CHAPTER 25 – PROFESSIONAL OFFICE RESIDENTIAL (PR) AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE RESIDENTIAL A (PRA) ZONES
25.05 User Guide.
The charts in KZC 25.10 contain the basic zoning regulations that apply in each PR 8.5, PR 5.0, PR 3.6, PR 2.4 and PR 1.8 and PRA 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.
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Section 25.08 |
Section 25.08 – GENERAL REGULATIONSThe following regulations apply to all uses in this zone unless otherwise noted: |
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1. Refer to Chapter 1 KZC to determine what other provisions of this code may apply to the subject property. |
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2. Developments creating four or more new dwelling units shall provide at least 10 percent of the units as affordable housing units as defined in Chapter 5 KZC. Two additional units may be constructed for each affordable housing unit provided. In such cases, the minimum lot size listed in the Use Regulations shall be used to establish the base number of units allowed on the site, but shall not limit the size of individual lots. See Chapter 112 KZC for additional affordable housing incentives and requirements. |
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3. If any portion of a structure is adjoining a low density zone, then either: a. The height of that portion of the structure shall not exceed 15 feet above average building elevation, or b. The maximum horizontal facade shall not exceed 50 feet in width. See KZC 115.30, Distance Between Structures/Adjacency to Institutional Use, for further details. |
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4. The required yard of a structure abutting Lake Washington Boulevard or Lake St. S. must be increased two feet for each one foot that structure exceeds 25 feet above average building elevation (does not apply to Public Park uses). |
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5. If the property is located south of NE 85th Street between 124th Avenue and 120th Avenue, to the extent possible, the applicant shall save existing viable significant trees within the required landscape buffers separating nonresidential development from adjacent single-family homes. |
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6. Within the PRA zone, the maximum building height of a structure may be increased to 60 feet above average building elevation if: a. All required yards are increased by one foot for every two feet of height above 35 feet; b. Buildings may not exceed three stories; and c. Rooftop appurtenances may not exceed the maximum height and are screened with sloped roof forms. |
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7. May also be regulated under the Shoreline Master Program; refer to Chapter 83 KZC. |
