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Kenmore council signals preference to protect Swamp Creek buffers; asks staff to limit height and pursue restoration incentives
Summary
Council members told staff to prioritize environmental protection of Swamp Creek when revising zoning for 13 parcels in the TOD area, signaling a preference against raising height limits above existing 60–65 feet and to pursue incentives tying development to shoreline-buffer restoration.
Kenmore — Council members on July 28 directed staff to emphasize environmental protection and buffer restoration when considering zoning changes for 13 parcels adjacent to Swamp Creek in the downtown transit-oriented (TOD) area, and signaled they do not want to raise local height limits above the neighborhood standard.
Planner Britney Chu presented a follow‑up report on a 155‑parcel Swamp Creek study prepared by Osborne Consulting and asked the council whether to (1) remove the TOD overlay and rezone residential parcels to Urban Residential, (2) remove the TOD overlay and retain Urban Corridor East on the commercial side, and (3) offer policy incentives (reductions in affordability requirements, parking relief, density or height increases) to encourage shoreline-buffer restoration.
Why it matters: The parcels lie inside the city’s…
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