19.42.060 Bonus incentives in the CM zone.
A. Purpose. To allow flexibility in building height via:
1. Integration of affordable dwelling units into the development.
2. Providing a review process to ensure that the additional building height would not have adverse impacts on the general vicinity.
B. Developments seeking additional building height that integrate residential units must comply with height bonus provisions of AMC 19.42.050.
C. Developments seeking additional building height that do not integrate residential units are subject to a conditional use permit per AMC Chapter 19.36, Conditional Uses. Special application requirements, criteria, and conditions:
1. Applicants must conduct a three-dimensional visual analysis to examine views of the development from surrounding streets, adjacent properties, and up to three other sites selected by the Director to help ensure that the proposed building(s) do not adversely impact the general vicinity.
2. The applicant must demonstrate how the building has been sited and designed to minimize visual impacts on sites specified in subsection (C)(1) of this section.
3. Conditions may be imposed to ensure compatibility with the conditional use criteria and compliance with subsection (C)(1) of this section, including those in AMC 19.36.050 and the following:
a. Changes in building depth, width.
b. Additional building massing techniques (beyond minimum requirements in AMC 19.63.040), such as upper-level building setbacks and/or additional building modulation or articulation treatments. (Ord. 3040 § 2 (Att. A), 2019)