CB 121171 — Version 1 https://webapi.legistar.com/v1/seattle/Matters/16884/Texts/18228 CITY OF SEATTLE ORDINANCE __________________ COUNCIL BILL __________________ ..title AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; repealing Ordinance 127191, which allowed residential use within the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District under Chapter 23.74 of the Seattle Municipal Code. ..body WHEREAS, on March 18, 2025, the City Council passed Ordinance 127191, amending the text of the Land Use Code to allow residential use as an ancillary and conditional use within a portion of the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District; and WHEREAS, the adoption of Ordinance 127191 was appealed by the Port of Seattle to both the King County Superior Court and to the Growth Management Hearings Board (Growth Board); and WHEREAS the Growth Board challenge was assigned Case No. 25-3-0009 and alleged procedural and substantive violations of the Growth Management Act and the State Environmental Policy Act; and WHEREAS, on November 10, 2025, the Growth Board issued its Final Decision and Order and found procedural deficiencies with the adoption of Ordinance 127191 and determined the ordinance to be invalid; and WHEREAS, the Growth Board also found that Ordinance 127191 was noncompliant with the Growth Management Act because it determined the ordinance was inconsistent with both the Land Use Element of the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the King County Countywide Planning Policies; and WHEREAS, on December 10, 2025, The City of Seattle filed an appeal challenging the Growth Board's substantive holdings, but the City did not challenge the procedural holdings or the Growth Board's order of invalidity based on those procedural holdings; and WHEREAS, the Growth Board ordered that The City of Seattle take action before May 11, 2026 to comply with the Growth Board's Final Decision and Order and order of invalidity; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Ordinance 127191 (included as Attachment 1 to this ordinance), which allowed residential use as a conditional use within a portion of the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District, is repealed. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070. Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2026, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2026. ____________________________________ President ____________ of the City Council Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this ____day of _______________, 2026. ____________________________________ Katie B. Wilson, Mayor Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2026. ____________________________________ Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk (Seal) Attachments: Attachment 1 - Signed Ordinance 127191 HB Harper LEG Ordinance 127191 Repeal ORD D1 2 Template last revised December 16, 2025 2 Version No. 1