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Council advances code changes to classify OMF and light-rail infrastructure; Sound Transit operations framed as industrial use
Summary
Council advanced amendments to zoning and use tables to treat Sound Transit’s operations-and-maintenance facility (OMF) and light-rail infrastructure as industrial/public-transportation uses in appropriate zones. City staff said edits reflect the facility’s industrial character and include draft notes on noise, emissions and landscaping.
The council advanced two interrelated ordinance proposals affecting Sound Transit infrastructure during the Oct. 21 meeting.
Community Development staff said edits to the Commercial Enterprise (CE) zone will reclassify “public transportation facilities” so that an operations‑and‑maintenance facility (OMF) — the parcel identified at the Christian Faith Center site — is treated more like an industrial use, with clarified notes addressing potential noise, vibration and other impacts. Separately, staff proposed a…
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