Project Description
The Comprehensive Plan is designed to be a readable, functional document that encapsulates the community’s vision and guides the city’s approach to growth and development over a 20-year period. Mandated by the state, the plan was last updated in 2004.
This plan is organized into two volumes.
- Volume 1 contains the community’s Vision in the introduction, followed by the General Element chapters that contain goals and policies for each subject.
- Volume 2 contains goals and policies of the subarea (or neighborhood area) plans and a consolidated list of transportation facility projects.
- Comprehensive
Plan, the citywide policy document that encapsulates the community’s vision and guides the city’s approach to growth and development over a
20-year period. Mandated by the state, the plan was last updated in 2004.
Volume 1 contains introductory materials that establish the context for the plan — background information about Bellevue and the community’s Vision for the future. Volume 1 then includes all of the general plan elements that contain the policies that apply citywide. Each of the elements is organized into three basic components: (1) an individual vision statement; (2) an overview that describes the background and context for the element; and (3) a list of goals and policies that, when implemented, will achieve the community’s vision. Volume 1 also contains a Glossary of key terms
A housing unit on the same lot as, but physically separate from, a single family house.
The unit may be a stand‐alone structure or space above existing detached garages.
BTCC opposes DADU & changes to the Comprehensive Plan. The change would increase rental units on single family property and density where it’s not permitted by zoning.
This would change the rural and equestrian character of Bridle Trails that aims to preserve open spaces and tree canopy.
and allow rental units on single family property, increasing the density where the density is not allowed by the zoning.
Currently, perhaps only one Bellevue neighborhood in the City of Bellevue is interested in DADU land use.
Bridle Trails is not interested in increasing the density. DADU’s would substantially decrease open space and tree canopy, These attributes are key elements to our neighborhood’s rural and equestrian character.
Comprehensive Plan Policy HO-16 must be clarified.The current wording is framed as “allowing” attached and detached accessory dwelling units in single family districts. The qualifier at the end of the policy statement is that they be “consistent with neighborhood subarea plans.” The lack of clarity arises because some (many?) subarea plans do not address attached or detached accessory dwelling units. It would be better to clarify Policy HO-16 so that the qualifier at the end of the policy statement reads, “where expressly allowed by a neighborhood’s subarea plan.” This clarification would be consistent with the rest of the comprehensive plan which places a high value on recognizing distinct neighborhoods, honoring the diversity of our neighborhoods, and allowing neighborhoods to come together and make decisions about what is best for their neighborhood in an organized, transparent manner.
We believe that the best way for neighborhood participation is by requiring explicit inclusion in a sub area’s Comp Plan . It may take some time to revise all subarea plans. However, Bellevue could sequence those subareas interested first. It has already been over 50 years w/o a policy on DADU’s.
