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Description: This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in King County, Washington, highlighting Burien in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Burien (/ ˈ b jʊər i ə n / BURE-ee-ən) [9] is a suburban city in King County, Washington, United States, located south of Seattle on Puget Sound. As of the 2020 census , [ 7 ] Burien's population was 52,066, which is a 56.3% increase since incorporation in 1993, making it the 25th most populous city in Washington .
Due to unreliability of the source data in the Geographic Names Information System, items in this list may be historical places that no longer exist, places that are part of an incorporated city or town or a CDP, or never a community in the first place.
A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
Early postcard picturing the Equitable Building Graph of the 1916 New York City zoning ordinance with an example elevation for an 80-foot street in a 2½-times height district. In 1916, New York City adopted the first zoning regulations to apply citywide as a reaction to construction of the Equitable Building (which still stands at 120 Broadway ...
King County, home to the state's largest city, Seattle, holds almost 30 percent of Washington's population (2,271,380 residents of 7,812,880 in 2023), and has the highest population density, with more than 1,000 people per square mile (400/km 2). Garfield County is both the least populated (2,363) and least densely populated (3.3/sq mi [1.3/km 2]).
Lake Burien played a key role in Burien's early history. The city was originally founded by homesteaders, who settled along Puget Sound and the shores of the lake. [1] The Lake was named for Gottlieb and Emma Worm Burian, early settlers in the area (it is unclear how "Burian" became "Burien").
A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]