20-101116-Correspondence-04-22-2020-V1
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March 9, 2020
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Doc Hansen
Planning Manager, City of Federal Way
33325 8th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
Re: Federal Way Campus LLC
Lot Boundary Adjustment
Dear Mr. Hansen:
Federal Way Campus LLC (“Owner”) is applying for a boundary line adjustment (“BLA”) to adjust the
boundaries of the property including and surrounding the Weyerhaeuser Technology Center (“WTC”).
The BLA will not change the location or configuration of the WTC or its accessory parking but will
adjust the lot boundaries so that the accessory parking will be located on separate lots adjacent to the
WTC lot. This is consistent with the requirements of both the current Federal Way Revised Code
(“Code” or “FWRC”) and the Weyerhaeuser Company Concomitant Pre-Annexation Zoning
Agreement (“CZA”) relating to allowed uses and parking.
In the Corporate Park-1 (“CP1”) zone in which the subject property is located, the CZA allows a range
of commercial and industrial uses. CZA, Ex. C, Section VII.A.14. The WTC houses uses allowed in
the CP-1 zone. The existing parking surrounding it is accessory to the WTC and is allowed to be on
separate lots because it is accessory to a permitted use.
The Code expressly allows accessory parking on adjacent lots. FWMC 19.130.110(1) states that the
required number of spaces shall be provided either on the subject property or “[o]n a lot adjoining the
subject property, if that lot is in a zone that permits the use conducted on the subject property.” Here,
with the BLA, the parking for the WTC will be located on adjoining lots. As discussed below, the CP-
1 zone in which these lots are located permits accessory parking to be located on lots other than the
one on which the principal use is conducted.
The CZA allows accessory parking to be located on a different lot than the primary use in the CP-1
zone. Specifically, the CZA expressly allows off-site parking within 800 feet of a development. CZA,
Ex. C, Section XIII.B.1. Here, all the parking for the WTC is within 800 feet of the WTC building.
Indeed, historically, the parking for the WTC was located on adjacent parcels. This indicates the City’s
prior recognition that accessory parking may be located on a separate lot from the principal use. See
attached parcel map and aerial from 2015.
Doc Hansen
March 9, 2020
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Thank you for your consideration of this application.
Sincerely,
Courtney A. Kaylor
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