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Gordon Clowers/Lish Whitson/Ketil Freeman SDCI Neighborhood Parking Reform ORD D1a

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CITY OF SEATTLE

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ORDINANCE __________________

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COUNCIL BILL __________________

3 ..title 4 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Sections 7.24.020, 7.24.030, 5 23.42.040, 23.44.030, 23.45.504, 23.45.506, 23.45.508, 23.45.536, 23.45.570, 23.46.002, 6 23.46.004, 23.46.022, 23.47A.004, 23.47A.006, 23.47A.013, 23.47A.032, 23.48.020, 7 23.48.085, 23.48.205, 23.48.280, 23.48.605, 23.48.705, 23.49.019, 23.49.042, 23.49.044, 8 23.49.045, 23.49.046, 23.49.090, 23.49.094, 23.49.096, 23.49.142, 23.49.146, 23.49.148, 9 23.49.180, 23.49.322, 23.49.324, 23.49.338, 23.50.012, 23.50.028, 23.51A.004, 10 23.54.015, 23.54.016, 23.54.020, 23.54.025, 23.54.030, 23.61.008, 23.66.122, 23.66.124, 11 23.66.320, 23.66.324, 23.66.342, 23.71.014, 23.74.008, 23.76.004, 23.76.006, 23.76.032, 12 23.84A.030, 23.84A.038, and 25.05.675 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC); repealing 13 Section 23.71.016 of the SMC; and adding new Sections 23.42.070, 23.54.026, and 14 23.54.027 to the SMC; in order to promote transportation options, update the definition of 15

“frequent transit service,”

update bicycle parking requirements, update parking space 16 standards, update SEPA environmental review parking policies, and make clarifications. 17 ..body 18

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

19 Section 1. Section 7.24.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 20 125222, is amended as follows: 21

7.24.020 Definitions

22 As used in this ((chapter)) Chapter 7.24: 23 * * * 24

“Parking fee” means a

periodic fee charged for the privilege of parking a motorized 25 vehicle. 26

“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, governmental entity, or

27 partnership and its agents or assigns. 28 * * * 29



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Section 2. Section 7.24.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 1 125222, is amended as follows: 2

7.24.030 Rental agreement requirements

3 * * * 4 E. Any rental agreement entered into after the effective date of the ordinance introduced 5 as Council Bill 118817 shall describe the terms and conditions of any monthly or periodic 6 payments required as a condition of tenancy, including but not limited to: rent, security deposits, 7 non-refundable move-in fee, last month

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s rent, utility payments, parking ((charges)) fees, late 8 fees authorized by the rental agreement, or other monthly or periodic payments required to be 9 made by the tenant to the landlord. When any monthly or periodic payment is made pursuant to 10 the rental agreement, the landlord shall first apply the payment to the rent due before applying it 11 to other payments due by the tenant to the landlord, except that if the payment is made in 12 response to a notice issued pursuant to RCW 59.12.030 during the period of that notice, the 13 landlord shall first apply the payment to the amount specified in that notice, before applying it to 14 the rent due or to other payments due by the tenant to the landlord. 15 * * * 16 G. Parking charges separately documented. For housing units in multifamily or mixed-17 use structures that meet the threshold size requirement of Section 23.42.070.A: 18 1. Any rental agreement entered into after the effective date of the ordinance 19 introduced as Council Bill ______ shall specify in a rental agreement addendum or in a separate 20 parking agreement the amount of any parking fee. 21



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2. A tenant may elect not to rent or lease parking when renting or leasing a unit, in 1 which case the tenant is not required to sign a rental agreement addendum or a separate parking 2 agreement that requires the tenant to pay a parking fee. 3 Section 3. Section 23.42.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 4 124105, is amended as follows: 5

23.42.040 Intermittent, temporary, and interim uses

6 The Director may grant, deny, or condition applications for the following intermittent, 7 temporary, or interim uses not otherwise permitted or not meeting development standards in the 8 zone: ((.)) 9 * * * 10 ((G. Interim Use Parking. 11 1. Permitted use. A Master Use Permit may be issued for principal use surface 12 parking in all zones within the Station Area Overlay District within the area bounded by I-5 to 13 the west, I-90 to the north, Lake Washington to the east, and the Seattle corporate limits to the 14 south, except within the boundaries of the North Beacon Hill station area, and in any zone on 15 sites occupied or owned by established institutions within a quarter mile of a light rail station, 16 including the North Beacon Hill light rail station. 17 2. Eligibility. A site is eligible for interim principal use surface parking if there is 18 existing, legally established parking on the site, or if the site or a portion of the site was 19 interrupted at any time since January 1, 2001 by a government agency for construction staging 20 purposes, provided that no existing principal structures may be demolished to facilitate 21 establishment of interim principal use parking. 22