With an unprecedented amount of new development happening on Capitol Hill, the East Design Review Board meetings are a forum for residents to make their voices heard. Or at least they should be.
Sensing high levels of frustration from both the public and developers, the city wants your ideas on how to improve the overall design review process.
Even if you’ve never been to a design review (maybe especially if), but have wondered where you could effectively voice concerns about an “ugly” building, consider taking a few minutes to fill out this survey, which closes on Sunday.
The city has also posted an online “open house” to explain the current design review process, the changes being considered, and to gather more public feedback. Here’s what Department of Planning and Development’s design review team is hoping to accomplish:
- Identify options to make the design review process more efficient and accessible
- Improve community dialogue on design review
- Identify new and emerging technologies for more effective community engagement
The current scope of design review includes:
- The overall appearance of the building
- How the proposed project relates to adjacent sites and the street
- How vehicles or pedestrians will access the building
- The type and quality of materials used, open space provided, and landscaping
For more information, visit the city’s design review improvement page.
Don’t know about any of this but I don’t go to capitol hill much anymore because parking sucks so bad. I live south and have loved the atmosphere and people of capitol hill since I was a teenager. I love to try new restaurants and have only been to capitol hill maybe once a year because of the parking situation. Ridiculous that each of the new buildings built weren’t required to build in some public parking, ie qfc.