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A. To preserve the existing and planned character of the shoreline consistent with the purposes of the shoreline environment designations, development standards are provided in Table 13.07.090-1. In addition, shoreline developments shall comply with all other dimensional requirements of the Bothell Municipal Code.

B. When a development or use is proposed that does not comply with the dimensional performance standards of this SMP, such development or use can only be authorized by approval of a shoreline variance. If a proposal meets requirements allowing administrative reductions or modifications, it is considered compliant with the SMP and does not require a variance.

Table 13.07.090-1. Development Standards

Standard in Feet

Natural

Urban Conservancy

Shoreline Residential

Marina

High Intensity/

High Intensity Park

Aquatic

Lot width, minimum – residential

150

80

70

NA

25

NA

Side yard setbacks

30

20

5

5

--B

NA

Building height: maximumA

35

35

35

35

35 – 100A

35

Shoreline buffer – North CreekC, D, E

150

100

100

NA

100

NA

Shoreline buffer – Swamp CreekD, E

NA

150

150

NA

150

NA

Shoreline buffer – Sammamish RiverD, E

NA

100

100

15

100

NA

NA = Not applicable

Table Notes:

AHeight allowances:

1The following structures may be erected above the height limits, provided such structures are consistent with underlying zoning requirements, and provided such structures shall not extend 10 feet above the maximum height limit of this SMP:

aRoof structures housing or screening ventilating fans, HVAC (heating and cooling equipment), or similar equipment required for building operation and maintenance.

bFire or parapet walls, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, communication transmission and receiving structures, utility line towers and poles, water towers/storage tanks, and similar structures;

cOn properties with any of the following architectural elements including, but not limited to, peaked roofs and steeples; provided, that the increase in height shall not increase usable floor area;

dStructures containing certain manufacturing processes within the Canyon Park regional activity center or the North Creek regional activity center in accordance with the zoning code;

eStructures supporting alternative energy generation equipment such as wind machines, solar arrays, and other equipment devoted to energy generation.

2If a property has an underlying zoning classification that allows buildings taller than 35 feet, a building or structure may be constructed on that property to the height limit of the underlying zone, subject to the applicant demonstrating to the satisfaction of the shoreline administrator the following:

aThat the intended uses for the portion of the building over 35 feet would particularly serve the public interest, for one nonexclusive example, by preserving more land as natural open space and wildlife habitat than might otherwise have resulted had the same total square footage been developed in a larger 35-foot-tall building or multiple 35-foot-tall buildings with a consequently larger cumulative footprint within the shoreline jurisdiction; and

bThat portions of the building over 35 feet would obstruct no more than 30 percent of cumulative shoreline views from residential properties and public parks within a 1,000-foot radius of the subject property; such quantification shall be based on a view analysis utilizing photographs, videos, and/or photo- or computer-based simulations.

BThe setback shall be the distance required for landscaping per the Bothell Municipal Code.

CThe main stem of North Creek located between 240th Street SE and 228th Street SE shall have a stream buffer width of 150 feet for all environment designations.

DWhen environment designations are parallel, the buffer assigned to the waterward environment extends only to the upland edge of that environment. The buffer for the landward environment as measured from the OHWM would apply to uses and modifications in that upland environment.

ESee BMC 13.13.060 for regulations governing management of shoreline buffers and provisions for special buffer dimensions.

(Ord. 2112 § 3 (Exh. C), 2013).