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Edmonds planning board adopts bonus-floor incentive tied to public amenity space, 3-2
Summary
The Edmonds Citizens Planning Board adopted a formula tying extra building area to private amenity space—5 square feet of bonus floor for each square foot of outdoor amenity and 10 square feet of bonus floor for each square foot of indoor community amenity—after a 3-2 vote.
The Edmonds Citizens Planning Board voted 3-2 to adopt a bonus-floor incentive that links additional building area to the amount and type of public amenity space provided by private developments.
The board approved a formula, proposed by Planning Board member Lauren Golubisky, that grants 5 square feet of bonus floor area for every 1 square foot of outdoor public amenity space and 10 square feet of bonus floor area for every 1 square foot of indoor public amenity space. Golubisky moved the measure; the motion was seconded and passed with three members in favor and two opposed.
The change refines an incentive the city is testing in select neighborhood centers and hubs to encourage private developments to include plazas, pocket parks, courtyards or indoor community rooms in exchange for an extra building story. Planning staff noted the baseline code…
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