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Bellevue planners debate 70‑foot access corridors and a no‑minimum parking approach for Wilburton TOD
Summary
City staff outlined a Wilburton Vision implementation package that would reduce block perimeters, create 'flexible access' corridors measured at 70 feet between building faces, and remove minimum parking requirements; commissioners asked for more data on parking impacts, block proportions, and the rationale for the 70‑foot standard before final code language.
City of Bellevue planning staff presented a detailed package March 27 aimed at implementing the Wilburton transit‑oriented development vision, prompting debate over a proposed 70‑foot flexible access standard and whether the city should keep or drop minimum parking requirements.
Staff framed the proposal as a package of complementary changes: a maximum block perimeter of 1,200 feet; vehicular access roughly every 500 feet and non‑motorized access every 250 feet; four access types (local streets, flexible access corridors, active‑transportation corridors and internal block access); and a recommendation to set maximum parking ratios while eliminating citywide minimum parking mandates in Wilburton. Justin Panganiban, the city’s urban designer, described the access concept as a toolkit to create greater permeability…
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