Seattle Municipal Code Table of Contents

Title 23
LAND USE CODE

This title is intended for those provisions of the Code which relate to the regulation of land use.
Seattle Municipal Code Zoning Map Index Chapters:

           Subtitle I General Provisions
           23.02 Title and Purpose
           23.04 Applicability
           23.06 Amendments to the Land Use Code

           

           Subtitle II Platting Requirements
           23.20 General Provisions
           23.22 Subdivisions
           23.24 Short Plats
           23.28 Lot Boundary Adjustments

           

           Subtitle III Land Use Regulations

           

           Division 1 Land Use Zones
           23.30 Zone Designations Established
           23.32 Land Use Maps
           23.34 Amendments to Official Land Use Map (Rezones)

           

           Division 2 Authorized Uses and Development Standards
           23.40 Compliance With Regulations Required– Exceptions
           23.41 Early Project Implementation
           23.42 General Use Provisions
           23.43 Residential Small Lot

           
           23.44 Residential, Single-Family
           23.45 Residential, Multi-Family
           23.46 Residential-Commercial
           23.47A Commercial
           23.48 Seattle Mixed
           23.49 Downtown Zoning
           23.50 Industrial
           23.52 Transportation Concurrency Project Review System
           23.53 Requirements for Streets, Alleys, and Easements
           23.54 Quantity and Design Standards for Access and Off-Street Parking
           23.55 Signs
           23.57 Communications Regulations
           23.58A Incentive Provisions

           

           Division 3 Overlay Districts
           23.59 General Provisions
           23.60 Shoreline District
           23.61 Station Area Overlay District
           23.64 Airport Height Overlay District
           23.66 Special Review Districts
           23.67 Southeast Seattle Reinvestment Area
           23.69 Major Institution Overlay District
           23.71 Northgate Overlay District
           23.72 Sand Point Overlay District
           23.73 Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District
           23.74 Stadium Transition Area Overlay District

           

           Subtitle IV Administration

           

           Division 1 Land Use Approval Procedures
           23.76 Procedures for Master Use Permits and Council Land Use Decisions
           23.78 Establishment of Criteria for Joint Use or Reuse of Schools
           23.79 Establishment of Development Standard Departure for Public Schools
           23.80 Essential Public Facilities

           

           Division 2 General Terms
           23.84A Definitions
           23.86 Measurements

           

           Division 3 Implementation
           23.88 Rules; Interpretation
           23.90 Enforcement of the Land Use Code
           23.91 Citation– Hearings– Penalties

Severability: The Land Use Code is declared to be severable. If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause or other portion of any part adopted by reference is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of the Land Use Code. If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause or any portion is adjudged invalid or unconstitutional as applied to a particular property, use, building or other structure, the application of such portion of the Land Use Code to other property, uses or structures shall not be affected. (Ord. 110381 § 1(part), 1982.)

Introduction: User Information

The Land Use Code contains provisions typically associated with determining what use may be made of a person's property. It is organized in subtitles which describe the general provisions of Title 23 (Subtitle I), incorporate City approvals necessary for the division of land (Subtitle II), detail the establishment of zones and the use regulations and development standards applicable within zones (Subtitle III) and coordinate the administrative and enforcement procedures necessary to implement the land use regulations (Subtitle IV).

While the provisions of Title 23 are integrated and extensive, they do not include all requirements conceivably related to development. For example, with the exception of the coordination of environmental review requirements in the Master Use Permit process, those regulations detailing construction specifications, i.e., building, grading, drainage, etc., are set forth in Title 22, "Building and Construction Codes." Landmark districts and landmark preservation provisions are found in Title 25. The City's SEPA ordinance and environmentally critical areas ordinance are also set forth in Title 25.

(Ord. 110381 § 1(part), 1982.)