21.12.140 OV Transitional Use Requirements.
A. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for the transition of properties consistent with the adopted vision and plan for Overlake Village as a multistory mixed-use/residential urban neighborhood. This section is intended to ensure fairness to existing uses and property owners while also recognizing that the eventual redevelopment of these properties is consistent with and carries out the City’s adopted goals, policies, and plans.
B. Transitional uses indicated in the Use and Bulk Regulation Tables in RZC 21.12.040 (OV Zone 1), 21.12.050 (OV Zone 2), 21.12.060 (OV Zone 3), and 21.12.080 (OV Zone 5) shall:
1. Only be located within the building footprint existing on any property as of December 11, 2007;
2. Not exceed 25,000 square feet gross floor area; and
3. Together with other transitional uses on the property, not comprise more than 70 percent of the total floor area for the buildings existing on the property under the ownership of record as of December 11, 2007.
C. The desirability of allowing transitional uses to continue shall be reviewed prior to December 12, 2012, and every five years after that, at a minimum, in order to determine whether allowing such uses to continue is compatible with the vision for Overlake. Unless City Council amends these regulations to prohibit transitional uses as the result of the review, the uses shall continue for an additional five years. If City Council amends these regulations to prohibit the transitional uses, all such uses with a Redmond business license located in Overlake Village zone at the time of the amendment shall become legal nonconforming uses. A transitional use located within Overlake Village zone that becomes a legal nonconforming use shall be allowed to expand consistent with the conditions outlined in (B) above. If a legal nonconforming use vacates the premises in which it is located, the use may be replaced by any other transitional use that was allowed by the code as adopted on December 11, 2007. (Ord. 2978)