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These incentives, as explained, apply to both residential and nonresidential developments unless otherwise specified below, or identified in the program incentive table above in RZC 21.67.040.B, Green Building Incentive Program Incentives.

A. Sustainable Development Award. The City shall develop and maintain a Sustainable Development Award to be awarded annually to no more than one residential project and one nonresidential project that best implements the provisions of this chapter. The City reserves the right not to grant an award in a given year. (Zero points)

B. Priority Building Permit Processing. Building permit applications for projects that seek BuiltGreen 4-star or LEED Silver certification or higher shall be eligible for the City’s Green Expedited Permitting Program or its successor. (Zero points)

C. Online and Print Recognition. The applicant may request that the City publish a “Featured Sustainable Development” article in a City newsletter and on the City website, and that the City publish a press release publicizing the sustainable development techniques used in the project. (Two points)

D. Unit Type Flexibility for Residential Development. (Three points for incorporating duplexes; four points for duplexes and/or triplexes; five points for duplexes, triplexes, and/or fourplexes.)

1. Two-unit, three-unit, and four-unit attached dwellings may be included in proposed subdivisions as permitted uses.

2. Such structures shall comply with RZC 21.08.260, Attached Dwelling Units, except that such structures shall not be required to access directly to an arterial.

3. In no case shall the allowed density be exceeded unless allowed by neighborhood regulations, nor shall neighborhood or subarea requirements for attached dwelling unit permitting or separation be superseded.

4. When average minimum lot size is reduced through this chapter, the reduced average minimum lot size shall serve as the baseline for calculating the required minimum lot size for lots with attached dwelling units.

E. Lot Size Reduction for Residential Development. In residential zones where minimum average lot sizes apply, the minimum average lot size may be reduced up to 30 percent, depending on the number of points used, according to the table in RZC 21.67.040.B and subsection RZC 21.67.040.D of this section. The proposed average lot size of all lots included in a development shall define all other site requirements (as shown in zone use chart for the residential zone in which the property is located, RZC 21.08.020 through 21.08.140, with the exception of provisions relating to allowed density, which shall remain with the underlying zone, and of provisions otherwise modified by this chapter). For example, a subdivision with an R-4 zone with an average lot size of 4,900 square feet would be subject to the site requirements, with the noted exceptions, of an R-5 zone since that is the nearest zone to which the average lot size would apply. (Two points for 15 percent lot size reduction; three points for 25 percent; four points for 30 percent.)

F. Density Bonus for Residential Development. Eligible developments shall be permitted a five percent or 10 percent density bonus, provided that the overall impervious surface of the development is not increased over what is allowed by this chapter. Use of cottages, size-limited dwellings, attached structures, and carriage units is encouraged to achieve the bonus. (Three points for up to five percent density bonus; five points for up to ten percent.)

G. FAR Bonus for Nonresidential Development and Residential Development in the Neighborhood Commercial (NC) Zone. Eligible developments shall be granted a floor area bonus where permitted by the underlying zone without the purchase of Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs). (Five points)

H. Height Bonus for Nonresidential Development. Eligible developments shall be granted a height bonus where permitted by the underlying zone without the purchase of TDRs. (Four points)

I. Building Setback Flexibility for Nonresidential Development. Developments proposed in the RR, CG, BP, MP, and I zones shall be allowed to reduce setbacks by 50 percent, unless they are located adjacent to a residential zone, in which case they shall be allowed to reduce setbacks by 25 percent. The setback flexibility shall not apply to developments located along Willows Road, north of NE 95th Street, which requires a 100-foot setback, as provided for in RZC 21.14.030.C, Business Park. Setback reductions shall be required to comply with the International Building Code, Fire Resistive Rating based on separation distance. (Three points)

J. Clustered Node for Residential Developments. Applicants may propose clusters of up to three residential structures containing no more than five dwelling units. Clusters may include two-unit attached dwelling units or three-unit attached dwelling units, but not four-unit attached dwelling units.

1. Structures within nodes shall be subject to a six-foot building separation requirement or the minimum separation required by the Building Code, whichever is greater. Citywide and neighborhood-specific building separation and setback requirements apply to the perimeter of the clustered node.

2. Minimum lot size, minimum lot width circle, and minimum lot frontage requirements do not apply within the node. Minimum lot sizes for lots within the node do count toward the minimum average lot size calculation. Points for reducing lot sizes are not required to propose a clustered node.

3. A clustered node must be separated from another clustered node on all sides by a single-family detached home, or lot or tract meeting size requirements for such, a street, or the height of the tallest structure within the clustered node, whichever is greatest.

4. Dwelling units within clustered nodes shall share vehicular access.

5. Applicants are encouraged to use techniques, such as zero lot line, yard use easements, and other creative structure arrangement techniques, to provide functional private open space.

6. Density bonus points are required when clustered nodes result in project densities that are in excess of the underlying maximum zone density. (Four points)

K. Alternative Road Standard for Residential Developments. Applicants may propose local access streets that are consistent with the Green Infrastructure Street preliminary drawing, which is available from the Development Services Center. When this street is proposed, at least one on-street parking space shall be provided per dwelling unit proposed. The applicant may propose a lower standard if he/she submits a parking study demonstrating that a lower standard would adequately serve the development and not adversely impact the safety of residents or occupants in or near the development. (Two points) (Ord. 2858)

Effective on: 12/17/2016