Seattle’s Planning, Land Use & Neighborhoods Committee will be holding a public hearing tomorrow night (Thursday, November 12) at 5:30 p.m. on a proposed code amendment that would allow additional building height in certain portions of South Lake Union. The code amendment, which can be viewed here, would increase the allowable height of certain buildings housing research and development uses from 65 to 125 feet with a maximum floor-area-ration of five and a maximum floor count of eight. This amendment has been drafted in response to a request by the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, which is seeking to develop a new research building at Ninth and Republican. (The new research building is currently in the early design guidance phase. Design renderings can be viewed here (large file).)
For more information on the public hearing, click here. It will take place in Council Chamber on the second floor of City Hall, 600 Fourth Avenue.
