HomeMy WebLinkAboutExh.28_HEX_Email.pdfFrom: Kristen Olbrechts <olbrechtslaw@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 9:37 PM
To: Matthew Herrera
Subject: Re: HEX Staff Report and Exhibits: Willowcrest Townhomes PUD,
LUA19-000061,BSP,PUD
Hello Mr. Herrera,
I will make this email part of the record for the Willowcrest hearing. I just need some
clarification on the open space calculations. At page 24, the staff report notes that "The
Willowcrest Townhomes PUD site is 31,187 square feet resulting in a common open space
requirement of 3,119 square feet that would be required to be provided onsite." RMC 4-9-
150E1aii requries that "additionally" open space in the amount of 50 square feet per dwelling
unit be included as well. As far as I can tell from the staff report it appears that the additional
600 square feet isn't added to the total 10% requirement, but rather is found to be covered by
it. If the 600 feet were added, the total amount of required open space would be 3,719 square
feet, which exceeds the 3,571 provided by the Applicant. If that is staff's position, that would
appear to conflict with the requirement that the 50 square feet apply "additionally" and also
with the Figure 2 example below the "additionally" language in RMC 4-9-150E1aii, which
calculates required open space for a 12 du 1.5 acre development by taking 10% of 1.5 acres (=
6,,534 square feet) and then adding 600 square feet (50 square feet/du for 12 du) for a total
7,134 square feet. Please clarify at the hearing how staff is applying the open space
requirements to Willowcrest. Thank you!
On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 3:22 PM Matthew Herrera <MHerrera@rentonwa.gov> wrote:
Hi Phil,
City of Renton HEX Meeting Date: Tuesday May 14, 2019 at 11:00am
Electronic documents for Willowcrest Townhomes PUD (LUA19-000061) are now available on
Laserfiche. You may access them following this link. You can also find the ERC Report
(Exhibits 1-18) in that same folder. Attached is a word doc of the report as well.
Thank you,
EXHIBIT 28
Matt Herrera, AICP - Senior Planner
City of Renton
Community & Economic Development
1055 S. Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057-3232
425.430.6593