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If you would like to be made a party of record to receive further information on this proposed project, complete this form and return
to: City of Renton, CED, Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057.
File Name / No.: Vantage Point Apartments / LUA14-000226, LLA, SA-H, MOD
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NOTICE 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: March 3, 2014
PROJECT NAME/NUMBER: Vantage Point Apartments / LUA14-000226, LLA, SA-H, MOD
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting Hearing Examiner Site Plan Review, Lot Line Adjustment,
Critical Area Exemption, and a street modification for the construction of a 4-story multi-family building containing 77 senior
assisted living apartment units. The vacant 5.02 acre site contains two parcels located within the Residential Multi-Family (RMF) and
Residential Manufactured Home (RMH) zoning classifications on the southwest corner of SE 180th St and 105th Pl SW.
Development would primarily occur within the RMF zoned parcel while limited grading would occur on the RMH zoned Native
Growth Protection Tract which contains critical slopes and a small wetland. Primary vehicular access to the site would be pr ovided
from curb cuts along 105th Pl SE and SE 180th St. An approved short plat (LUA08-137) vest the proposal, for up to 90 residential
units, to King County development regulations including the King County R-12 zoning designation standards. The applicant, King
County Housing Authority, has taken lead agency for the proposal's SEPA review. A DNS threshold determination was issued on
February 27, 2014. A comment/appeal period ends on March 13, 2014. A street modification, from RMC 4-6-060, is being
requested in order to maintain the existing 18-foot wide travel lane, with a 6-foot wide sidewalk, no parking, and a 10-foot wide
planting strip. A total of 60 parking spaces would be provided within surface and structured parking areas on site. The applicant is
proposing to regrade approximately 8,858 square feet of critical slopes. KCC 21A.24.310.D.2 allows regrading within steep slopes
through an alteration process. However, the City of Renton does not have an alteration process and the request to alter the steep
slopes on site will be reviewed through a requested Critical Area Exemption. A street modification, from RMC 4-6-060, is also being
requested in order to maintain the existing 18-foot wide travel lane, with a 6-foot wide sidewalk, and no parking, and a 10-foot wide
planting strip. Finally, the applicant is requesting a Lot Line adjustment to revise the Native Growth Protection Tract (Tract C-2) in
order to reflect a recent survey of critical areas on site and proposed regrading of critical slopes.
PROJECT LOCATION: South & West of SE180th St & 105th Pl SE
PERMITS/REVIEW REQUESTED: Lot Line Adjustment Review, Hearing Examiner Site Plan Review, Street
Modification, and Critical Area Exemption
APPLICANT/PROJECT CONTACT PERSON: Tim Locke, King County Housing Authority, 600 Andover Park West, Tukwila,
WA 98188
PUBLIC HEARING: Public hearing is tentatively scheduled for April 8, 2014 before the Renton
Hearing Examiner at 9:00 AM, in Renton Council Chambers on the 7th floor
of Renton City Hall.
Comments on the above application must be submitted in writing to Rocale Timmons, Senior Planner, Department of
Community & Economic Development, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057, by 5:00 p.m. on March 17, 2014.
This matter is also tentatively scheduled for a public hearing on April 8, at 9:00AM, Council Chambers, Seventh Floor,
Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton. If you are interested in attending the hearing, please contact the Planning Division
to ensure that the hearing has not been rescheduled at (425) 430-6578. If comments cannot be submitted in writing by the date
indicated above, you may still appear at the hearing and present your comments on the proposal before the Hearing Examiner. If
you have questions about this proposal, or wish to be made a party of record and receive additional information by mail, please
contact the Project Manager. Anyone who submits written comments will automatically become a party of record and will be
notified of any decision on this project.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION
DATE OF APPLICATION: February 21, 2014 NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION: MARCH 3, 2014