BELLEVUE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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CITY OF BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

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VOLUME 2: SUBAREA PLANS

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

Bellevue’s Comprehensive Plan is the city’s foundational policy document that guides growth and development for the next twenty years. Today, Bellevue is known as a community with beautiful natural areas, a vibrant downtown and strong economy, some of the nation’s best schools, and healthy neighborhoods. Bellevue’s success today isn’t a fluke. It stems from decades of community work, foresight and planning. This plan seeks to continue to enhance those qualities that make Bellevue a special place and build on the past.

Bellevue’s Comprehensive Plan is organized into two volumes. Volume 2 contains subarea plans. Each subarea plan includes policies and a land use plan map. These maps are compiled into the citywide land use plan map found in Volume 1.

BELLEVUE’S SUBAREA PLANS

Bellevue is composed of distinctive subareas, each with its own character and development. Downtown Bellevue, for example, is the hub of the Eastside’s economy with a dynamic mix of office and retail employment, high density residential neighborhoods, and cultural and recreational amenities. In contrast, Bridle Trails is predominantly residential on large lots and still retains much of its historical equestrian character. Between these contrasting land use patterns other subareas, such as Crossroads, Eastgate, and Factoria, offer a different mix of residential, commercial, and employment activities.

Dividing Bellevue into subareas is an effective way to address neighborhood needs and to focus planning efforts in small areas of the City. Subarea plans, written with direct citizen involvement, are a key element in maintaining stable land use patterns in the City. This stability is one measure of the high quality of life that community members in Bellevue have come to expect.

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MAP V2.1. NEIGHBORHOOD AREA AND SUBAREA BOUNDARIES

Bellevue established 16 neighborhood areas that are used for planning purposes. As the Subarea Plans are updated, the boundaries are adjusted to meet the Neighborhood Area boundaries.

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