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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC_Modifcation Justification_CED DATE: March 28, 2025 TO: Michael Sippo, Civil Engineer 3 FROM: Brianne Bannwarth, Applicant SUBJECT: World Cup Legacy Square (510 S 3rd St) Street Modification Application The City of Renton, Construction Engineering, is requesting a modification from RMC 4-6- 060F.2 to maintain the existing street sections for Logan Ave S and S 3rd St, surrounding the proposed World Cup Legacy Square at 510 S 3rd St (APNs 7841800195, 7841800205, 5696000005). The following outlines the required and existing street sections for Logan Ave S and S 3rd St. Logan Ave S Logan Ave S is classified as a Minor Arterial Street within the City Center Community Planning Area. The required street section includes a minimum right-of-way width of 91 feet, a 54-foot paved road (27 feet on each side), a 0.5-foot curb, a 12-foot sidewalk with tree wells, and storm drainage improvements on both sides. Currently, the right-of-way width, as measured using the King County Assessor’s Map, is 60 feet with approximately 36 feet of ornamental paving. The existing section includes a 0.5-foot curb, a 17-foot sidewalk on the project side, and a 5-foot sidewalk on the opposite side, which together support pedestrian access and events. Logan Ave S is designated as a festival street, designed to serve multiple functions, including pedestrian access, and support of the Pavilion, Piazza Park, and Gateway Park. S 3rd St S 3rd St is classified as a Principal Arterial Street within the City Center Community Planning Area. The required street section includes a minimum right-of-way width of 91 feet, 54-foot paved road (27 feet on each side), a 0.5-foot curb, a 12-foot sidewalk with tree wells, and storm drainage improvements on both sides. The current right-of-way width, as measured using the King County Assessor’s Map, is 60 feet and contains two one-way eastbound travel lanes, a right-turn only lane, an 8-foot parking lane along the north side, and a 12-foot sidewalk with street trees in grates. This section abuts Gateway Park to the north and parking to the south. Mr. Michael Sippo Page 2 of 3 March 28, 2025 Justification for Street Modifications per RMC 4-9-250.D: The following is the justification for the street modifications as required by RMC 4-9-250.D. 1. Substantially implements the policy direction of the policies and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element and the Community Design Element and the proposed modification is the minimum adjustment necessary to implement these policies and objectives. The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan’s Land Use Element and Community Design Element and represents the minimum adjustments necessary to implement these policies. Specifically, the proposed development aligns with the following policies and goals: ▪ Policy L-2: Support compact urban development to improve health outcomes, support transit use, maximize land use efficiency, and maximize public investment in infrastructure and services. ▪ Policy LU-4: Consider surplus public property for other public uses before changing ownership. ▪ Policy LU-6: Site and design essential public facilities to be efficient and convenient and to equitably distribute the impacts and benefits. Facilities should be sited on an arterial street with good access including transit service, and where parking requirements are appropriate to the use. If the use is people intensive, it should be in a Center, compatible with surrounding uses and collocated with other uses when possible. ▪ Goal LU-BB: Ensure new development supports a high quality of life with design that is functional and attractive. ▪ Goal LU-CC: Support and sustain programs in Renton to encourage the effective use, preservation, and protection of Renton’s resources. ▪ Goal LU-EE: Build neighborhoods that promote community resilience through healthy lifestyles, active transportation, proximity to goods and services, access to local fresh food, environmental sustainability, and a feeling of community. ▪ Goal LU-FF: Strengthen the visual identity of Renton and its Community Planning Areas and neighborhoods through quality design and development. ▪ Policy LU-49: Encourage the creation and maintenance of places and events throughout the community where people can gather and interact. Allow for flexibility in public gathering places to encourage place-making efforts and activities. ▪ Policy LU-51: Require human-scale features such as pedestrian pathways, quality landscaping, and public spaces that have discernible edges, entries, and borders to create a distinctive sense of place in neighborhoods, commercial areas, and centers. Mr. Michael Sippo Page 3 of 3 March 28, 2025 2. Will meet the objectives and safety, function, appearance, environmental protection and maintainability intended by the Code requirements, based upon sound engineering judgment. The proposed frontage improvements, located within the City Center Community Planning Area, maintaining the integrity of Logan Ave S as a festival street and ensure the design integrity of S 3rd St as a functional arterial street. Specifically, the project will extend the sidewalk onto the property along S 3rd St, creating a 12-foot-wide sidewalk with tree grates, in line with the City Center Community Planning Area guidelines. 3. Will not create adverse impacts to other property(ies) in the vicinity. The requested modification allows the street design to remain unchanged, ensuring that the surrounding properties are not adversely impacted by this proposal. No street width changes are included in this modification. 4. Conforms to the intent and purpose of the Code; and The proposed improvements maintain the character and design integrity of Logan Ave S as a festival street and S 3rd St as a principal arterial. Specifically, the project will extend the sidewalk onto the property along S 3rd St, creating a 12-foot-wide sidewalk with tree grates, in line with the City Center Community Planning Area guidelines. 5. Can be shown to be justified and required for the use and situation intended. The proposed modifications maintain the existing street sections for Logan Ave S and S 3rd St, ensuring continuity and consistency with the street design pattern in the downtown core.