Neighborhood Design Standards | Neighborhood Design
b. Design Standards
2. Design Standards
i. Proposed trails must be designed to connect to adjacent properties where opportunities exist now or in the future and must be publicly accessible at all times. Connections should be consistent with the City’s Trails, Bikeways & Paths Plan unless an alternative is approved by the City. Trail corridors shall be consistent with the requirements in SDC 21.06.020F.1. through SDC 21.06.020F.3. ii. Recreation areas must be accessible and provide passive or active recreational opportunities. Recreation areas must be consistent with standards in SDC 21.02.030I. through SDC 21.02.030M. iii. Trails must be designed to be compatible with adjacent development, including providing safe and convenient trail access along the route. iv. Trails must be designed in accordance with Public Works Standards . Ownership and management of trails may be taken over by the City at their discretion.
a. Design parcels and sites to minimize the need for clearing and grading, and to preserve mature forest and native vegetation where feasible. b. The size, dimensions, and orientation of parcels must accommodate development that meets site design standards such as the Floor to Area (FAR) ratio, driveway width standards, parking design and location standards, and landscape frontage requirements. c. Through lots with two street frontages are prohibited (unless in cases of hardship or provisions of ADUs). Alleys and open spaces are not considered a street frontage. d. All lots located within the R-1, R-4, and R-6 zoning districts created under SDC 21.02.060 must abut a public or private street and shall be orientated so that the average street frontage or average front yard width of each lot created equals the minimum lot width requirements pursuant to subsection C. of SDC 21.04.030 with no individual lot having a street frontage or front yard abutting the street of less than 20 feet.
C. Lots and Sites
D. Lot Segregations - Zero Lot Line Development
1. Design Intent
In any R zone or in the NB zone on property designated commercial outside of center in the urban area, rear yard and side yard setbacks may be modified during subdivision or short subdivision review as follows: 1. If a building is proposed to be located within a normally required rear yard or side yard setback in the NB zone:
Layout of lots and sites creates long-term development patterns for the City and should strengthen the mutual relationship between housing units, roads, open space and pedestrian amenities for parcel and site layout that protect the privacy of individuals while creating pedestrian-oriented environments, and environmental stewardship.
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 15
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