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17.46.080 Design standard departures.
A. A "departure" is a request by the applicant to meet or exceed a particular
':design guideline "objective" through the use of a technique or standard not
otherwise listed under the applicable design guideline.
B. Departures from the architectural and site design standards of Chapters
!17.34, Cottage Housing Development; 17.36, Multifamily Residential
':Development; and 17.44, Commercial and Mixed Use, may be permitted for
'cottage housing, multifamily, commercial, and mixed use projects as part of the
design review process. In order for a departure from development standards to
!be allowed, an applicant must demonstrate that the overall development,
!including departures from the design standards, would better serve the public
'interest, and a finding shall be made in the affirmative that each proposed
',departure meets or exceeds the intent of the respective design guideline as
compared to a strict application of the established standard. Through the design
'.review process established by this chapter, departures may be allowed from the
(following design guideline standards:
1. Building setbacks;
2. Window glazing and building transparency;
3. Off-street parking location;
4. Site grading and tree conservation;
i 5. Neighborhood scale;
6. Facade modulation and roof articulation;
7. Building exterior materials and colors;
8. Landscape and screening;
', 9. Pedestrian walkways;
10. Building (including canopy) design;
11. Lighting;
12. Location and design of supporUmechanical elements;
13. Building height in cottage housing developments,
14. Minimum building/dwelling unit separation in cottage housing
developments (attached cottages);
15. Open space (including private open space) requirements in cottage
,housing developments;
16. Exterior building materials standards (including trim and roof eave
;design in cottage housing developments);
17. Covered main entries in cottage housing developments;
18. Signs in C-I, C-II, and C-II(H) zoning districts to exceed 17-foot height
;limit, subject to the unanimous recommendation of those advisory committee
members present;
19. Block sizes, building separation, and street layout in commercial and
;mixed use short plats, subdivisions, and binding site plans;
20. Building height for towers of up to 100 square feet in plan view may
'be allowed to exceed the height limit of the applicable zoning district by up to 10
(feet;
21. Minimum building separation in the C-ll general commercial zoning
district when multiple buildings, if attached, would exceed a ground floor area of
j40,000 square feet where the separation is proposed to be less than 60 feet and
!will be used for pedestrian and emergency vehicle use only.
C. Departure Approval Process. To be approved, all departures, with the
';exception of sign height, must receive a supermajority recommendation of
;approval from the adviso committee as follows:
Advisory
Committee
Members Present Number of Votes
Necessary to
Approve Departure"
5 4
4 3
3 3
Note: Sign height departures must be approved by the unanimous recommendation
!of those advisory committee members present.
1. The decisionmaker (DSD director or hearing examiner) may not
;.approve a departure unless supported by a supermajority recommendation of the'
'design review committee as provided above. The decisionmaker may deny a
',departure if he or she concludes that such departure does not meet the criteria
',specified above. (Ord. 2920 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2864 § 4, 2004; Ord. 2840 § 2(Exh.
'C),_ 2003)•
