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LUA21-000168, SA-H, VAR, MOD (x4)
HEX Public Hearing
August 17, 2021
Presented by: Alex Morganroth, Senior Planner
Project Proposal
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•4 story structure; 64,162
sq. ft.
•13,646 sq. ft. ground floor
RHA offices (on-site
service)
•76 affordable residential
flats (65 du/ac)
•56 parking spaces
•Access via Jefferson Ave NE
•Improvements on Jefferson
Ave NE (both sides) and NE
10th St
•Requesting Site Plan
Review (HEX), a Variance,
and four Modifications
Project Location
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•Single-parcel occupied by
Renton Housing Authority
offices
•Frontage along NE 10th St
and Jefferson Ave NE (two
side)
•Vacated portion of
Jefferson Ave NE to north
of site
•Within Sunset Area
Planned Action boundary
Image via COR Maps
Site Characteristics
4 Facing north from NE 10th St -Image via Google
•Approximately 1.3-acre site
•Mostly impervious surface,
trees and ground vegetation
around perimeter of site
•Site slopes NE to SW and sits
substantially below Jefferson
Ave NE ROW
•Sensitive slopes and moderate
landslide hazard located on site
Zoning and Land
Use Designations
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•Site is zoned Center
Village (CV) and within
Urban Design District D
Overlay
•Site is designated
Commercial Mixed Use
(CMU) in Comp Plan
•Center Village (CV) to
north, south, and west
•Residential Multi-
Family (RMF) to east
•On-site service and
Attached Dwellings –
Flats are permitted in
the CV zone
Sunset Area
Planned Action
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•Site is located within
the boundaries of
the Sunset Area
Planned Action
•Environmental
Review Committee
(ERC) designated the
proposal a planned
action
•No addition
environmental
review or mitigation
required
Building Design
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•Four story structure (43’
max height)
•Ground floor RHA office
and structured parking,
residential upper floors
•‘L’ shaped w/ two wings
emanating from SW
corner
•SE corner below grade to
screen structure parking
•Mix of light and dark
brick, aluminum curtain
wall, and significant
glazing
•Plaza and SE corner main
entrance
Critical Areas
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•Moderate Landslide
Hazard at SE corner
•Sensitive slopes
along existing
rockery wall on east
side of site
Vegetation
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•19 trees located on site
•12 trees located in ROW
area to be dedicated
•10-percent retention
requirement (1 tree)
•Applicant proposing to
remove all trees (0%
retention)
•Significant number of
replacement trees are
proposed
•Condition of approval
recommended to require
additional landscaping
between surface parking
area and ROW
Access and Transportation
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•Access via single-driveway of
off Jefferson Ave NE (west of
site)
•Frontage improvements
proposed along both
Jefferson Ave NE and NE 10th
St
•Access to apartments NE of
project along vacated portion
of Jefferson Ave NE of site to
remain
•56 total parking spaces
including structured, tuck-
under, and surface parking
Site Plan Review
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•Access via Jefferson Ave NE at
NW corner
•Plaza area at SW corner near
primary entrances
•Mix of active and passive
common areas including
outdoor memorial garden
spaces and 2nd story terrace
•Excellent pedestrian
circulation around site
perimeter and on site
•Use of site topography to
screen structured parking
area at SE corner
Variance
•Variance from development
standards requested to allow
portion of surface parking
(approximately 11 stalls) to be
located between ROW and
building
•Proposal to mitigate with
landscaping elements in
addition to existing site grade
•Request meets all four (4)
variance criteria
Modifications
•Parking
•Standard stall size reduction
•Compact stall size reduction
•Parking aisle width reduction
•Allow wall-mounted bicycle racks
•Street Modification
•Reduce dedication along
Jefferson Ave NE from 1.5 ft to 0
ft
•Retain curb-to-curb width for NE
10th St, as recommended by COR
Transportation section
•Refuse and Recycling
•Allow for one enclosure instead of
two
•Allow reduced vertical minimum
overhead clearance
•Fences, Hedges, Retaining Walls
•Install walls within 3-foot setback area
•Reduced minimum horizontal distance
of level grade abutting wall
•Allow two walls to exceed eight (8)
feet in height (one existing, one new)
All modification requests meet five (5) modification criteria if all conditions
of approval are met
Integral Project Features
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•High-quality design and materials
for the mixed use building
•Use of site topography and
landscaping to screen parking lot
from ROW
•Outdoor amenities including
memorial garden area and second-
floor terrace area
•Above grade landscaping elements
such as planters and terracing near
the primary entries
•Use of visual cues such as canopies,
material variation,and seat walls to
identify primary entrance
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Sunset Gardens, (File No. LUA21 -
000168, SA-H, VAR, MOD (x4)) Site Plan Review, Variance and Modification
applications, subject to the 26 conditions contained in the staff report.
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