Town Center | Development Standards—Design Requirements
Individual unified zone development plans (see SDC 21.07.120) may provide greater specificity and/or departures to this requirement. g) Civic uses fronting on pedestrian-oriented streets warrant greater flexibility in the application of the transparency and weather protection requirements due to their unique disposition. However, alternative frontage treatments shall meet the following objectives, as determined by the director: 1) The building emphasizes civic uses and includes a visually prominent element within the subject TC-A zone. The building shall be visually prominent from the street; 2) The design treatment contributes to the desired pedestrian-oriented character of the TC-A zone; 3) The design treatment provides continuous visual interest at the pedestrian scale along the adjacent sidewalk; 4) There is a direct pedestrian connection between the building and the street; and 5) There is no parking between the building and the street.
ii. Surface parking lots shall be located behind buildings and away from pedestrian-oriented streets. A safe, attractive pathway consistent with SDC 21.07.060B.2. shall be provided between parking areas and the storefront and street. New surface parking lots adjacent to a pedestrian-oriented street are prohibited. iii. Driveways for surface parking lots are prohibited on pedestrian-oriented streets unless the director determines there is no feasible or preferred option to meet the Town Center Plan’s goals and policies. iv. Parking structures located adjacent to pedestrian- oriented streets shall be designed with commercial
448 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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