HomeMy WebLinkAboutExh.45_HEX_Staff_Powerpoint.pdfSolera Master Plan
2902 NE Sunset Blvd
File LUA18-000490,SA-M,PP,CU-H,MOD
Public Hearing
Matt Herrera, Senior Planner
November 27, 2018
Project Proposal
•521 apartment
units in two mixed
use buildings
•152 townhomes
•70 du/ac
•Approximately
39,000 square
feet of
commercial
•906 vehicle
parking spaces
•New street
alignment and
frontage
improvements
Project Location
•Northeastern
portion of
City.
•Highlands
Community
Planning Area
•Six (6)
contiguous
lots
•2902 NE
Sunset Blvd
Project Location
•Hi-Lands Shopping
Center
•Property abuts
new Sunset
Neighborhood
Park
•Significant capital
investment w/
new loop road,
park, and library
•Abutting new RHA
townhome and
apartment flats
Property Characteristics
•Hi-Lands
Shopping Center
•10.8 acre site
•1950’s and
1960’s strip retail
•Six (6) buildings
totaling 112,406sf
•US Bank building
to remain
•No critical areas
onsite
Zoning and Land Use Designations
•Center Village (CV)
Zoning
•Commercial Mixed
Use (CMU) Land Use
Designation
•Central commercial
node within the
Highlands
neighborhood
•Multi-family
residential permitted
with ground floor
commercial along
Sunset Blvd
Site
Sunset Area Planned Action
•Site is located within the
boundaries of the Sunset
Planned Action Area.
•Environmental Review
Committee (ERC) designated
the proposal a planned action.
•No further environmental
required.
•Mitigation measures identified
in the planned action
ordinance would apply.
Site
Solera Mixed Use Master Plan
•6-story mixed use buildings
•Ground floor commercial
along NE Sunset Blvd
•Two story townhomes on
back of Building ‘A’
•Child care facility on south
end of Building ‘B’
•Structured parking
Mixed Use Buildings
Building B
Building A
Highlands
Library
Mixed Use Building ‘A’
NE Sunset Blvd Elevation
NE 11th St Elevation
Mixed Use Building ‘B’
Conditional Use Permit
75-foot maximum height request
85-foot maximum height request
Building A
Building B
AB
Townhomes
Townhomes
•Three (3) story townhomes
•Mix of three (3) to eight (8)
units per building
•Alley access
•Garage parking
Townhomes
•40-ft max height
•Elevated ground floor w/
stoops along Harrington Pl
NE
•Subject to R-10/R-14
Residential Design and
Open Space Standards
Unit Lot Subdivision
•Townhome component would
utilize the Unit Lot Subdivision
provisions
•152 unit lots in five (5) parent
sites
•28 tracts w/shared ownership in
townhome component
•Building ‘A’ and US Bank on Lot MU2
•Building B on Lot MU1
Streets and Transportation
•New internal public
street alignment –
Jefferson Ave NE and NE
11th St
•Frontage road and on-
street parking along NE
Sunset Blvd
•Frontage
improvements along
Harrington Pl NE, NE
12th St, and Kirkland
Ave NE
•Latecomers for NE 10th
improvements
•Peak hour LOS would
continue at C or
better
•196 net new AM
peak hour trips
•29 net new PM peak
hour trips
•Passed City
Concurrency Test
•PM trips
deducted from
planned action
w/approx. 2,900
remaining
Stormwater
•Exempt from flow control
as the developed peak
flows are less than
predeveloped.
•67 bioretention cells
dispersed throughout the
development would treat
polluted drainage flows and
would be used to meet
onsite BMP requirement.
•The commercial lots
would also utilize
green roofs to meet
onsite BMP
requirement.
•No downstream
issues between site
and eventual
discharge into Lake
Washington.
Master Plan Phases
•Initial phase to include
Mixed Use Building B
and master site plan’s
public infrastructure.
•Applicant has indicated
the final phase would be
completed at the end of
2022.
•Townhome phases
would follow
completion of
mixed use buildings
podium.
Public Notice
•Applicant hosted
neighborhood meeting at
Highlands Library on February
20, 2018.
•Notice of application mailed,
posted onsite, and referenced
on City website.
•Notice of public hearing
published in Renton Reporter.
•No public comments on
application.
•One (1) agency comment
from KC Metro Transit.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends
approval of the Solera
Master Plan, Preliminary
Plat, Conditional Use
Permit, and Street
Modification subject to 26
conditions of approval
listed in the staff report.