Lake Forest Park City Zoning Code

A single-family dwelling of a permanent character, placed in a permanent location.

A single two-unit middle housing dwelling of a permanent character, placed in a permanent location. This can include the following configurations:

Home occupations, provided they meet the criteria in LFPMC § 18.50.040.

Accessory buildings and structures in accordance with the provisions in LFPMC § 18.50.060.

Accessory dwelling units in accordance with the provisions in LFPMC § 18.50.050.

Type I day care facility in accordance with the provisions in LFPMC § 18.50.045.

Townhouses, provided the front or rear yards do not directly face public rights-of-way or adjacent low density residential zones.

Real estate sales offices located within the development site in a temporary facility, including office space located in a temporary mobile office trailer up to 40 feet long. The real estate sales office shall be temporary in nature and used only for conducting sales activities for housing located within the development (no sales of off-site property shall be allowed). The sales office shall be removed within 30 days of completion of initial sales within the community.

There is no minimum lot area. Residences may be located on common parcels held in condominium ownership.

The maximum density is 20 dwelling units per acre. The density shall be calculated by dividing the number of dwellings by the total area being developed, including streets, alleys, open spaces and other common areas. In using this density calculation, the maximum density allowed in this zone can be no less than two units.

All sites in the SG-LDR zone must have adequate screening and landscaping, subject to the southern gateway – low density residential zone design guidelines.

The provisions of Chapter 16.14 LFPMC (Tree Canopy Preservation and Enhancement) shall apply; provided, that the canopy coverage goal established in LFPMC § 16.14.080(A) shall be 20 percent for the SG-LDR zone (measured over the whole site including roads, parking and service areas) and that the provisions under LFPMC § 16.14.080(B) regarding designating a tree tract equal to five percent of the gross project area shall not apply.

Provide two stalls for every dwelling unit.

Additionally, provide either:

The parking requirement for the overall development may be met by counting all parking spaces in garages, driveways, parking lots, on-street parking included within the development as well as on-street parking along NE 145th Street, and NE 147th Street adjacent to the site. The applicant may apply for a parking reduction for conditions that reduce the actual parking need such as joint use, special populations, etc. The code administrator may allow a parking reduction if he or she determines that the reduction is justified by a parking occupancy analysis prepared by a licensed transportation planner with special qualifications in parking analysis.

The applicant shall submit to the city a traffic and parking impact analysis identifying the increases in traffic and off-site parking demand. The analysis shall be prepared by a licensed professional transportation engineer. The applicant shall be responsible for implementing both on-site and off-site mitigation measures that the code administrator determines necessary to prevent significant adverse impacts to transportation systems and the surrounding area. Specifically, necessary mitigation measures, such as on-site and off-site traffic calming measures, must be taken to prevent cut-through traffic and additional parking demand on streets in the surrounding area.

If a housing development in the southern gateway – low density residential zone is a middle housing unit, off-street parking requirements apply as follows:

The Lake Forest Park "Southern Gateway – Low Density Residential Zone Design Guidelines" are adopted as guidelines applicable to applications filed under the southern gateway – low density residential zone review process described in LFPMC § 18.47.130 through § 18.47.150 and incorporated by reference herein.

To the extent that a proposed development in the southern gateway – low density residential zone provides parking or open space in excess of the minimum required by the applicable zoning code or design guidelines provision, the excess may be allocated to meet similar requirements in the adjacent transition zone, subject to the following limitations:

The applicant shall submit a commercial site development permit application on a form provided by the city planning department, along with supporting documents required by the city planning department. The submitted materials must include drawings and information needed to evaluate the proposal with respect to the southern gateway – low density residential zone design guidelines.

The application shall be reviewed first by the city code administrator generally under LFPMC § 16.26.030(E), Ministerial Administrative Decisions, and LFPMC § 16.26.040, Applications. LFPMC § 16.26.035 providing for appeals to the city council shall not apply.

The code administrator shall make a recommendation according to LFPMC § 16.26.080 (Type I applications – Code administrator's recommendation) and the hearing examiner shall review the application under the procedures for a hearing examiner decision stated in LFPMC § 16.26.090 through § 16.26.110.