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The North Redmond neighborhood "Wedge" sub-area workgroup started
meeting to consider long-range policies and regulations that will guide
potential, future development of properties that are west of
Redmond-Woodinville Road, north of NE 109th Street, and east of the
Sammamish Valley floor, within Redmond's city limits. The
workgroup will continue to meet through February 2008. To learn
more and to view the upcoming schedule, please visit the
Wedge sub-area website.
The North Redmond neighborhood plan contains both policies and
regulations, as well as associated maps. The review of the entire
document package is necessary to understand the comprehensive nature and
interrelationship of the policies and regulations. Two separate
ordinances were provided to the Redmond City Council for adoption,
2307
and 2308.
Both ordinances contain a variety of additional material as listed
below.
North Redmond Neighborhood Boundary Map
North Redmond Neighborhood Zoning Map
North Redmond Neighborhood Public View Corridors Map
R-4/C Residential and Conservation Overlay Map
North Redmond Neighborhood Circulation Plan Map
North Redmond Supplemental Connections Map
North Redmond Land Use Plan Map
Ordinance
2312
adopts the pre-annexation zoning of R-4/C for the two parcels that exist
between the Redmond City limit line and the King County Urban Growth
Area boundary, and are adjacent to Redmond-Woodinville Road and 154th
Place NE.
The North Redmond Neighborhood Citizen Committee (NR-NCC) will soon
begin. City staff will soon begin work
with neighborhood representatives in order to prepare for the formation
and continuation of the NR-NCC. Residents are invited to contact
Kim Dietz, 425-556-2415, to express their interest in participation.
The NR-NCC is proposed to offer complete representation of the North
Redmond neighborhood, including subdivisions, sub-areas, community
associations, and businesses. Additional information is listed
below as well.
Map of Rezone Area
(PDF format)
The Neighborhood Plan calls for a rezone to certain R-1 properties that
would allow for redevelopment at a maximum of four units per acre for
developable areas and a maximum transfer of one unit per acre from
critical areas such as wetlands and the associated critical area
buffers. However, the City's Transportation Master Plan provides
for a study along transportation corridors within this sub-area in order
to determine conditions that would be required of development. A
delay in the effective date for the rezone, allowing for completion of
the study and determination of development conditions, has been proposed
for amendment to the neighborhood plan. This delay enables a
coordinated and carefully planned strategy that will assist property
owners through site design and transportation management as part of
development applications.
Map of Proposed Delay Area (Portion of
Rezone Area) (PDF format) and Additional Information (PDF format)
Redmond's neighborhood planning team is working to assist the North
Redmond neighborhood in the establishment of a Neighborhood Citizen Committee (NCC).
The purpose of the NCC is to continue communication with the City and
serve as a liaison between the City and neighborhood residents.
Each of Redmond's neighborhoods is encouraged to establish a
communication group that fully represents the diversity within each
area: economic, age, heritage, and geographic. The Grass
Lawn and Willows/Rose Hill neighborhoods are well underway with this effort,
while the Downtown neighborhood is seeking the same. While time
commitments will be determined by the NCC, the City will regularly
contact the group for input and feedback. For example, as property
owners apply for development and neighborhood meetings are required, the
NCC will receive a copy of the legal notice and meeting invitation.
Members of the NCC and interested parties are asked to learn about
Redmond government through a "Citizen's Academy". The
2007-2008 academy recently ended and was attended by a few residents of
the North Redmond neighborhood.
The academy consists of approximately ten two-hour presentations
delivered by City staff and area experts on topics ranging from public
safety to stormwater utilities to growth management.
The next step is to bring together interested residents. An open
house is currently in the works and will be announced by e-mail and
direct mail.
To learn more, please share your interest with Kimberly Dietz, the North
Redmond neighborhood planning lead, at 425-556-2415 or
kdietz@redmond.gov .
Information will be provided as it becomes available, following
neighborhood activities.
North Redmond, located in the northeastern corner of the City,
encompasses an area within Redmond’s jurisdictional boundary, within
King County’s Urban Growth Area and in unincorporated King County.
The area is primarily residential, consisting largely of low density and
low-moderate density housing. The neighborhood hosts several connections
with the historical founding of the region including one original 1909
homestead and a cow path known now as NE 124th Street and developed as
late as 1964.
Annexations of this area to the City of Redmond began only in 1995. The length of Avondale Rd NE, from NE
116th St to NE 128th St consists of mixed uses of residences and small
businesses such as a bed-and-breakfast and a landscaping material
supplier. There is also a small commercial area opposite the
neighborhood’s southeastern border.
North Redmond is served by parks and trails within the adjacent
neighborhoods including the Puget Power Trail, as well as large areas of
open space just outside its boundaries. Multi-use trails are currently
under development and planned for completion along the NE 116th Street
corridor to serve as linkage with existing trail networks, schools and
parks throughout the region. The North Redmond neighborhood totals 1.3
square miles with 0.4 square miles existing within the current City of
Redmond municipal boundaries and making up about 2.5% percent of
Redmond’s land area. The neighborhood’s boundaries are: north, NE 128th
St.; east, Avondale Rd. NE; south, NE 116th St; and west,
Redmond-Woodinville Rd. The surrounding neighborhoods are: east, Bear
Creek; south, Education Hill, west, Sammamish Valley and to the north is
unincorporated King County. |
