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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Meeting - Council Workshop - Agenda - 09/19/2006 SUMMARYKENT •. Mayor Suzette Cooke Councilmembers Deborah Ranniger, President; Tim Clark, Ron Harmon, Bob O'Brien, Debbie Raplee, Les Thomas, Elizabeth Watson SEPTEMBER 19,2006 ett 6,1'35 COUNCIL WORKSHOP AGENDA 5:30 P.M. Item Description Speaker Time 1. Residential Design/Subdivision Fred Satterstrom 60 min Standards Update ........................................................................................... COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER/FLAG SALUTE 2. ROLL CALL 3. CHANGES TO AGENDA A. FROM COUNCIL,ADMINISTRATION,OR STAFF B. FROM THE PUBLIC—Citizens may request that an item be added to the agenda at this time. Please stand or raise your hand to be recognized by the Mayor. 4. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS A. Public Recognition B. Tommunity Events C. King County Sexual Assault Resource Center Representative Mary Eckfeldt D. King County Councilmember Julia Patterson and Paul Wickenden,Kent County Council,United Kingdom 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. 2007 Annual Budget, First Public Hearing B. 2007-2012 Capital Improvement Plan,First Public Hearing 6. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Minutes of Previous Meeting—Approve B. Payment of Bills—None C. Middle Green River Coalition,Letter of Support—Adopt D. Bill of Sale, Sun Preet Sangh Short Plat—Accept 7. OTHER BUSINESS A. Ghag Rezone (QUASI-JUDICIAL) B. Kent Event Center Budget Request C. Rock Creek Bridge and K ,-_Ka �. _�vehtcle"Neight Restrictions,8rdinanceAt3apt-- - — 8. 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Kent, WA 98032-5895 September 12, 2006 TO: Dr. Debbie Ranniger, City Council President and City Council Members FROM: Matt Gilbert, AICP, Planner RE: Residential Design Standards SUMMARY: Since meeting with the City Council in early April regarding concerns about new residential development, staff has undertaken a major public outreach effort. A number of issues have been identified by the public as areas of concern, many of which echoed those expressed by the City Council. At the September 19th workshop, staff will summarize the results of this effort, and present a number of preliminary options for code revisions to address specific concerns. BACKGROUND: In March of 2006, staff from the Planning Services office met with the City Council to hear concerns regarding residential development, specifically those associated with some of Kent's newer construction. Concerns expressed generally related to transportation issues (i.e. traffic, connected walkways); neighborhood design and residential land use (i.e. housing types). In early April, Planning Staff returned to Council with a series of images that aimed to illustrate the concerns related to neighborhood design and residential land use. Staff acknowledged that transportation issues were being addressed through the ongoing Transportation Master Plan process. With the Council's approval, Staff began an effort to receive public input on these issues. This five month-long effort included public forums at various venues around the City and meetings with real-estate agents, developers and builders. Planning Staff designed and published an on- line visual preference survey that polled people's opinions regarding different types of housing and neighborhoods. This survey generated over 150 responses. News items regarding the forums and web-survey were twice featured in the King County Journal and on Mayor Cooke's Kent Today program. This extensive public outreach effort has yielded a list of concerns that both reinforces and supplements those originally expressed to Staff by the City Council. The following statements summarize comments made both during public forums and through the on-line survey. Stark exterior street-scapes • A wall of homes with little visual appeal seems to come right up the road. • "I think most of the newer homes look cheap and I hate the way most of the developments look when I drive by them". Architectural monotony • Every development looks exactly the same. • Neighborhoods need more aesthetic appeal. • "A lot of the new homes that I have noticed look like boxes with windows, packed in as closely as humanly possible. They seem to have very little character, except maybe a little on the front side". Unsightly stormwater ponds • Stormwater ponds should be built with more sensitivity to design and placement. • Ponds should not be located right on the property line. • "Retention ponds need to be developed so they are part of the open space and maintained". Lack of usable open space within neighborhoods • Need more mini-parks within developments themselves. • Most existing parks require a car trip to access. • "Common areas are a must today. Like the one in Chestnut Ridge by my house". Lack of mixed housing types • Mix of duplex/triplex and single family homes is good if designed to fit with the neighborhood. • Cottage housing is desirable. • "Where do you expect people to move as their salary increases and they want to have a nicer home? Kent will not have a home for these people...There are no higher end single family homes being built". • "I see no single story homes, are you shutting out the older population..??" Side-yard setbacks • Lack of space between homes creates squeezed feeling that makes any level of density seem high. • Increased side-yard setbacks are one way to ease life-safety concerns. • "What is most shocking to me in these developments is the lack of space or property around a home". Tree protection • Build with the natural environment, trees are desirable. • Tree preservation helps developments look established. Site Grading • Large amounts of grading and filling can cause visual impacts to neighboring properties. • Large, concrete retaining walls are often visually incompatible with residential development. Housing Density • "The density of all of the developments is not appealing to me. We live in a beautiful home on a large lot. When we move we will look for similar property". City Council Workshop September 19, 2006 Residential Design Standards Page 2 of 3 Staff has started identifying options for code amendments based on these concerns. The goal of this effort is to provide the public, City Council and the Land Use and Planning Board with a number of well-researched options for consideration. At the September 19th workshop, Staff will share some early ideas for code amendments that are under analysis. MG S I Permitl Plan I ZONECODEAMEND I2DO6l ResDeustands/septl9wol-kshop,doc cc: Fred N.Satterstrom,AICP,CD Director Project File—Res Dev Stds L c City Council Workshop September 19, 2006 Residential Design Standards Page 3 of 3