17.09.010 Frontage improvements required.
A. Installation of frontage improvements, as defined in Chapter 17.01 BMC, and in compliance with the Imagine Bothell . . . Comprehensive Plan, Figure TR-10, shall be required for the following applications except as otherwise set in subsection B of this section. The applicant shall dedicate right-of-way to the city if the required frontage improvements would not otherwise fit within the existing right-of-way. All frontage improvements shall be constructed within the public right-of-way unless otherwise approved by the public works director.
1. Building permits, except as set forth in subsection B of this section;
2. Subdivisions including short subdivisions;
3. Planned unit developments; and
4. Binding site plans.
B. Building permit applications shall be exempted from the requirements of this section if:
1. The application is for a new commercial building permit for a structure with a gross floor area of 400 square feet or less, or a commercial remodel, renovation, or tenant improvement permit with a value of less than 50 percent of assessed value prior to development; or
2. The application is for a single-family residential building permit on any property meeting each of the following criteria:
a. The property is located in a single-family residential zoning district;
b. The property is without any street frontage; and
c. The value of the development proposal is less than 50 percent of assessed value prior to development.
In such cases, minimum roadway, utility, and storm drainage improvements shall be installed to accommodate the proposed development as determined by the public works director. Further, all such development shall be required to install minimal pedestrian pathways, such as, but not limited to, widened shoulders and separated paved pathways as determined by the public works director to ensure safe access to and from the subject lot in accordance with Chapter 58.17 RCW and up to 25 percent of the improvement value.
3. Provided, nothing herein shall in any way limit or preclude the city from exercising its authority to require curb, gutter, or sidewalk improvements pursuant to Chapter 35.68 RCW and Chapter 17.16 BMC.
4. Provided, that to the extent there are any existing frontage improvements to the public right-of-way or street abutting any adjacent lot or parcel of land, the applicant shall be required to match those improvements if they do not otherwise continue across the frontage of the lot or parcel of land sought to be developed. (Ord. 2348 § 25, 2021; Ord. 1913 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1778 § 1, 1999; Ord. 1732 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1633 § 1, 1996).