Town Center | Development Standards—Design Requirements
streets in subsection 3. of this section with the following exceptions: i. Developments are exempt from subsection 3.d. of this section, which requires pedestrian building entries to face the street. ii. Developments are exempt from parking lot location standards set forth in subsection 3.e.i. of this section provided the minimum required landscaping between the street and the parking area be increased from 10 to 20 feet in width and the parking areas are effectively screened from views from the right-of-way by trees and shrubs.
b) Infill landscaping shall be planted that will provide full screening of buildings (up to a height of 15 feet for multi-story buildings) and structures and also all signs, parking lots, and storage areas within five years.
Option 2: The facades, site layout and building orientation of developments shall adhere to the requirements for pedestrian-oriented streets, although one driveway (20 feet maximum width) is permitted if the director determines that no other access option is feasible. Option 3: Developments shall be shielded from 228th Avenue SE by at least a 20-foot-wide strip of landscaping. At a minimum, the landscaping shall include: c) One row of evergreen trees, no more than 10 feet or three-fourths the width of the tree crown at maturity, whichever is greater, on center. The mature height of these trees shall not be less than 40 feet. The tree planting shall consist of at least two different species; d) One or more rows of evergreen trees and shrubs spaced no more than six feet apart. The shrubs shall have a mature height of at least eight feet and be at least 75 percent evergreen. The
e. Properties Adjacent to 228th Avenue SE.
i. Developments shall adhere to at least one of the sets of standards, Options 1, 2, or 3 below (or any combination of the three). Option 1: Developments shall maintain a landscaped buffer a minimum of 50 feet in width between the back of the sidewalk and any building or parking area. Pathways and pedestrian-oriented space are permitted within the designated landscape buffer area provided the buffer design meets the design criteria set forth below. The required landscape buffer shall include: a) Retention of existing trees and understory native vegetation to the extent practical and desirable as determined by the director; and
454 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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