HomeMy WebLinkAboutERC Agency Letter 06-128
November 9, 2006
Washington State
Department of Ecology
Environmental Review Section
PO Box 47703
Olympia, WA 98504-7703
Subject: Environmental Determinations
Transmitted herewith is a copy of the Environmental Determination for the following project reviewed by
the Environmental Review Committee (ERC) on November 6, 2006:
DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
PROJECT NAME: Highlands Land Use & Zoning Package
PROJECT NUMBER: LUA06-128, ECF
LOCATION: Highlands Subarea located both north and south of NE Sunset
Boulevard between Edmonds Ave NE and Monroe Ave NE
DESCRIPTION: This non-project action includes four different actions related to
the zoning and land use plans for the Highlands Subarea:
1. Comprehensive Plan Text Amendments that remove R-10 as
an implementing zone of the CV land use designation and
replace it with R-14, remove strategy 319.3, a few non-
substantive “clean-up” changes.
2. Zoning Code Text Amendments including: amending R-14 to
be an implementing zone of the CV land use designation,
amend the uses allowed in the CV zone, amending notes for
the zoning use table, amending the development regulations
for the R-14 zone, amending the development regulations for
the CV zone, removing the Center Village Bonus District,
enacting design regulations for all parcels in a Center Village
Land Use designation, amending the parking requirements,
amending the criteria for R-14 bonus, revising the name of the
Urban Center Design Review Packet, and revising definitions.
3. Comprehensive Plan Map amendments that move the RMD
area north of NE 16th Streetto the CV land use designation;
Move the parcels fronting Harrington Ave NE between NE 7th
Street and NE 9th Street, and the parcels south of NE 12th
Street and east of Monroe Avenue NE to RMF land use
designation. Please see attached maps.
4. Zoning Map amendments that place most of the R-10 property
north of NE 12th Street, a collection of parcels in the vicinity of
Glenwood Ave NE and west of Harrington Avenue NE, north of
Sunset Blvd in R-14; That places the parcels fronting
Harrington Ave NE between NE 7th Street and NE 9th Street
and the parcels west of Kirkland Ave NE between NE 13th
Street and NE 16th Street in the RMF zone; that places the
Renton Housing Authority’s Houser Terrace and Evergreen
Terrace properties, the Sir Cedric Condominiums, a row of
Environmental Determinations
LUA06-128, ECF
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parcels near Glenwood and NE 9th Street, and row of parcels with
frontage on Edmonds Ave NE between NE Sunset Blvd and NE
12th Street, a row of parcels fronting NE 12th Street between
Harrington Ave NE and Edmonds Ave NE, the Renton Housing
Authority’s Sunset Terrace property, and a collection of parcels
southeast of the intersection of NE 12th Street and Harrington Ave
NE in the CV zone. Please see attached maps.
Appeals of the environmental determination must be filed in writing on or before 5:00 PM on
November 27, 2006. Appeals must be filed in writing together with the required $75.00 application fee
with: Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. Appeals to the
Examiner are governed by City of Renton Municipal Code Section 4-8-110.B. Additional information
regarding the appeal process may be obtained from the Renton City Clerk’s Office, (425) 430-6510.
If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-6578.
For the Environmental Review Committee,
Rebecca Lind
Principal Planner
cc: King County Wastewater Treatment Division
WDFW, Stewart Reinbold
David F. Dietzman, Department of Natural Resources
WSDOT, Northwest Region
Duwamish Tribal Office
Karen Walter, Fisheries, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (Ordinance)
Melissa Calvert, Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program
US Army Corp. of Engineers
Stephanie Kramer, Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
Enclosure