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12.02 General Provisions
12.02.010 Name.
12.02.020 Purpose.
12.02.030 Conformity with this title required.
12.02.040 Minimum requirements.
12.02.050 Interpretation – General.
12.02.060 Amendments.
12.04 Zoning Classifications, Subareas, Maps, and Boundaries
12.04.010 Purpose.
12.04.020 Zoning classifications.
12.04.025 Agricultural zoning classification.
12.04.030 Residential zoning classifications.
12.04.035 Specialized Senior Housing Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.040 Office-Professional zoning classification.
12.04.050 Neighborhood Business zoning classification.
12.04.060 Community Business zoning classification.
12.04.065 Motor Vehicle Sales Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.070 General Commercial zoning classification.
12.04.072 Mixed Use/Neighborhood Overlay.
12.04.074 Mixed Use/Community Overlay.
12.04.076 Mixed Use/Employment Overlay.
12.04.078 Commercial/General Overlay.
12.04.079 Employment/Medium (City) Overlay.
12.04.080 Light Industrial zoning classification.
12.04.085 North Creek Fish and Wildlife Critical Habitat Protection Area.
12.04.090 Shoreline master program.
12.04.100 Manufactured Home Park Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.105 Activity centers.
12.04.110 Canyon Park Annexation concomitant zoning agreements.
12.04.120 Subareas.
12.04.130 Downtown subarea regulations.
12.04.135 Canyon Park Subarea zoning classifications.
12.04.140 Adoption of city-wide and subarea zoning maps.
12.04.150 Boundaries – Administrative determination.
12.04.160 Boundaries – Hearing body recommendation – City council determination.
12.06 Permitted Uses
12.06.010 Purpose.
12.06.020 Interpretation of land use tables.
12.06.030 Agriculture.
12.06.040 Automotive, marine, and heavy equipment services.
12.06.050 Business and personal services.
12.06.060 Eating and drinking establishments.
12.06.070 Education services.
12.06.080 Essential public facilities.
12.06.090 Government services, general.
12.06.100 Health and social services.
12.06.110 Lodging.
12.06.120 Manufacturing, distribution, storage and warehousing.
12.06.130 Recreation, culture and entertainment.
12.06.140 Residential uses.
12.06.150 Retail uses.
12.06.160 Temporary uses.
12.06.170 Transportation.
12.06.180 Utilities.
12.06.190 Uses not otherwise categorized.
12.07 Affordable Housing
12.07.010 Purpose.
12.07.015 Definitions.
12.07.020 Location of affordable housing programs.
12.07.030 General affordable housing requirements.
12.07.040 Affordable housing agreement.
12.07.050 Alternative compliance.
12.07.055 Commercial development – Affordable housing linkage fees.
12.07.060 Rounding.
12.08 Manufactured Home Parks
12.08.010 Purpose.
12.08.020 Minimum area and maximum number of units allowed.
12.08.030 Development standards.
12.08.040 Adoption of manufactured home regulations by reference.
12.08.050 Installation building permit required.
12.08.060 Pre-existing manufactured home parks.
12.10 Specialized Senior Housing and Nursing Homes
12.10.010 Purpose.
12.10.020 Occupancy.
12.10.030 Number of units or beds allowed.
12.10.040 Development design, generally.
12.10.050 Development adjacent to single-family zoning.
12.10.060 Reduction in parking for specialized senior housing.
12.10.070 Recreation space.
12.10.080 Transportation program.
12.11 Wireless Communication Facilities
12.11.010 Policies, purpose and goals.
12.11.020 Definitions.
12.11.025 Adoption of Bothell Standards.
12.11.030 General provisions.
12.11.035 Exemptions.
12.11.040 WCFs and SWFs – Permitted locations.
Article I. Wireless Communication Facilities (WCFs)
12.11.045 Wireless communication facilities – General.
12.11.050 WCF permit required – Type of action and expiration.
12.11.060 Contents of complete application.
12.11.065 Siting hierarchy.
12.11.070 Visibility and dimensional standards.
12.11.080 Collocation – Covenant of good faith.
12.11.120 Testing of WCFs required – Radio frequency radiation.
12.11.160 Signs.
12.11.180 Notice and duty to cure.
12.11.190 Hearing.
Article II. Small Wireless Facilities
12.11.200 Small wireless facilities – General.
12.11.210 SWF permit application review process.
12.11.220 Contents of SWF permit application.
12.11.230 Consolidated permit.
12.11.240 Permit requirements.
12.11.250 Designated design district.
12.11.260 Design and concealment standards for small wireless deployments.
Article III. Eligible Facility Requests and Appeals
12.11.300 Definitions for eligible facilities requests.
12.11.310 Eligible facilities request.
Article IV. Generally Applicable Requirements
12.11.400 Recovery of city costs.
12.11.410 Maintenance of facilities.
12.11.420 Modifications to existing WCFs or SWFs.
12.11.430 Testing of WCFs and SWFs required – Noise emissions.
12.11.440 Security.
12.11.450 Abandonment of WCFs or SWFs.
12.11.460 Administrative decision.
12.11.470 Revocation or termination of permit.
12.12 Forest Practices and Land Clearing
12.12.010 Purpose.
12.12.020 Definitions.
12.12.030 When permit required – Type of action.
12.12.040 Exemptions.
12.12.050 Contents of a complete forest practices/land clearing application.
12.12.060 Criteria for approval.
12.12.070 Forest Practices Act permit issuance requirements placed on the city.
12.12.080 Violations.
12.12.090 Burning not allowed.
12.12.100 Term of permit.
12.12.110 Bond requirement.
12.14 Area, Dimensions and Design
12.14.010 Purpose.
12.14.020 Interpretation of tables.
12.14.030 Residential area and dimensions.
12.14.040 Commercial and industrial dimensions.
12.14.050 Setbacks – General measurement method.
12.14.060 Setbacks – Adjoining alleys.
12.14.070 Setbacks – Applying to specific building or use.
12.14.080 Setbacks – Modifications.
12.14.085 Setbacks – Offspring and unit lot setbacks applicable within attached residential zones.
12.14.090 Setbacks – Projections and facilities allowed.
12.14.100 Setbacks – Panhandle lots.
12.14.110 Building height – General measurement method.
12.14.120 Building height – Exceptions to limit.
12.14.130 Building limitations – Accessory buildings and structures.
12.14.133 Floor area ratios.
12.14.134 Middle housing.
12.14.135 Accessory dwelling units.
12.14.140 Building and hard surface coverage.
12.14.150 Fences and freestanding walls.
12.14.152 Retaining walls, rockeries, and other retaining structures.
12.14.155 Storage space and collection points for recyclables and garbage.
12.14.160 Lot divided by zone boundary.
12.14.170 Site and exterior building design, generally.
12.14.180 Site design.
12.14.190 Exterior building design.
12.14.200 Exterior building design – Multiple-family residential.
12.14.210 Exterior building design – Commercial and industrial.
12.14.220 Exterior building design – Multifamily residential, commercial or industrial development abutting single-family residential zoning.
12.14.230 Design of developments on or adjacent to historic register or historic inventory properties.
12.14.240 Exterior lighting.
12.14.250 Alternative energy infrastructure.
12.16 Parking, Loading, Transit Access and Pedestrian Circulation
12.16.010 Purpose.
12.16.020 Authority and application.
12.16.030 No minimum required off-street parking spaces.
12.16.035 Bicycle parking requirements.
12.16.040 Shared parking regulations.
12.16.050 Disabled parking requirements.
12.16.060 Loading space requirements.
12.16.070 Stacking spaces for drive-through facilities.
12.16.080 Off-street parking location and design.
12.16.090 Screening parking lots and garages, loading areas, drive-through lanes and stacking spaces from view from public right-of-way.
12.16.100 Lighting within parking and loading areas.
12.16.110 Transit, rideshare, and green building provisions.
12.16.120 Pedestrian circulation and access.
12.16.130 Exemption of pre-existing parking spaces.
12.18 Tree Retention and Landscaping
12.18.010 Purpose.
12.18.020 Application.
12.18.030 Existing vegetation retention.
12.18.040 Types of landscaping.
12.18.050 Street right-of-way landscaping.
12.18.060 Bothell boulevard system landscaping.
12.18.070 Landscaping along I-405.
12.18.080 Front lot line landscaping and interior lot line landscaping.
12.18.090 Parking lot landscaping.
12.18.100 Landscaping adjacent to buildings and refuse containers.
12.18.110 Landscaping between zones.
12.18.120 Supplemental landscaping.
12.18.130 Required landscape plan.
12.18.140 Plant materials and sizes.
12.18.150 Plant maintenance.
12.18.160 Modifications.
12.18.170 Landscaping bonds.
12.20 Recreation Area
12.20.010 Purpose.
12.20.020 Minimum area required.
12.20.030 Single-purpose facilities.
12.20.040 Location, layout.
12.20.050 Enforcement.
12.22 Signs
12.22.010 Purpose.
12.22.020 Definitions.
12.22.030 Categories of signs.
12.22.040 Exempt signs.
12.22.050 Prohibited signs.
12.22.060 Permanent signs – On-premises.
12.22.065 Permanent signs – On-premises – Noncommercial.
12.22.070 Permanent signs – Off-premises.
12.22.075 Permanent signs – Off-premises – Noncommercial.
12.22.080 Temporary signs – On-premises.
12.22.085 Temporary signs – On-premises – Noncommercial signs.
12.22.088 General regulations for temporary off-premises signs.
12.22.090 Temporary signs – Off-premises.
12.22.095 Temporary signs – Off-premises – Noncommercial signs.
12.22.096 Real estate signs.
12.22.098 Campaign signs.
12.22.100 Master sign plan option.
12.22.110 Sign permit – Type of action.
12.22.120 Sign permit – Contents of complete application.
12.22.125 Temporary signs – Registration process.
12.22.130 Requirements applicable to all signs.
12.22.140 Nonconforming use and discontinuance of use.
12.22.150 Sign variance criteria.
12.26 Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Other Site Improvements
12.26.010 Purpose.
12.26.020 Applicability.
12.26.030 Determination of nonconformance.
12.26.040 Nonconforming uses of land.
12.26.050 Nonconforming buildings and other site improvements.
12.26.055 Nonconforming residential densities.
12.26.060 Maintenance repair or reconstruction of damaged nonconforming buildings or other site improvements.
12.26.070 Lots of record.
12.26.080 Illegal use, building, or other improvement.
12.28 Conditional Use Permits
12.28.010 Purpose.
12.28.020 Type of action.
12.28.030 Contents of complete application.
12.28.040 Criteria for approval.
12.28.050 Conditions of approval.
12.28.055 Minor modifications to approved conditional use permits.
12.28.060 Time frame for submission of construction permits.
12.30 Planned Unit Developments
12.30.010 Purpose.
12.30.020 Types of planned unit developments – Where permitted – Uses permitted.
12.30.030 Permissive modifications of regulations – Generally.
12.30.040 Permissive modifications of regulations – Standard single-family PUDs.
12.30.050 Permissive modifications in regulations – Non-single-family PUDs.
12.30.060 Permissive modifications in regulations – Green PUDs.
12.30.070 Permissive modifications in regulations – Clustered subdivisions and attached residential PUDs.
12.30.080 Preliminary and final approval required – Type of action – Combined applications.
12.30.090 Phased development.
12.30.100 Preliminary PUDs – Contents of complete application.
12.30.110 Preliminary PUDs – Criteria for approval.
12.30.120 Preliminary PUDs – Minor and major changes to an approved preliminary PUD.
12.30.130 Approved preliminary PUD – Extension of time for filing final PUD.
12.30.140 Preliminary PUDs – Failure to file for final PUD – Termination.
12.30.150 Final PUDs – Contents of complete application.
12.30.160 Final PUDs – Criteria for approval.
12.30.170 Effect of PUD approval.
12.30.180 Conditions of PUD approval control over conflicting regulations.
12.30.190 Subdivision requirements.
12.30.200 Lots subject to final PUD.
12.30.210 Final PUDs – Minor modifications to approved final PUD.
12.30.220 Final PUDs – Major modifications to approved final PUD.
12.30.230 Building permits – Certificates of occupancy – Common walls.
12.30.240 Extension of time for construction.
12.30.250 Termination of planned unit development – Failure to commence or continue construction.
12.32 Site Plan Review
12.32.010 Purpose.
12.32.020 Applicability.
12.32.030 Type of action.
12.32.040 Contents of a complete application.
12.32.050 Site plan elements to be reviewed.
12.32.060 Review departments.
12.32.070 Criteria for approval.
12.32.080 Issuance of site plan approval.
12.32.090 Appeals.
12.32.100 Modifications.
12.32.110 Expiration.
12.32.120 Concurrent review with other required permits.
12.32.130 Administrative rules.
12.34 Site Rezones
12.34.010 Purpose.
12.34.020 Type of action.
12.34.030 Contents of a complete application.
12.34.040 Criteria for approval.
12.34.050 Zoning map.
12.36 Variances
12.36.010 Purpose.
12.36.020 Type of action.
12.36.030 Contents of complete application.
12.36.040 Criteria for approval.
12.38 Annexations
12.38.010 Purpose.
12.38.020 Type of action.
12.38.030 Contents of complete application.
12.38.040 Criteria for approval.
12.38.050 Conformance with comprehensive plan.
12.38.060 Pre-annexation comprehensive planning and proposed zoning regulations.
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Sections
12.42 Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs Subarea Regulations
12.42.010 Purpose.
12.42.020 Special regulations – R15, OP, CB zoning in southeast corner of subarea.
12.42.030 Special regulations – R8a zoning in southeast portion of subarea.
12.42.040 Coordination of access points on 9th Avenue SE.
Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs Subarea map
12.44 Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.44.010 Purpose.
12.44.020 OP zoning in north end of subarea.
12.44.030 Northwest Mobile Estates manufactured home park zoning – R-L zoning on 228th zoning.
12.44.040 CB zoning west of SR-527 and north of 240th Street SE.
Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE Subarea map
12.46 Midtown Subarea Regulations
12.46.010 Purpose.
12.46.020 R-AC, OP, CB zoning in north end of subarea adjacent to the Canyon Park Subarea.
12.46.030 R-M3, OP zoning south of Canyon Heights.
12.46.040 OP, GC zoning east of Bothell-Everett Highway.
12.46.050 Highway Midtown special district – R 4,000, OP, CB and R-AC, OP, CB zoning at Bothell-Everett Highway and 240th Street SE intersection.
12.46.060 R-M3, OP zoning in southern portion of subarea.
Midtown Subarea map
12.48 Canyon Park Subarea Regulations
Article I. Purpose and Applicability
12.48.000 Purpose.
12.48.010 Applicability.
12.48.020 How the provisions of this chapter are applied.
12.48.030 Departures.
12.48.040 Relationship to other codes.
Article II. Zoning
12.48.100 Purpose.
12.48.110 Districts map.
12.48.120 Uses permitted in Canyon Park Subarea zones.
12.48.130 Dimensional regulations for Canyon Park Subarea zones.
12.48.140 Floor area ratio calculations.
12.48.150 Affordable housing.
12.48.160 Maximum block perimeter.
12.48.170 Air quality buffer.
12.48.180 Transfer of development rights.
12.48.190 Bonus floor area ratio incentives.
Article III. Street Design, Circulation and Parking
12.48.200 Purpose.
12.48.210 Provision of new streets.
12.48.220 Streetscape classifications and regulations.
12.48.230 Through-block connections.
12.48.240 Trails.
12.48.250 Off-street parking regulations.
Article IV. Block Frontage
12.48.300 Purpose.
12.48.305 Block frontage designation map.
12.48.310 About the transparency regulations.
12.48.320 Primary block frontage regulations.
12.48.330 Secondary block frontage regulations.
12.48.340 Gateway block frontage regulations.
12.48.350 Undesignated (streets with no designated block frontage).
12.48.355 Woonerf and landscaped passageway frontage regulations.
12.48.360 Urban passage frontage regulations.
12.48.370 Where properties front onto multiple streets.
12.48.380 Where properties have multiple designations along one frontage.
12.48.390 High-visibility street corners.
Article V. Design Regulations – Site Planning
12.48.400 Purpose.
12.48.410 Side- and rear-yard setbacks.
12.48.420 Internal outdoor space.
12.48.430 Internal pedestrian access and design.
12.48.440 Service areas and mechanical equipment.
Article VI. Design Regulations – Building Design
12.48.500 Purpose.
12.48.510 Building massing and articulation.
12.48.520 Building details.
12.48.530 Building materials.
12.48.540 Blank wall treatment.
Article VII. Design Regulations – Sign Design
12.48.600 Purpose.
12.48.610 Base sign regulations.
12.48.620 Supplemental Canyon Park sign regulations.
12.50 Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.50.010 Purpose.
12.50.020 Canyon Mobile Park manufactured home park zoning – R-L zoning on 228th Street SE.
12.50.030 Regulation of uses for protection of groundwater resources.
12.50.040 Preservation of the hydrologic cycle within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.50.050 Wildlife standards within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.50.060 Definitions.
Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE Subarea map
12.52 Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.52.010 Purpose.
12.52.020 Special regulations applying to lands within the North Creek Protection Area having a zoning classification of R-C (LID) or R-L1 (LID) and lands located in the eastern portion of the subarea having a zoning classification of R-L1.
12.52.030 R-M3 zoning at south end of subarea.
12.52.040 Special regulations applying to lands within an R-L1 zoning classification located in the eastern portion of the subarea.
12.52.050 Preservation of the hydrologic cycle within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.52.060 Wildlife standards within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.52.070 Definitions.
Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE Subarea map
12.54 Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea Regulations
12.54.010 Purpose.
12.54.020 Lower Maywood special district – R-M1 and R-M4 zoning in south end of subarea.
12.54.030 Green Acres manufactured home park zoning – R-M4 zoning along 15th Avenue SE.
12.54.040 Special regulations – R8d zoning at north end of subarea.
Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea map
12.56 North Creek/NE 195th Street Subarea Regulations
12.56.010 Purpose.
12.56.020 North Creek Valley special district – Coterminous with North Creek Valley/NE 195th Street subarea.
12.56.030 Subdistricts.
12.56.040 PUD required – Subdistrict B.
12.56.050 Impervious and hard surface planning allotment.
12.56.060 Pedestrian and bicycle access.
12.56.070 Standards relating to freeways.
12.56.080 Architectural standards, minimum densities, and floor area ratios.
12.56.090 Setbacks.
12.56.100 Landscaping standards.
12.56.110 Parking standards.
12.56.120 Nonemergency motor vehicle connections from 112th Avenue NE to roads in Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea prohibited.
12.56.130 Motor Vehicle Sales Overlay.
North Creek/NE 195th Street Subarea map
12.58 Bloomberg Hill Subarea Regulations
12.58.010 Purpose.
12.58.020 Special regulations – R8d zoning in south end of subarea.
12.58.030 Predominant views.
Bloomberg Hill Subarea map
12.60 Brickyard Road/Queensgate Subarea Regulations
12.60.010 Purpose.
12.60.020 Valley View manufactured home park zoning – Portion of R-M4 zoning.
12.60.030 GC zoning surrounding intersection of Brickyard Road and Woodinville Drive.
12.60.040 R-AC, OP, NB zoning at Juanita-Woodinville Way/I-405 interchange.
12.60.050 Protection of groundwater resources.
Brickyard Road/Queensgate Subarea map
12.62 Westhill Subarea Regulations
12.62.010 Purpose.
12.62.020 R-M4, OP, CB zoning along SR-522.
12.62.030 Proposed AG agricultural zoning along 88th Avenue NE.
Westhill Subarea map
12.64.000 Orientation.
12.64.001 Applicability.
12.64.002 How to Obtain Project Approval.
12.64.003 Development Regulations: Terms.
12.64.004 How to Use the Development Regulations.
12.64.100 Districts Map.
12.64.100 District Requirements.
12.64.101 Downtown Core District Requirements.
12.64.102 Downtown Neighborhood District Requirements.
12.64.103 Downtown Transition District Requirements.
12.64.104 SR 522 Corridor District Requirements.
12.64.105 General Downtown Corridor District Requirements.
12.64.106 Sunrise/Valley View Neighborhood District Requirements.
12.64.107 Park and Public Open Space District Requirements.
12.64.108 Campus District Requirements.
12.64.200 Site Development Regulations.
12.64.201 Building Use.
Use Category Charts.
12.64.202 Building Height (Downtown-Specific Definition).
12.64.203 Special Height Regulations.
12.64.204 Building Orientation.
12.64.205 Public Frontage.
12.64.206 Private Frontage.
12.64.207 Front Yard Setback.
12.64.208 Side Yard Setback.
12.64.209 Rear Yard Setback.
12.64.210 Special Setback Regulations.
12.64.211 Alley Setback.
12.64.212 Frontage Coverage.
12.64.213 Build-to-Corner.
12.64.214 Maximum Building Length.
12.64.215 Special Building Length Limit.
12.64.216 Space Between Buildings.
12.64.300 Street, Surface Water Management and Open Space Regulations.
12.64.301 Street Regulations.
12.64.302 Surface Water Management Regulations.
12.64.303 Setback Area Landscaping.
12.64.304 Provision of Designated Outdoor Space.
12.64.305 General Outdoor Space Requirements.
12.64.306 Street and Outdoor Space Guidelines.
12.64.400 Parking Regulations.
12.64.401 Parking Types.
12.64.402 Provision of Parking.
12.64.403 General Parking Requirements.
12.64.404 Parking Guidelines.
12.64.500 Architecture Regulations.
12.64.501 Building Height Massing Regulations.
12.64.502 Building Length Massing Regulations.
12.64.503 Architectural Elements Regulations.
12.64.504 Architectural Styles.
12.64.505 Historic Resources Regulations.
12.64.600 Signage Regulations.
12.64.601 General Signage Regulations.
12.64.602 Sign Type Regulations.
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12.02 General Provisions
12.02.010 Name.
12.02.020 Purpose.
12.02.030 Conformity with this title required.
12.02.040 Minimum requirements.
12.02.050 Interpretation – General.
12.02.060 Amendments.
12.04 Zoning Classifications, Subareas, Maps, and Boundaries
12.04.010 Purpose.
12.04.020 Zoning classifications.
12.04.025 Agricultural zoning classification.
12.04.030 Residential zoning classifications.
12.04.035 Specialized Senior Housing Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.040 Office-Professional zoning classification.
12.04.050 Neighborhood Business zoning classification.
12.04.060 Community Business zoning classification.
12.04.065 Motor Vehicle Sales Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.070 General Commercial zoning classification.
12.04.072 Mixed Use/Neighborhood Overlay.
12.04.074 Mixed Use/Community Overlay.
12.04.076 Mixed Use/Employment Overlay.
12.04.078 Commercial/General Overlay.
12.04.079 Employment/Medium (City) Overlay.
12.04.080 Light Industrial zoning classification.
12.04.085 North Creek Fish and Wildlife Critical Habitat Protection Area.
12.04.090 Shoreline master program.
12.04.100 Manufactured Home Park Overlay zoning classification.
12.04.105 Activity centers.
12.04.110 Canyon Park Annexation concomitant zoning agreements.
12.04.120 Subareas.
12.04.130 Downtown subarea regulations.
12.04.135 Canyon Park Subarea zoning classifications.
12.04.140 Adoption of city-wide and subarea zoning maps.
12.04.150 Boundaries – Administrative determination.
12.04.160 Boundaries – Hearing body recommendation – City council determination.
12.06 Permitted Uses
12.06.010 Purpose.
12.06.020 Interpretation of land use tables.
12.06.030 Agriculture.
12.06.040 Automotive, marine, and heavy equipment services.
12.06.050 Business and personal services.
12.06.060 Eating and drinking establishments.
12.06.070 Education services.
12.06.080 Essential public facilities.
12.06.090 Government services, general.
12.06.100 Health and social services.
12.06.110 Lodging.
12.06.120 Manufacturing, distribution, storage and warehousing.
12.06.130 Recreation, culture and entertainment.
12.06.140 Residential uses.
12.06.150 Retail uses.
12.06.160 Temporary uses.
12.06.170 Transportation.
12.06.180 Utilities.
12.06.190 Uses not otherwise categorized.
12.07 Affordable Housing
12.07.010 Purpose.
12.07.015 Definitions.
12.07.020 Location of affordable housing programs.
12.07.030 General affordable housing requirements.
12.07.040 Affordable housing agreement.
12.07.050 Alternative compliance.
12.07.055 Commercial development – Affordable housing linkage fees.
12.07.060 Rounding.
12.08 Manufactured Home Parks
12.08.010 Purpose.
12.08.020 Minimum area and maximum number of units allowed.
12.08.030 Development standards.
12.08.040 Adoption of manufactured home regulations by reference.
12.08.050 Installation building permit required.
12.08.060 Pre-existing manufactured home parks.
12.10 Specialized Senior Housing and Nursing Homes
12.10.010 Purpose.
12.10.020 Occupancy.
12.10.030 Number of units or beds allowed.
12.10.040 Development design, generally.
12.10.050 Development adjacent to single-family zoning.
12.10.060 Reduction in parking for specialized senior housing.
12.10.070 Recreation space.
12.10.080 Transportation program.
12.11 Wireless Communication Facilities
12.11.010 Policies, purpose and goals.
12.11.020 Definitions.
12.11.025 Adoption of Bothell Standards.
12.11.030 General provisions.
12.11.035 Exemptions.
12.11.040 WCFs and SWFs – Permitted locations.
Article I. Wireless Communication Facilities (WCFs)
12.11.045 Wireless communication facilities – General.
12.11.050 WCF permit required – Type of action and expiration.
12.11.060 Contents of complete application.
12.11.065 Siting hierarchy.
12.11.070 Visibility and dimensional standards.
12.11.080 Collocation – Covenant of good faith.
12.11.120 Testing of WCFs required – Radio frequency radiation.
12.11.160 Signs.
12.11.180 Notice and duty to cure.
12.11.190 Hearing.
Article II. Small Wireless Facilities
12.11.200 Small wireless facilities – General.
12.11.210 SWF permit application review process.
12.11.220 Contents of SWF permit application.
12.11.230 Consolidated permit.
12.11.240 Permit requirements.
12.11.250 Designated design district.
12.11.260 Design and concealment standards for small wireless deployments.
Article III. Eligible Facility Requests and Appeals
12.11.300 Definitions for eligible facilities requests.
12.11.310 Eligible facilities request.
Article IV. Generally Applicable Requirements
12.11.400 Recovery of city costs.
12.11.410 Maintenance of facilities.
12.11.420 Modifications to existing WCFs or SWFs.
12.11.430 Testing of WCFs and SWFs required – Noise emissions.
12.11.440 Security.
12.11.450 Abandonment of WCFs or SWFs.
12.11.460 Administrative decision.
12.11.470 Revocation or termination of permit.
12.12 Forest Practices and Land Clearing
12.12.010 Purpose.
12.12.020 Definitions.
12.12.030 When permit required – Type of action.
12.12.040 Exemptions.
12.12.050 Contents of a complete forest practices/land clearing application.
12.12.060 Criteria for approval.
12.12.070 Forest Practices Act permit issuance requirements placed on the city.
12.12.080 Violations.
12.12.090 Burning not allowed.
12.12.100 Term of permit.
12.12.110 Bond requirement.
12.14 Area, Dimensions and Design
12.14.010 Purpose.
12.14.020 Interpretation of tables.
12.14.030 Residential area and dimensions.
12.14.040 Commercial and industrial dimensions.
12.14.050 Setbacks – General measurement method.
12.14.060 Setbacks – Adjoining alleys.
12.14.070 Setbacks – Applying to specific building or use.
12.14.080 Setbacks – Modifications.
12.14.085 Setbacks – Offspring and unit lot setbacks applicable within attached residential zones.
12.14.090 Setbacks – Projections and facilities allowed.
12.14.100 Setbacks – Panhandle lots.
12.14.110 Building height – General measurement method.
12.14.120 Building height – Exceptions to limit.
12.14.130 Building limitations – Accessory buildings and structures.
12.14.133 Floor area ratios.
12.14.134 Middle housing.
12.14.135 Accessory dwelling units.
12.14.140 Building and hard surface coverage.
12.14.150 Fences and freestanding walls.
12.14.152 Retaining walls, rockeries, and other retaining structures.
12.14.155 Storage space and collection points for recyclables and garbage.
12.14.160 Lot divided by zone boundary.
12.14.170 Site and exterior building design, generally.
12.14.180 Site design.
12.14.190 Exterior building design.
12.14.200 Exterior building design – Multiple-family residential.
12.14.210 Exterior building design – Commercial and industrial.
12.14.220 Exterior building design – Multifamily residential, commercial or industrial development abutting single-family residential zoning.
12.14.230 Design of developments on or adjacent to historic register or historic inventory properties.
12.14.240 Exterior lighting.
12.14.250 Alternative energy infrastructure.
12.16 Parking, Loading, Transit Access and Pedestrian Circulation
12.16.010 Purpose.
12.16.020 Authority and application.
12.16.030 No minimum required off-street parking spaces.
12.16.035 Bicycle parking requirements.
12.16.040 Shared parking regulations.
12.16.050 Disabled parking requirements.
12.16.060 Loading space requirements.
12.16.070 Stacking spaces for drive-through facilities.
12.16.080 Off-street parking location and design.
12.16.090 Screening parking lots and garages, loading areas, drive-through lanes and stacking spaces from view from public right-of-way.
12.16.100 Lighting within parking and loading areas.
12.16.110 Transit, rideshare, and green building provisions.
12.16.120 Pedestrian circulation and access.
12.16.130 Exemption of pre-existing parking spaces.
12.18 Tree Retention and Landscaping
12.18.010 Purpose.
12.18.020 Application.
12.18.030 Existing vegetation retention.
12.18.040 Types of landscaping.
12.18.050 Street right-of-way landscaping.
12.18.060 Bothell boulevard system landscaping.
12.18.070 Landscaping along I-405.
12.18.080 Front lot line landscaping and interior lot line landscaping.
12.18.090 Parking lot landscaping.
12.18.100 Landscaping adjacent to buildings and refuse containers.
12.18.110 Landscaping between zones.
12.18.120 Supplemental landscaping.
12.18.130 Required landscape plan.
12.18.140 Plant materials and sizes.
12.18.150 Plant maintenance.
12.18.160 Modifications.
12.18.170 Landscaping bonds.
12.20 Recreation Area
12.20.010 Purpose.
12.20.020 Minimum area required.
12.20.030 Single-purpose facilities.
12.20.040 Location, layout.
12.20.050 Enforcement.
12.22 Signs
12.22.010 Purpose.
12.22.020 Definitions.
12.22.030 Categories of signs.
12.22.040 Exempt signs.
12.22.050 Prohibited signs.
12.22.060 Permanent signs – On-premises.
12.22.065 Permanent signs – On-premises – Noncommercial.
12.22.070 Permanent signs – Off-premises.
12.22.075 Permanent signs – Off-premises – Noncommercial.
12.22.080 Temporary signs – On-premises.
12.22.085 Temporary signs – On-premises – Noncommercial signs.
12.22.088 General regulations for temporary off-premises signs.
12.22.090 Temporary signs – Off-premises.
12.22.095 Temporary signs – Off-premises – Noncommercial signs.
12.22.096 Real estate signs.
12.22.098 Campaign signs.
12.22.100 Master sign plan option.
12.22.110 Sign permit – Type of action.
12.22.120 Sign permit – Contents of complete application.
12.22.125 Temporary signs – Registration process.
12.22.130 Requirements applicable to all signs.
12.22.140 Nonconforming use and discontinuance of use.
12.22.150 Sign variance criteria.
12.26 Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Other Site Improvements
12.26.010 Purpose.
12.26.020 Applicability.
12.26.030 Determination of nonconformance.
12.26.040 Nonconforming uses of land.
12.26.050 Nonconforming buildings and other site improvements.
12.26.055 Nonconforming residential densities.
12.26.060 Maintenance repair or reconstruction of damaged nonconforming buildings or other site improvements.
12.26.070 Lots of record.
12.26.080 Illegal use, building, or other improvement.
12.28 Conditional Use Permits
12.28.010 Purpose.
12.28.020 Type of action.
12.28.030 Contents of complete application.
12.28.040 Criteria for approval.
12.28.050 Conditions of approval.
12.28.055 Minor modifications to approved conditional use permits.
12.28.060 Time frame for submission of construction permits.
12.30 Planned Unit Developments
12.30.010 Purpose.
12.30.020 Types of planned unit developments – Where permitted – Uses permitted.
12.30.030 Permissive modifications of regulations – Generally.
12.30.040 Permissive modifications of regulations – Standard single-family PUDs.
12.30.050 Permissive modifications in regulations – Non-single-family PUDs.
12.30.060 Permissive modifications in regulations – Green PUDs.
12.30.070 Permissive modifications in regulations – Clustered subdivisions and attached residential PUDs.
12.30.080 Preliminary and final approval required – Type of action – Combined applications.
12.30.090 Phased development.
12.30.100 Preliminary PUDs – Contents of complete application.
12.30.110 Preliminary PUDs – Criteria for approval.
12.30.120 Preliminary PUDs – Minor and major changes to an approved preliminary PUD.
12.30.130 Approved preliminary PUD – Extension of time for filing final PUD.
12.30.140 Preliminary PUDs – Failure to file for final PUD – Termination.
12.30.150 Final PUDs – Contents of complete application.
12.30.160 Final PUDs – Criteria for approval.
12.30.170 Effect of PUD approval.
12.30.180 Conditions of PUD approval control over conflicting regulations.
12.30.190 Subdivision requirements.
12.30.200 Lots subject to final PUD.
12.30.210 Final PUDs – Minor modifications to approved final PUD.
12.30.220 Final PUDs – Major modifications to approved final PUD.
12.30.230 Building permits – Certificates of occupancy – Common walls.
12.30.240 Extension of time for construction.
12.30.250 Termination of planned unit development – Failure to commence or continue construction.
12.32 Site Plan Review
12.32.010 Purpose.
12.32.020 Applicability.
12.32.030 Type of action.
12.32.040 Contents of a complete application.
12.32.050 Site plan elements to be reviewed.
12.32.060 Review departments.
12.32.070 Criteria for approval.
12.32.080 Issuance of site plan approval.
12.32.090 Appeals.
12.32.100 Modifications.
12.32.110 Expiration.
12.32.120 Concurrent review with other required permits.
12.32.130 Administrative rules.
12.34 Site Rezones
12.34.010 Purpose.
12.34.020 Type of action.
12.34.030 Contents of a complete application.
12.34.040 Criteria for approval.
12.34.050 Zoning map.
12.36 Variances
12.36.010 Purpose.
12.36.020 Type of action.
12.36.030 Contents of complete application.
12.36.040 Criteria for approval.
12.38 Annexations
12.38.010 Purpose.
12.38.020 Type of action.
12.38.030 Contents of complete application.
12.38.040 Criteria for approval.
12.38.050 Conformance with comprehensive plan.
12.38.060 Pre-annexation comprehensive planning and proposed zoning regulations.
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Subarea Regulations
Sections
12.42 Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs Subarea Regulations
12.42.010 Purpose.
12.42.020 Special regulations – R15, OP, CB zoning in southeast corner of subarea.
12.42.030 Special regulations – R8a zoning in southeast portion of subarea.
12.42.040 Coordination of access points on 9th Avenue SE.
Queensborough/Brentwood/Crystal Springs Subarea map
12.44 Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.44.010 Purpose.
12.44.020 OP zoning in north end of subarea.
12.44.030 Northwest Mobile Estates manufactured home park zoning – R-L zoning on 228th zoning.
12.44.040 CB zoning west of SR-527 and north of 240th Street SE.
Shelton View/Meridian/3rd Avenue SE Subarea map
12.46 Midtown Subarea Regulations
12.46.010 Purpose.
12.46.020 R-AC, OP, CB zoning in north end of subarea adjacent to the Canyon Park Subarea.
12.46.030 R-M3, OP zoning south of Canyon Heights.
12.46.040 OP, GC zoning east of Bothell-Everett Highway.
12.46.050 Highway Midtown special district – R 4,000, OP, CB and R-AC, OP, CB zoning at Bothell-Everett Highway and 240th Street SE intersection.
12.46.060 R-M3, OP zoning in southern portion of subarea.
Midtown Subarea map
12.48 Canyon Park Subarea Regulations
Article I. Purpose and Applicability
12.48.000 Purpose.
12.48.010 Applicability.
12.48.020 How the provisions of this chapter are applied.
12.48.030 Departures.
12.48.040 Relationship to other codes.
Article II. Zoning
12.48.100 Purpose.
12.48.110 Districts map.
12.48.120 Uses permitted in Canyon Park Subarea zones.
12.48.130 Dimensional regulations for Canyon Park Subarea zones.
12.48.140 Floor area ratio calculations.
12.48.150 Affordable housing.
12.48.160 Maximum block perimeter.
12.48.170 Air quality buffer.
12.48.180 Transfer of development rights.
12.48.190 Bonus floor area ratio incentives.
Article III. Street Design, Circulation and Parking
12.48.200 Purpose.
12.48.210 Provision of new streets.
12.48.220 Streetscape classifications and regulations.
12.48.230 Through-block connections.
12.48.240 Trails.
12.48.250 Off-street parking regulations.
Article IV. Block Frontage
12.48.300 Purpose.
12.48.305 Block frontage designation map.
12.48.310 About the transparency regulations.
12.48.320 Primary block frontage regulations.
12.48.330 Secondary block frontage regulations.
12.48.340 Gateway block frontage regulations.
12.48.350 Undesignated (streets with no designated block frontage).
12.48.355 Woonerf and landscaped passageway frontage regulations.
12.48.360 Urban passage frontage regulations.
12.48.370 Where properties front onto multiple streets.
12.48.380 Where properties have multiple designations along one frontage.
12.48.390 High-visibility street corners.
Article V. Design Regulations – Site Planning
12.48.400 Purpose.
12.48.410 Side- and rear-yard setbacks.
12.48.420 Internal outdoor space.
12.48.430 Internal pedestrian access and design.
12.48.440 Service areas and mechanical equipment.
Article VI. Design Regulations – Building Design
12.48.500 Purpose.
12.48.510 Building massing and articulation.
12.48.520 Building details.
12.48.530 Building materials.
12.48.540 Blank wall treatment.
Article VII. Design Regulations – Sign Design
12.48.600 Purpose.
12.48.610 Base sign regulations.
12.48.620 Supplemental Canyon Park sign regulations.
12.50 Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.50.010 Purpose.
12.50.020 Canyon Mobile Park manufactured home park zoning – R-L zoning on 228th Street SE.
12.50.030 Regulation of uses for protection of groundwater resources.
12.50.040 Preservation of the hydrologic cycle within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.50.050 Wildlife standards within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.50.060 Definitions.
Canyon Creek/39th Avenue SE Subarea map
12.52 Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE Subarea Regulations
12.52.010 Purpose.
12.52.020 Special regulations applying to lands within the North Creek Protection Area having a zoning classification of R-C (LID) or R-L1 (LID) and lands located in the eastern portion of the subarea having a zoning classification of R-L1.
12.52.030 R-M3 zoning at south end of subarea.
12.52.040 Special regulations applying to lands within an R-L1 zoning classification located in the eastern portion of the subarea.
12.52.050 Preservation of the hydrologic cycle within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.52.060 Wildlife standards within the North Creek Protection Area (NCPA).
12.52.070 Definitions.
Fitzgerald/35th Avenue SE Subarea map
12.54 Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea Regulations
12.54.010 Purpose.
12.54.020 Lower Maywood special district – R-M1 and R-M4 zoning in south end of subarea.
12.54.030 Green Acres manufactured home park zoning – R-M4 zoning along 15th Avenue SE.
12.54.040 Special regulations – R8d zoning at north end of subarea.
Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea map
12.56 North Creek/NE 195th Street Subarea Regulations
12.56.010 Purpose.
12.56.020 North Creek Valley special district – Coterminous with North Creek Valley/NE 195th Street subarea.
12.56.030 Subdistricts.
12.56.040 PUD required – Subdistrict B.
12.56.050 Impervious and hard surface planning allotment.
12.56.060 Pedestrian and bicycle access.
12.56.070 Standards relating to freeways.
12.56.080 Architectural standards, minimum densities, and floor area ratios.
12.56.090 Setbacks.
12.56.100 Landscaping standards.
12.56.110 Parking standards.
12.56.120 Nonemergency motor vehicle connections from 112th Avenue NE to roads in Maywood/Beckstrom Hill Subarea prohibited.
12.56.130 Motor Vehicle Sales Overlay.
North Creek/NE 195th Street Subarea map
12.58 Bloomberg Hill Subarea Regulations
12.58.010 Purpose.
12.58.020 Special regulations – R8d zoning in south end of subarea.
12.58.030 Predominant views.
Bloomberg Hill Subarea map
12.60 Brickyard Road/Queensgate Subarea Regulations
12.60.010 Purpose.
12.60.020 Valley View manufactured home park zoning – Portion of R-M4 zoning.
12.60.030 GC zoning surrounding intersection of Brickyard Road and Woodinville Drive.
12.60.040 R-AC, OP, NB zoning at Juanita-Woodinville Way/I-405 interchange.
12.60.050 Protection of groundwater resources.
Brickyard Road/Queensgate Subarea map
12.62 Westhill Subarea Regulations
12.62.010 Purpose.
12.62.020 R-M4, OP, CB zoning along SR-522.
12.62.030 Proposed AG agricultural zoning along 88th Avenue NE.
Westhill Subarea map
12.64.000 Orientation.
12.64.001 Applicability.
12.64.002 How to Obtain Project Approval.
12.64.003 Development Regulations: Terms.
12.64.004 How to Use the Development Regulations.
12.64.100 Districts Map.
12.64.100 District Requirements.
12.64.101 Downtown Core District Requirements.
12.64.102 Downtown Neighborhood District Requirements.
12.64.103 Downtown Transition District Requirements.
12.64.104 SR 522 Corridor District Requirements.
12.64.105 General Downtown Corridor District Requirements.
12.64.106 Sunrise/Valley View Neighborhood District Requirements.
12.64.107 Park and Public Open Space District Requirements.
12.64.108 Campus District Requirements.
12.64.200 Site Development Regulations.
12.64.201 Building Use.
Use Category Charts.
12.64.202 Building Height (Downtown-Specific Definition).
12.64.203 Special Height Regulations.
12.64.204 Building Orientation.
12.64.205 Public Frontage.
12.64.206 Private Frontage.
12.64.207 Front Yard Setback.
12.64.208 Side Yard Setback.
12.64.209 Rear Yard Setback.
12.64.210 Special Setback Regulations.
12.64.211 Alley Setback.
12.64.212 Frontage Coverage.
12.64.213 Build-to-Corner.
12.64.214 Maximum Building Length.
12.64.215 Special Building Length Limit.
12.64.216 Space Between Buildings.
12.64.300 Street, Surface Water Management and Open Space Regulations.
12.64.301 Street Regulations.
12.64.302 Surface Water Management Regulations.
12.64.303 Setback Area Landscaping.
12.64.304 Provision of Designated Outdoor Space.
12.64.305 General Outdoor Space Requirements.
12.64.306 Street and Outdoor Space Guidelines.
12.64.400 Parking Regulations.
12.64.401 Parking Types.
12.64.402 Provision of Parking.
12.64.403 General Parking Requirements.
12.64.404 Parking Guidelines.
12.64.500 Architecture Regulations.
12.64.501 Building Height Massing Regulations.
12.64.502 Building Length Massing Regulations.
12.64.503 Architectural Elements Regulations.
12.64.504 Architectural Styles.
12.64.505 Historic Resources Regulations.
12.64.600 Signage Regulations.
12.64.601 General Signage Regulations.
12.64.602 Sign Type Regulations.
Glossary.
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