City of Bellingham Municipal Code

20.00.140 - ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD TABLE OF ZONING REGULATIONS

Area	Zoning	Use Qualifier	Density	Special Conditions	Prerequisite Considerations	Special Regulations
1	Residential Multi	Duplex	3,600 sq.ft. per unit. 7,200 sq.ft. minimum detached lot size for single family	Buffer I-5	None	None
1A	Residential Multi	Duplex, Single family cluster detached	3,600 sq.ft. per unit. 7,200 sq.ft. minimum detached lot size for single family 7,200 sq.ft. overall cluster density with 4,000 sq.ft. minimum cluster lot size for single family	None	Improve E. Illinois with curb, gutter, storm drainage and sidewalks.	None
2	Public	School, Open Space	N/A	None	None	None
3	Residential Single	Detached, Cluster	15,000 sq.ft. minimum detached lot size. 12,000 sq.ft. overall cluster density	View protection	None	None
4	Residential Multi	Planned	4,000 sq.ft. per unit	Buffer from I-5; maintain open space corridor along Railroad Trail	Access to the nearest neighborhood collector should be developed	None
5	Residential Multi	Planned	4,000 sq.ft. per unit	Preserve open space/ trails; clearing	Improve residential streets to nearest collector or arterial	None
6	Residential Single	Detached	7,200 sq.ft. min. detached lot size	Fever Creek; wetlands	None	None
7	Residential Multi	Multiple	Single family – 7,200 sq.ft. min. detached lot size. Multi – 2,000 sq.ft. per unit. Min. buildable multiple housing lot size – 5,000 sq.ft.	None	None	None

9	Residential Multi	Duplex (Res. 5-82, 48-82)	3,600 sq.ft. per unit. 7,200 sq.ft. minimum detached lot size for single family	Development should provide pedestrian access to Whatcom Falls and St. Clair Parks. More than one duplex may be built on a single lot of record providing site meets overall density requirements.	Upgrade water distribution system	None
9A	Residential Multi	Planned	3,600 sq.ft. per unit.	Pedestrian access shall be provided to Whatcom Falls Park.	None	None
10	Public	Govern- mental Services	N/A	Vehicle access should be oriented toward Pacific via Carolina and Virginia	None	None
11	Public	Parks/ Recreation	N/A	None	None	None
12	Industrial	Light	N/A	Shoreline; floodplain; freeway and residential buffering; transition; historic	Water system upgrades and/or extensions to facilitate increased development within this industrialized area	None
13	Commercial	Planned, non retail (Ord. 8996, 9202, Res. 25-84)	10,000 sq.ft. max. building size for commercial unless developed as part of an overall site plan for Area 16 and consistent with the planned contract provisions for that area	Limited access to arterial; buffering of adjacent residential; pedestrian easements where desirable. No commercial access to Lincoln St.	Full Improvement of Sunset Drive and Orleans St.	None
14	Residential Multi	Duplex	3,000 sq.ft. per unit. 6,000 sq.ft. minimum detached lot size for single family	Buffer along I-5	None	None
15	Public	Govern- mental Services	N/A	None	None	None

16

Commercial

Planned, subject to Res. 2001-20

N/A

All property within Area 16 subject to Res. 2001-20

All property subject to Res. 2001-20. Barkley Blvd. Road extension to Sunset/James; traffic signal upgrade; pro rate share of Orleans/Barkley traffic signal; trail construction

See attached development standards for Area 16.

2.A. Where buildings are located along Sunset Drive, landscaping will be increased and intensified to screen parking lots. A minimum ten-foot landscape planting strip will be provided.

2.B. Setback sidewalks will be located on East Sunset Drive between I-5 and the Barkley intersection. If there is insufficient right-of-way to accommodate seven feet of landscaping and a five-foot wide sidewalk, in addition to the landscape planting strip on private property, sidewalks may be located on public easements on the adjacent private property. Pedestrian connections will be provided between Parcels A, B and C. Pedestrian connections will be provided from sidewalks on East Sunset Drive and the new Barkley Boulevard extension to uses on Parcels B-E. (See also 7C).

2.C. No drive through lanes will be allowed adjacent to or facing East Sunset Drive.

2.D. At least one row of existing evergreen trees will be maintained on the western side of the site adjacent ot Interstate-5 and additional evergreen trees will be planted where feasible. The Parks Department will approve minimum width of landscaped area along western property line. Efforts will be made to transplant exsiting mature evergreen trees from the location of future building sites to other locations on the site. Sufficient landscaping room will be provided for retained and transplanted evergreen trees to ensure tree health and survival.

2.E. Retained mature vegetation will be protected during construction.

2.F. Outdoor storage of product associated with the anchor retail facility will be screened from Interstate-5 and East Sunset Drive. Product stored will not be allowed to be stacked above screening installed abutting Interstate.

2.G. Lighting on Parcel A (parking lot and building security) will be shielded to 5 or East Sunset Drive. Reduce impacts of spillover to residential uses across East Indiana and Orleans Streets and Interstate-5.

3.A. Building Scale. Building height will be limited to one or two stories adjacent to Orleans. With a maximum height limit of 25 feet. If a mixed residential/ commercial building, mixed retail/office, or office only building is proposed, height can increase to three stories and 35 feet, provided that any of three story building or portion of a building is located on the west side of Parcel D.

3.B. Building Square Footage. Development on Parcel D is limited to a) one single story building with a maximum size of 25,000 square feet and b) additional buildings with a maximum size of 15,000 square feet per floor. Any single-use building greater than 15,000 square feet (only one is allowed) will exclude restaurant, bank or grocery store uses.

3.C. Building Orientation & Design. Preference will be given to plans including buildings clustered around pedestrian spaces, with pedestrian-oriented spaces and building entrances visible from Orleans and from the Orleans portion of the trail corridor. Buildings will be designed and sited to avoid the service side of a building fronting Orleans. Design features will be addressed through the planned contract and may include canopies, windows, building articulation and varying rooflines to promote neighborhood compatibility.

3.D. Transition between Uses on Parcels A and D. A 15-foot pedestrian corridor will extend from the north side of the trail corridor (See section 7.A) at Nevada Street through the site to Barkley. A 5-foot wide sidewalk will meander through the length of this pedestrian corridor. Opportunities will be created along this corridor’s length for planting areas sufficient in size and dimension to separate and bugger the effects of the intense regional retail use on Parcel A from neighborhood oriented uses on Parcel D. Stop signs will be installed for vehicles crossing this pedestrian corridor to protect pedestrians and bicyclists using this corridor.

3.E. Pedestrian walkways (Shown in dashed lines on the site plan) will provide internal connections to buildings on all parcels. These internal pedestrian walkways will connect pedestrians to and from public sidewalks on abutting streets and connect to and from the pedestrian/bicycle trail.

4.A. If a minimum of 70 feet is proposed, the anchor retail facility building’s south wall will be designed and built as a ‘no activity wall’ (no loading or unloading docks, signage or vehicle travel lanes) and parking is screened with a sight and sound obscuring brick masonry wall.

4.B. Residential uses may be retained in the southeast corner of the site, along the north side of the improved portion of East Indiana Street between Nevada and Orleans Streets. A 40-foot wide buffer will be provided between residences retained in the southeast corner of the site and new development on Parcel D.

If the residences are not retained in that location, a vegetated buffer must b provided along the southern property boundary adjacent to Indiana Street and along Orleans Street. If residential uses are not retained in this corner of the site, subsequent planned contracts will address the width of Indiana Street needed to serve residences to the south and the buffer width (a minimum of 100 feet) needed north of Indiana and west of Orleans Street. A combination of brick masonry walls and evergreen and deciduous landscaping will be required to buffer the effects of development on adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Residential uses will cease during the development of Parcels A and D. These residential uses may be reoccupied only after approval of a Planned Contract that addresses adequate fence and landscape buffer mitigation along their northern property line. If the residential uses remain in this area a landscaped buffer and CPTED approved fencing will be provided between the homes and any use on Parcel D.

5.A. Where parking is adjacent to Orleans Street, parking will be designed to ensure compatibility with adjacent sidewalk and trail use, including strategic use of landscaped berms to separate and shield the pedestrian corridors and houses across Orleans from view of autos and their headlights.

5.B. No drive-lanes and no drive-through lanes or pick-up windows will be located between the buildings and Orleans Street.

6.A. No vehicular access will be allowed to Indiana Street except for individual driveways serving residentially developed parcels on the north side of Indiana Street east of Nevada Street.

6.B. One right-in, right-out, left-only access point along Orleans Street will be allowed between Barkley Boulevard and East Indiana Street. The vehicle corridor that moves traffic from the additional vehicular access point on Orleans south of Barkley Boulevard into Parcel D will be designed so that it is not a “straight shot” (visually or in terms of street design) from Orleans Street to the regional retail use on Parcel A.

Because development on Parcel D raises significant planning issues, a mandatory public meeting shall be held with the Planning Commission as part of the Planned Contract Review Process.
A pedestrian refuge island will be installed within the Orleans access south of Barkley.
6.C. One right-in, right-out access point will be allowed from Orleans to Parcel E north of Barkley.

6.D. Setback sidewalks will be required along the south side of Barkley Extension from Sunset to Orleans and along the north side of Barkley Extension abutting Parcel E. Setbacks will be consistent with those on Sunset, 7 feet of landscape strip and 5-foot sidewalks. A minimum 10 feet of landscaping will be located on private property between the sidewalk and adjacent buildings, parking and drive-lanes. If insufficient right of way exists along Barkley Extension for setback sidewalks, the sidewalks may be located on public easements within the adjacent private property.

6.E. Setback sidewalks along Orleans north of Barkley will be located on private property. Five-foot sidewalks will be separated from building and parking with landscape setbacks of 20 feet. Landscape parking strip between the sidewalk and the street may be located within the excess Orleans Street right-of-way.

7.A. A 40-foot wide trail corridor, including a 12-foot wide paved trail will extend into the site from the Indiana Street buffer at Nevada Street. The trail corridor then extends east through the site to Orleans Street behind residential uses fronting on the north side of Indiana Street. The 40-foot wide trail corridor will include a 12-foot paved trail with landscaping on either side. Landscaping will consist of a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees as well as shrubs and groundcover.

7.B. Along the Orleans Street frontage, north to Barkley, the trail will be located within a 30-foot setback on private property combined with 20 feet of excess Orleans Street right of way. In the event of future widening of Orleans Street, a minimum of 8 feet of right-of-way will be retained for landscape setback between the curb and the trail corridor located on private property.

7.C. Trail alignment and design will be subject to approval by the Parks and Recreation Department.

7.D. Parking and buildings located along Orleans Street south of Barkley will not encroach into the 30-foot wide trail corridor.