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Denny SubstationPreDesign Presentation

to the

Seattle City Council

December 3, 2012

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• SLU Community Council Policy and Planning Com-mittee

• South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce• Cascade Neighborhood Council• Lake Union Opportunity Alliance• Denny Triangle Neighborhood Association• Downtown District Council• Cascade Area Business Neighbors (CABN)• SLU Network Stakeholders• Alley 24 Property management• Downtown Seattle Association

PROJECT OVERVIEW

• Alley 24 Property management• Colwell Building – Plymouth Housing Group• Balfour Place Apartments• Vulcan• Amazon• Play it Again Sports• REI• Feathered Friends• Immanuel Lutheran Community Services• Orion Center• National Association of Industrial and Offi ce Properties (NAIOP)• American Institute of Architects (AIA)• University of Washington• Fred Hutchinson and Seattle Cancer Care• Group Health• Institute for Systems Biology• Cornish College of the Arts• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation• Path• Seattle Children’s Hospital Research• Spring Hill Suites• Pan Pacifi c Hotel• St. Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral

• COMMUNITY GROUPS: • BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS:

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 PROJECT OVERVIEW


URBAN CENTER

Urban Village

0 1 2 Miles

Urban Centers and Villages Lake City

Aurora-LictonSprings

Bitter LakeVillage

CrownHill

Greenwood-Phinney

RidgeBallard

GreenLake

UpperQueen

Anne

23rd Avenue S &S Jackson-Union

Madison-Miller

NorthRainier

NorthBeacon

HillAdmiral

West SeattleJunction

MorganJunction

South Park

RainierBeach

MLK at Holly St

Westwood-Highland Park

ColumbiaCity

UPTOWN

CAPITOL HILL/FIRST HILL

DOWNTOWN

Roosevelt

Fremont

Wallingford

NORTHGATE

UNIVERSITYDISTRICT

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520

SOUTH LAKEUNION

Eastlake

DENNY

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS


DENNY WAY

MINOR AVE.

STEWART ST.

LAKE UNION

PONTIUS

YALE

MERCER

FAIRVIEW

WESTLAKE

JOHN

SITE AREA AND IMAGES

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 SITE AREA AND IMAGES

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NOT PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE -AIR INSULATED SYSTEM LAYOUT

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TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS


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NC3P-65

NC3-65NC3-55

NC3-40

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MR-RC

MR-RC

PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES

SM 160/85-240SM85-240

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 CONTEXT: SURROUNDING USE TYPE

COMMUNITY

COMMERCIAL

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SEATTLE TIMES BLDG. POCKET PARK

CASCADE PARK and PEA PATCH

REI TRAIL SYSTEM


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GUIDING PLANNING PRINCIPLES

(1) SEATTLE LAND USE CODE

(2) CITY of SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

(3) NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS

• CURRENT ZONING REQUIREMENTS• STREET CLASSIFICATION• STREET LEVEL USE• FACADE REQUIREMENTS• LOT COVERAGE

City of SeattleDepartment of Planning & Development

Comprehensive PlanJanuary 2005

The Plan is printed on totally chlorine-free paper made with 100% post-consumer fi ber

• URBAN CENTER / VILLAGE STRATEGY• OPEN SPACE NETWORK• SOUTH LAKE UNION - NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING CONCEPTS

SOUTH LAKE UNIONUrban Design Framework

December 31, 2010

URBAN CENTER

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANSeptember 2007

City of SeattleMayor Greg NickelsDepartment of Planning and DevelopmentDiane Sugimura, Director

Denny Way Streetscape Concept PlanJanuary, 2009Draft Report

SOUTH LAKE UNION REZONE LEGISLATION

Future 8th Avenue residential street, looking north

June 13, 2012City of SeattlePlanning and Development

c o n n e c t i n g p l a c e s

Seattle’s Open Space Strategy for the Center City

The Blue Ring

R E V I S E D D R A F TJ U N E 2 0 0 2

1 0 0 - Y E A R V I S I O N

11’ 11’ 11’ 11’ Varies - to 20’

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SOUTH LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD

PLAN

SOUTH LAKE UNION REZONELEGISLATION

GREEN STREET CONCEPT - THOMAS STREET

DENNY WAY STREETSCAPE CONCEPT PLAN

THE BLUE RING STRATEGY


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Seattle Center

Westlake commercial district

Harrison, Thomas, John

Denny Park, proposed community center

Lake Union Park, MOHAI,NW Native Canoe Center, Center for Wooden Boats

Future site proposed for civic use

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These recommendations are based on neighborhood scale data. Site-specific analysis required for individual projects.

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STREET CHARACTER

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NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS

RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE STRATEGIES

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NO VACATION ALTERNATIVE

• OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT• NEED TO ACCOMMODATE SCL UTILITY DISTRIBUTION ROUTING, ACCESS

AND MAINTENANCE

PROJECT OVERVIEW

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BELOW GRADE DISTRIBUTION ROUTING PLAN

BELOW GRADE DISTRIBUTION ROUTING SECTION

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 ALTERNATIVE 1: NO VACATION OF PONTIUS - CONSOLIDATED SCHEME

DENNY WAY

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DENNY WAY

DENNY WAY

PONTIUS

SITE PLAN

SECTION LOOKING NORTHAERIAL CONCEPT RENDERINGS LOOKING NORTH


VACATION ALTERNATIVE

• LIST OF PUBLIC BENEFIT USES:

PROJECT OVERVIEW

• recreational areas• playgrounds• skate park• dog park• pea patch• accommodations for food truck vendors• sculpture gardens• wi-fi connectivity• bicycle amenities• electric car charging stations• improve alley lighting and pedestrian experience• ?

DENNY WAY

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BELOW GRADE DISTRIBUTION ROUTING PLAN

BELOW GRADE DISTRIBUTION ROUTING SECTION

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 ALTERNATIVE 2: VACATION OF PONTIUS - PAVILION SCHEME

DENNY WAY

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AERIAL CONCEPT RENDERINGS LOOKING NORTH

MIN

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SECTION LOOKING NORTH

Denny Substation | Seattle City Council PD Presentation December 3, 2012 ALTERNATIVE 3: VACATION OF PONTIUS - TERRACE SCHEME

DENNY WAY

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MIN

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SITE PLAN

SECTION LOOKING NORTH

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