Speaker 0: President Gonzalez? Yes. Eight in favor. Nine opposed. The motion carries in. The appointments are confirmed. Will the clerk please read item 19 into the record of Report of the Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee Agenda Item 19 Council Bill 120 153 Relating to land use and zoning at a new section 22.40 9.1 67. To challenge the code to provide alternative development standards for small lots located in downtown mixed residential zones, the committee recommends the bill pass. Thank you so much because member Strauss, you are the chair of the committee and I'm going to hand it over to you to provide the committee report once again. There is one known amendment to this underlying council bill that will address the Bass bill first and then move to the amendment.
Speaker 3: I think you council president. This legislation modifies development standards for small lots and build time to encourage development and to allow for the use of innovative construction methods like modular and penalize construction. For years, small one and two parcel lots and Belltown have been identified as being infeasible to develop due to the size constraints of these sites and the development standards for the neighborhood. This legislation does not increase the development capacity of the sites, but shifts setbacks and massing requirements to allow building shapes that enable modular construction where units essentially must be stacked from above after being built offsite. Modular construction is more sustainable and costs less to build owning to the offsite fabrication of these unit units. I support Councilmember Lewis's amendment and I urge colleagues for a yes vote. Thank you, council president as a community report.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. Okay. I'm going to hand it I'm going to hand it over to Councilmember Lewis to make his motion to put Amendment One before us. And then after he makes his motion, I will ask for a second. Councilman Lewis.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Madam President. I move Amendment one to Council Bill 12015 3 seconds.
Speaker 0: Okay. It's been seconded. This much has been moved and seconded to amend Council Bill 120153 is presented on Amendment one. Because, Mr. Lewis, I know you already spoke to this during council briefing, but why don't you go ahead and walk us through Amendment One again.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Madam President. No need to go too deeply into this. Given my comments this morning, though, I will just think again, the community members who brought this amendment forward and had it further refined by our partners over at the Department of Planning, as well as the Seattle Department of Construction Inspections and Noah on in the Strauss office, who was helpful in assisting Parker Dawson in my office in cobbling this amendment together over the course of the last few days. The amendment, as I mentioned earlier, is designed to put in some accommodation and recognition of some of the existing development and setback standards in the Belltown neighborhood. It would revise the current bill to limit building width to 95 feet rather than 100 feet. It would also require setbacks to make sure that there's suitable space for light and pedestrian traffic in between some of the structures that would be built under this incentive legislation. As I mentioned this morning, it does have the support of the departments as well as Councilmember Strauss, as he just indicated. So I appreciate this as a as a testament to the value of people calling in for public comment and sending us emails, it does lead to material differences in legislation at times. So thank you so much and looking forward to just move on this amendment and proceed to the underlying bill so much.
Speaker 0: Casimir Lois, are there any additional comments on Amendment One? Hearing? None. Will the clerk please call the role on the adoption of Amendment One? Strauss.
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 0: Herbold as. Lewis.
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 0: Morales.
Speaker 4: Yes.
Speaker 0: Macheda I. Peterson.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 0: So what?
Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 0: President Gonzalez. Yes. Eight in favor. None. Oppose. The motion carries. Any amendment is adopted. Are there any further comments on the bill as amended? Because my address is already letting me know that he does not have any closing remarks. So with that being said, debate is now closed on the bill as amended. Will the clerk please call the roll on the passage of the amended Bill Strauss?
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 0: Purple. Yes. Lewis.
Speaker 3: Yes.
Speaker 0: Morales. That's Macheda. Hi, Petersen.
Speaker 3: Hi.
Speaker 0: So one. Yes. President Gonzalez? Yes. Eight is in favor and unopposed. The bill passes as amended and the chair will sign it. Will the clerk please affix my signature to the legislation on my behalf? Well, please read item 11 into the record.
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adding a new Section 23.49.167 to the Seattle Municipal Code to provide alternative development standards for small lots located in Downtown Mixed Residential zones.