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Soos Creek Sub-Area, Pacific Raceways (previously Seattle International Raceway (SIR))

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Description

Soos Creek Sub-Area, Pacific Raceways (previously Seattle International Raceway (SIR))

Development Condition Text

1.  SC-P02 conditions: 

A. The site is limited to racetrack uses only; no other industrial uses are allowed which are not permitted by the SIR Special Use Permit except as noted in this P-suffix condition. The following additional uses may be permitted under King County Permitting Division File No. LUT417-0003 if the area for these uses is equal to or below the square footage limitations in the permit: regional motor sports facility; uses consistent with the project of statewide significance designation on the property and that are related to racetrack uses; uses that research, develop, test, manufacture and distribute new technology in the transportation industry, such as those with an emphasis on projects and innovative technology development, testing and production that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the automotive and combustion engine sectors; automotive educational institutions; and uses that could benefit from colocation with the existing racetrack for testing of such technologies. These additional uses may be allowed in areas over the square footage limitations in LUT417-0003 if approved via the permit process and environmental review required by K.C.C. 21A.55.105. The Rural land use designation will remain; should the racetrack use be abandoned, the Executive shall transmit legislation to the Council as part of the next Comprehensive Plan update to maintain the Rural Area land use designation and revert the zoning classification to RA-5. After such reversion, the non-racetrack uses shall only be allowed to remain for up to eight years after the abandonment of the racetrack use.

B. Prior to issuance of any development permits for uses allowed by this property-specific development condition, excluding those development and construction permits vested under LUT417-0003, and within six months of the effective date of Ordinance 19146, the property owner shall pay for and record a permanent conservation easement to the satisfaction of King County that meets the following criteria:

1. The conservation easement shall be dedicated to King County;

2. The conservation easement shall include:

a. all of the area zoned RA-5 as of the adoption of Ordinance 19146 that is under the ownership of the property owner;

b. the entirety of Soosette Creek and its associated buffers that are required by K.C.C. chapter 21A.24 in place at the time the conservation easement is recorded; and

c. the entirety of landslide hazard areas and steep slope hazard areas that are required to be protected by K.C.C. chapter 21A.24 in place at the time the conservation easement is recorded;

3. The area within the conservation easement shall be revegetated using native tree and shrub species within any currently disturbed areas. Within six months of the effective date of Ordinance 19146, the property owner shall submit either a complete permit application that meets the requirements of this subsection B.3. or documentation that these requirements have been met. If revegetation is required, the property owner shall complete the revegetation on the timeline specified in the permit; and

C. If the requirements in subsection B of this P-suffix are not met, the Executive shall transmit legislation to the Council as part of the next Comprehensive Plan update to maintain the Rural Area land use designation and revert the zoning classification to RA-5.

2. Amend the zoning classification from "RA-5" (Rural Area 5, one dwelling unit per five acres) to "I" (Industrial) for a portion of, and add P-suffix condition SC-P02 on that portion of parcel 1021059002.

Current Ordinance

19146

Effective Date

August 20, 2020

History

Adopted by Ord. 12824, 08/18/1997
Amended by Ord. 14044, 03/12/2001
Amended by Ord. 19146, 08/10/2020

View Map(s) for SC-P02

SC-P02 Map