HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit_24_Watershed_HEX_PPT_210928_v1Watershed Apartments
LUA21-000239, ECF, CU-H, PPUD, FPUD
HEX Public Hearing
September 28, 2021
Presented by: Alex Morganroth, Senior Planner
Project Proposal
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•6 story structure; 150,335
sq. ft.
•24,231 sq. ft. ground floor
structured parking and
lobby
•145 affordable residential
flats (112 du/ac)
•99 parking spaces
•Access via Williams Ave S
•Improvements on S Grady
Way and Williams Ave S
•Requesting Preliminary
and Final Planned Urban
Development and two
Conditional Use Permits
Project Location
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•Four parcels occupied
existing by four-plex
and billboard
•Lot Combination
forthcoming
(recommended COA)
•Multifamily residential
building to north,
commercial uses to
east, west, and south
•Across from Renton
City Hall and old Sams
Club site
Images via COR Maps
Site Characteristics
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Facing NW from S Grady Way -Image via Google
•Approximately 1.34-acre site
•Existing four-plex and billboard
•Mostly ground vegetation and
gravel
•Site is primarily flat
•High seismic hazard and
Wellhead Protection Area Zone
2 located on site
Zoning and Land
Use Designations
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•Site is zoned Center
Downtown (CD),
Residential-14 (R-14) and
is partially within Urban
Design District A Overlay
and City Center Sign Area
Overlay
•Site is designated
Commercial Mixed Use
(CMU) and Residential
High Density (RHD) in
Comp Plan
•R-14 to north, CD to east
and west, CA to south
•Attached Dwellings –
Flats are permitted in the
CD and R-14 zones
Critical Areas
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•High seismic hazard
area
•Wellhead Protection
Area Zone 2
Site Plan
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•Single building concentrated
at southern portion of site
•Access via Williams Ave S
•Pedestrian promenade west
of building providing
connection between S Grady
Way and Burnett Linear Park
to north
•Emergency vehicle access
through promenade
•Various common areas
including promenade,
second-story courtyard, and
fifth-floor rooftop deck
•Excellent pedestrian
circulation around site
Building Design
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•‘V’ shaped w/ two wings
emanating from SE corner
•Step-back to north w/ rooftop
deck
•Use of fiber cement panels in
varying textures, dark bronze
metal siding near roof, extended
parapets, and private decks in
full height insets.
•Six story structure (73.5’ max height)
•Ground floor residential lobby and
structured parking
•Primary entry off of S Grady Way
•Storefront system fronting both S Grady
Way and Williams Ave S
PUD Modifications
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Three (3) proposed
modifications (FOF 14)
➢Application of CD and
Design District A standards
across all parcels
➢Upper story setback
requirements
➢Interior parking lot
landscaping
PUD Public Benefit
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•High quality,
affordable housing in
future TOD area
•Overall design
o Provision of public
amenity
o Improved circulation
o Superior site and
building design (step
back, building
location and
orientation, privacy)
PUD 10% Open Space
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•PUD standards require open
space equal to 10-percent of
development and 50 sf per unit
o Site: 58,270 sf (5,870 sf required)
o Units: 145 (7,250 sf required)
o Total Open Space Required:
13,120 sf
o Total Open Space Provided:
18,190 sf
•Ground Level Pedestrian Promenade:
11,880 sf
•Second Floor Courtyard: 3,460 sf
•Sixth Floor Roof Top Deck : 2,270 sf
Access and Transportation
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•Access via single-driveway of
off Williams Ave S (west of
site)
•Frontage improvements
proposed along Williams Ave
S and S Grady way
•99 total parking spaces
including structured, tuck
under, and surface parking
•~45-foot wide dual purpose
pedestrian promenade and
emergency access w/ bollards
Vegetation
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•Five (5) trees located on
site (4 landmark and 1
significant)
•10-percent retention
requirement (1 tree)
•Applicant proposing to
remove all trees (0%
retention)
•All trees in footprint of
building or promenade
area
•New tree planting in
surface parking lot area,
pedestrian promenade,
and ROWs
Conditional Use
Permits
Conditional Use Permit –Density (FOF 25)
•Max density of 150 du/ac in CD zone
•Density average requires 168 du/ac in CD-zoned portion
•Request meets all five (5) CUP criteria
Conditional Use Permit –Height (FOF 26)
•Max height in CD zone when abutting residential zone is 20 ft
higher than max height in abutting zone
•Limited to 44 feet (24 ft max in R-14 zone)
•Request meets all five (5) CUP criteria
Environmental
Review
•Determination of Non-Significance –Mitigated (DNS-M) issued on
August 23, 2021
•14-day appeal period commenced on August 24, 2021 and ended on
September 7, 2021
•Three (3) mitigation measures related to seismic hazard and pedestrian
safety included
•Compliance with subject measures recommended as condition of
approval
Public Notice
•Neighborhood meeting (virtual) held on June 29, 2020
•Application accepted on June 29, 2021
•No public or agency comments received
Integral Project Features
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•High-quality design and materials
for the building
•145 affordable housing units in
future TOD area
•Outdoor amenities including
second-floor courtyard area and
fifth floor rooftop deck
•Prominade on west side of site
•Artwork on both façade facing
promenade and spandrel glass area
near structured parking façade on
Williams Ave S
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Watershed Apartments, (File No.
LUA21-000239, ECF, CU-H, CU-H, PPUD, FPUD) Preliminary and Final
Planned Urban Development and Conditional Use Permit applications,
subject to the 21 conditions contained in the staff report, as well as one
additional condition of approval.
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