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Edits made to TSMP based on industrial/Port/business stakeholder comments Added Objectives to: Encourage new economic uses that

t create family wage jobs Support the long-term and widespread economic contribution of container ports and related industrial lands Revised Public Access Standards to: Incorporate a nexus review by the city for private water-oriented uses and recognizes constitutional limitations of public access requirements Require proportionality review by the city for same uses listed above Recognize that the burden of establishing nexus and proportionality is on the City Provide the most flexibility for providing public access in the S-10 when required Give preference to water-dependent uses when they conflict with views Revised Critical Area Standards to: Allow water-dependent uses outright within critical area buffers Give greater buffer reduction allowances to uses in High Intensity Areas Give greater environmental mitigation flexibility to High Intensity Areas Give smallest marine buffer standard to High Intensity Areas Provide relief where shoreline restoration projects that result in a shift in jurisdiction or buffer standards adversely affect an existing business or use Revised the S-8 Foss Waterway to: End esplanade requirement at 11th Street on eastside of the Waterway Lift the restriction on the expansion of existing industry on the eastside Require that East D Street be designed and reconstructed as a transition between the mixed use shoreline zoning and the industrial zoning to the east and to achieve functional separation of industrial and nonindustrial traffic where feasible Rezone NuStar to S-10 Port Industrial Allow interim uses on the first floor of Foss Waterway projects to address ongoing vacancies caused by economic and market demands. This is significant and required considerable coordination with DOE to allow non-water oriented uses in shoreline areas even on a temporary basis Simplify the use and development requirements for mixed-use structures Address FWDA concerns about barriers to development, festivals and special events Modify design guidelines to give more flexible options especially for eastside uses recognizing existing uses and different character from the west side. Continued prohibition on residential and hotels north of 11th on eastside Encourage clean technology industries Revised Use Standards to: Give water-dependent port/industrial uses location priority in S-10 and S-7 Restrict residential development along Marine View Drive

Allow log storage and rafting in S-10 and S-11 Allow utility and transportation crossings over the Puyallup River Revise parking standards to take a market based approach Revise sign standards to simplify permitting for businesses Allow townhomes within 150 of the OHWM at the Point Ruston site

Revised Shoreline Districts to: Rezone only the portion of Hylebos Creek to the east of I-509 Rezone Narrows Marina to accommodate greater height allowances and mixeduse/multi-family residential development Create a Shoreline District for Point Ruston to accommodate the redevelopment potential of the site Limit shoreline district applicability generally to 200ft landward of OHWM and in instances where the district is greater, clarify that a shoreline permit is not required for development in the expanded area Revised the Permit Process to: Simplify the exemption process Add appeals process for exemption decisions Streamline appeals process for permits Avoid redundancies in permit submittal requirements Collaborated with Port staff to address various technical permitting aspects that have been problematic in the past including maintenance and repair, dredging and other common permit requests

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