HomeMy WebLinkAboutNOA_Project_Acceptance_211122DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Planning Division
1055 South Grady Way, 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 | 425-430-7200, ext. 2
www.rentonwa.gov
OF APPLICATION
A Master Application has been filed and accepted with the Department of Community & Economic Development (CED)
Planning Division of the City of Renton. The following briefly describes the application and the necessary Public
Approvals.
DATE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION: November 22, 2021
PROJECT NAME/NUMBER: UW Medicine Testing Lab TUP II / LUA21-000424, TUP
PROJECT LOCATION: 1601 Lind Ave SW (APN 3340404006)
APPLICANT/PROJECT CONTACT
PERSON:
Ben Newton /Campus Box 352210 Seattle, WA 98195
/benewton@uw.edu
LOCATION WHERE APPLICATION
MAY BE REVIEWED:
Applicant documents are available online through the City of Renton Document
Center website. See also https://cutt.ly/fTFTS7G
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant, University of Washington, is requesting approval of a Tier 2
Temporary Use Permit to temporarily allow tenant improvements for the relocation of their Medicine Testing Lab
facilities (primarily testing for COVID-19) to the first floor of a vacant office building located at 1601 Lind Ave SW (APN
3340404006). The 5.29 acre site is located in the Commercial Office (CO) zone, Urban Design District ‘D’, and the
Employment Area Comprehensive Plan land use designation. The testing lab will contain equipment to perform several
tests on samples that are collected in other locations and couriered to the facility using small courier vehicles including
cars and small panel trucks. Patients requiring testing are not expected to visit the site. The testing lab will take up
approximately 15,240 square feet of the 199,168 gross square footage of existing vacant office space. Expected hours of
operation will be 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and there will be approximately 120-150 staff employed (40-50 per shift).
Contingencies in the project will include: the addition of additional HVAC units to be located near the loading bay area,
using the parking lot area for mobilizing containers and mobile buildings to continue COVID-19 testing, and infrastructure
to support such work (i.e., generators, possible water and portable washrooms).
DATE OF APPLICATION: November 22, 2021
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION: November 22, 2021
PERMITS/REVIEW REQUESTED: Temporary Use II Review
OTHER PERMITS WHICH MAY BE
REQUIRED:
Building Permit, Construction Permit
REQUESTED STUDIES: None at this time
Comments on the above application must be submitted in writing by 5:00 PM on December 6, 2021. Please submit
comments online at https://cutt.ly/SQvBak4. Alternatively, you may physically mail your comments to: City of Renton,
CED, Attn: Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. Please include the Land Use file number (LUA)
NOTICE
Anyone that would like to be informed of future actions or would like to become a party of record on this proposal must
fill out our online form at https://cutt.ly/SQvBak4 or complete this form and return to: City of Renton, CED Planning
Division, 1055 So. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057.
Name/File No.: UW Medicine Testing Lab TUP II / LUA21-000424, TUP
Name: __________________________________ Email: _______________________ Phone No. ___________________
Mailing Address: __________________________________City/State/Zip: _____________________________________
Notice will be sent via email, unless a hard copy is specifically requested. Check box to receive via US Mail
or project address in your comments. Anyone who submits written comments will automatically become a party of
record and will be notified of any decision on this project.
CONTACT PROJECT PLANNER: Brittany Gillia, Assistant Planner ; Tel: (425) 430-7246; Email:
bgillia@rentonwa.gov
SW 16th St Lind Ave SW Raymond Ave SW