At the April 14 Committee on the Built Environment meeting of the Seattle City Council, the sommittee will consider amendments to Council Bill 116775, which deals with rezone of three industrial areas in Ballard.

The proposed amendments would be alternatives to a proposal by the Department of Planning and Development to Subarea 1, an area described generally as the half blocks north of Market Street between 24th Avenue Northwest and 30th Avenue Northwest.

All alternatives would retain the existing Industrial Buffer with a 45-foot height limit zone for the area west of 26th Avenue Northwest.

Alternatives for the area east of 26th Avenue, which includes the entire block bounded by Northwest 56th Street to the north, 24th Avenue Northwest to the east, Market Street to the south and 26th Avenue to the west, include:

• Retaining the existing zoning, which includes Industrial Buffer with a 45-foot height limit.
• Rezoning a portion of the block to Neighborhood Commercial with a 65-foot height limit to consolidate zoning for that entire block as Neighborhood Commercial.
• Rezoning two lots northeast of the intersection of Market Street and 26th Avenue to Industrial Commercial.

Based upon public comments and council deliberations, the amendment or amendments ultimately adopted, if any, may be different than the amendments summarized above.

Written comments may be submitted at any time until the final council vote on the legislation. The council prefers to receive written comments by noon on April 16 to allow for review by councilmembers prior to a vote.

The full council will discuss and vote on the rezone bill no earlier than April 19.

Comments can be sent to Committee Chair Sally Clark at sally.clark@seattle.gov or Committee Chair Sally Clark, Seattle City Council, Committee on the Built Environment, P.O. Box 34025, Seattle, WA 98124-4025.