Residential Density Incentives | Neighborhood Design
G. Minor Adjustments in Final Site Plans
b. When less than 75 percent of the units in the RDI consists of townhouses or apartments, the development shall provide landscaping and tree retention in accordance with SDC 21.06.020 for townhouses or apartments on the portion(s) of the development containing such units; provided, that if buildings containing such units are more than 100 feet from the development’s perimeter, the required landscaping may be reduced by 50 percent. c. All other portions of the RDI shall provide landscaping or retain trees in accordance with SDC 21.06.020. 3. RDI developments in all other zones shall be landscaped or retain trees in accordance with SDC 21.06.020.
When issuing building permits in an approved RDI development, the department may allow minor adjustments in the approved site plan involving the location or dimensions of buildings or landscaping, provided such adjustments shall not:
1. Increase the number of dwelling units;
2. Decrease the amount of perimeter landscaping (if any);
3. Decrease residential parking facilities (unless the number of dwelling units is decreased);
4. Locate structures closer to any site boundary line; or
5. Change the locations of any points of ingress and egress to the site.
4. RDI developments shall provide parking as follows:
H. Applicability of Development Standards
a. Projects with 100 percent affordable housing shall provide one off-street parking space per unit. The director may require additional parking, up to the maximum standards for attached dwelling units, which may be provided in common parking areas.
1. RDI developments shall comply with dimensional standards of the zone with a base density most closely comparable to the total approved density of the RDI development; provided, that an RDI proposal in the R-4 through R-8 zone shall conform to the height requirements of the underlying zone in which it is located. 2. RDI developments in the R-4 through R-8 zones shall be landscaped as follows: a. When 75 percent or more of the units in the RDI development consists of townhouses or apartments, the development shall provide perimeter landscaping and tree retention in accordance with SDC 21.06.020 for townhouse or apartment projects.
b. All other RDI proposals shall provide parking for:
i. Market rate/bonus units at levels consistent with SDC 21.06.030; and ii. Benefit units at 50 percent of the levels required for market rate/bonus units. 5. RDI developments shall provide on-site recreation space as follows:
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 37
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