the policies of Chapter 16.22 LMC.
D. Rear yard setback fifteen feet.
E. Maximum building coverage: thirty-five percent; however, this may be increased up to a maximum of eighty-five percent if the following bonuses are used or the project is on a lot in a subdivision or binding site plan that has met all the requirements of Chapter 14.23 LMC.
1. Projects containing mixed uses: five percent bonus.
2. Projects with three story building: five percent bonus.
3. Projects providing a pedestrian oriented plaza or area of at least one hundred fifty square feet along a pedestrian walkway at an intersection corner, bus stop or other key pedestrian area approved by the city. Such areas shall contain seating for at least four people, a trash receptacle and three or more of the following: a pedestrian shelter, a drinking fountain, a bike rack, pedestrian scale lights, pavers on the walkway surfaces, a kiosk, a street vendor station providing food or beverages, trees, an appropriately sized statue or sculpture, or a public restroom.
Interior courtyards with these amenities qualify if they would be readily apparent and accessible to pedestrians on adjoining sidewalks: twenty percent bonus.
4. Projects providing a through-block corridor that facilitates pedestrian access in a location approved by the city: ten percent bonus.
5. Projects providing at least fifty percent of their required parking underground or within the building: forty-five percent bonus.
Note: These bonuses are to be added to the base allowable building coverage.
F. Maximum development coverage: Maximum coverage by impervious surfaces sixty percent, unless increased up to a maximum of ninety-five percent if the following bonuses are used or the project is on a lot in a subdivision or binding site plan that has met all the requirements of Chapter 14.23 LMC.
1. Projects providing a pedestrian oriented area consistent with building coverage bonuses: thirty percent bonus;
2. Projects containing mixed uses: five percent bonus;
3. Projects providing a through-block corridor that facilitates pedestrian access in a location approved by the city: fifteen percent bonus;
4. Projects providing a vegetated roof: bonus equal to fifty percent of the square footage of the vegetated roof.
Note: These bonuses are to be added to the base allowable impervious surface coverage. The provisions of the Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual, landscaping requirements and design review requirements may further limit impervious surfaces.
G. Building height: not more than forty-five feet within one hundred feet of a prior existing single family detached subdivision. (Ord. 1496 §56, 2016; Ord. 1220 §13, 2004; Ord. 1024 §37, 1995).