Development Standards—Design Requirements | Town Center
Alternative landscaping types will be considered provided the director determines that the landscaping achieves design and environmental goals and policies of the Town Center Plan, especially: d) To maintain existing vegetated corridors and restore degraded corridors; and e) To create a hierarchy of public and private open spaces. iv. Buildings shall feature pedestrian entrances that face the streets. Exceptions and departures: a) Buildings organized around a courtyard may feature entrances facing the courtyard provided there is clear pedestrian access between the courtyard and the street. b) For street corner sites, the pedestrian entries may be placed on either or both streets. c) Residential buildings with entrances that are visible from the street and which connect to the street by a clear and well-lit pathway are acceptable.
provided the building/parking area location takes advantage of unique site features and the design treatment along the street minimizes the visual impacts of parking areas on the streetscape and adds visual interest to pedestrians; b) Where alleys are present, vehicular access shall be from the alley; c) One shared driveway access is permitted from residential streets for each building. Additional driveways may be permitted at the director’s discretion where such driveways do not negatively impact the pedestrian environment; and d) Individual private driveways and garages onto a public street are prohibited. Such private garages may be accessed off of internal private streets.
v. Parking Standards.
vi. For residential uses, the standard for transparency is 15 percent and applies to all vertical surfaces of the facade facing the street as determined by the director. d. Properties Adjacent to Connector Streets. Properties shall comply with frontage standards for residential
a) Parking lots (including structured parking of more than two vehicles) shall be located behind, to the side, back, or underneath buildings. No more than 50 percent of the street frontage shall be occupied by surface or structured parking. Exceptions may be considered by the director
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 453
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