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Committee moves forward code updates to classify Sound Transit operations yard and tracks; members press for noise protections
Summary
Staff proposed two code amendments to accommodate Sound Transit's O&M yard and new light-rail track: reclassify public transportation facilities in the CE zone so industrial-use noise and vibration notes apply, and create a specific land-use category for light-rail infrastructure that removes ordinary height and setback constraints for track alignment.
City staff introduced two related code amendments to address Sound Transit's planned operation-and-maintenance (O&M) facility and the alignment of new light-rail track across properties: one reclassifies public transportation facilities in the Commercial Enterprise (CE) zone so industrial-use notes (noise, vibration and emission limits) apply to the O&M yard; the other creates a specific land-use category and development rules for light-rail infrastructure so track construction on private property is treated as a permitted public-transportation use rather than being constrained by…
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