What can I build on my Seattle Neighborhood Residential property? Case 1: Single Family Home
Seattle's Neighborhood Residential zones-until recent years known as Single Family zones-occupy about 72% of Seattle's land area. To accommodate growth and provide more housing options for residents with a wide range of incomes, Seattle's Land Use Code now allows greater density and housing types, including houses, accessory dwelling units, townhouses, and even up to 6 units of apartments in these areas formerly restricted to single family homes.
In this case, here are generic site plan diagrams of how large a single-family home, with or without additions, detached garages, or other accessory buildings, can be, how much of the property can be covered, and where structures are and are not allowed on the property. One site diagram applies to lots abutting an alley in the rear, while the other applies to lots with no alley.
