HomeMy WebLinkAbout3132Ordinance No. 3132
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
Repealed by Ord. 3409
ORDINANCE NO. 3
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AN ORDINANCE of the City
Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to land use and
zoning, amending Section 15.04.130C,
to add churches as a special permit
use in the CM2, Commercial
Manufacturing, zoning district.
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WHEREAS, the City of Kent has established a regulatory
,3/16 review process wherein citizens may petition, and the City council
may endorse, amendments to the City's Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, a regulatory review request was filed by a
citizen in June of 1993, which proposed that churches be allowed to
locate in the CM -2 (Commercial Manufacturing) zone; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the regulatory
review request and found that the location of churches within the
CM -2 zone was consistent with the purpose of said district and
would not create incompatible relationships between land uses in
said zone; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on
August 23, 1993 and voted to recommend that the Zoning Code be
amended to allow churches as a Special Permit Use in the CM -2 zone;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the Planning
Commission recommendation on September 7, 1993 and concurred with
the proposed modifications to the CM -2 zone; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 15.04.130C of the Kent City Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
! Sec. 15.04.130. Commercial manufacturing -2 district, CM -2.
It is the purpose of the CM -2 district to provide
j locations for those types of developments which combine some
characteristics of both retail establishments and small-scale,
light industrial operations, heavy commercial and wholesale uses,
ii and specialty manufacturing.
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A. Principally permitted uses. Principally permitted
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uses are as follows:
1. Any principally permitted use in the GC general
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commercial zone.
! 2. Outdoor storage such as trucking, transfer or
contractor storage yards.
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!, 3. Manufacturing uses as follows:
a. Manufacturing uses such as bottling,
bakeries (primarily wholesale) laundry and dyeing, and welding;
shops.
b. Specialty manufacturing such as custom
sheetmetal.
4. 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 ten thousand (10,000) square feet of
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area. The ten -thousand -square -foot total shall include all indoor
and outdoor storage areas associated with the manufacturing
operation. Only one (1) ten -thousand -square -foot manufacturing
operation shall be permitted per lot.
5. Miniwarehouses.
6. Complexes which include combinations of uses,
including a mixture of office, light manufacturing, storage and
commercial uses.
7. New single-family residences.
8. Existing dwellings may be rebuilt, repaired and
otherwise changed for human occupancy. Accessory uses for existing
dwellings may be constructed. Such uses are garages, carports,
storage sheds and fences.
9. Municipal uses and buildings, except for such
uses and buildings subject to section 15.04.200.
B. Accessory uses. Permitted accessory uses are as
follows:
1. Accessory uses and buildings customarily
appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage
facilities, and loading and unloading areas.
2. 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 and which do not accumulate more than ten thousand
(10,000) pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof at any one (1) time on the site, subject to the
provisions of section 15.08.050, except offsite hazardous waste
treatment or storage facilities, which are not permitted in this
district.
follows:
C . Special permit uses.
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Special permit uses are as
1. gGasoline service stations.
2. Churches.
D. Conditional uses. Conditional uses are as follows:
1. Offices.
2. Light manufacturing operations in any building,
regardless of size, built prior to June 4, 1973; provided, however,
that if it should become necessary to rebuild or replace any such
building then the light manufacturing operations permitted under
this subsection shall not encompass an area greater than the size
of such building on June 4, 1973.
3. Group homes class I -A, I -B, I -C, II -A, II -B,
II -C and III.
4. General conditional uses as listed in section
15.08.030.
5. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous
substance land uses, which are not subject to cleanup permit
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 (1) time on the site or which handle
more than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds of hazardous substances
or wastes or any combination thereof on the site in any thirty -day
period of time, subject to the provisions of section 15.08.050,
except offsite hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities,
which are not permitted in this district.
E. Development standards.
1. Minimum lot. Minimum lot area is ten thousand
(10,000) square feet.
2. Maximum site coverage. Maximum site coverage
is fifty (50) percent.
3. Front yard. Minimum front yard is fifteen (15)
feet.
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4. Side yard. No side yard is required, except
when a side yard abuts a residential district, and then a
twenty -foot side yard shall be required.
5. Rear yard. No rear yard is required, except
when a rear yard abuts a residential district, and then a
twenty -foot rear yard shall be required.
6. Height limitation. The height limitation is
two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. However, the planning
director shall be authorized to grant one (1) 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 (1) additional story may be granted by the planning
commission.
7. Landscaping. The landscaping requirements of
chapter 15.07 shall apply.
8. Outdoor storage. 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. Any unfenced outdoor
storage areas shall be paved with asphaltic concrete, cement or
equivalent material to be approved by the city engineer.
F. Signs. The sign requirements of chapter 15.06 shall
apply.
G. Offstreet parking.
1. The offstreet parking requirements of chapter
15.05 shall apply.
2. Offstreet parking may be located in required
yards, except in areas required to be landscaped.
H. Development plan review. Development plan approval
is required as provided in section 15.09.010.
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Section 2. Severability. If one or more sections,
subsections or sentences of this chapter are held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portion of this chapter and the same
shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. ffecti
take effect and be in force thir
passage, approval and publication
ATTEST:
BRENDA J
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CLERK
Date. This ordinance shall
(30) days from and after its
provided by law.
DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
PASSED the day of
APPROVED the N/ day of
PUBLISHED the day of
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1993.
1993.
1993.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance
No. 313;-- , passed by the City Council of the City of Kent,
Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Kent as hereon
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BRENDA J CO ER, CITY CLERK