HomeMy WebLinkAbout3094Ordinance No. 3094
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=131— Zoning Codes
Passed — 2/16/1993
RV Parks Zoning Code Amendment
Repealed by Ord. 3409 (Sec. 15.04.140)
Amended by Ord. 3819 (Sec. 12.06.070(C))
ORDINANCE NO . 3 U 9 4
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Ij-AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, amending Section 15.04.140(D) by
adding recreational vehicle parks as a
conditional use in the GC zoning district; and
amending Section 12.06.070 to include a new
subsection.
a� WHEREAS, the City of Kent maintains a regulatory review
process wherein citizens may request, and the City Council may
endorse amendments to the City's Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, a regulatory review was filed by in 1990 which
proposed that recreational vehicle parks permitted in the GC zone;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed
regulatory change and found that recreational vehicle parks could
be a compatible land use in the GC zone; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on
October 26, 1992, and voted to recommend that the Zoning Code be
changed to allow recreational vehicle parks by conditional use
permit in the GC zone; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the PC',
recommendation on November 17, 1992, and concurred with the
proposed modifications to the GC zone; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Kent City Code (KCC) sub -section
15.04.140(D) (as amended by Ordinance No. 2801 § 10; Ordinance No.
2808 §6; Ordinance No. 2832 §2, and Ordinance No. 2958 §16) is
hereby amended to add a new section 15.04.140(D)(7) to be read as
follows:
D. Conditional Uses. Conditional Uses are as follows:
1. Printing and publishing establishments, and
accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to such use.
2. Mini -warehouses and self-service storage.
3. General conditional uses as listed in section
15.08.030, except for transitional housing with a maximum of twenty
(20) residents and four (4) staff.
4. Kennels.
5. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous
substance land uses which are not subject to clean-up requirements
of Chapter 11.02 and which accumulate more than ten thousand
(10,000) pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof at any one time on the site or which handle
than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds of hazardous substances and
wastes on the site in any thirty -day period of time, subject to the
provisions of section 15.08.050, except off-site hazardous waste
treatment or storage facilities, which are not permitted in this
district.
6. Group homes class I -A, I -B, I -C, II -A, II -B,
II -C and III.
7. Recreational vehicle parks.
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Section 2. Kent City Code (KCC) sub -section 12.06.070
(as am by Ordinance No. 12.06.220(B) is hereby amended to add
a new section 12.06.070(G) to be read as follows:
Section 12.06.070. Application procedures.
A. Existing mobile home park zones.
1. The first step in preparing an application for
a recreational vehicle park involves early informal discussions
with appropriate city departments to obtain details of city
requirements and some idea of the feasibility of his proposal prior
to the actual submission of development plans.
2. The second step involves the preparation and
submission to the planning department of a preliminary development
plan of the proposed recreational vehicle park. The plan shall be
reviewed by the applicable responsible departments and any comments
and/or required corrections resulting from this review shall be
provided to the developer.
3. The third step involves the preparation and
submission to the planning department of a final development plan.
This plan shall be reviewed by the responsible departments for
compliance with their requirements and if approved shall serve as
the basis for the issuance of all permits and licenses.
4. Residential zoned property not presently zoned
for mobile home park use. Recreational vehicle parks may be
located in any residential district when recreational vehicle park
combining district regulations and development plans are approved
for that location. The procedure for approval of a recreational
vehicle park combining district requires a public hearing before
the hearing examiner and a second public hearing before the city
council together with city council approval.
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j B. The application for a recreational vehicle park
Il involves early informal discussions with appropriate city
;jdepartments to allow a developer to obtain details of city
(requirements and some idea of the feasibility of his proposal prior
to the actual submission of development plans.
C. The preliminary development plan of the proposed
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recreational vehicle park together with an application for a
combining district shall be submitted to the planning department.
Application forms for a combining district are available in the
planning department office. The preliminary development plan and
application for a combining district must be submitted to the
planning department at least twenty-five (25) days prior to the
date the developer intends to be heard before the hearing examiner.
A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) plus one dollar ($1.00) for each
lot shall be paid at the time of application. Within two (2) days
of receipt of the application the planning department shall set a
time and date for a preliminary plan meeting between the developer
and the responsible departments. The comments resulting from the
preliminary plan meeting, as well as any written comments received
by the planning department, shall be considered in preparing the
staff recommendation to be presented to the hearing examiner.
D. The planning department shall give written notice of
the hearing examiner public hearing to all property owners within
a radius of two hundred (200) feet of the exterior boundaries of
the property being subject of the application. Public notice shall
also be posted in three (3) conspicuous places on or adjacent to
the property which is the subject of the application at least ten
(10) days prior to the date of the public hearing. Following the
public hearing, the hearing examiner shall make a report of
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findings and recommendations with respect to the proposed combining
!district and shall forward such to the city council. The city
;council shall hold a public hearing within thirty (30) days of the
Idate of the public hearing. If the application for a recreational
vehicle combining district is denied by the city council, the
application shall not be eligible for resubmittal for one (1) year
from date of denial, unless specifically stated to be without
;prejudice. A new application affecting the same property may be
submitted, if in the opinion of the hearing examiner circumstances
affecting the application have changed substantially.
E. The final development plan shall then be submitted
to the planning department. This plan shall be reviewed by the
responsible departments for compliance with their requirements and
if approved shall serve as a basis for issuance of all permits and
licenses.
F. Any combining district shall remain effective only
ifor one (1) year unless the use is begun within that time orl
construction has commenced.
G. General Commercial Zone. Recreational vehicle parks
shall be permitted as a conditional use in general commercial zoned
districts. Pursuant to subsection 15.04.140(D)(7), and shall be
1:isubject to the development standards and
,i P procedural requirements of
this chapter.
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Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The
invalidityof an clause sentence
Y paragraph, subdivision,
section, or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the
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application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect
the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, or the validity of
its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4.
effect and be in force
passage as provided by
Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
(30) thirty days from the time of its final
law.
D N KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
! BRENDA JACOBER,j CIT CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
'ROGEW A. LUBOVICH, CITY ATTO
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PASSED the &
APPROVED the l
PUBLISHED the
day of L(t(f; , 1993.
day of ~_- :. Zcc� 1993.
day of 1993.
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. _�C)q q , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as
hereon indicated.
recveh.ord
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(SEAL)
BRENDA JACOBtR, CITY CLERK
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