To encourage quality development within a framework of neighborhood consistency while still allowing flexibility and creativity;

To provide streetscape standards that create a walkable, safe, pedestrian-friendly community; and

To encourage the use of LID principles, techniques and practices.

Regulations governing uses in the underlying zones shall apply to properties in the CB-SPO and CG-SPO overlay zones, with the following additional use standards:

Setbacks/Building Orientation. Base zoning setbacks shall apply; provided, however, that a 25-foot arterial setback shall be preferred in CG/CB zones and the setback area shall be landscaped. Arterial setbacks of less than 25 feet may be permitted upon demonstration that the setback is landscaped and provides a pedestrian-friendly experience consistent with subsection (3) of this section. Buildings shall be oriented toward the adjacent street(s), and separated from the street by the above landscaped setback.

Height. Base zoning height standards shall apply; provided, however, that there shall be no requirement for graduated height setbacks required under PMC § 20.30.032.

Open Space/Pedestrian. Open space and landscape standards of the underlying zone shall apply, as well as setbacks consistent with building and landscape setbacks defined in subsection (1) of this section. The site shall be integrated with and connected to adjacent area trails and street sidewalks.

Parking Lot Configuration. Within areas that are 300 linear feet from the intersection of Shaw Road and Pioneer Way, CBD zone standards shall apply to parking lot configurations and their location and relationship relative to streets/buildings. Outside of the 300-foot areas, CB zone standards for parking lots shall apply.

Design Standards. Projects shall meet community design standards of PMC § 20.26.300.

Building Size. Underlying zoning standards as to lot coverage and floor area ratios shall apply. Any building exceeding 20,000 square feet in size shall be located to the rear of parcels behind smaller street-facing buildings.

Signs. CBD zone sign standards shall apply. The master site sign plan shall be a part of the design review package for any cohesive development.

Green Buildings/Low Impact Development. Proposed projects are strongly encouraged to demonstrate conformance with LEED/Green Built and low impact development principles.

Setbacks/Building Orientation. A 25-foot setback shall be established on all non-street frontage perimeters and the setback area shall be landscaped with vegetation that provides screening, specifically, Type II or Type III perimeter buffer types from the city's vegetative management standards, or functional equivalent. Loading docks or bays shall be oriented in a manner that has the least visual impact from frontage streets and surrounding off-site vantage points, which have the same or similar elevation as the docks or bays, and typically should be oriented toward the interior of the site.

Landscape Area/Open Space/Pedestrian. Streetscape landscaping and sidewalks along street frontage shall be implemented from the curb in the following order: planting or planter strip, sidewalk and then landscape buffer. The planting strip shall be no less than 10 feet wide; the sidewalk shall be no less than eight feet wide; the landscape buffer shall be no less than 25 feet wide and shall be landscaped with vegetation that provides screening, specifically, Type II or Type III perimeter buffer types from the city's vegetative management standards, or functional equivalent. The area immediately adjacent to the exterior of buildings or other structures shall be landscaped in accordance with Chapter 20.58 PMC and PMC § 20.26.400. In addition to the foregoing, a minimum of 20 percent of the project site shall be landscaped or occupied by vegetation, and such landscaping or vegetation areas shall be distributed across the site. The following items when on site, i.e., permeable sidewalks, vegetation roofs, swales, rain gardens, and stormwater ponds, may be included as part of the 20 percent area. The site shall be integrated with and connected to adjacent area trails and street sidewalks.

Design Standards. Projects shall meet industrial design standards of PMC § 20.26.400. In addition, all building architectural plans shall demonstrate the use of additional measures to break up the appearance of large building walls (i.e., walls with a facade length greater than 100 feet and height exceeding 24 feet) through usage of modulation, articulation, facade material changes, glazing, etc.; long rooflines (i.e., exceeding 100 linear feet) through roofline plane modulation, creative parapet design or other treatment; and building entrance/corners through use of creative design features such as different building massing, facade material changes, roofline/canopy features, glazing, etc.

Building Size. Underlying zoning standards as to lot coverage and floor area ratios shall apply. However, an individual building footprint shall not exceed 125,000 square feet in size.

Signs. Underlying zoning standards as to signage shall apply, with the additional requirements that all freestanding signage shall be of a monument style and that no electronic display signs are permitted.

Low Impact Development/Green Buildings. Low impact development principles, practices or techniques for stormwater management, such as implementation of swales, rain gardens, permeable surfaces, and vegetative roofs, are the preferred method for stormwater management, and should be implemented where feasible to minimize pollutant loadings into adjacent rivers and streams. LEED/Green Built projects are encouraged.