CHAPTER 20 – MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM) ZONES

20.05 User Guide.

The charts in KZC 20.10 contain the basic zoning regulations that apply in each RM 5, RM 3.6, RM 2.4, and RM 1.8 zone of the City. Use these charts by reading down the left hand column entitled Use. Once you locate the use in which you are interested, read across to find the regulations that apply to that use.

Section 20.08	Section 20.08 – GENERAL REGULATIONS The following regulations apply to all uses in this zone unless otherwise noted:
	1. Refer to Chapter 1 KZC to determine what other provisions of this code may apply to the subject property.
	2. If any portion of a structure is adjoining a low density zone or a low density use in PLA 17, then either: a. The height of that portion of the structure shall not exceed 15 feet above average building elevation; or b. The horizontal length of any facade of that portion of the structure which is parallel to the boundary of the low density zone shall not exceed 50 feet. See KZC 115.30, Distance Between Structures/Adjacency to Institutional Use, for further details. (Does not apply to General Moorage Facility and Detached Dwelling Units uses).
	3. If the subject property is located east of JBD 2 and west of 100th Avenue NE, the following regulation applies: Must provide a public pedestrian access easement if the Planning Official determines that it will furnish a pedestrian connection or part of a connection between 98th Avenue NE and 100th Avenue NE. Pathway improvements will also be required if the easement will be used immediately. No more than two complete connections shall be required. (Does not apply to General Moorage Facility uses).
	4. If the subject property is located within the North Rose Hill neighborhood, east of Slater Avenue NE and north of NE 116th Street, the minimum required front yard is 10 feet. Ground floor canopies and similar entry features may encroach into the front yard; provided, the total horizontal dimension of such elements may not exceed 25 percent of the length of the structure. No parking may encroach into the required 10-foot front yard.
	5. Any required yard abutting Lake Washington Boulevard or Lake Street South must be increased two feet for each one foot the structure exceeds 25 feet above average building elevation. (Does not apply to General Moorage Facility and Public Park uses).
	6. If the subject property is located between Juanita Drive and Lake Washington or 98th Avenue NE and Lake Washington, the following regulations apply: a. Must provide a required yard of 15 feet or 15 percent of average parcel depth, measured from the high waterline. To the extent that this provision is inconsistent with other required yard dimensions identified in this chapter, this provision shall govern. b. Must provide public pedestrian access from the right-of-way to and along the entire waterfront of the subject property within the high waterline yard. Access to the waterfront may be waived by the City if public access along the waterfront of the subject property can be reached from adjoining property. In addition, the City may require that part or all of the high waterline yard be developed as a public use area. The City shall require signs designating the public pedestrian access and public use areas. c. A view corridor must be maintained across 30 percent of the average parcel width. The view corridor must be in one contiguous piece. Within the view corridor, structures, parking areas, and landscaping will be allowed, provided they do not obscure the view from Juanita Drive or 98th Avenue NE to and beyond Lake Washington. This corridor must be adjacent to either of the side property lines, whichever will result in the widest view corridor given development on adjacent properties. (Does not apply to General Moorage Facility, Detached Dwelling Units and Public Park uses).
	7. If the property is located in the NE 85th Street Subarea, the following shall apply: a. If the subject property is located south of NE 85th Street between 124th Avenue NE and 120th Avenue NE, the applicant shall to the extent possible save existing viable significant trees within the required landscape buffer separating nonresidential development from adjacent single-family homes. b. If the subject property is located directly north of the RH 4 zone, the applicant shall install a through-block pedestrian pathway pursuant to the standards in KZC 105.19(3) to connect an east-west pedestrian pathway designated in the Comprehensive Plan between 124th Avenue NE and 120th Avenue NE. (See Plate 34K).
	8. May not use lands waterward of the high waterline to determine lot size or to calculate allowable density.
	9. May also be regulated under the Shoreline Master Program, KMC Title 24.

link to Section 20.10 table