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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Zoning

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Industrial Areas Zoning Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 4605-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, recommendations, and draft legislation relating to a new industrial commercial areas zoning code.

Dates: 1984-1987

Land Use Committee Agendas

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4623-04
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, draft legislation, and decisions regarding land use issues including SEPA appeals, rezone petitions, historic preservation controls, Council Conditional Use Applications, and zoning text amendments among others. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1992-1993

Land Use Committee Calendars

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4683-04
Scope and Contents note

Committee agendas including members present, the short title of legislation being considered, and action taken. Attached to calendars are briefing memoranda from committee staff. For the period covered, the committee was known as Planning and Urban Development, then Urban Development.

Dates: 1972-1989

Major Institutions Zoning Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 4605-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and recommendations regarding the major institutions policy in the Seattle land use code. A major institution is a public or private organization providing educational, religious, medical, or recreational services to a community, and that dominates an area based on the amount of land owned and number of staff, clients, or visitors, and traffic impacts.

Dates: 1979-1990; 1980-1983

Neighborhood Commercial Areas Zoning Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 4605-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, working papers, testimony, petitions, reports, and recommendations relating to zoning and mapping of neighborhood commercial areas. Includes four boxes of code, policy, mapping, and publicity files and seven boxes of individual zoning cases arranged by region of the City. Case files include pre-project zoning designation, Mayor's recommendation, Council committee recommendation, and final Council decision.

Dates: 1981-1986

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Dates: 1968-1978

Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4621-10
Abstract

Records of the committee during Richard Conlin's tenure as chair.

Dates: 2012-2013

Planning, Land Use, & Neighborhoods Committee Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4616-04
Scope and Contents note

Agendas, draft legislation, staff reports, correspondence, notes, and other background materials related to Clark's tenure as committee chair. Topics discussed include zoning, historic preservation, multifamily code, neighborhood planning and development, comprehensive plan updates, backyard cottages, and the stadium north lot development.

Dates: 2008-2011; Majority of material found within 2008-2009

Richard Conlin Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4621-02
Scope and Contents note Conlin's subject files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and other materials relating to policy and budget issues that came before City Council during his tenure. Most of the records reflect his work as chair of committees and his personal interests, especially in the areas of neighborhood planning, parks development, environmental issues, food and hunger issues, solid waste reduction, and transportation. The records are particularly rich on subjects such as waterfront...
Dates: 1993-2013

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Dates: 1968-1978

Jeanette Williams Speeches and Statements

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4693-03
Scope and Contents note

Speeches, prepared statements, and articles prepared for community meetings, hearings, conferences, and publications. Subjects include regional transportation planning, aging, women's rights, access to government, community development, and human resources planning, among other.

Dates: 1965-1990; 1970-1989