Town Center | Development Standards—Design Requirements
ii. 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. iii. In lieu of subsection 6.a. of this section, new development may be screened from the public park by at least 10 feet of Type I landscaping. iv. Parking and service areas shall be screened from a public park by at least 15 feet of Type I landscaping.
a. Connected Network of Streets. Project applicants shall demonstrate to the director’s satisfaction how the proposed development meets the following policies of the Town Center Plan:
i. Provide for a safe and connected network of roadways to serve Town Center development;
ii. Limit the placement of buildings or other development features that inhibit the desired connectivity of the Town Center circulation network; and iii. Configure roadways to minimize impacts to environmentally critical areas. b. Provide for a Hierarchy of Streets. Provide for a hierarchy of streets, including: i. Connector roads that provide for automobile, service, bicycles, and pedestrian circulation throughout the Town Center. Development in the Town Center shall accommodate connector streets in the northwest, northeast, and southeast quadrants consistent with the goals and policies of the Town Center Plan. ii. Pedestrian-oriented streets. TC-A-1, A-2, and A-3 zoned areas shall include designated pedestrian- oriented street segment, as determined by the City through the unified zone development planning process. Pedestrian-oriented streets are intended to be streets featuring continuous storefronts or plaza spaces, wide sidewalks, street trees, bioretention, and on-street parking. Designations
4. Site planning – Street layout
The Transportation Element of the Town Center Plan includes goals, policies, and actions aimed at producing a connected hierarchy of streets that accommodates desired Town Center land uses and human activities. Streets within the mixed-use nodes will be planned during the unified zone development planning process (see SDC 21.07.120) with reference to the Town Center Infrastructure Plan. Other streets may be planned either collectively or by individual property owners. The following provisions serve as guidelines for the unified zone development planning process and development standards if the roads are planned by a private property owner in the TC-B or TC-C zones. Figure 21.07.060a illustrates a conceptual layout of streets within the Town Center. While it is expected that the network of streets that is eventually built will differ from this configuration, the provisions below are intended to ensure that new streets meet the goals and policies of the Town Center Plan.
456 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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