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Item Description
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Changes to the Agenda
Economic & Community Development
Committee Agenda
Councilmembers: Dennis Higgins - Jim Berrios - Bill Boyce, Chair
4. Approval of October 12, 2015 Minutes
5. Accessory Dwelling Units Zoning Code
Amendment Ordinance
6. Meeker Street Design Guidelines
Ordinance
7. Assisted Living Facilities Zoning Code
Amendment
Information Only
8. Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
KCC 2.54
Information Only
9. Sound Transit Update
Information Only
10. Economic Development Update
Information Only
11. ShoWare Update
Information Only
MEETING AGENDA
November 9, 2015
5:00 P.M.
ActionSpeaker(s)
Time Page
Bill Boyce
1 min
Bill Boyce
1 min
Bill Boyce
1 min
YES Bill Boyce
2 min 1
YES Hayley Bonsteel
5 min 5
YES Hayley Bonsteel 10 min 95
NO Hayley Bonsteel 10 min 123
NO Ben Wolters 10 min 125
NO Charlene Anderson 10 min
NO Ben Wolters 5 min
NO Ben Wolters 5 min
Unless otherwise noted, the Economic & Community Development Committee meets at 5 p.m. on
the second Monday of each month in Kent City Hall, Council Chambers East, 220 4th Ave S, Kent,
98032.
For additional information please contact Julie Pulliam at 253-856-5454.
Any person requiring a disability accommodation should contact the City Clerk's Office
at 253-856-5725 in advance. For TDD relay service call Washington
Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-833-6388.
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ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
MINUTES
OCTOBER 12, 2015
Committee Members Committee Chair Bill Boyce, Dennis Higgins and Jim Berrios.
1. Call to Order
Chair Boyce called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm.
2. Roll Call
Jim Berrios Excused Absence
3. Changes to the Agenda
None
4. Approval of Minutes
Higgins MOVED and Boyce SECONDED a Motion to Approve the Minutes of
September 14, 2015. Motion PASSED 2-0.
S. 2015 Docket Report
Long Range Planning Manager Charlene Anderson presented the 2015 Docket
report. She stated that two docket items were submitted by the September 1't
deadline:
1. Panther Lake Urban Separators, which staff proposes to add to the Urban
Separator project from the 2014 docket.
2. Housing Element Data Update
3. Also proposed are ECD work program items:
1. Meeker Corridor Design Guidelines,
2. Multi -family and Mixed Use Design Guidelines,
3. Expand commercial opportunities at the intersection of 204th and West
Valley Highway,
4. Land Use Plan Map revision at 212th and Russell Road,
5. Commercial components of residential mixed use developments,
6. Manufacturing/Industrial Center Subarea Plan, and
7. Outdoor storage zoning code amendment
Staff recommends that the Committee adopt staff's recommendations on each of
the above three categories. Anderson gave a status report on the 2014 docket
items and proposed a multi-year phased approach to the Urban Separator project.
There was no 2013 docket, and staff proposes closing out the 2012 docket.
Jamison Nelson, 20628 132nd Ave SE, Kent, WA spoke to Docket 2014-2, referred
to as the Nelson property rezone. She stated that she has lived and farmed at that
location for over 40 years. She spoke in support of Kent's policies on mixed -uses
and design.
Higgins MOVED and Boyce SECONDED a Motion to approve the 2015 Annual
Docket Report and the amended 2014 Docket Report as presented by staff
and move it to the Full City Council. Motion PASSED 2-0.
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6. Zoning Districts Mao Correction Ordinance
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Anderson stated that during the recent comprehensive plan update there were two
areas of mapping changes that need Council clarification of intent - two parcels at
212th and 84th and two parcels at 116th and Kent Kangley. The ordinance would
confirm the intent of the City Council.
Higgins MOVED and Boyce SECONDED a Motion to recommend to the Full
City Council approval of corrections to Ordinance #4165 clarifying the
zoning designation of Industrial Park Commercial M1 -C for two properties
at the northwest corner of the intersection of S 212"' Street and 84th
Avenue S and Community Commercial CC for two properties at the
northeast corner of the intersection of 116th Avenue Southeast and
Southeast Kent Kangley Road. Motion PASSED 2-0
7. Fee deferral Ordinance
Current Planning Manager Matt Gilbert presented an ordinance regarding impact
fees; focusing on the process by which we adopt impact fees and the deferral of
impact fees for single family home construction. Both issues came up during recent
discussions related to fire impact fees. Impact fees are defined by the State and are
specifically related to impacts to the transportation system, parks and open space,
and schools & fire protection facilities which are all authorized under RCW.82.02.
Cities have the option of adopting impact fees to support capital facilities plan for
each of those infrastructure categories.
City of Kent has adopted impact fees for transportation, fire and schools. The only
remaining potential impact fee under the current law is for Parks. Gilbert spoke to
proposed changes related to the process of adoption and that this process would
affect future adoption of a parks impact fee. Neither Washington State law nor
Kent's current code require a hearing prior to adoption of impact fees. However,
there is a hearing process tied to capital facilities plans that the impact fee would
support. As impact fees have a direct effect on builders, it makes sense to create a
more robust process with public participation. Staff proposes to add a required
public hearing to Kent City Code Section 12.
Staff recommends that deferred impact fees be paid before a permit is issued and
collected at the point of sale.
Higgins Moved and Boyce SECONDED a Motion recommending that Council
Adopt an ordinance amending Title 12 of the Kent City Code by adding a
new chapter 12.20 adoption and administration of impact fees establishing
a process for adoption of new impact fee ordinances imposed on
development activity to help finance system improvement to public
facilities, requiring a public hearing prior to adoption of any ordinance
establishing impact fees, for a new category of public facility, adopting a
system for limited deferrals of collection of impact fees imposed on single
family residential construction and authorizing the collection of reasonable
administrative fees to help fund the cost of maintaining the impact fee
deferral program. Motion PASSED 2-0
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October 12, 2015
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S. KDP Resolution — Main Street Conference
Ben Wolters spoke regarding a resolution for support from the City Council for the
Kent Downtown Partnership's effort to bring Washington State's Main Street
Program 2016 Revitalize Washington conference to Kent in April 2016.
Higgins MOVED and Boyce SECONDED a Motion to recommend to the Full
City Council a resolution in support of the efforts of the Kent Downtown
Partnership to bring Washington State's Main Street Program 2016
Revitalize Washington conference to Kent. Motion PASSED 2-0
9. Assisted Living Regulations
Long Range Planner Haylee Bonsteel talked about the different types of senior living
facilities. More research will be conducted regarding where senior living facilities
should be placed throughout the community. They should be located close to
amenities. April Mackoff spoke on behalf of Sante' Encore Communities in support
of elder care facilities and multi -family development in mixed-use zones.
10. Business Incubators
Economic Development Analyst Bill Ellis defined the difference between co -working,
business incubation, and accelerator incubation. Co -working starts with shared
space and equipment & business incubation is focused on new business.
Accelerators are more intensive in terms of mentorship and support services. Any
type of incubator facilities that open up in the City of Kent need to be sponsored.
11. Sound Transit Update
Anderson stated that there are three areas of concern on the Station location for
light rail --safety, access, and transit -oriented development. Working with a
stakeholder group, Sound Transit has developed some good designs to address
those issues and concerns.
12. Economic Development Update
Economic and Community Development Director Ben Wolters stated that Kent is
seeing some big social issues come our way as costs continue to rise in Seattle and
Bellevue. Kent is seeing growth within the community as a result. Future focus will
be on the next round of Meet Me on Meeker. The light rail station work is critical for
the future and will set up a transformation for West Hill. Bill Ellis is working on
CenterPointe and full service hotels. Permit activity has been steady throughout the
fall.
13. ShoWare Update
Wolters announced that ShoWare continues to be busy with three major events
over the last weekend and bookings continuing to come in. Lighting will be changed
to LED to save revenue, and the menu boards will be changed.
Adiournment
Chair Boyce adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m.
Julie Pulliam, Secretary,
Economic & Community Development Committee
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November 9th, 2015
ECONOMIC and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ben Wolters, Director
Phone: 253-856-5454
Fax: 253-856-6454
220 Fourth Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032-5895
TO: Chair Bill Boyce and Economic & Community Development Committee
FROM: Hayley Bonsteel, Long Range Planner/GIS Coordinator
RE: Accessory Dwelling Units &Accessory Buildings Zoning Code Amendment
ZCA-2015-3
For November 9th, 2015 Meeting
MOTION: Recommend to the full City Council approval/denial/modification
of the ordinance amending Title 15 of the Kent City Code (KCC) including
new regulations in KCC 15.08.160 regulating all accessory buildings, along
with related amendments to KCC Sections 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08.
SUMMARY: At the June 8th 2015 Economic and Community Development
Committee meeting, staff received direction to explore broadly the City's accessory
dwelling unit standards and related regulations. At the June 22nd Land Use and
Planning Board workshop, staff discussed the current code, local examples, and
next steps to both address the zoning code amendment request (#DKT-2014-1) as
well as the broader issues regarding accessory structures. At the October 26th 2015
Land Use and Planning Board public hearing, the Land Use and Planning Board
recommended approval of the proposed code amendments along with minor
"housekeeping" code changes. The proposed amendments regulate accessory
structures under the same form -based standards regardless of use, and ensure
design compatibility while managing bulk.
EXHIBITS: Draft Ordinance, SEPA Addendum
BUDGET IMPACT: None
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Encl: Ordinance, SEPA Addendum, SEPA Checklist
cc: Ben Wolters, Economic & Community Development Director
Charlene Anderson, AICP, Long Range Planning Manager
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending portions of
Chapters 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08 of the Kent City
Code, pertaining to accessory structures, including
accessory dwelling units; and implementing
incidental amendments to resolve inconsistencies,
ambiguities and redundancies within the current
city code. (DKT 2014-1).
RECITALS
A. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.470, the Growth Management Act
(GMA) requires that the City establish a docketing process as a means for
the public to suggest changes or identify deficiencies in City plans and
regulations. The docketing process is set forth in Section 12.02.025 of the
Kent City Code (KCC).
B. On August 26, 2014, a docket item was submitted to the City,
requesting a change in how square footage is calculated for accessory
dwelling units built on other accessory structures. This was designated
Docket 2014-1. Staff recommended that his docket item be included in the
2015 work program for the Economic and Community Development
Department.
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C. On November 10, 2014, the Economic and Community
Development Committee passed a motion accepting the staff
recommendation to approve the 2014 Annual Docket Report as presented.
D. On November 18, 2014, the City Council authorized the Mayor
to accept the Economic and Community Development Committee
recommendations on the 2014 Annual Docket Report.
E. An accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is defined as: "a habitable
dwelling unit added to, created within, or detached from and on the same
lot with a single-family dwelling that provides basic requirements for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation." KCC 15.02.003.
F. Accessory dwelling units increase the supply of affordable
rental units through better use of existing single-family housing stock, and
provide for more flexible housing options.
G. On June 8, 2015, staff presented options for the work plan for
Docket 2014-1 to the Economic and Community Development Committee.
The Committee requested that staff pursue several related issues,
including how to regulate other accessory buildings and manage bulk.
H. Staff presented information regarding Docket 2014-1 to the
Land Use and Planning Board ("LUPB") at a special workshop meeting on
August 24, 2015.
I. On August 18, 2015, the City requested expedited review
under RCW 36.70A.106 from the Washington State Department of
Commerce regarding the City's proposed amendments. The Washington
State Department of Commerce granted the request for expedited review
on September 3, 2015. No comments were received from State agencies.
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I. On October 2, 2015, the City conducted and completed
environmental review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA).
K. On October 26, 2015, after holding a public hearing, the LUPB
made its recommendations regarding the proposed code amendments
required to implement the policies contained in Docket 2014-1 to the City
Council.
L. The Economic and Community Development Committee
considered the recommendations of the LUPB at its regularly -scheduled
meeting on November 9, 2015, and recommended to the full City Council
passage of the proposed code amendments.
M. At its regularly scheduled meeting on ,
the City Council voted to adopt the amendments to portions of Chapters
15.02, 15.04 and 15.08 of the Kent City Code, pertaining to accessory
structures, including accessory dwelling units, along with incidental
amendments to resolve inconsistencies, ambiguities and redundancies
within the current city code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. - Amendment. Section 15.02.003 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.02.003. Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). An accessory
dwelling unit (ADU) is a habitable dwelling unit added to, created within, or
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detached from and on the same lot with a detached single-family dwelling
that provides basic requirements for living, sleeping, eating, cooking
including a stovel, and sanitation.
SECTION 2. - Amendment. Section 15.02.005 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.02.005. Accessory use or structure. Accessory use or
structure means a use or structure on the same lot with, and of a nature
customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use or structure.
Accessory structures include, but are not limited to: garages; accessory
dwelling units quest cottages° sheds° storage buildings° and workshops.
SECTION 3. - Amendment. Section 15.02.130 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.02.130 Dwelling unit. Dwelling unit means one
room, or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent
housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy, or rental or lease on a
weekly, monthly, or longer basis, and physically separated from any other
rooms or dwelling units which may be in the same structure or on the
same property, and containing independent cookingincluding a stovel
and sleeping facilities.
SECTION 4. - Amendment. Section 15.02.155 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.02.155. Garage or carport, private. Private garage or
carport means a building, or a portion of a building, principally for
vehicular equipment such as automobiles, boats, etc.,
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SECTION 5. - Amendment. Section 15.04.020 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.020. Residential land uses.
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SECTION 6. - Amendment. Section 15.04.030 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.030. Residential land use development
conditions.
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1. Dwelling units, limited to not more than one per establishment, for
security or maintenance personnel and their families, when located on the
premises where they are employed in such capacity. No other residential
use shall be permitted.
2. Multifamily residential uses, or other residential facilities where
allowed, shall be permitted only in the mixed use overlay when included
within a mixed use development.
3. [Reserved].
4. Multifamily residential uses, or other residential facilities where
allowed, when established in buildings with commercial or office uses, and
not located on the ground floor.
5. Multifamily residential uses, or other residential facilities where
allowed, when not combined with commercial or office uses.
6. Existing dwellings may be rebuilt, repaired, and otherwise changed
for human occupancy. Accessorybuildings for existing dwellings may
be constructed.
subject to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
7. Transitional housing facilities, limited to a maximum of 20 residents
at any one time, plus up to four resident staff.
Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roofF
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not including accessory uses or structures customarily appurtenant to
aoricultural uses, are subject to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
9. Farm dwellings appurtenant to a principal agricultural use for the
housing of farm owners, operators, or employees, but not accommodations
for transient labor.
10. Accessory dwelling units shall not be included in calculating the
maximum density. Accessory dwelling units are allowed only on the same
Lot with a �rinciallpermitted detached single family dwelling unit and
are subject to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160 and 15.08.350.
11. Customary incidental home occupations subject to the provisions of
KCC 15.08.040.
12. [Reserved].
13. Subject to the combining district requirements of the mobile home
park code, Chapter 12.05 KCC.
14. Accessory living quarters are allowed per the provisions of KCC
15.08.359.
15. [Reserved].
16. Recreational vehicle storage is permitted as an accessory use in
accordance with KCC 15.08.080.
17. Accommodations for farm operators and employees, but not
accommodations for transient labor.
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18. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a
permitted use, except for onsite hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities, which are not permitted in residential zones.
19. The following zoning is required to be in existence on the entire
property to be rezoned at the time of application for a rezone to an MR -T
zone: SR -8, MR -D, MR -G, MR -M, MR -H, NCC, CC, GC, DC, or DCE.
20. All multifamily townhouse developments in t4e–an MR -T zone shall
be recorded as townhouses with ownership interest, as defined in KCC
15.02.525.1, prior to approval of a certificate of occupancy by the city.
21. t ro—KCc 15 08 1
rReservedl.
22. One duplex per lot is permitted.
23. Secure community transition facilities are only permitted within the
boundaries depicted on the following map, and only with a conditional use
permit.
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24. A secure community transition facility shall also comply with
applicable state siting and permitting requirements pursuant to Chapter
71.09 RCW. Secure community transition facilities are not subject to the
siting criteria of KCC 15.08.280 for class III group homes, but they are
subject to a 600 -foot separation from any other class II or III group home.
In no case shall a secure community transition facility be sited adjacent to,
immediately across the street or parking lot from, or within the line of
sight of risk potential activities or facilities in existence at the time a site is
listed for consideration. Within line of sight means that it is possible to
reasonably visually distinguish and recognize individuals. For the purposes
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of granting a conditional use permit for siting a secure community
transition facility, the hearing examiner shall consider an unobstructed
visual distance of 600 feet to be "within line of sight." During the
conditional use permit process for a secure community transition facility,
"line of sight" may be considered to be less than 600 feet if the applicant
can demonstrate that visual barriers exist or can be created that would
reduce the line of sight to less than 600 feet. This distance shall be
measured by following a straight line, without regard to intervening
buildings, from the nearest point of the property or parcel upon which the
proposed use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel or
property or the land use district boundary line from which the proposed
use is to be separated. For the purpose of granting a conditional use
permit for a secure community transition facility, the hearing examiner
shall give great weight to equitable distribution so that the city shall not be
subject to a disproportionate share of similar facilities of a state-wide,
regional, or county -wide nature.
25. A designated manufactured home is a permitted use with the
following conditions:
a. A designated manufactured home must be a new
manufactured home;
b. The designated manufactured home shall be set upon a
permanent foundation,
as specified
by the
manufacturer, and the space
from the bottom of the
home to the
ground
shall be enclosed by concrete
or an approved concrete product
that can
be either load bearing or
decorative;
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C. The designated manufactured home shall comply with all city
design standards applicable to all other single-family homes;
d. The designated manufactured home shall be thermally
equivalent to the State Energy Code; and
e. The designated manufactured home shall meet all other
requirements for a designated manufactured home as defined in RCW
35.63.160.
26. Multifamily dwellings shall be allowed only within the Kent downtown
districts outlined in the Downtown Subarea Action Plan and shall be
condominiums recorded pursuant to Chapter 64.32 or 64.34 RCW or
similar dwelling units with ownership interest and recorded as such prior to
approval of a certificate of occupancy by the city.
27. Within subdivisions, as defined by KCC 12.04.025, vested after
March 22, 2007, or altered to comply with zoning and subdivision code
amendments effective after March 22, 2007, 25 percent of the total
number of permitted dwelling units may be duplex or triplex townhouse
structures.
28. Live -work units; provided, that the following development standards
shall apply for live -work units, in addition to those set forth in KCC
15.04.190:
a. The unit shall contain a cooking space and sanitary facility in
conformance with applicable building standards;
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b. Adequate and clearly defined working space must constitute
no less than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the live -work unit. Said
working space shall be reserved for and regularly used by one or more
persons residing there;
C. At least one resident in each live -work unit shall maintain at
all times a valid city business license for a business on the premises;
d. Persons who do not reside in the live -work unit may be
employed in the live -work unit when the required parking is provided;
e. Customer and client visits are allowed when the required
parking is provided;
f. No portion of a live -work unit may be separately rented or
sold as a commercial space for a person or persons not living on the
premises, or as a residential space for a person or persons not working on
the premises;
g. The multiple -family design guidelines and development
standards do not apply to live -work units;
h. Construct all nonresidential space, to the maximum allowed,
to commercial building standards; and
i. Provide an internal connection between the residential and
nonresidential space within each unit.
29. Subject to the maximum permitted density of the zoning district.
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30. Conditional use when the number of residents exceeds 20 at any
one time or more than four resident staff.
SECTION 7. - Amendment. Section 15.04.040 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.040. Manufacturing land uses.
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SECTIONS. -Amendment. Section 15.04.050 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.050 Manufacturing land use development
conditions.
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SECTIONS. -Amendment. Section 15.04.050 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.050 Manufacturing land use development
conditions.
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1. The following uses require a conditional use permit:
a. Manufacture of such types of basic materials as follows:
i. Gum and wood chemicals and fertilizers, and basic
industrial organic and inorganic chemicals or products such as alkalis and
chlorine, industrial and liquid petroleum, gases, cellophane, coal tar
products, dyes and dye products, impregnated products, tanning
compounds, and glue and gelatin.
ii. Hydraulic cement, concrete, gypsum, lime, carbon,
carbon black, graphite, coke, glass, and similar products.
b. Manufacture of products such as the following:
i. Ammunition, explosives, fireworks, matches,
photographic film, missile propellants, and similar combustibles.
ii. Rubber from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed materials.
iii. Paving and roofing materials or other products from
petroleum derivatives.
C. Refining of materials such as petroleum and petroleum
products, metals and metal ores, sugar, and fats and oils.
d. Distilling of materials such as bone, coal, coal tar, coke,
wood, and other similar distillates.
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e. Heavy metal processes, such as ore reduction or smelting,
including blast furnaces, and including drop forging, drop hammering,
boiler plate works, and similar heavy metal operations:
i. Asphalt batching plants.
ii. Concrete mixing and batching plants, including ready -
mix concrete facilities.
iii. Rock crushing plants and aggregate dryers.
iv. Sandblasting plants.
f. Animal and food processing, including the following and
similar operations:
i. Tanning, dressing, and finishing of hides, skins, and
furs.
ii. Meat and seafood products, curing, canning, rendering,
and slaughtering.
iii. Nitrating of cotton and other materials.
iv. Rendering of animal grease or tallow, fish oil, and
similar materials.
operations.
V. Slaughtering, stockyard, feedlot, dairy, and similar
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27
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vi. Pickling and brine curing processes.
vii. Wholesale produce markets.
g. Salvage, wrecking, and disposal activities, including the
following and similar operations:
i. Automobile and building wrecking and salvage.
ii. Salvage of industrial waste materials such as metal,
paper, glass, rags, and similar materials.
iii. Sewage disposal and treatment plants.
iv. Dump and sump operations for such uses as rubbish,
garbage, trash, and other liquid and solid wastes.
h. Storage of the following kinds of goods:
i. Bulk storage of oil, gas, petroleum, butane, propane,
liquid petroleum gas, and similar products, and bulk stations and plants.
ii. Used building materials, mover's equipment, relocated
buildings, impounded vehicles, and similar materials.
iii. Explosives or fireworks, except where incidental to a
principally permitted use.
iv. Fertilizer or manure.
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3. Small scale light manufacturing operations as follows: stamping,
brazing, testing, electronic assembly, and kindred operations where the
building, structure, or total operation does not encompass more than
10,000 square feet of area. The 10,000 -square foot total shall include all
indoor and outdoor storage areas associated with the manufacturing
operation. Only one 10,000 -square foot manufacturing operation shall be
permitted per lot.
4. Conditional use for manufacturing of paint, but manufacturing of
paint is permitted outright in the M3 zone.
5. Contractor shops where most of the work is done on call, and which
do not rely on walk-in trade, but where some incidental storage or semi -
manufacturing work is done on the premises, such as carpentry, heating,
electrical, or glass shops, printing, publishing, or lithographic shops,
furniture, upholstery, dry cleaning, and exterminators.
6. Accessory uses include sales of product accessory to and directly
related to the manufacturing or warehousing use on the site.
7. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous substance land uses,
including onsite hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities, which are
not subject to cleanup permit requirements of Chapter 11.02 KCC, subject
to the provisions of KCC 15.08.050, except offsite hazardous waste
treatment or storage facilities, which are not permitted in this district. Fuel
farm facilities are not allowed in AG or A-10 zones.
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8. For permitted uses, hazardous substance land uses, including onsite
hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities, which are not subject to
cleanup permit requirements of Chapter 11.02 KCC and which do not
accumulate more than 5,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or
any combination thereof at any one time on the site, subject to the
provisions of KCC 15.08.050, except offsite hazardous waste treatment or
storage facilities, which are not permitted in this district.
9. Includes incidental storage facilities and loading/unloading areas.
10. Includes incidental storage facilities, which must be enclosed, and
loading/unloading areas.
11. Including transportation and transit terminals with repair and
storage facilities, and rail -truck statioi+stransfer uses, except classification
yards in the category of "hump yards."
12. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous substance land uses,
including onsite hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities, which are
not subject to cleanup permit requirements of Chapter 11.02 KCC, subject
to the provisions of KCC 15.08.050. Offsite hazardous waste treatment or
storage facilities are not permitted in this district, except through a special
use combining district.
13. Conditional use permit required for trucking terminals and rail -truck
transfer uses.
14. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous substance land uses,
including onsite hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities, which are
not subject to cleanup permit requirements of Chapter 11.02 KCC, subject
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to the provisions of KCC 15.08.050, except offsite hazardous waste
treatment or storage facilities, which require a conditional use permit in
this district.
15. The following require a conditional use permit:
a. Offsite hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities,
subject to the provisions of KCC 15.08.050.
b. Any hazardous substance land use that is not an accessory
use to a principally permitted use.
16. Warehousing and distribution facilities and the storage of goods or
products, except for those goods or products specifically described as
permitted to be stored only as conditional uses in the M3 district.
17. Conditional use for car loading and distribution facilities, and rail -
truck transfer stiensuses.
18. Warehousing and distribution facilities and the storage of goods or
products, including rail -truck transfer `aeHit esuses.
19. Miniwarehouses; provided, that the following development
standards shall apply for miniwarehouses, superseding those set out in
KCC 15.04.190 and 15.04.200. For purposes of this title,
11miniwarehouses" means any real property designed and used for the
purpose of renting or leasing individual storage space to occupants who
are to have access to the space for the purpose of storing and removing
personal property on a self-service basis, but does not include a garage or
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other storage area in a private residence. No occupant may use a
miniwarehouse for residential purposes.
a. Frontage use. The first 150 feet of lot depth, measured from
the property line or right-of-way inward from the street frontage, shall be
reserved for principally permitted uses for this district, or for the office or
onsite manager's unit, signage, parking, and access. A maximum of 25
percent of the frontage may be used for access to the storage unit area;
provided, that in no case shall the access area exceed 75 feet in width. No
storage units or structures shall be permitted within this 150 feet of
commercial frontage depth.
b. Lot size. Minimum lot size is one acre; maximum lot size is
four acres.
C. Site coverage. Site coverage shall be in accordance with the
underlying zoning district requirements.
d. Setbacks. Setbacks shall be as follows:
i. Front yard: 20 feet.
ii. Side yard: 10 feet.
iii. Rear yard: 10 feet.
e. Height limitation. The height limitation is one story.
f. Outdoor storage. No outdoor storage is permitted.
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g. Signs. The sign requirements of Chapter 15.06 KCC shall
h. Off-street parking.
i. The off-street parking requirements of Chapter 15.05
KCC shall apply.
ii. Off-street parking may be located in required yards,
except in areas required to be landscaped.
i. Development plan review. Development plan approval is
required as provided in KCC 15.09.010.
j. Landscaping. Landscaping requirements are as follows:
i. Front yard: 20 feet, type III (earth berms).
ii. Side yard: 10 feet, type II abutting commercial uses or
districts; type I abutting residential uses or districts.
iii. Rear yard: 10 feet, type II abutting commercial uses or
districts; type I abutting residential uses or districts.
For maintenance purposes, underground irrigation systems shall be
provided for all landscaped areas.
k. Onsite manager. A resident manager shall be required on the
site and shall be responsible for maintaining the operation of the facility in
conformance with the conditions of the approval. The plannft—economic
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34
and community development department shall establish requirements for
parking and loading areas sufficient to accommodate the needs of the
resident manager and the customers of the facility.
I. Drive aisles. Drive aisle width and parking requirements are
as follows:
i. 15 -foot drive aisle and 10 -foot parking aisle.
ii. Parking for manager's quarters and visitor parking.
M. Building lengths. The horizontal dimension of any structure
facing the perimeter of the site shall be offset at intervals not to exceed
100 feet. The offset shall be no less than 20 feet in the horizontal
dimension, with a minimum depth of five feet.
n. Building materials. If abutting a residential use or zone,
residential design elements such as brick veneer, wood siding, pitched
roofs with shingles, landscaping, and fencing shall be used. No
incompatible building colors should be used when abutting a residential
use or zone.
o. Prohibited uses. Use is restricted to dead storage only. The
following are specifically prohibited:
i. Auctions (other than tenant lien sales), commercial,
wholesale or retail sales, or garage sales.
ii. The servicing, repair, or fabrication of motor vehicles,
boats, trailers, lawn mowers, appliances, or other similar equipment.
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iii. The operation of power tools, spray painting
equipment, table saws, lathes, compressors, welding equipment, kilns, or
other similar equipment.
iv. The establishment of a transfer and storage business.
V. Any use that is noxious or offensive because of odor,
dust, noise, fumes, or vibration.
vi. Storage of hazardous or toxic materials and chemicals
or explosive substances.
P. Fencing. No razor wire is allowed on top of fences.
20. Prohibited are those manufacturing activities having potentially
deleterious operational characteristics, such as initial processing of raw
materials (forging, smelteFftsmeltina, refining, and forming).
21. The ground
level or street level portion
of
all buildings in the
pedestrian overlay
of the DC district set forth
in
the map below, fas
must be retail
or
pedestrian -oriented.
Pedestrian -oriented development shall have the main ground floor entry
located adjacent to a public street and be physically and visually accessible
by pedestrians from the sidewalk; and may include the following uses:
a. Retail establishments, including but not limited to
convenience goods, department and variety stores, specialty shops such as
apparel and accessories, gift shops, toy shops, cards and paper goods,
home and home accessory shops, florists, antique shops, and book shops;
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b. Personal services, including but not limited to barber shops,
beauty salons, and dry cleaning;
C. Repair services, including but not limited to television, radio,
computer, jewelry, and shoe repair;
d. Food -related shops, including but not limited to restaurants
(including outdoor seating areas and excluding drive-in restaurants) and
taverns;
e. Copy establishments;
f. Professional services, including but not limited to law offices
and consulting services; and
g. Any other use that is determined by the plan ni n �—economic
and community development director to be of the same general character
as the above permitted uses and in accordance with the stated purpose of
the district, pursuant to KCC 15.09.065, Interpretation of uses.
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conversion of agricultural, dairy, and horticultural products, but not
including slaughtering, meat packing, and fuel farm facilities.
23. Excluding slaughtering, rendering, curing, or canning of meat or
seafood products.
24. Except for those goods or products specifically described as
permitted to be stored as conditional uses.
25. Excluding explosive fuels and propellants.
26. Excluding predominantly drop forge and drop hammer operations.
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27. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a
permitted use, except for onsite hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities, which are not permitted in residential zones.
28. Excluding paint boiling processes.
29. Limited to 25 percent of gross floor area. Reference KCC
15.04.080(5).
30. Retail or services uses which exceed the 25 percent limit on an
individual or cumulative basis shall be subject to review individually
through the conditional use permit process. A conditional use permit shall
be required on an individual tenant or business basis and shall be granted
only when it is demonstrated that the operating characteristics of the use
will not adversely impact onsite or offsite conditions on either an individual
or cumulative basis.
31. Reuse or replacement of existing structures for non-agricultural uses
is allowed where it is shown that the existing structures are obsolete for
agricultural use and will have no viable economic use unless they can be
put to non-agricultural use. Any replacement structures must maintain or
enhance the agricultural appearance of the property. Signs shall be limited
to not more than 100 square feet in area per business, and of that
amount, freestanding signs shall not exceed 40 square feet in area. No
increase in the area of existing impervious surface shall be allowed in
connection with a non-agricultural use.
32. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
including accessory uses or structures customarily appurtenant to
agricultural uses, are sub iect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
32 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
SECTION 9. - Amendment.
Code is hereby amended as follows:
uses.
39
Section 15.04.060 of the Kent City
Sec. 15.04.060. Transportation, public, and utilities land
33 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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SECTION 10. - Amendment. Section 15.04.065 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.065. Transportation, public, and utilities land use
development conditions.
34 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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SECTION 10. - Amendment. Section 15.04.065 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.065. Transportation, public, and utilities land use
development conditions.
34 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
41
1. For WTF towers 90 feet or less for a single user and up to 120 feet
for two or more users.
2. For WTF towers that are within the allowable building height for the
district in which they are located.
3. All WTFs are subject to applicable portions of KCC 15.08.035.
4. A conditional use permit for a WTF is required if it is greater than 90
feet for a single user or 120 feet for two or more users.
5. A conditional use permit is required if the WTF exceeds the allowable
building height of the district.
6. Transportation and transit terminal, including repair and storage
facilities and rail -truck stienstransfer uses, except classification yards in
the category of "hump yards."
7. [Reserved].
8. If on property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the city or
other government entity subject to KCC 15.08.035(I).
9. Level 1 and 2 charging only.
10. Only as part of a general conditional use identified in KCC
15.08.030.
11. High capacity transit facilities shall be consistent with Chapter 15.15
KCC.
35 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
42
12. A conditional use permit is required for high capacity transit facilities
that cross multiple zoning districts. No other transportation and transit
facilities are allowed in the MHP zoning district.
13. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
including accessory uses or structures customarily- appurtenant to
agricultural uses, are sub iect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
SECTION 11. - Amendment. Section 15.04.070 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.070. Wholesale and retail land uses.
36 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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37 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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37 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
SECTION 12, - Amendment. Section 15.04.080 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
38 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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tools, etc
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commercial uses
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(19)
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allowed by
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15 04 195)
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SECTION 12, - Amendment. Section 15.04.080 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
38 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
M
45
Sec. 15.04.080. Wholesale and retail land use development
conditions.
1. Bulk retail uses which provide goods for regional retail and
wholesale markets; provided, that each use occupy no less than 43,560
square feet of gross floor area.
2. [Reserved].
3. [Reserved].
4. [Reserved].
5. Uses shall be limited to 25 percent of the gross floor area of any
single- or multi -building development. Retail and service uses which
exceed the 25 percent limit on an individual or cumulative basis shall be
subject to review individually through the conditional use permit process. A
conditional use permit shall be required on an individual tenant or business
basis and shall be granted only when it is demonstrated that the operating
characteristics of the use will not adversely impact onsite or offsite
conditions on either an individual or cumulative basis. For example, in the
case of a business park with several buildings, 25 percent of the buildings'
combined floor area may be devoted to these retail and services uses. For
single building parcels, 25 percent of the floor area of the single building
may be devoted to these retail and services uses.
6. Special uses must conform to the development standards listed in
KCC 15.08.020.
39 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
7. Drive-through restaurants, only if located in a building having at
least two stories.
8. Accessory uses are only allowed in cases where development plans
demonstrate a relationship between these uses and the principal uses of
the property.
9. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a
permitted use, except for onsite hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities, which are not permitted in residential zones.
10. Retail uses operated in conjunction with and incidental to permitted
uses, provided such uses are housed as a part of the building comprising
the basic operations.
11. The ground level or street level portion of all buildings in the
pedestrian overlay of the DC district, set forth in the map below, must be
retail or pedestrian -oriented. Pedestrian -oriented development shall have
the main ground floor entry located adjacent to a public street and be
physically and visually accessible by pedestrians from the sidewalk; and
may include the following uses:
a. Retail establishments, including but not limited to
convenience goods, department and variety stores, specialty shops such as
apparel and accessories, gift shops, toy shops, cards and paper goods,
home and home accessory shops, florists, antique shops, and book shops;
b. Personal services, including but not limited to barber shops,
beauty salons, and dry cleaning;
40 Ordinance Amending
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47
C. Repair services, including but not limited to television, radio,
computer, jewelry, and shoe repair;
d. Food -related shops, including but not limited to restaurants
(including outdoor seating areas and excluding drive-in restaurants) and
taverns;
e. Copy establishments;
f. Professional services, including but not limited to law offices
and consulting services; and
g. Any other use that is determined by the plan ni n �—economic
and community development director to be of the same general character
as the above permitted uses and in accordance with the stated purpose of
the district, pursuant to KCC 15.09.065, Interpretation of uses.
d_ uurwi tl OwYu:wc' ReEaWSesvwie Area
41 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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12. Retail convenience grocery sales are allowed in conjunction with a
gasoline service station as a special permit use subject to the development
standards listed in KCC 15.08.020.
13. Retail sales are limited to tires, batteries, and accessories for
industrial vehicle and equipment, except in the M1 -C zoning district where
retail sales of tires, batteries, and accessories are allowed for industrial or
personal vehicles and equipment.
14. [Reserved].
15. [Reserved].
16. Includes incidental storage facilities and loading/unloading areas.
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KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
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gasoline service station as a special permit use subject to the development
standards listed in KCC 15.08.020.
13. Retail sales are limited to tires, batteries, and accessories for
industrial vehicle and equipment, except in the M1 -C zoning district where
retail sales of tires, batteries, and accessories are allowed for industrial or
personal vehicles and equipment.
14. [Reserved].
15. [Reserved].
16. Includes incidental storage facilities and loading/unloading areas.
42 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
17. Includes incidental storage facilities, which must be enclosed, and
loading/unloading areas.
18. [Reserved].
19. Reference KCC 15.07.040(6), outdoor storage landscaping.
20. Whenever feasible, drive-up/drive-through facilities shall be
accessed from the rear of a site and run along an interior lot line or
building elevation. Landscaping, sufficient to soften the visual impact of
vehicle stacking areas, may be required.
21. Retail use must be for sale of agricultural or horticultural
PFedueesproducts, at least 25 percent of the gross sales value of which are
grown within Washington State. Up to 50 percent of the gross sales value
may be for seed, gardening equipment and products, private label foods,
and locally hand -made products. Any structures must be designed to
maintain or enhance the agricultural appearance of the area.
22. Any drive-up/drive-through facility shall be accessory to the
principal use to which it is attached.
23. All battery exchange activities and associated storage shall take
place within an enclosed building. The development standards listed in KCC
15.08.020(6) shall apply, except that subsection (13)(3) shall not apply.
24. Drive-through/drive-up businesses are permitted only under the
following conditions:
43 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
50
a. The development must be within a strip -mall or shopping
center.
25. The ground floor or street level must be retail or pedestrian -oriented
following the Midway Design Guidelines. The main ground floor entry shall
open to a public street with accessory retail uses accessible by
pedestrians.
26. Bulk retail is permitted only when single -tenant building is over one
acre in size.
27. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
includinrp accessory uses or structures customarily- appurtenant to
agricultural uses are subiect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
SECTION 13, - Amendment. Section 15.04.090 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
44 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
51
Sec. 15.04.090 Service land uses.
45 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
Zoning Districts
Key
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S= Special
Uses
C= Conditional
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barber salons,
shoe repair,
launderettes
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c
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v
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center
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v
v
v
v
v
v
v
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services
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agencies, and
employment
agencies
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maintenance
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control
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KCC
15 04.190 and
15 04 195)
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v
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trailers,
furniture, and
tools
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v
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services
(23)
(including
body work)
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v
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v
v
v
v
v
v
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KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
52
46 Ordinance Amending
KCC 15.02, 15.04 and 15.08
Zoning Districts
Key
P = Pnncipally
Permitted Uses
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U
U
U
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2
Z
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Se Nices:
(12)
(2)
Watch, TV,
ett ical,
electronic,
upholstery
Professional
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
services
(20)
(2)
Medical,
tinics,and
other health
care -related
services
IP
Heavy
P
P
P
c
P
equipment and
(9)
truck repair
Contract
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
construction
(16)
(16)
(n)
(n)
(2)
service offices
(17)
Building
cc nstruction,
plumbing,
paving and
landscaping
Educational
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
services
(2)
Vocational,
trade, an,
music,
dancing,
barber and
beauty
Churches
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
Administrative
P
P
P
P
P
P
c
P
P
P
P
P
and
(12)
(2)
professional
off ces—
general
Municipal uses
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
and buildings
(i a)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(13)
(2)
(13)
13)
Research,
P
c
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
development,
(2)
(14)
and testing
Accessory
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
AA
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
uses and
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42A)
4"j
42A)
4"j
(1 e)
(ie)
(19)
(19)
(19)
(19)
(19)
(ie)
(ie)
(ie)
St u_[ turl-
customarily
ap purtenant to
a permitted
use
Boarding
c
c
c
kennels and
breeding
establishments
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SECTION 14. - Amendment. Section 15.04.100 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.100. Service land use development conditions.
1. Banks and financial institutions (excluding drive-through).
2. Uses shall be limited to 25 percent of the gross floor area of any
single- or multi -building development. Retail and service uses which
exceed the 25 percent limit on an individual or cumulative basis shall be
subject to review individually through the conditional use permit process. A
conditional use permit shall be required on an individual tenant or business
basis and shall be granted only when it is demonstrated that the operating
characteristics of the use will not adversely impact onsite or offsite
conditions on either an individual or cumulative basis.
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Zoning Districts
Key
P = Pnnapally
Permitted Uses
S= Special
Uses
C= Conditional
Uses
A = Accessory
Uses
'N
Y
U
U
F
F
U
2
U
_
Q
Q
N
N
N
N
N
£
Z
U
,
,
Veterinary
c
v
v
v
v
v
clinics and
(e)
(e)
(e)
(e)
(e)
veterinary
hospitals
Administrative
v
v
v
v
v
or executive
offices which
are part of
predominant
industrial
operation
Offices
A
A
A
A
A
inad ental and
necessary to
the conduct of
a principally
permitted use
SECTION 14. - Amendment. Section 15.04.100 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.100. Service land use development conditions.
1. Banks and financial institutions (excluding drive-through).
2. Uses shall be limited to 25 percent of the gross floor area of any
single- or multi -building development. Retail and service uses which
exceed the 25 percent limit on an individual or cumulative basis shall be
subject to review individually through the conditional use permit process. A
conditional use permit shall be required on an individual tenant or business
basis and shall be granted only when it is demonstrated that the operating
characteristics of the use will not adversely impact onsite or offsite
conditions on either an individual or cumulative basis.
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3. [Reserved].
54
4. Special uses must conform to the development standards listed in
KCC 15.08.020.
5. [Reserved].
6. [Reserved].
7. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a
permitted use, except for onsite hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities, which are not permitted in residential zones.
8. Veterinary clinics and animal hospitals when located no closer than
150 feet to any residential use, provided the animals are housed indoors,
with no outside runs, and the building is soundproofed. Soundproofing
must be designed by competent acoustical engineers.
9. Those uses that are principally permitted in the M3 zone may be
permitted in the M2 zone via a conditional use permit.
10. Personal services uses limited to linen supply and industrial laundry
services, diaper services, rug cleaning and repair services, photographic
services, beauty and barber services, and fur repair and storage services.
11. [Reserved].
12. The ground level or street level portion of all buildings in the
pedestrian overlay of the DC district, set forth in the map below, must be
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pedestrian -oriented. Pedestrian -oriented development shall have the main
ground floor entry located adjacent to a public street and be physically and
visually accessible by pedestrians from the sidewalk; and may include the
following uses:
a. Retail establishments, including but not limited to
convenience goods, department and variety stores, specialty shops such as
apparel and accessories, gift shops, toy shops, cards and paper goods,
home and home accessory shops, florists, antique shops, and book shops;
b. Personal services, including but not limited to barber shops,
beauty salons, and dry cleaning;
C. Repair services, including but not limited to television, radio,
computer, jewelry, and shoe repair;
d. Food -related shops, including but not limited to restaurants
(including outdoor seating areas and excluding drive-in restaurants) and
taverns;
e. Copy establishments;
f. Professional services, including but not limited to law offices
and consulting services; and
g. Any other use that is determined by the plan ni n �—economic
and community development director to be of the same general character
as the above permitted uses and in accordance with the stated purpose of
the district, pursuant to KCC 15.09.065, Interpretation of uses.
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111"Naa fir.+nut&tl "", Jd' Jdtit."j'. 4 " kt.IpAiltd
13. Except for such uses and buildings subject to KCC 15.04.150.
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13. Except for such uses and buildings subject to KCC 15.04.150.
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14. Conducted in conjunction with a principally permitted use.
15. [Reserved].
16. Contract construction services office use does not include contractor
storage yards, which is a separate use listed in KCC 15.04.040.
17. Outside storage or operations yards are permitted only as accessory
uses. Such uses are incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the
property or structure.
18. Includes incidental storage facilities and loading/unloading areas.
19. Includes incidental storage facilities, which must be enclosed, and
loading/unloading areas.
20. Shall only apply to medical and dental offices and/or neighborhood
clinics.
21. Auto repair, including body work, and washing services are
permitted only under the following conditions:
a. The property is also used for heavy equipment repair and/or
truck repair; and
b. Gasoline service stations that also offer auto repair and
washing services are not permitted in the M3, general industrial zoning
district.
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22. Any associated drive-up/drive-through facility shall be accessory and
shall require a conditional use permit.
23. Auto repair, including body work, and auto washing services shall be
allowed in the general industrial (M3) zoning district as follows:
a. For adaptive reuse of existing site structures, all of the
following conditions must apply:
i. The site is not currently served by a rail spur; and
ii. Existing site structures do not have dock high loading
bay doors, where the finished floor is generally level with the floor of
freight containers; and
iii. All ground -level bay doors of existing structures have a
height of less than 14 feet, which would generally impede full access to
freight containers; and
iv. Existing site structures have a clear height from
finished floor to interior roof trusses of less than 20 feet; and
V. Maximum building area per parcel is not greater than
40,000 square feet.
b. For proposed site development, all of the following conditions
must apply:
i. The site is not currently served by a rail spur; and
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ii. Based on parcels existing at the time of the effective
date of the ordinance codified in this section, the maximum parcel size is
no greater than 40,000 square feet.
24. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
including accessory uses or structures customarily ppurtenantto
agricultural uses, are sub iect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
SECTION 15. - Amendment. Section 15.04.110 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.110. Cultural, entertainment, and recreation land
uses.
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Zoning Distncts
Key
P = Pnnapally Permitted
Uses
S= Special Uses
C= Conditional Uses
A = Accessory Uses
rc
xa
rc
rc
rc
u
s
rc
rc
rc
rc
rc
rc
rc
u
u
Q
Q
N
N
N
N
N£££££££
Z
0
0
0£££
U
U
0££££
Performing and cultural
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
arts uses, such as art
(6)
galleries/studios
Historic and monument
P
P
sites
Public assembly (indoor)
P
P
c
c
P
P
P
P
P
Sports facilities, arenas,
(2)
(2)
(2)
auditoriums and
exhibition halls, bowling
alleys, dart -playing
facilities, skating rinks,
community clubs, athletic
dubs, recreation centers,
theaters (excluding
school facilities)
Public assembly
c
P
P
(outdoor). Fairgrounds
and amusement parks
tennis courts, athletic
fields, miniature golf
go-cart tracks, dnveln
theaters, etc
Open space use
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
P
P
c
c
c
c
P
P
c
c
c
c
Cemeteries, parks
(6)
(6)
(9)
(9)
(9)
(7)
(7)
playgrounds, golf
c
c
c
c
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SECTION 16, - Amendment. Section 15.04.120 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.120. Cultural, entertainment, and recreation land
use development conditions.
1. [Reserved].
2. Principally permitted uses are limited to indoor paintball, health and
fitness clubs and facilities, gymnastic schools, and other similar uses
deemed compatible with the general character and stated purpose of the
district.
3. The ground level or street level portion of all buildings in the
pedestrian overlay of the DC district set forth in the map below, fas
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Zoning Distncts
Key
P = Pnnapally Permitted
Uses
S= Special Uses
C= Conditional Uses
A = Accessory Uses
O
f
f
U'
£
2
W
K
U
U
W
U
U
2
Z
U
0
0
2
2
2
U
U
U'
2
2
2
courses, and other
recreation facilities,
including buildings or
JA
structures associated
therewith
Employee recreation
areas
A
A
A
Private dubs, fraternal
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
c
v
c
v
c
c
v
c
c
c
c
lodges, etc
(5)
(5)
(5)
Recreational vehicle
parks
Accessory uses and
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
4sugle"A"siruclurl-
u
u
u
u
u
customarily appurtenant
to a permitted use
Recreational buildings in
A
MHP
M1
SECTION 16, - Amendment. Section 15.04.120 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.120. Cultural, entertainment, and recreation land
use development conditions.
1. [Reserved].
2. Principally permitted uses are limited to indoor paintball, health and
fitness clubs and facilities, gymnastic schools, and other similar uses
deemed compatible with the general character and stated purpose of the
district.
3. The ground level or street level portion of all buildings in the
pedestrian overlay of the DC district set forth in the map below, fas
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must be retail or pedestrian -oriented.
Pedestrian -oriented development shall have the main ground floor entry
located adjacent to a public street and be physically and visually accessible
by pedestrians from the sidewalk; and may include the following uses:
a. Retail establishments, including but not limited to
convenience goods, department and variety stores, specialty shops such as
apparel and accessories, gift shops, toy shops, cards and paper goods,
home and home accessory shops, florists, antique shops, and book shops;
b. Personal services, including but not limited to barber shops,
beauty salons, and dry cleaning;
C. Repair services, including but not limited to television, radio,
computer, jewelry, and shoe repair;
d. Food -related shops, including but not limited to restaurants
(including outdoor seating areas and excluding drive-in restaurants) and
taverns;
e. Copy establishments;
f. Professional services, including but not limited to law offices
and consulting services; and
g. Any other use that is determined by the plan ni n �—economic
and community development director to be of the same general character
as the above permitted uses and in accordance with the stated purpose of
the district, pursuant to KCC 15.09.065, Use interpretations.
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4. [Reserved].
5. Business, civic, social, and fraternal associations and service offices
are principally permitted uses.
6. Principally permitted uses are limited to parks and playgrounds.
7. Principally permitted uses are limited to golf driving ranges.
8. [Reserved].
9. Conditionally permitted uses are limited to parks and playgrounds.
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10. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
including accessory uses or structures customarily appurtenant to
agricultural uses, are sub iect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
SECTION 17, - Amendment. Section 15.04.130 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.130. Resource land uses.
SECTION 18, - Amendment. Section 15.04.140 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.140. Resource land use development conditions.
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Zoning Districts
Key
P = Principally Permitted Use
S = Special Uses
C = Conditional Uses
A = Accessory Uses
N
p
N
O
N
M
V
b
M
O
F
F
U'
F
2
d
.i
N
N
U
Q
Q
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
F
F
i
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i
2
U
0
a 0
F
F
z F
U
U
U'
f
z f
f
f
Agricultral uses such as
P
P
P
planting and harvesting of
crops, animal husbandry
(including wholesale
nurseries and greenhouses)
Crop and tree farming
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Storage, processing, and
P
conversion of agricultural
products (not including
slaughtering or meat
packing)
Accessory uses and
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
brrikkrrc tricM1 ries
(1
L41
L41
Loi
Loi
customarily appurtenant to
L9i
a permitted use
Roadside stands
A
A
A
SECTION 18, - Amendment. Section 15.04.140 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.140. Resource land use development conditions.
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1. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a
permitted use, except for onsite hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities, which are not permitted in residential zones.
2. Roadside stand not exceeding 400 square feet in floor area
exclusively for agricultural products grown on the premises.
3. Roadside stands not exceeding 400 square feet in floor area, and
not over 20 lineal feet on any side, primarily for sale of agricultural
products on the premises.
4. Accessory structures composed of at least two walls and a roof not
including accessory uses or structures customarily- appurtenantto
agricultural uses are subiect to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
SECTION 19. - Amendment. Section 15.08.160 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.08.160. Accessory buildings.
A. An accessory building can be located anywhere on a lot if it
conforms with the setbacks required by this title for a principal building. In
the rear one-half (hof a lot the accessory building can be built to within
two f2 -)—feet of the side and rear lot lines, except when attached to a
principal building, in which case it must have the same setbacks as the
main building. If other regulations or ordinances conflict with the
provisions in this subsection (A) the stricter regulations shall a plly..
, afe-
sen n .
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B. Guestheuse accessory buildings shall be located on the FeaF hal
the building—srk-e—.There shall be not more than one (1) gues'"euse guest
cottage or accessory dwelling unit_on any one Lot . The
guest cotta he rear half of the lot unless
determined to be infeasibledue tolot shape e house placement or other
�
factors as approved by_the Aarimncte r6c and coirnirniginit neirft
L ..... �gjjLU ------------------------ Y_[,L(4K(4jQj2R -----
Airector.
Accessory dwelling units are also subiect to the provisions of KCC
15.08.350.
C. The combined footprint of all accessory buildings on a lot shall not
exceed 15 percent of the lot area.
D. Accessory
E. Accessory
building.
F. Accessory
visually compatible with the principal building by meeting 11 of the
following.,
1. The exterior finish material must be the same or
match the exterior finish material of the principal building, in type, size
and placement;
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65
2. The trim on the accessory building must be the same or
visually match the trim used on the principal building, in type, size and
placement„ -and.
3. The roof pitch of the accessory building must be substantially
the same as the roof pitch of the principal building.
SECTION 20, - Amendment. Section 15.08.350 of the Kent City
Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 15.08.350. Accessory dwelling unit regulations.
A. Intent. The city provides these accessory dwelling unit regulations
for the following purposes:
1. The 1993 Washington Housing Policy Act requires cities with
P-0 pulations in excess of 20 000 to implement regulations that encourage
the development of accessory apartments in areas zoned for single-family
residential use.
2. To increase the supply of affordable rental units through
better use of the existing housing stock, and to provide variety in
affordable rental units. ur ea ",cep armee-the-b by
afe
few, . e
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1-2. To make homeownership more affordable because it will be
easier to buy both new and existing homes with the help of an accessory
apa: rtrrwientdweIIIIiiirng—girniit.
. To provide more options for different household types (single
eo le older people er�ople with disabilities and others). e
t ,
�4 ke—e� ear
6. e—t
!iMMERIG �3t
5�. To make better use of existing public investment in streets,
transit, water, sewer, and other utilities.
B. Standards and criteria.
1. One ADU per detached single-famil dwelling unit is
allowed- within all residential zones, --
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it -y. There shall be not more than one guest
cottage or ADU on any one lot.
2. An ADU may be established +ft -within or as an addition to a
new or existing single-family dwelling by GFeating the unit within
additien to the dwelling,or as a detached unit from the principal dwelling.
All ADUs not established within or as an addition to the principal dwelling
shall be deemed "detached," regardless of whether they are attached to
any accessory structure or building on the lot. Detached ADUs are subiect
to the provisions of KCC 15.08.160.
3. The ADU, as well as the iiaa+st-principal dwelling unit, must
meet all applicable setbacks, lot coverage, and building height
requirements.
4. The design and size of an ADU shall conform to
st —ia--the requirements of all building, plumbing, electrical,
mechanical, fire, health, and any other applicable codes. When there are
practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this section,
the building official may grant modifications for individual cases pursuant
to the International Building Code, the International Residential Code, or
other applicable building codes, as subsequently amended or
recodified.
5. One of the dwelling units shall be ewneFowner-occupied
as the owner'fs� principal residence for at least six months aevery
calendar year. No permit for an ADU will be issued until the owner files a
covenant evidencing this use limitation against the property°, #This
covenant must be recorded in the , eeords-ef-the King County Aud4teF.
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Recorder's Office, at the owner's expense and shall be in a
form acceptable to the city attorney.
6. If batAMither the ADU or the principal unit ceases to be ewrgeF
eeeupfedowner occupied for ffKw-(—thanat least six {6} -months in an iven
c alendar year, the ADU permit shall be deemed revoked and use of the
unit as an ADU must cease immediately.
7. The size of an ADU contained within or attached to an existing
single-family stFuetuFe dwellina shall be limited by the existing StFres
dwelling's applicable zoning requirements. An ADU incorporated tff-into the
construction of a new single-family 4ease-dwellina shall be limited to #er-ty
{40} percent of the principal dwelling unit.
8. The size of a detached ADU, for either new construction or an
existing home, shall be up to 800 square feet or thiFty-
thFee f33} percent of the size of the principal unit, whichever is smaller. If
the detached ADU is built within above or in addition to another
accessory structure the footprint of the accessory structure is not counted
towards the footprint of the ADU.
9. A legal guest cottage, as defined by KCC 15.02.174, existing
prior to November 21st, 1995, shall not be denied an accessory housing
permit solely because it is larger than the maximum size stated in tk+s
these criteria. Any legally constructed accessory building, existing prior to
November 21st, 1995, may be converted to an accessory dwelling unit
provided the structure does not exceed My450} percent of the size of the
principal unit.
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105. The owner or developer shall take every effort to avoid
additional entrances or other visible changes on the street facade of the
house which indicates the presence of an ADU.
119. A permit application must be completed and approved for all
ADUs. The p{ economic and community development department
shall determine the application requirements for an ADU permit.
123. ADUs existing prior to the adoption of
4etrA-rg his ordinance may be found to be legal on the condition that the
property owner applies for an ADU permit and complies with all required
standards and provisions. Sed--pProperty owners subject to this
subsection have e -one {}year pefied-from the effective date of this toe
acceSSeFy "eusing ordinance is adopted in which to apply for an ADU
permit, after which time such all affected property owners eatrmay-be
subject to fines and penalties established in this title.
13-1-. Adjaeertt-Immediately adjacent neighbors of an ADU applicant
shall be notified by first-class mail of the pending ADU permit
application by the economic and community development department
within 15 business days of the city's acceptance of a fully complete ADU
permit application. This notification is informational only. The decision by
the planninfteconomic and community development director dep�fnmeigt-to
grant an ADU permit is non -appealable by the neighbors of the
permit holder.
SECTION 21, - Severability. If any one or more section,
subsection, or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
of this ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 22, — Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTION 23, — Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force 30 days from and after its passage, as provided by law.
SUZETTE COOKE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TOM BRUBAKER, CITY ATTORNEY
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PUBLISHED: day of , 2015.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
passed by the city council of the city of Kent, Washington, and approved
by the Mayor of the city of Kent as hereon indicated.
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ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ben Wolters, Director
Phone: 253-856-5454
Fax: 253-856-6454
T 220 Fourth Avenue S.
WASH IM GTOH Kent, WA 98032-5895
ADDENDUM TO CITY OF KENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW AND
MIDWAY SUBAREA PLANNED ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT (EIS) (#ENV -2010-3) AND CITY OF KENT DOWNTOWN
SUBAREA ACTION PLAN PLANNED ACTION SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (SEIS) (#ENV -2012-30)
ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
("ADU")
ZCA-2015-3/ENV-2015-7 / RPP6-2151321/RPSA-2153326
Responsible Official: Charlene Anderson, AICP
I. SCOPE
The City of Kent Economic & Community Development Department proposes
a non -project action that includes amendments to Kent City Code (KCC) Title
15, Zoning. As required by the Growth Management Act, the City adopted an
update to the Kent Comprehensive Plan on September 1, 2015. Changes to
KCC Title 15 give effect to the Kent Comprehensive Plan by encouraging
diverse housing opportunities, vibrant neighborhoods, and attractive places.
The zoning code amendments clarify the definitions of ADUs and accessory
structures, as well as provide parameters for location, lot coverage and
design.
The City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned
Action EIS evaluated alternative growth strategies at a programmatic level
for the Kent Planning Area (City limits and Potential Annexation Area), The
EIS refreshed the environmental review conducted for the City's
Comprehensive Plan and analyzed additional growth that would be focused in
Downtown, the Midway Subarea, and five potential Activity Centers. The
Supplemental EIS for the Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
(Draft issued June, 2013 and Final issued October, 2013) evaluated the
growth potential for the expanded Downtown study area as well as a lesser
level of growth in the Midway Subarea.
II. SEPA COMPLIANCE
On February 13, 2010, the City of Kent issued a Determination of
Significance (DS) and Notice of Scoping for the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action (ENV -2010-3). The City
solicited public comment on the scope of the DEIS during the comment
period and on October 22, 2010 the City of Kent issued a Draft EIS. The Final
Addendum
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EIS was issued and distributed on September 1, 2011. No appeals to the EIS
were filed.
In 2012, the City of Kent Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) analyzed three
alternatives and evaluated several environmental elements associated with
the update to the Downtown Subarea Action Plan (DSAP) (ENV -2012-30).
The SEIS also evaluated a lower level of growth in the Midway area than was
evaluated in the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway
Subarea Planned Action EIS. The Draft SEIS was issued in June, 2013 and
the Final SEIS was issued in October, 2013. No appeals to the SEIS were
filed.
No additional impacts are identified for the proposed amendments to Title
15; therefore an addendum to the EIS/SEIS is appropriate.
III. STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY
This proposal is a nonproject action pursuant to WAC 197.11. Future project
actions associated with ADUs and accessory structures are subject to and
shall be consistent with the following: Kent Comprehensive Plan, Kent City
Code, Environmental Policy, International Fire Code, International Building
Code, the City of Kent Design and Construction Standards, the City of Kent
Surface Water Design Manual, Public Works Standards and all other
applicable laws and ordinances in effect at the time a complete project
permit application is filed.
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW - SCOPE OF ADDENDUM
The City of Kent has followed the process of phased environmental review as
it undertakes actions to implement the Comprehensive Plan. The State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and rules established for the act, WAC 197-
11, outline procedures for the use of existing environmental documents and
preparation of addenda to environmental decisions.
Nonproject Documents - An EIS prepared for a comprehensive plan,
development regulation, or other broad based policy document is considered
"non -project," or programmatic in nature (see WAC 197-11-704).
Phased Review - SEPA rules allow environmental review to be phased so that
review coincides with meaningful points in the planning and decision making
process, (WAC 197-11-060(5)). Future projects identified and associated
with implementation of the code amendments related to ADUs and accessory
structures may require individual and separate environmental review,
pursuant to SEPA. Such review will occur when a specific project is identified.
Prior Environmental Documents - The City of Kent issued a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action on October 22, 2010 and a
Final EIS on September 1, 2011 (#ENV -2010-3). The Midway Subarea Plan,
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Midway Design Guidelines, amendments to development regulations, Land
Use Plan and Zoning Districts Maps were adopted by the City Council on
December 13, 2011. The City of Kent issued a Draft Downtown Subarea
Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) in June, 2013 and a Final SEIS in October, 2013 (ENV -2012-30). The
SEIS evaluated a lower level of growth in the Midway area than was
evaluated in the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway
Subarea Planned Action EIS. The Kent Comprehensive Plan Update was
adopted by the City Council on September 1, 2015 and included an
Addendum to the 2011 EIS and 2013 SEIS.
The proposed amendments to Kent City Code Title 15 clarify the definitions of
ADUs and accessory structures, as well as provide parameters for location,
lot coverage and design. These amendments are consistent with the City of
Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS
and the Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS.
Scope of Addendum - As outlined in the SEPA rules, the purpose of an
addendum is to provide environmental analysis with respect to the described
actions. This addendum regarding proposed code amendments to Kent City
Code Title 15 for ADUs and accessory structures does not identify new
significant adverse impacts or significantly change the prior environmental
analysis; therefore it is prudent to utilize the addendum process as outlined
in (WAC -197-11-600(4)(c)).
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
All environmental elements are adequately addressed within the parameters
of existing codes and ordinances, as well as the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS and the Downtown
Subarea Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS, drafts and finals.
Furthermore, subsequent project actions would require compliance with SEPA
environmental policy which may include separate environmental checklists.
Projects will be analyzed for consistency with mitigating conditions identified
in the EIS and may require new mitigation based upon site-specific
conditions.
The amendments to Kent City Code Title 15 for ADUs and accessory
structures implement goals and policies identified in the Land Use and
Housing Elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan, as follows:
Comprehensive Plan
Policy LU -7.4: Allow a diversity of single-family housing forms and
strategies in all residential districts (e.g., accessory dwellings, reduced lot
size, cottage or cluster housing), subject to design and development
standards, to ensure minimal impact to surrounding properties.
Policy LU -8.2: Support the achievement of allowable density in single-
family developments through flexibility and creativity in site design.
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Policy LU -8.6: Establish design standards and parking requirements for
accessory dwelling units to ensure that the neighborhood character is
maintained.
Policy H-2.2: Encourage infill development and recycling of land to provide
adequate residential sites.
Policy H-2.3: Facilitate and encourage the development of affordable
housing for seniors, large families, and other identified special housing
needs.
V. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
A. SUMMARY
Kent City Code section 11,03.510 identifies plans and policies from
which the City may draw substantive mitigation under the State
Environmental Policy Act. This nonproject action has been evaluated in
light of those substantive plans and policies as well as the overall
analysis completed for the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review
and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS and Downtown Subarea
Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS.
B. DECISION
The regulatory code amendments are consistent with the range, types
and magnitude of impacts and corresponding mitigation outlined in the
City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned
Action EIS and Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
Supplemental EIS, No new significant adverse environmental impacts
associated with adoption of the proposed definitions of ADUs and
accessory structures, parameters for location, lot coverage and design
have been identified.
Dated: October 2, 2015
Signature:
Charlene Anderson, AICP, SEPA R ponsible Official
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Location: 400 W. Gowe a Mail to: 220 4th Avenue South , Kent WA 98032-5895
Permit Center (253-856-5302 FAX: (253) 856-6412
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Environmental Checklist ®c®list
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Application Form
Public Notice Board and
Application Fee ... See Fee Schedule
TO BE COMPLETED BY STAFF:
APPLICATION #: ZCA-2015-3 6A� KIVA#: RPP6-2151321 /inf-213
RECEIVED BY: Q.l l DATE: 8/7115 PROCESSING FEE: 0
A. STAFF REVIEW DETERMINED THAT PROJECT:
Meets the categorically exempt criteria.
X Has no probable significant adverse environmental impact(s) and
application should be processed without further consideration of
environmental effects.
Has probable, significant impact(s) that can be mitigated through
conditions. EIS not necessary.
Has probable, significant adverse environmental impact(s). An
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared.
An Environmental Impact Statement for this project has already been
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TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT:
A. BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
1. Name of Project: Zoning Code Amendment ZCA-2015-3 Accessory Dwelling Units
2. Name of Applicant: City of Kent
Mailing Address: 220 4th Ave S Kent WA 98032
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Contact Person: Hayley Bonsteel Telephone: 253-856-5441
(Note that all correspondence will be mailed to the applicant listed above.)
Applicant is (owner, agent, other):
Name of Legal Owner:
Mailing
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Location. Give general location of proposed project (street address, nearest intersection of
streets and section township and range).
City-wide; all zoning districts
a.
n/a
b. Tax identification number:
n/a
7. Existing conditions: Give a general description of the property and existing improvements, size,
topography, vegetation, soil, drainage, natural features, etc. (if necessary, attach a separate
sheet).
n/a
8. Site Area:_n/a Site Dimensions: n/a
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Project description: Give a brief, complete description of the intended use of the property or
project including all proposed uses, days and hours of operation and the size of the project and
site. (Attach site plans as described in the instructions):
See attached proposed draft ordinance.
10. Schedule: Describe the timing or schedule (include phasing and construction dates, if possible).
Present proposed ordinance to the Land Use and Planning Board (LUPB) at a workshop in
August and a public hearing in September 2015. Present LUPB recommendation to Economic and
Community Development Committee in October 2015, with City Council adoption anticipated to take
place in October or November, 2015.
11. Future Plans: Do you have any plans for future additions, expansion or further activity related to
or connected with this proposal? If yes, explain.
Future work plans could create an incentive program for homeowners wishing to build ADUsor
address impact fees, parking, or other disincentives to building ADUS.
12. Permits/Approvals: List all permits or approvals for this project from local, state, federal, or other
agencies for which you have applied or will apply as required for your proposal.
DATE
AGENCY PERMIT TYPE SUBMITTED* NUMBER STATUS"
Zoning Code
City of Kent Amendment
"Leave blank if not submitted
"Approved, denied or pending
13. Environmental Information: List any environmental information you know about that has been
prepared, or will be prepared, directly related to this proposal.
n/a
14. Do you know whether applications are pending for governmental approvals of other proposals
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directly affecting the property covered by your proposal? If yes, explain.
n/a
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B. ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
1. Earth
a. General description of the site (circle one): Flat, rolling, hilly, steep
slopes, mountainous, other: n/a
b. What is the steepest slope on the site (approximate percent slope)?
n/a
c. What general types of soils are found on the site (for example, clay,
sand, gravel, peat, muck)? If you know the classification of agricultural
soils, specify them and note any prime farmland.
n/a
d. Are there surface indications or history of unstable soils in the immediate
vicinity? If so, describe.
n/a
e. Describe the purpose, type and approximate quantities of any filling or
grading proposed. Indicate source of fill,
n/a
f. Could erosion occur as a result of clearing, construction, or use? If so,
generally describe.
n/a
g. About what percent of the site will be covered with impervious surfaces
after project construction (for example, asphalt or buildings)?
n/a
In. Proposed measures to reduce or control erosion, or other impacts to the
earth, if any.
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2. Air
a. What types of emissions to the air would result from the proposal (i.e.,
dust, automobile, odors, industrial wood smoke) during construction and
when the project is completed? If any, generally describe and give
approximate quantities if known.
n/a
b. Are there any off-site sources of emissions or odor that may affect your
proposal? If so, generally describe.
n/a
c. Proposed measures to reduce or control emissions or other impacts to
air, if any.
n/a
3. Water
a. Surface,
1) Is there any surface water body on or in the immediate vicinity of
the site (including year-round and seasonal streams, salt water,
lakes, ponds, wetlands)? If yes, describe type and provide
names. If appropriate, state what stream or river it flows into.
n/a
2) Will the project require any work over, in or adjacent to (within 200
feet) the described waters? If yes, please describe and attach
available plans.
n/a
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3) Estimate the amount of fill and dredge material that would be
placed in or removed from surface water or wetlands and indicate
the area of the site that would be affected. Indicate the source of
fill material.
n/a
4) Will the proposal require surface water withdrawals or diversions?
Give general description, purpose, and approximate quantities, if
known.
n/a
5) Does the proposal lie within a 100 -year floodplain? If so, note
location on the site plan.
Portions of the city lie within the 100 -year floodplain.
6) Does the proposal involve any discharges of waste materials to
surface waters? If so, describe the type of waste and anticipated
volume of discharge.
n/a
b. Ground:
1) Will ground water be withdrawn, or will water be discharged to
ground water? Give general description, purpose, and
approximate quantities, if known.
n/a
2) Describe waste material that will be discharged into the ground
from septic tanks or other sources, if any (for example: domestic
sewage; industrial, containing the following chemicals...;
agricultural; etc.). Describe the general size of the system, the
number of such systems, the number of houses to be served (if
applicable), or the number of animals or humans the system(s)
are expected to serve.
n/a
c. Water Runoff (including storm water):
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1) Describe the source of runoff (including storm water) and method
of collection and disposal, if any (include quantities, if known).
Where will this water flow? Will this water flow into other waters?
If so, describe.
n/a
2) Could waste materials enter ground or surface waters? If so,
generally describe.
n/a
d. Proposed measures to reduce or control surface, ground, and runoff
water impacts, if any:
n/a
4. Plants n/a
a. Check or circle types of vegetation found on the site:
Deciduous tree: alder, maple aspen, other
Evergreen tree: fir, cedar, pine, other
Shrubs
Grass
Pasture
Crop or grain
Wet soil plants: cattail, buttercup, bulrush, skunk cabbage, other
Water plants: water lily, eelgrass, milfoil, other
Other types of vegetation
b. What kind and amount of vegetation will be removed or altered?
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n/a
c. List threatened or endangered species known to be on or near the site.
n/a
d. Proposed landscaping, use of native plants, or other measures to
preserve or enhance vegetation on the site, if any:
n/a
5. Animals nla
a. Circle any birds and animals which have been observed on or near the
site or are known to be on or near the site:
Birds: hawk, heron, eagle, songbirds, other:
Mammals: deer, bear, elk, beaver, other:
Fish: bass, salmon, trout, herring, shellfish, other:
b. List any threatened or endangered species known to be on or near the
site.
n/a
c. Is the site part of a migration route? If so, explain.
n/a
d. Proposed measures to preserve or enhance wildlife, if any:
n/a
6. Energy and Natural Resources
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a. What kinds of energy (electric, natural gas, oil, wood stove, solar) will be
used to meet the completed project's energy needs? Describe whether it
will be used for heating, manufacturing, etc.
n/a
b. Would your project affect the potential use of solar energy by adjacent
properties? If so, generally describe.
n/a
c. What kinds of energy conservation features are included in the plans of
this proposal? List other proposed measures to reduce or control energy
impacts, if any:
n/a
7. Environmental Health
a. Are there any environmental health hazards, including exposure to toxic
chemicals, risk of fire and explosion, spill, or hazardous waste, that could
occur as a result of this proposal? If so, describe.
n/a
1) Describe special emergency services that might be required.
n/a
2) Proposed measures to reduce or control environmental health
hazards, if any:
n/a
b. Noise
1) What types of noise exist in the area which may affect your
project (for example: traffic, equipment operation, other)?
n/a
2) What types and levels of noise would be created by or associated
with the project on a short-term or a long-term basis (for example:
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traffic, construction, operation, other)? Indicate what hours noise
would come from the site.
n/a
3) Proposed measures to reduce or control noise impacts, if any:
n/a
8. Land and Shoreline Use
a. What is the current use of the site and adjacent properties?
n/a
b. Has the site been used for agriculture? If so, describe.
n/a
c. Describe any structures on the site,
n/a
d. Will any structures be demolished? If so, what?
n/a
e. What is the current zoning classification of the site?
City-wide; all zones
f. What is the current comprehensive plan designation of the site?
City-wide; all comprehensive plan designations
g. If applicable, what is the current shoreline master program designation of
the site?
Some zones located in shoreline jurisdictions
h. Has any part of the site been classified as an "environmentally sensitive"
area? If so, specify.
Sensitive areas (such as wetlands, streams, steep slopes) are located
city-wide in various zones
Approximately how many people would reside or work in the completed
project?
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n/a
j. Approximately how many people would the completed project displace?
n/a
k. Proposed measures to avoid or reduce displacement impacts, if any:
n/a
I. Proposed measures to ensure the proposal is compatible with existing
and projected land uses and plans, if any.
n/a
9. Housing
a. Approximately how many units would be provided, if any? Indicate
whether high, middle, or low income housing.
n/a
b. Approximately how many units, if any, would be eliminated? Indicate
whether high, middle, or low income housing.
n/a
c. Proposed measures to reduce or control housing impacts, if any.
n/a
10. Aesthetics
a. What is the tallest height of any proposed structure(s), not including
antennas; what is the principal exterior building material(s) proposed?
n/a
b. What views in the immediate vicinity would be altered or obstructed?
n/a
c. Proposed measures to reduce or control aesthetic impacts, if any.
n/a
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11. Light and Glare
a. What type of light or glare will the proposals produce? What time of day
would it mainly occur?
n/a
b. Could light or glare from the finished project be a safety hazard or
interfere with views?
n/a
c. What existing off-site sources of light or glare may affect your proposal?
n/a
d. Proposed measures to reduce or control light and glare impacts, if any.
n/a
12. Recreation
a. What designated and informal recreational opportunities are in the
immediate vicinity?
n/a
b. Would the proposed project displace any existing recreational uses? If
so, describe.
n/a
c. Proposed measures to reduce or control impacts on recreation, including
recreation opportunities to be provided by the project or applicant, if any.
n/a
13. Historic and Cultural Preservation
a. Are there any places or objects listed on, or proposed for, national, state
or local preservation registers known to be on or next to the site? If so,
generally describe.
n/a
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b. Generally describe any landmarks or evidence of historic, archaeological,
scientific, or cultural importance known to be on or next to the site.
n/a
c. Proposed measures to reduce or control impacts, if any.
n/a
14. Transportation
a. Identify public streets and highways serving the site, and describe
proposed access to the existing street system. Show on site plans, if any.
n/a
b. Is site currently served by public transit? If not, what is the approximate
distance to the nearest transit stop?
n/a
c. How many parking spaces would the completed project have? How
many would the project eliminate?
n/a
d. Will the proposal require any new roads or streets, or improvements to
existing roads or streets, not including driveways? If so, generally
describe (indicate whether public or private).
n/a
e. Will the project use (or occur in the immediate vicinity of) water, rail, or air
transportation? If so, generally describe.
n/a
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f. How many vehicular trips per day would be generated by the completed
project? If known, indicate when peak volumes would occur.
n/a
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g. Proposed measures to reduce or control transportation impacts, if any.
n/a
15. Public Services
a. Would the project result in an increased need for public services (for
example: fire protection, police protection, health care, schools, other)? If
so, generally describe.
n/a
b. Proposed measures to reduce or control direct impacts on public
services, if any.
n/a
16. Utilities
a. Circle utilities currently available at the site: electricity, natural gas, water,
refuse service, telephone, sanitary sewer, septic system, other.
n/a
b. Describe the utilities that are proposed for the project, the utilities
providing the service and the general construction activities on the site or
in the immediate vicinity, which might be needed.
n/a
C. SIGNATURE
The above answers are true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I
understand that the lead agency is relying on them to make its decision.
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DO NOT USE THIS SHEET FOR PROJECT ACTIONS
D. SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET FOR NONPROJECT ACTIONS
Because these questions are very general, it may be helpful to read them in
conjunction with the list of the elements of the environment.
When answering these questions, be aware of the extent the proposal, or the
types of activities likely to result from the proposal, would affect the item at a
greater intensity or at a faster rate than if the proposal were not implemented.
Respond briefly and in general terms.
How would the proposal be likely to increase discharge to water; emission
to air; production, storage, or release of toxic or hazardous substances;
or production of noise?
Future development may affect discharge to water, emission to air,
production, storage or release of toxic or hazardous substances that would be
typical of residential development. The proposal may result in an increase in
ADU construction, which would result in small increases to noise production
as per any residential development.
Proposed measures to avoid or reduce such increases are:
Regulations are in place to mitigate impacts.
How would the proposal be likely to affect plants, animals, fish, or marine
life?
Future development may remove vegetation to accommodate accessory
structures and associated parking areas.
Proposed measures to protect or conserve plants, animals, fish, or
marine life?
Regulations are in place to protect wetlands and streams and for tree
preservation.
3. Howwould the proposal be likely to deplete energy or natural resources?
Future development will utilize energy or natural resources at levels
typical of residential use.
Proposed measures to protect or conserve energy and natural resources
are:
The City promotes conservation of energy and natural resources.
4. How would the proposal be likely to use or affect environmentally
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sensitive areas or areas designated (or eligible or under study) for
governmental protection; such as parks, wilderness, wild and scenic
rivers, threatened or endangered species habitat, historic or cultural sites,
wetlands, floodplains, or prime farmlands?
The proposal is unlikely to affect sensitive areas.
Proposed measures to protect such resources or to avoid or reduce
impacts are:
Regulations are in place for protection of environmentally sensitive areas
from development impacts.
5. How would the proposal be likely to affect land and shoreline use,
including whether it would allow or encourage land or shoreline uses
incompatible with existing plans?
The proposal promotes the efficient use of land through infill
development.
Proposed measures to avoid or reduce shoreline and land use impacts
are:
n/a
6. How would the proposal be likely to increase demands on transportation
or public services and utilities?
The proposal may result in an increase in ADU construction, which could
result in small increases in demands on transportation, public services and
utilities typical of residential use.
Proposed measures to reduce or respond to such demand(s) are:
n/a
7. Identify, if possible, whether the proposal may conflict with local, state, or
federal laws or requirements for the protection of the environment.
The proposal is unlikely to conflict with other local, state or federal laws or
requirements for the protection of the environment.
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220 Fourth Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032-5895
November 9th, 2015
TO: Chair Bill Boyce and Economic & Community Development Committee
FROM: Hayley Bonsteel, Long Range Planner/GIS Coordinator
RE: Zoning Code Amendments — Meeker Street Design Guidelines
For November 9th, 2015 Meeting
MOTION:: Recommend approval/denial/modification of the ordinance
amending Kent City Code to extend Downtown Design Guidelines and
multifamily design review to zoning districts along the Meeker Street
Corridor from 64th Avenue South to Kent -Des Moines Road, including
designating Meeker Street in this area as a Class B Pedestrian Street for
the purposes of applying the Downtown Design Guidelines.
SUMMARY: Place -making and Gateways are key strategies in Kent's Economic
Development and Comprehensive Plans. Components of these strategies include
beautifying streetscapes, strengthening sense of place and encouraging quality
development. Meeker Street is a key corridor and gateway to Kent. Furthermore,
the corridor is the subject of a project informally entitled "Meet Me on Meeker,"
which is an effort to beautify and rebuild this key commercial corridor, making it a
place where people want to be.
The Downtown Design Guidelines promote downtown as a livable, vibrant,
pedestrian -friendly mixed-use community that complements transit with office,
commercial and residential uses clustered in the urban center. The Downtown
Design Guidelines extend to 64th Avenue South along Meeker Street, which is
classified a Class A Pedestrian Street to that point. Because Meeker Street is a key
gateway corridor to Downtown, yet currently more auto -oriented west of 64th
Avenue South, it is appropriate as an interim measure to designate the remainder
of Meeker Street to Kent -Des Moines Road as a Class B Pedestrian Street, providing
additional flexibility in site development.
In order to protect the public's interest in quality development along the Meeker
Corridor and as an interim measure before conclusion of the Meet Me on Meeker
project, to the proposed ordinance expands the Downtown Design Guidelines from
64th Avenue South to Kent -Des Moines Road along Meeker Street. Projects within
the corridor will be subject to the Downtown, Multifamily and Mixed Use Design
Guidelines. At the October 26th 2015 Land Use and Planning Board public hearing,
the Land Use and Planning Board recommended approval of the amendments.
EXHIBITS: Draft Ordinance, SEPA Addendum
BUDGET IMPACT: None
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End Ordinance, SEPA Addendum
cc: Ben Wolters, Economic & Community Development Director
Charlene Anderson, AICP, Long Range Planning Manager
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending sections
15.04.195, 15.04.200 and 15.09.046 of the Kent
City Code, related to design standards for the
Meeker Street Corridor from 64th Avenue South to
Kent -Des Moines Road. (ZCA-2015-5).
RECITALS
A. On June 17, 2014, the City Council passed Ordinance No.
4116, amending Section 15.09.046 of the Kent City code, pertaining to
downtown design review, and adopting the Kent Downtown Design
Guidelines, to serve as a way to shape development downtown to be more
welcoming and pedestrian -friendly.
B. On August 19, 2014, through Resolution No. 1896, the City
Council adopted the 2015-2020 Economic Development Strategic Plan for
the City of Kent ("Plan"). The Plan includes key strategies for place -making
and gateways, including beautifying streetscapes and strengthening sense
of place to help encourage quality development.
C. Meeker Street is a key corridor and gateway to Kent with
acres of redevelopable land including 40 acres owned by the City, making
it a unique opportunity to implement the economic development goals of
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the Plan and shape perceptions of Kent as travelers enter the City from
Kent -Des Moines Road.
D. In 2015, City staff began an interdepartmental effort to
redevelop Meeker Street, calling the project "Meet Me on Meeker." Staff
conducted outreach to businesses, agencies and residents along Meeker
Street and engaged consultants in a workshop designed to create a vision
for Meeker Street. This vision will be used going forward to guide the
project.
E. In order to protect the public's interest in quality development
along Meeker Street and as an interim measure before implementation of
the vision for Meet Me on Meeker, staff proposed to expand the downtown
design guidelines to include the area along Meeker Street from 64th Avenue
South to Kent -Des Moines Road. After holding a public hearing on October
26, 2015, the Land Use and Planning Board ("LUPB") recommended
approval of the staff proposal.
F. On October 15, 2015, the City's State Environmental Policy
Act (SEPA) responsible official issued an Addendum to the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (#ENV -2010-3) and to the City of
Kent Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) (#ENV -2012-30) (the "SEPA
Addendum"). The SEPA Addendum concluded there were no new
significant adverse environmental impacts associated with adoption of
proposed amendments to the Kent City Code that would extend
multifamily, mixed use and downtown design guidelines to zoning districts
along the Meeker Street Corridor between 64th Avenue South and Kent -Des
Moines Road, and would designate that portion of Meeker Street a Class B
Pedestrian Street for purposes of applying downtown design guidelines.
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G. On November 2, 2015, the State Department of Commerce
confirmed that the City had met the Growth Management Act notification
requirements contained in RCW 36.70A.106 for the proposed amendments.
H. The Economic and Community Development Committee
considered the proposed amendments and the LUPB's recommendation on
November 9, 2015, and recommended to the full City Council adoption of
the proposed code amendments.
I. At its regularly scheduled meeting on November 17, 2015,
the City Council voted to adopt the proposed amendments to the Kent City
Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. - Amendment. Section 15.04.195 of the Kent City
Code, entitled "Commercial and industrial land use zone development
standard conditions," is amended as follows:
Sec. 15.04.195. Commercial and industrial land use zone
development standard conditions.
1. Minimum lot of record or 5,000 square feet, whichever is less.
2. None, except as required by landscaping, or if off-street parking is
provided onsite. See the downtown design review criteria outlined in KCC
15.09.046.
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3. No minimum setback is required. If a rear and/or side yard abuts a
residential district, a 20 -foot setback may be required for any yard
abutting a residential district. See the downtown design review criteria
outlined in KCC 15.09.046.
4. [Reserved].
5. The minimum front yard setback shall be related to the classification
of the adjacent street. This classification shall be determined by the city
transportation engineer. The setbacks are as follows:
a. Properties fronting on arterial and collector streets shall have
a minimum setback of 20 feet.
b. Properties fronting on local access streets shall have a
minimum setback of 20 feet.
6. The minimum front yard setback shall be related to the classification
of the adjacent street. This classification shall be determined by the city
transportation engineer. The setbacks are as follows:
a. Properties fronting on arterials and collector streets shall have
a minimum setback of 40 feet.
b. Properties fronting on local access streets shall have a
minimum setback of 30 feet.
7. The front yard shall be 10 percent of the lot depth. Regardless of lot
size, the yard depth need not be more than 35 feet.
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8. No side or rear yard is required, except when abutting a district
other than NCC, in which case the yard shall be not less than five feet in
width; provided, however, that if the abutting district or use is residential,
then the yard shall be 10 feet in width and fully landscaped.
9. No side yard is required, except when abutting a more restrictive
district, in which case the side yard shall be not less than 20 feet in width.
10. No side yard is required, except when abutting a residential district,
in which case the side yard shall be not less than 20 feet in width.
11. [Reserved].
12. The side yards shall have an aggregate width of 10 percent of the
lot width, but the aggregate width need not be more than 40 feet. There
shall be a minimum of 15 feet on each side.
13. The side yards shall have an aggregate width of 10 percent of the
lot width, but the aggregate width need not be more than 30 feet. There
shall be a minimum of 10 feet on each side.
14. The side yards shall have an aggregate width of 10 percent of the
lot width, but the aggregate width need not be more than 25 feet. There
shall be a minimum of 10 feet on each side.
15. [Reserved].
16. [Reserved].
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17. The minimum side yard on the flanking street of a corner lot shall be
related to the classification of the adjacent street. This classification shall
be determined by the city transportation engineer. The setbacks are as
follows:
a. Properties fronting on arterial and collector streets shall have
a minimum setback of 40 feet.
b. Properties fronting on local access streets shall have a
minimum setback of 30 feet.
18. The side yard on the flanking street of a corner lot shall be at least
10 percent of the lot width, unless the 10 percent figure would result in a
side yard of greater than 20 feet, in which case the side yard need not be
more than 20 feet.
19. No rear yard is required, except when abutting a residential district,
in which case the rear yard shall be not less than 20 feet in width.
20. No rear yard is required, except as may be required by other
setback provisions of this section.
21. No rear yard is required, except as may be required by transitional
conditions.
22. [Reserved].
23. Transitional conditions shall exist when an industrial park M1 or M1 -
C district and AG district adjoin a residential district containing a density of
two dwelling units or more per acre or a proposed residential area
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indicated on the city comprehensive plan. Such transitional conditions shall
not exist where the separation includes intervening use such as a river,
freeway, railroad main line, major topographic differential, or other similar
conditions, or where the industrial properties face on a limited access
surface street on which the housing does not face. When transitional
conditions exist as defined in this subsection, a yard of not less than 50
feet shall be provided.
24. Transitional conditions shall exist when an M2 district adjoins a
residential district containing a density of two dwelling units or more per
acre or a proposed residential area indicated on the city comprehensive
plan. Such transitional conditions shall not exist where the separation
includes an intervening use such as a river, freeway, railway main line,
major topographic differential, or other similar conditions, or where the
industrial properties face on a limited access surface street on which the
housing does not face. When transitional conditions exist as defined in this
subsection, a yard of not less than 50 feet shall be provided.
25. Transitional conditions shall exist when an M3 district adjoins a
residential district containing a density of two dwelling units or more per
acre or a proposed residential area indicated on the city comprehensive
plan. Such transitional conditions shall not exist where the separation
includes an intervening use such as a river, railroad main line, major
topographic differential, or other similar conditions, or where the industrial
properties face on a limited access surface street on which the housing
does not face. When transitional conditions exist as defined in this
subsection, a yard of not less than 50 feet shall be provided.
26. [Reserved].
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27. [Reserved].
28. [Reserved].
29. Development in the M1 or M1 -C district and AG district abutting the
Green River, or Russell Road or Frager Road where such roads follow the
river bank, shall be set back from the ordinary high-water mark of the
river a minimum of 200 feet. Such setbacks are in accordance with the
state Shoreline Management Act of 1971, and shall be no more or less
restrictive than the Shoreline Management Act.
30. The economic and community development director shall be
authorized to grant one additional story in height, if during development
plan review it is found that this additional story would not detract from the
continuity of the area. More than one additional story may be granted by
the land use and planning board.
31. The downtown design review requirements of KCC 15.09.046 shall
apply.
32. No maximum height limit is required, except for parcels located
within a downtown commercial enterprise — transitional overlay (DCE-T),
where the height limit is 35 feet. See also the downtown design review
criteria outlined in KCC 15.09.046.
33. [Reserved].
34. [Reserved].
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35. Beyond this height, to a height not greater than either four stories
or 60 feet, there shall be added one additional foot of yard for each one
foot of additional building height. The economic and community
development director shall be authorized to approve one additional story,
provided such height does not detract from the continuity of the industrial
area, and may impose such conditions as may be necessary to reduce any
incompatibility with surrounding uses. Any additional height increase may
be granted by the land use and planning board.
36. Design review for mixed use development is required as provided in
KCC 15.09.045(F). In addition to KCC 15.09.045(F), the multifamily and
downtown design guidelines of KCC 15.09.045(D) and KCC 15.09.046 shall
Maly for all uses in the CC CC MU and CC MU districts along the Meeker
Street Corridor from 64th Avenue South to Kent -Des Moines Road.
37. The height limitation is two stories or 35 feet. Beyond this height, to
a height not greater than either four stories or 60 feet, there shall be
added one additional foot of yard for each two feet of additional building
height. The economic and community gment director shall
be authorized to approve one additional story, provided such height does
not detract from the continuity of the industrial area, and may impose such
conditions as may be necessary to reduce any incompatibility with
surrounding uses. Any additional height increases may be granted by the
land use and planning board.
38. [Reserved].
39. Outdoor storage areas are prohibited
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40. Outdoor storage areas shall be fenced for security and public safety
by a sight -obscuring fence unless it is determined through the
development plan review that a sight -obscuring fence is not necessary.
41. Any unfenced outdoor storage areas shall be paved with asphaltic
concrete, cement, or equivalent material to be approved by the city
engineer.
42. [Reserved].
43. Outside storage or operations yards in the M1 or M1 -C district and
AG district shall be permitted only as accessory uses. Such uses are
incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the property or structure.
Outside storage or operations yards shall be confined to the area to the
rear of the principal building or the rear two-thirds of the property and
reasonably screened from view from any property line by appropriate
walls, fencing, earth mounds, or landscaping. Outside storage exceeding a
height of 15 feet shall be so placed on the property as to not detract from
the reasonably accepted appearance of the district.
44. Outside storage or operations yards shall be confined to the area to
the rear of a line which is an extension of the front wall of the principal
building, and shall be reasonably screened from view from any street by
appropriate walls, fencing, earth mounds, or landscaping.
45. Outside storage or operations areas shall be fenced for security and
public safety at the property line.
46. Wherever feasible, drive-up/drive-through facilities shall be
accessed from the rear of a site and run along an interior lot line or
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building elevation. Landscaping, sufficient to soften the visual impact of
vehicle stacking areas, may be required.
47. Loading areas must be located in such a manner that no loading,
unloading, or maneuvering of trucks associated therewith takes place on
public rights-of-way.
48. Earth berms and landscaping shall be provided along street
frontages as necessary to screen dock -high loading areas from public
rights-of-way. Berms shall be a minimum of 36 inches and a maximum of
42 inches in height. Landscaping located on the berm shall conform to type
III landscaping as described in KCC 15.07.050.
49. Earth berms and landscaping shall be provided along street
frontages as necessary to screen dock -high loading areas from public
rights-of-way. Berms shall be a minimum of 30 inches in height.
Landscaping located on the berm shall conform to type III landscaping
described in KCC 15.07.050 pertaining to visual buffers.
50. Development plan approval is required as provided in KCC
15.09.010.
51. Earth berms and landscaping shall be provided along street
frontages as necessary to screen dock -high loading areas from public
rights-of-way. Berms shall be a minimum of 20 inches in height.
Landscaping located on the berm shall conform to type III landscaping
described in KCC 15.07.050 pertaining to visual buffers.
52. Where building walls face adjacent streets and are unfenestrated for
more than 40 feet at any point along the facade, additional landscaping
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shall be required to reduce visual impacts. In such circumstances, type II
landscaping, as defined in KCC 15.07.050, shall be required; provided, that
evergreen trees shall be at least 10 feet in height and deciduous trees shall
be a minimum of two-inch caliper at the time of planting.
53. Predominant activities and operations shall be completely enclosed
within buildings or structures, except for customary appurtenances such as
loading and unloading areas, or where special conditions are imposed
pursuant to the approval of a conditional use permit. The
economic and community development director shall be
authorized to determine the reasonable application of this provision in
cases of operational hardship or other showing of uncommon
circumstances.
54. Multitenant buildings shall be permitted.
55. All required yards, parking areas, storage areas, operations yards,
and other open uses on the site shall be maintained in a neat and orderly
manner appropriate for the district at all times. The economic and
community development director shall be authorized to reasonably pursue
the enforcement of this subsection where a use is in violation, and to notify
the owner or operator of the use in writing of such noncompliance. The
property owner or operator of the use shall be given a reasonable length of
time to correct the condition.
56. The performance standards as provided in KCC 15.08.050 shall
apply.
57. Off-street parking may be located in required yards except in areas
required to be landscaped.
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58. Those areas not required to be landscaped may be used for off-
street parking.
59. [Reserved].
60. Signage on commercial uses in the M1 -C zone shall be as specified in
KCC 15.06.050(6). Signage on industrial uses in the M1 -C zone shall be as
specified in KCC 15.06.050(H).
61. [Reserved].
62. Parking should be located either next to or behind the building.
Parking should not be placed between the street and the building.
63. A direct pedestrian connection shall be provided from the street to
the building.
64. Screening by either an enclosure and/or evergreen landscaping shall
be provided for mechanical equipment, service doors, and garbage areas.
Rooftop equipment shall be enclosed with a parapet or similar design
feature.
65. Structures shall be designed to maintain the residential character of
the surrounding neighborhood. Modulating the building mass, adding
dormer windows, covered entryways, or porches are ways to enhance the
human scale and provide a residential dimension to structures.
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66. Minimum lot area requirements do not apply to multifamily
development in the Kent downtown planning area identified in KCC
15.09.046.
67. Within the downtown commercial enterprise — transitional overlay
(DCE-T), downtown design review guidelines regarding balconies and/or
upper floor setbacks (sections III.B and III.C) are required elements, not
optional elements.
68. No yard, except as required by landscaping, or if surface parking is
provided onsite. See the Midway Design Guidelines and KCC 15.09.045.
69. The height limitation of new construction in MTC -1 zoning district
abutting a residential district shall be 35 feet in height within 20 feet from
the residential district and 45 feet in height within 40 feet from the
residential district.
70. New construction shall conform to applicable Federal Aviation
Administration regulations, including 14 C.F.R. Part 77, as presently
constituted or as may be subsequently amended.
71. The transit -oriented community design review requirements of KCC
15.09.045 shall apply.
72. Design review for multifamily development is required as provided in
KCC 15.09.045(D).
SECTION 2, — Amendment. Section 15.04.200 of the Kent City
Code, entitled "Mixed use overlay development standards," is amended as
follows:
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Sec. 15.04.200. Mixed use overlay development standards.
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Overlay Districts
GC -MU
CC -MU
Floor area ratio
Not applicable
0.40 for commercial uses.
0.50 for commercial uses
combined with residential uses;
provided, that commercial floor
area may be increased by one
square foot for each square foot
of residential floor area provided
up to a maximum commercial
FAR of 0.5.
1.0 for residential uses;
provided, that residential FAR
may be increased by 0.5 if
parking is provided below grade,
up to a maximum of 1.5.
Site coverage
0 percent for
40 percent for commercial
commercial uses.
uses.
60 percent for
60 percent for commercial
commercial uses with
uses with residential uses;
residential uses; provided,
provided, that 25 percent of the
that five percent of the gross
gross floor area is residential
floor area is commercial use,
use.
except within the downtown
area (as defined in KCC
15.09.046), where 25
percent of the gross floor
area must be commercial
use.
Height
e65 feet
T -w e25 feet; provided,
that basic heights may be
increased up to the maximum
height of 40 feet. (1)
Front yard
Zero feet; provided, that
Zero feet; provided, that some
some setback may be
setback may be required in the
required in the front yard to
front yard to accommodate a
accommodate a sidewalk
sidewalk which shall be at least
which shall be at least 10 feet
10 feet in width.
in width.
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SECTION 3. — Amendment. Section 15.09.046 of the Kent City
Code, entitled "Downtown design review," is amended as follows:
Sec. 15.09.046. Downtown design review.
A. Purpose and scope.
1. Downtown design review is an administrative process, the
purpose of which is to implement and give effect to the downtown subarea
action plan and its policies or parts thereof. The downtown design
guidelines, as set forth in subsection (D) of this section, apply to all
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Overlay Districts
GC -MU
CC -MU
Rear and side
Zero feet; provided, that
Zero feet; provided, that
yard
setbacks of at least 20 feet
setbacks of at least 20 feet will
will be required in any rear or
be required in any rear or side
side yards that are adjacent
yards that are adjacent to a
to a residential zoning
residential zoning district.
district.
Off-street parking
The off-street parking
Retail/office uses: four spaces
requirements of Chapter
per 1,000 square feet of floor
15.05 KCC shall apply.
area. (2)
Residential uses (3)
Design review
Design review requirements
Design review requirements of
of KCC 15.09.045(D) and (F)
KCC 15.09.045(F) shall apply,
and 15.09.046 shall apply,
including application of the
including application of the
rnultifamily, mixed use and
multifarnily, mixed use and
downtown design guidelines of
downtown design guidelines
KCC 15.09.045(Ui, KCC
of KCC 15.02.045(Di, KCC
15.09.045(F} dna KCC
15.09.045(F} dna KCC
15.09.046 for all uses in the CC -
15.09.046 for all uses in the
MU averlay district slang the
GC -MU overlay district along
Meeker Street Corridor from
the Meeker Street Corridor
64th Avenue South to Kent -Des
from 64th Avenue South to
Moines Road.
Kent -Des Moines Road.
SECTION 3. — Amendment. Section 15.09.046 of the Kent City
Code, entitled "Downtown design review," is amended as follows:
Sec. 15.09.046. Downtown design review.
A. Purpose and scope.
1. Downtown design review is an administrative process, the
purpose of which is to implement and give effect to the downtown subarea
action plan and its policies or parts thereof. The downtown design
guidelines, as set forth in subsection (D) of this section, apply to all
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development located within the downtown area, as shown on the map
following this section.
It is the intent of the city that this process will serve to aid applicants in
understanding the principal expectations of the city concerning
development in the downtown area and encourage a diversity of
imaginative solutions to development through the review and application of
the downtown design guidelines. These guidelines have been formulated to
ensure that the design, siting, and construction of development will
provide a quality pedestrian -oriented urban environment in a manner
consistent with established land use policies, the comprehensive plan, and
the zoning code of the city.
2. The adoption of the downtown design guidelines is an element
of the city's regulation of land use, which is statutorily authorized. The
downtown design review process adopted herein is established as an
administrative function delegated to the city's #ha
effleeeconomic and community develoRment department pursuant to RCW
Title 35A. Therefore, in implementing the downtown design review
process, the ptafteconomic and community development director
may adopt such rules and procedures as are necessary to provide
for review of proposed projects.
3. All development within the downtown area or within the CC
CC MU CC MU or MR M zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor
between 64th Avenue South and Kent -Des Moines Road, which roadway
section is hereby classified a Class i3 Pedestrian Street, shall be subject to
the provisions of this section.
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4. The downtown design review process is distinct from the
multifamily design review process set forth in KCC 15.09.045. Applications
for multifamily development within the DC, DCE, DCE-T, GC -MU CC MU,
MR -M and MRT-16 zoning districts that are also within the downtown area
or along the Meeker Street Corridor between 64th Avenue South and Kent -
Des Moines Road shall be subject to this section in addition to the
provisions of KCC 15.09.045, except as provided in KCC 15.09.045(E). In
cases where a conflict arises between the requirements of the two
sections, the provisions of this section shall prevail.
B. Application and review process. The downtown design review
process is administrative and is conducted as part of the permit review
process. The applicant must make application for the design review
process on forms provided by .p{ the economic and
community development department. Upon receipt of an application for
design review, the economic and community
development director shall circulate the application to the appropriate city
departments and offices for review. Prior to issuing a final decision, the
director shall review any comments submitted for
consideration. In the administration of this process, the
department may develop supplementary handbooks for the public, which
shall pictorially illustrate and provide additional guidance on the
interpretation of the criteria set forth in the downtown design guidelines.
C. Design review committee. There is hereby established the downtown
design review committee, which shall make all final decisions on
applications for downtown design review as described in the Kent
downtown design guidelines. The committee shall be comprised of three
{-3- members, who shall be appointed by the economic
and community development director under the authority delegated
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pursuant to RCW Title 35A. The members shall serve at the pleasure of the
director. The director shall, by
administrative rule, establish the rules of procedure for the committee,
which shall be made available to the public upon publication.
D. Downtown design guidelines — Adoption. The downtown design
review committee shall use the downtown design guidelines in the
evaluation and/or conditioning of applications under the downtown design
review process. The downtown design guidelines, entitled "Kent Downtown
Design Guidelines," are hereby adopted by this reference as authorized
pursuant to RCW 35A.12.140 and shall be placed on file in the offices of
the city clerk and the economic and community
develoVment department.
E. Appeals. The decision of the downtown administrative design review
committee to approve, approve with conditions, or reject any application
under the downtown design review process is final unless an appeal is
made to the hearing examiner within a F14� calendar days of either
the issuance of the committee's approval or rejection of any application
under this section. Appeals to the hearing examiner shall be conducted as
set forth in Chapter 2.32 KCC. The decision of the hearing examiner shall
be final, unless an appeal is made to the King County superior court, within
21� calendar days of the date of the issuance of the decision,
pursuant to Chapter 36.70C RCW.
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Kent Downtown Area
SECTION 4, — Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5, — Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTION 6, — Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force 30 days from and after its passage, as provided by law.
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SUZETTE COOKE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TOM BRUBAKER, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED: day of 12015.
APPROVED: day of
2015.
PUBLISHED: day of 12015.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved
by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
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ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ben Wolters, Director
Phone: 253-856-5454
Fax: 253-856-6454
KENT 220 Fourth Avenue S.
WA..In.r.- Kent, WA 98032-5895
ADDENDUM TO CITY OF KENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW AND
MIDWAY SUBAREA PLANNED ACTION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT (EIS) (#ENV -2010-3) AND CITY OF KENT DOWNTOWN
SUBAREA ACTION PLAN PLANNED ACTION SUPPLEMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (SEIS) (#ENV -2012-30)
ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS — MEEKER STREET DESIGN STANDARDS
Responsible Official: Charlene Anderson, AICP
I. SCOPE
The City of Kent Economic & Community Development Department proposes
a non -project action that includes amendments to Kent City Code (KCC) Title
15, Zoning. As required by the Growth Management Act, the City adopted an
update to the Kent Comprehensive Plan on September 1, 2015. Changes to
KCC Title 15 give effect to the Kent Comprehensive Plan by encouraging
attractive places. The zoning code amendments extend design standards to
zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor between 64"' Avenue South
and Kent -Des Moines Road and designate Meeker Street in that location as a
Class B Pedestrian Street for purposes of applying the downtown design
guidelines.
The City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned
Action EIS evaluated alternative growth strategies at a programmatic level
for the Kent Planning Area (City limits and Potential Annexation Area), The
EIS refreshed the environmental review conducted for the City's
Comprehensive Plan and analyzed additional growth that would be focused in
Downtown, the Midway Subarea, and five potential Activity Centers. The
Supplemental EIS for the Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
(Draft issued June, 2013 and Final issued October, 2013) evaluated the
growth potential for the expanded Downtown study area as well as a lesser
level of growth in the Midway Subarea.
II. SEPA COMPLIANCE
On February 13, 2010, the City of Kent issued a Determination of
Significance (DS) and Notice of Scoping for the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action (ENV -2010-3). The City
solicited public comment on the scope of the DEIS during the comment
period and on October 22, 2010 the City of Kent issued a Draft EIS. The Final
EIS was issued and distributed on September 1, 2011. No appeals to the EIS
were filed.
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In 2012, the City of Kent Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) analyzed three
alternatives and evaluated several environmental elements associated with
the update to the Downtown Subarea Action Plan (DSAP) (ENV -2012-30).
The SEIS also evaluated a lower level of growth in the Midway area than was
evaluated in the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway
Subarea Planned Action EIS. The Draft SEIS was issued in June, 2013 and
the Final SEIS was issued in October, 2013. No appeals to the SEIS were
filed.
No additional impacts are identified for the proposed amendments to Title
15; therefore an addendum to the EIS/SEIS is appropriate.
III. STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY
This proposal is a nonproject action pursuant to WAC 197.11. Future project
actions associated with extending design standards to zoning districts along
the Meeker Street Corridor between 64th Avenue South and Kent -Des Moines
Road are subject to and shall be consistent with the following: Kent
Comprehensive Plan, Kent City Code, Environmental Policy, International Fire
Code, International Building Code, the City of Kent Design and Construction
Standards, the City of Kent Surface Water Design Manual, Public Works
Standards and all other applicable laws and ordinances in effect at the time a
complete project permit application is filed.
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW - SCOPE OF ADDENDUM:
The City of Kent has followed the process of phased environmental review as
it undertakes actions to implement the Comprehensive Plan. The State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and rules established for the act, WAC 197-
11, outline procedures for the use of existing environmental documents and
preparation of addenda to environmental decisions.
Nonproject Documents - An EIS prepared for a comprehensive plan,
development regulation, or other broad based policy document is considered
"anon -project," or programmatic in nature (see WAC 197-11-704).
Phased Review - SEPA rules allow environmental review to be phased so that
review coincides with meaningful points in the planning and decision making
process, (WAC 197-11-060(5)). Future projects identified and associated
with implementation of the code amendments related to extension of design
standards to zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor between 64th
Avenue South and Kent -Des Moines Road may require individual and
separate environmental review, pursuant to SEPA. Such review will occur
when a specific project is identified.
Prior Environmental Documents - The City of Kent issued a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action on October 22, 2010 and a
Final EIS on September 1, 2011 (#ENV -2010-3). The Midway Subarea Plan,
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Midway Design Guidelines, amendments to development regulations, Land
Use Plan and Zoning Districts Maps were adopted by the City Council on
December 13, 2011. The City of Kent issued a Draft Downtown Subarea
Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) in June, 2013 and a Final SEIS in October, 2013 (ENV -2012-30). The
SEIS evaluated a lower level of growth in the Midway area than was
evaluated in the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway
Subarea Planned Action EIS. The Kent Comprehensive Plan Update was
adopted by the City Council on September 1, 2015 and included an
Addendum to the 2011 EIS and 2013 SEIS.
The proposed amendments to Kent City Code Title 15 extend multifamily,
mixed use and downtown design standards to zoning districts along the
Meeker Street Corridor and designate Meeker Street in that location as a
Class B Pedestrian Street for purposes of applying the downtown design
guidelines. These amendments are consistent with the City of Kent
Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS and the
Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS.
Scope of Addendum — As outlined in the SEPA rules, the purpose of an
addendum is to provide environmental analysis with respect to the described
actions. This addendum regarding proposed code amendments to Kent City
Code Title 15 for extending design guidelines to zoning districts along the
Meeker Street Corridor between 64th Avenue South and Kent -Des Moines
Road and designating Meeker Street in that location as a Class B Pedestrian
Street for purposes of applying downtown design guidelines does not identify
new significant adverse impacts or significantly change the prior
environmental analysis; therefore it is prudent to utilize the addendum
process as outlined in (WAC -197-11-600(4)(c)).
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
All environmental elements are adequately addressed within the parameters
of existing codes and ordinances, as well as the City of Kent Comprehensive
Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS and the Downtown
Subarea Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS, drafts and finals.
Furthermore, subsequent project actions would require compliance with SEPA
environmental policy which may include separate environmental checklists.
Projects will be analyzed for consistency with mitigating conditions identified
in the EIS and may require new mitigation based upon site-specific
conditions.
The amendments to Kent City Code Title 15 for extending design guidelines
to zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor and designating Meeker
Street in that location as a Class B Pedestrian Street for purposes of applying
downtown design guidelines implement goals and policies identified in the
Land Use Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan, as follows:
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Comprehensive Plan
Policy LU -8.5: Lay out neighborhoods that are oriented to the
pedestrian, provide natural surveillance of public and semi-public places, and
foster a sense of community by orientation of buildings, limiting block
lengths, encouraging continuity of streets among neighborhoods, connectivity
to public spaces, and safe pedestrian, cyclist, and vehicular movement.
Policy LU -10.5: Establish guidelines for design of edges where commercial
and mixed -uses abut single-family and medium- to low-density multifamily
residential uses.
Policy LU -11.1: Establish design standards for commercial and mixed-use
development which are complimentary to the surrounding neighborhoods and
accommodate transit, pedestrians, and cyclists.
V. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
A. SUMMARY
Kent City Code section 11.03.510 identifies plans and policies from
which the City may draw substantive mitigation under the State
Environmental Policy Act. This nonproject action has been evaluated in
light of those substantive plans and policies as well as the overall
analysis completed for the City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review
and Midway Subarea Planned Action EIS and Downtown Subarea
Action Plan Planned Action Supplemental EIS.
B. DECISION
The regulatory code amendments are consistent with the range, types
and magnitude of impacts and corresponding mitigation outlined in the
City of Kent Comprehensive Plan Review and Midway Subarea Planned
Action EIS and Downtown Subarea Action Plan Planned Action
Supplemental EIS. No new significant adverse environmental impacts
associated with adoption of the proposed amendments extending
design guidelines to zoning districts along the Meeker Street Corridor
between 64th Avenue South and Kent -Des Moines Road and
designating Meeker Street in that location as a Class B Pedestrian
Street for purposes of applying downtown design guidelines have been
identified.
Dated: October 15, 2015
Signature:
Charlene Anderson, AICP, SEPA Responsible Official
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ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ben Wolters, Director
Phone: 253-856-5454
Fax: 253-856-6454
220 Fourth Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032-5895
TO: Chair Bill Boyce and Economic and Community Development Committee
FROM: Hayley Bonsteel, Planner/GIS Coordinator
RE: Assisted Living (Elder Care) Facilities in Commercial Zones [ZCA-2015-4]
For November 9, 2015 Meeting
MOTION: Information Only
SUMMARY:
At the October 12th, 2015 meeting of the Economic and Community Development
Committee, the committee members agreed with a two -phased approach to a
zoning code amendment request from the 2014 Docket item on assisted living
facilities in commercial zones. At the October 26th, 2015 Land Use and Planning
Board public hearing, additional information was received on facility types. Staff are
pursuing additional research to understand differences in facility types and consider
revisions to the project, which may incorporate some or all independent senior
housing into the first phase of the project.
BUDGET IMPACT: None
BACKGROUND:
The 2014 Docket requested amendment of the definition and use table related to
assisted living facilities, arguing that an Assisted Living Facility is not a residential
facility subject to a requisite commercial component. Staff has received other
requests to site assisted living facilities or other elder care facilities in commercial
areas without a commercial component. Testimony at the Land Use and Planning
Board public hearing included arguments that independent senior housing is similar
to licensed assisted living facilities and should have the same freedom of location
rather than be characterized as multifamily housing which requires a commercial
component.
Housing and population trends show that humane elder care facilities (of any type)
should be located in areas with services, and staff will do additional research on the
characteristics of independent senior housing to determine if any or all of the
independent senior housing could be appropriate to include in the first phase of the
analysis.
Staff will be available at the November 9th, 2015 ECDC meeting to give an update
on the project.
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ECONOMIC and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ben Wolters, Director
Phone: 253-856-5454
KENT Fax: 253-856-6454
WASHINGTON Address: 220 Fourth Avenue S.
Kent, WA 98032-5895
November 9, 2015
To: Chair Bill Boyce and Economic & Community Development Committee
From: Ben Wolters, Economic & Community Development Director
Subject: Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Board Member Expansion
Meeting of November 9th, 2015
INFORMATION ONLY
SUMMARY:
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee currently consists of seven members. Three
members appointed by the City Council who are representatives of businesses
required to collect tax (hotels) under Ch. 67.28 RCW (Ordinance 3417). Three
members appointed by the City Council who are persons involved in activities
authorized to be funded by revenue received (i.e., Kent Downtown Partnership,
ShoWare Center) under Chapter 67.25 RCW (ordinance 3417). Council President
shall appoint a member of Council's Operations Committee to serve as a member
and to chair the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee shall make reports and recommendations to
the Mayor and City Council as follows;
• The committee shall consider proposals for impositions of a City lodging tax
under Ch. 67.28 RCW.
• If such tax is adopted, the committee shall review any increase in the rate of
tax imposed, repeal of any exemptions from a tax imposed or a change in
the use of revenue received under Ch. 67.28 RCW. The committee shall
consider any such proposal, provide for public input, and submit comments in
a timely manner to the Mayor and City Council. The comments shall include
an analysis of the extent to which the proposal will accommodate activities
for tourists or increase tourism, and the extent to which the proposal will
affect the long-term stability of the fund created under RCW 67.28.1815.
The proposed amendment would increase the membership of the Lodging Tax
Advisory Committee from seven to nine members, adding one representative
position each from the hotel community and from the visitor promotion community
in Kent. Doing so will both broaden and deepen the Committee's representation of
the community as Kent continues to grow and take more proactive steps to market
itself in the region, around the state and beyond.
BUDGET IMPACT: None.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, amending Chapter 2.54
of the Kent City Code, entitled "Lodging Tax
Advisory Committee," increasing the number of
members to nine.
RECITALS
A.
B.
C.
D.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT,
WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. - Amendment. Chapter 2.54 of the Kent City Code,
entitled "Lodging Tax Advisory Committee," as follows:
Sec. 2.54.010. Created. There is hereby created the lodging tax
advisory committee. The committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to
the mayor and city council.
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Sec. 2.54.020. Membership. The lodging tax advisory committee
shall consist of sevennine (�9) members as follows:
A. ThFeeFour (34) members appointed by the city council who are
representatives of businesses required to collect tax under Chapter 67.28
RCW;
B. ThreeFour (34) members appointed by the city council who are
persons involved in activities authorized to be funded by revenue received
under Chapter 67.28 RCW; and
C. The council president shall appoint a member of council's operations
committee to serve as a member of and to chair the lodging tax advisory
committee.
Sec. 2.54.030. Terms. All members appointed pursuant to KCC
2.54.020 above shall serve three (3) year terms. The initial appointment
shall be staggered with twethree (23) appointments serving a one (1) year
term, twethree (23) appointments serving a two (2) year term, and two
(2) appointments serving a three (3) year term. Organizations
representing businesses required to collect tax under Chapter 67.28 RCW
and organizations involved in activities authorized to be funded by revenue
received under said tax as well as local agencies involved in tourism and
promotion may submit recommendations for membership on the
committee.
Sec. 2.54.040 Responsibilities. The lodging tax advisory
committee shall make reports and recommendations to the mayor and city
council as follows:
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A. The committee shall consider proposals for imposition of a city
lodging tax under Chapter 67.28 RCW.
B. If such tax is adopted, the committee shall review any increases in
the rate of tax imposed, repeal of any exemption from a tax imposed, or a
change in the use of revenue received under Chapter 67.28 RCW. The
committee shall consider any such proposal, provide for public input, and
submit comments in a timely manner to the mayor and city council. The
comments shall include an analysis of the extent to which the proposal will
accommodate activities for tourists or increase tourism, and the extent to
which the proposal will affect the long-term stability of the fund created
under RCW 67.28.1815.
SECTION 2, — Severability. If any one or more section, subsection,
or sentence of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
ordinance and the same shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4, — Corrections by City Clerk or Code Reviser. Upon
approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and the code reviser are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including the
correction of clerical errors; ordinance, section, or subsection numbering;
or references to other local, state, or federal laws, codes, rules, or
regulations.
SECTION 5, — Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, as provided by law.
SUZETTE COOKE, MAYOR
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RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
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TOM BRUBAKER, CITY ATTORNEY
PASSED: day of 12015.
APPROVED: day of 12015.
PUBLISHED: day of 12015.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.
passed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved
by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon indicated.
RONALD F. MOORE, CITY CLERK
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