Town Center | Development Standards—Parking and Circulation
21.07.080 Development Standards—Parking and Circulation A. Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to provide adequate parking for all uses allowed in this Chapter, to reduce demand for parking by encouraging alternative means of transportation including public transit, rideshare and bicycles, and to increase pedestrian mobility in urban areas by: 1. Setting minimum off-street parking standards for different land uses that assure safe, convenient and adequately sized parking facilities within activity centers; 2. Providing incentives to rideshare through preferred parking arrangements;
a. Coniferous trees shall be replaced by coniferous trees native to Washington. Deciduous trees shall be replaced with a mixture of native coniferous trees and deciduous trees at a ratio of two coniferous trees to every one deciduous tree per the replacement ratios below; b. Replacement coniferous trees shall be at least eight feet in height. Replacement deciduous trees shall be at least one and one-half inches in diameter (DBH); and
c. Trees shall be replaced subject to the following replacement ratios:
i. Removed trees with a DBH greater than nine inches up to 12 inches shall be replaced by four trees; ii. Removed trees with a DBH greater than 12 inches up to 16 inches shall be replaced by six trees; and iii. Removed trees with a DBH of 16 inches or more shall be replaced by eight trees. 2. Financial guarantees for replacement trees may be required consistent with the provisions of SMC Title 27A. 3. At the discretion of the director, each tree removed in violation of this chapter may be considered a separate code enforcement case for the purposes of SMC Title 23, Code Enforcement.
3. Providing for parking and storage of bicycles; and
4. Requiring uses that attract large numbers of employees or customers to provide transit stops.
B. Authority and application
1. Before an occupancy permit may be granted for any new or enlarged building or for a change of use in any existing building, the use shall be required to meet the provisions of this chapter. 2. If this chapter does not specify a parking requirement for a land use, the director shall establish the minimum requirement based on a study of anticipated parking demand. Transportation demand management actions taken at the site shall be considered in determining anticipated demand. If the site is located in an activity
524 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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