Street Design Concept Plans

Streetscape elements can include:What are they:Features such as street lights, wide sidewalks, landscaping, and street furniture can contribute to the unique character of a block or entire neighborhood.

Concept Plans establish a unified design for these features to guide incremental improvements by both public and private actors to result in an excellent and functional street.

Concept Plans are intended for adoption as an appendix to Seattle’s Right-of-Way Improvement Manual (ROWIM), Chapter 6.

Where and why:

1. 22nd Ave NW, NW 56 St and Ballard Ave, connect important neighborhood destinations and the areas seeing most new growth. They are places for gathering for community events and festivals, such as the Farmers market and SeafoodFest.

2. Through the UDTF project, we heard that residents and visitors love the walkability of Ballard. We also heard a strong interest in improving the quality and safety of these pedestrian connections and gathering spaces.

3. As Ballard welcomes more residents, these streets will need to safely accommodate more pedestrians and community events. At the same time, careful design is needed to ensure smooth movement of necessary goods, services, parking and all modes of travel.

4. Concept Plans will guide new buildings to strengthen those features that are loved by the community and improve those that can be better.

Fall, 2015Preliminary Concepts

2014-15UDF

Q1, 2016Pre-Final Draft

Q1, 2016Finalize + Director’s Rule Adoption

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Timeline: Implementation of Concept Plans will occur over time through public sector projects, private development and/or grants.

Approved Concept Plans can improve the predictability of street improvements for the community and developers.

Widened sidewalks

Green stormwater infrastructure

Seating and other furniture

Sidewalk cafes

Bike amenities

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Special paving at inter-sections or raising the intersection to curb height

Special paving at cross-walks

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Similar to the Library and Greenfire, create eddies of activity and landscaping in small setbacks spaces along sidewalk.

Widen sidewalks and add landscaping between sidewalk and roadway.

Encourage active commercial uses at corners and individual private residential entrances along block faces.

Define a gateway to Civic Core by raising the intersection or changing the paving material at 22nd Ave and 56th St intersection.

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Raising the street or changing materials increases the visibility of pedestrians and prompts more cautious driving.

Raising the intersection or changing materials increases the visibility of pedestrians and prompts more cautious driving.

Strategic Coordination Opportunities

1. Seattle Public Utilities West Ship Canal CSO Reduction Project2. Burke-Gilman Trail Extension Project (Missing Link)3. DPR Threading the Needle Waterfront Open Space Project4. ST3/SDOT Ballard to Downtown Enhanced Transit Corridor 5. SDOT Market/45th Transit Improvement Project

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Draft Area-Wide Recommendations

• Improve NC3 development standards to respond to massing &scale concerns• Draft neighborhood design guidelines for the commercial core.• Improve use of existing open spaces.• Support affordable housing adjacent to the commercial core.

Draft Location-Specific Recommendations

1. Rezone to NC to support pedestrian-oriented building design.

2. Extend Pedestrian Zone to support a walkable commercial core.

3. Encourage office development to strengthen the commercial core, support transit and create jobs close to where people live.*

6. Implement development standards that will support apedestrian-oriented public realm for residents of all ages.

7. Support the neighborhood’s northward residential transitionthrough the appropriate placement and design of ground-relatedresidences, shops and restaurants.

8. Consider industrial zone revisions within the UV that will favor industrial and manufacturing uses at street level while allowing maker/local production uses above to increase job density.^^

9. Improve access to Salmon Bay while supporting ongoing maritime and industrial mobility and business needs.

4. Design street concepts for 22nd Ave, 56th St and Ballard Ave to improve the walking environment between neighborhood destinations.

5. Encourage neighborhood-serving sales and services at key intersections at those locations.

10. Rezone to midrise multifamily (MR) zone to support higher density residential development close to commercial and civic amenities, open space and transit.** Implementation timing depends on direction of HALA programs and legislation.^^ Future implementation action.

Urban Design and Land Use Recommendations SummaryTimeline

Ballard Urban Design and Transportation Framework (UDTF)