A four story 51 unit apartment building is moving toward approval aimed at 4731 38th SW. One live work unit is included and 23 parking spaces are planned.
The following approvals are required:
Design Review (Seattle Municipal Code 23.41)
Departures are listed near the end of the Design Review analysis
SEPA - Environmental Determination (Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 25.05)
PUBLIC COMMENT
The public comment period commenced on October 16th, 2017. An extension request was granted. In addition to the comments received through the Design Review process, other comments were received and carefully considered, to the extent that they raised issues within the scope of this review. These areas of public comment related to the need for more parking within the proposed building, too much traffic, and density. Other issues included increasing the width of the alley and the need for a small café in the building.
All public comments submitted in writing for this project can be viewed using the following link and entering the project number 3028047-LU: http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/.
The full version two Plan Set (37MB) can be downloaded here.
The full land use letter can be read here.
The traffic report is here.
51 unit apartment building....... 23 parking spaces. Even if they had 1 parking space per each apartment there would not be enough parking for this large complex. More likely an average of 2 cars per unit. For those who do not think Seattle can get even worse. It can. Take this scenario and multiply it 10000+ times and there is your future.