5201 Rainier Avenue rezone
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Seattle Meetings
Land Use and Sustainability Committee, May 6, 2026
Approves Repeal of residential use in Stadium Transition Area Overlay District, 5-0
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The City Council approved 100% of 93 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Alexis Rinck (7 of 177 recorded votes).
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The Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee voted 5-0 to recommend passage of Council Bill 121171, repealing Ordinance 127191 (which had allowed residential use in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District east of First Avenue) to comply with a Growth Management Hearings…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Seattle, WA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 6, 2026
- Decisions
- 8 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-0
Projects in this meeting (2)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsRepeal of residential use in Stadium Transition Area Overlay District
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Contract
Recommended 4-05201 Rainier Avenue South, Columbia City · Eagle Rock Ventures
4 conditions of approval
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Repeal of residential use in Stadium Transition Area Overlay District
Council Bill 121171 repeals Ordinance 127191 (originally Council Bill 120933), which had allowed residential use as a conditional use east of First Avenue in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District. Repeal responds to a Growth Management Hearings Board finding that the ordinance was invalid due to procedural errors; the Port petitioned for review. Committee recommended passage 5-0; goes to May 12, 2026 council meeting.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee voted 5-0 to recommend passage of Council Bill 121171, repealing Ordinance 127191 (which had allowed residential use in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District east of First Avenue) to comply with a Growth Management Hearings…
Key Decisions (8)
Approved
Repeal of residential use in Stadium Transition Area Overlay District
Vote: 5-0
Approved
Interim provisions expanding transitional encampment capacity (CB 121195)
Vote: 5-0
Amended
Amendment 1 v2 - public safety plan requirement
Vote: 4-0-1
Amended
Amendment 2 v3 - good neighbor agreements
Vote: 5-0
Amended
Amendment 3 v2 - 24/7 staffing requirement
Vote: 5-0
Amended
Amendment 4 v2 - case management ratio goal
Vote: 5-0
Continued
Amendment 5 - dividing large encampments into neighborhoods
Other
Contract rezone extension at 5201 Rainier Avenue South
Conditions attached
Zoning Changes (2)
Development Activity (3)
Columbia City Place
Residential
Stadium Makers District
Mixed-Use
100-unit residential project in core Seattle
Residential
Market Signals (4)
Housing Demand
New multifamily permit applications in Seattle have reportedly dropped nearly…
Housing Demand
Approximately 6,500 new housing units (including ~2,000 affordable) were delivered…
Sentiment
Strong stakeholder support exists for converting the stadium-area Makers District…
Infrastructure
Providers warned that subdividing tiny house villages into smaller neighborhoods…
Who Spoke (19)
ChairCouncilmember · 4Staff · 2Public · 10
On the record: the chair, 4 councilmembers, 2 staff members, and 10 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded voteThis season: 2 of 2 (100%) forecasts called in this county.
AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning plan amendment
Case CB 121171
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