HomeMy WebLinkAbout2958Ordinance No. 2958
["Beginning July 1, 1998"]
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
Sec. 15.04 Repealed by Ord. 3409;
Secs 15.02.135 & 15.02.173 Amended by Ord 3451
Sec. 15.02.173 Amended by Ord. 3615
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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to land use and zoning;
amending the Zoning Code (Ordinance 1827, 2404)
by amending the definition of family
(§ 15.02.135), adding a definition of Group
Homes, Class I, II and III (§ 15.02.173),
amending certain sections to provide for the
�p siting of group homes within the City
b (§§ 15.04.005, .010, .020, .030, .040, .050,
.060, .070, .090, .100, .110, .120, .130,
.140, .150), adding a new section to provide
separation, dispersion and registration of
Class II and III Group Homes (§ 15.08.280); and
amending the types of uses identified under
General Conditional Uses in the Code to
eliminate uses now covered by the Group Homes
classifications (§ 15.08.030).
WHEREAS, Mayor Kelleher appointed an Advisory Committee
in May of 1989 to review the Official Zoning Code and address the
potential siting of group homes in the City of Kent; and
WHEREAS, the Advisory Committee met during May of 1989
through March of 1990 and submitted its findings to the Kent
Planning Commission in the report entitled "FINAL REPORT: THE
MAYOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GROUP HOMES"; and
WHEREAS, Kent City Code (KCC) § 2.32.050 (Ordinance 2469)
authorizes the Planning Commission to hear and make
recommendations to the City Council on Zoning Code text
amendments; and
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WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of KCC
§ 2.32.050 and the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 35A.63.100(2),
public hearings were held before the Planning Commission of the
City of Kent on May 21, June 25 and August 27, 1990 to consider
the Committee's final report and its recommendations; and
WHEREAS, at a public meeting on October 2, 1990, the Kent
City Council considered and voted to approve recommendations of
the Planning Commission concerning text amendments to the Kent
Zoning Code, establishing the definitions for and siting of group
homes, with the exception of Group III classification conditions
which were sent to the Planning Committee for further review and
recommendations; and
WHEREAS, another public hearing was held on January 2,
1991 during which the Kent City Council considered the recommen-
dations of the Planning Committee and the modifications proposed
by the City Attorney on the text amendments, and voted to approve
adoption of the recommendations and modifications as recommended;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 15.02.135 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.02.135. FAMILY.
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ecetzpy#ng-a-hetet;-e�nb;-bearding-er-�edgng-hese-)) One or more
;individuals related by blood or legal familial relationship or a
,group of not more than six (6) Persons who need not be related by
,;blood or a legal familial relationship living together in a
Class II and III Group Homes (as defined in Section 15.02.173).
Section Z. Chapter 15.02 of the zoning Code (Ordinance
1827, 2404) is amended by adding a new Section 15.02.173 as
follows:
15.02.173. GROUP HOME.
A. Class I Group Home• publicly or privately operated
residential facilities such as state licensed foster homes and
group homes for children; group homes for individuals who are
developmentally, physically or mentally disabled; group homes or
1. Group Home Class 1-A -- a maximum of 7
residents including_ resident staff.
2. Group Home Class 1-B -- a maximum of 10
residents including resident staff.
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will be based upon the density of the underlying zoning district.
B. Class II Group Home• publicly or privately operate
care homes or half -way homes for juveniles, which provide
residence in lieu of sentencing or incarceration half -way houses
providing residence to juveniles needing correction or for
juveniles selected to participate in state operated work release
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convicted of the offenses listen in class 111 Aelow as a Sakwum
Home Class III and any such home shall be sited according to the
recrul tions contained within the Grout III classification.
Group Home Class II -A -- a maximum of 8
residents including resident staff.
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2. Group Home Class II -B -- a maximum of 12
residents including resident staff.
Group Home Class II -C -- a maximum of 18
residents including_ resident staff.
C. Class III Group Homes: privately or publicly
operated residential facilities for adults under the jurisdiction
of the criminal justice system who have entered a pre- or
post charging_ diversion program or been selected to participate
in state operated-work/training release or other similar
programs Such grouts also involve individuals who have been
convicted of a violent crime against a person a crime against
property with a sexual motivation and convicted or charged as a
sexual or assaultive violent predator.
Section 3. Section 15.04.005 of the Zoning Code f
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
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15 04 005. AGRICULTURAL-- A-1.
A. Principally_ Permitted Uses
1. Agricultural uses, including any customary
agricultural building or structure, such as planting, cultivation
and harvesting of crops, animal husbandry, nurseries and green
houses and other agricultural occupations.
2. One single-family dwelling per lot.
3. Group Homes Class I -A.
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Section 4. Section 15.04.010 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
A. principally Permitted Uses
1. Agricultural uses, including any customary
agricultural building or structure, such as planting, cultivation
and harvesting of crops, animal husbandry, nurseries and
greenhouses and other agricultural occupations.
2. One single-family dwelling per lot.
3 Group Homes Class I -A.
Section 5. Section 15.04.020 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15 04 020. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
D. Principally Permitted Uses
1. One single-family dwelling per lot.
2. Crop and tree farming.
3. Group Homes Class I -A.
Section 6. Section 15.04.030 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.030. DUPLEX MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL - MR-
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. One single-family dwelling per lot.
2. One duplex per lot.
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2 Group Homes Class I -A and I -B.
Crop and tree farming.
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D. Conditional Uses
1. General Conditional Uses listed in Section
15.08.030.
2 Group Homes Class I -C II -A II -B and II -C
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Section 7. Section 15.04.040 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.040. GARDEN DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL - MR -GI
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A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings
I 1 or duplexes.
2. Multiple family dwellings including apartments
and townhouses.
2 Group Homes Class I -A and I -B.
((3))4. Crop or tree farming.
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D. Conditional Uses
1. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
2. Group Homes Class I -C II -A, II -B and II -C.
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Section 8. Section 15.04.050 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
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15.04.050 MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL - MR-
A. Principally Permitted Uses i
1. Single-family dwellings and two family dwellings
or duplexes.
2. Multiple family dwellings.
3 Group Homes Class I -A, I -B and I -C.
Crop and tree farming.
D. Conditional Uses
1. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
Z. Group Homes Class II -A II -B and II -C.
Section 9. Section 15.04.060 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.060. HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL - MR -H.
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Single-family dwellings and two-family dwelling:
or duplexes.
2. Multiple -family dwellings.
3. Group Homes Class I -A. I -B and I -C.
Crop and tree farming.
D. Conditional Uses
1. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
3 Group Homes Class II -A. II -B and II -C.
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Section 10. Section 15.04.070 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
A. Principally Permitted Uses
2 Mobile Home parks.
2. Group Homes Class I -A.
Section 11. Section 15.04.090 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04 090 NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE COMMERCIAL OR NCC.
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Any local retail business for the sale of new
merchandise, such as supermarkets, food stores, drugstores,
restaurants (excluding drive-in restaurants), taverns.
2. Personal services such as barber and beauty
shops, launderettes, dry cleaning establishments.
3. Any other retail or personal service use that is
determined by the Planning Director to be of the same general
character as the above permitted local retail businesses or
services and is in accordance with the stated purpose of the
district.
4. Municipal uses and buildings, except for such
uses and buildings subject to Section 15.04.200.
5. Group Homes Class I -A I -B and I -C.
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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.
D. Conditional Uses
1. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
2. Group Homes Class II -A II -B II -C and III
Section 12. Section 15.04.100 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15 04 100. COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OR CC.
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Retail establishments, selling primarily new
merchandise, including convenience goods, shopping goods such as
"soft lines" (clothing, shoes) and "hard lines" (hardware,
furniture, paint, appliances).
2. Personal services such as barber and beauty
shops, launderettes dry cleaning establishments, television and
radio repair, shoe repair.
3. Restaurants (excluding drive-in restaurants),
(taverns.
j 4. veterinary clinics when located no closer than
'one hundred fifty (150) feet to any residential use, providing the
animals are housed indoors (no inside runs) and the building is
soundproofed. Soundproofing must be designed by competent
acoustical engineers.
i 5. Branches of financial institutions.
6. Car washes.
7. Nurseries and greenhouses.
8. Commercial recreational facilities including
theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks, miniature golf. `
9. Office uses.
10. Group Homes Class I -A I -B and I -C.
Any other use that is determined by the Planning)
Director to be the same general character as the above permitted
uses and is in accordance with the stated purpose of the district.
((+1))12. Municipal uses and buildings, except for such
uses and buildings subject to Section 15.04.200.
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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.
D. Conditionally Permitted Uses.
1. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
2. Apartments (either by themselves or in
conjunction with commercial uses), and building supply uses.
3. Auto repair facilities.
4. Mini -warehouses. Provided: that the following
development standards shall apply for mini warehouses, superseding
those set out in 15.04.100(E), below.
a. Frontage Use Reserved: 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, defined by the provisions of
15.04.100 A-1, and/or for office/on-site manager's unit, signage,
parking and access. A maximum of 25% of the frontage may be used
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for access to the storage unit area, provided that: in no case
shall the access area exceed 75 feet in width. No storage
units/structures shall be permitted within this 150 feet
commercial frontage depth.
b. Lot Size. Minimum - 1 acre
Maximum - 4 acres
c. Site Coverage. Underlying zoning district
requirements.
d. Setbacks. Front Yard - 20 feet
Side Yard - 10 feet
Rear Yard - 10 feet
e. Height Limitations. One story in height.
f. Outdoor Storage. No outdoor storage is
permitted.
g. Signs. The sign requirements of Chapter
15.06 shall apply.
h. Off -Street Parking.
1. The off-street parking requirements of
Chapter 15.05 shall apply.
2. 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 Section 15.08.
j. Landscaping.
Front Yard - 20 feet: Type III (earth berm:
Side Yard - 10 feet: Type II abutting
commercial, Type I abutting residential uses or districts.
Rear Yard - 10 feet: Type II abutting
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commercial uses or districts, Type I abutting residential uses or
districts.
Note: For maintenance purposes, undergrounc
irrigation systems shall be provided for all landscaped areas.
k. On Site Managers. 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 Planning Department shall establish
requirements for parking and loading areas sufficient to
accommodate the needs of the resident manager and the customers to
the facility.
1. Drive Aisles. Drive aisle width and
parking requirements are as follows:
a. 15 foot drive aisle and 10 foot
parking aisle.
b. 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
5 feet.
n. Materials Used. If abutting a residential
use or zone, residential design elements such as brick veneer,
wood siding, pitched roofs with shingles, landscaping and
fencing. No uncomplimentary building colors should be used when
abutting a residential use or zone.
o. Prohibited Uses. Restrict use to "dead
storage" only. Specifically prohibit the following:
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.
i� iii. The operation of power tools, spray
(painting equipment, table saws, lathes, compressors, welding
1equipment, kilns or other similar equipment.
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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 allowed on top of
fences.
5. Group Homes Class II -1A. II -B, II -C and III.
Section 13. Section 15.04.110 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.110. DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL OR DC.
A. Principally Permitted Uses.
1. Retail establishments, including convenience
goods, shopping goods such as "soft lines" (clothing, variety,
shoes) and "hard lines" (hardware, furniture, appliances).
2. Personal services such as barber and beauty
shops, launderettes, dry cleaning, television and radio repair,
shoe repair.
3. Restaurants (excluding drive-in restaurants),
nightclubs, taverns.
4. Professional, administrative and financial
offices.
5. Business and technical schools.
6. Recreational uses such as theaters, bowling
,alleys, dance halls (must be enclosed).
7. Hotels and motels.
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8. Printing establishments, business services such
as copy services.
9. Mortuaries.
10. Any other use that is determined by the Planning
Director to be of the same general character as the above permit-
ted uses and in accordance with the stated purpose of the district
11. 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.
12. Municipal uses and buildings, except for such
uses and buildings subject to Section 15.04.200.
13. Group Homes Class I -A. I -B and I -C.
B. Principally Permitted Uses in DC -2 Zone
1. All of the principally permitted uses in the
DC -1 zone.
2. Automobile wash services.
3. Food lockers (with or without food preparation
facilities).
4. Automobile rental services.
5. Sales of tire and auto accessories with on-site
installation.
6. Marine craft sales and accessories.
7. Motor vehicle sales (new and used).
8. Motion picture distribution and services.
9. Upholstery and furniture repair services.
10. Group Homes Class I -A, I -B and I -C.
((B))C. Prohibited Uses. Heavy commercial uses with
outdoor storage are prohibited in this district.
((e))D. Special Permit Uses. The following uses are
permitted provided that they conform to the development standards
listed in Section 15.08.020.
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1. Churches.
2. Nursery schools and day care centers.
3. Gasoline service stations in DC -2 zone only.
((B))E. Accessory Uses.
1. Accessory uses and buildings customarily
appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage
facilities, which must be enclosed, and loading and unloading
areas.
2. For permitted uses, hazardous substance land
uses, including on-site hazardous waste treatment and/or storage
facilities, which are not subject to cleanup permit requirements
of Kent City Code Chapter 4.19 and which do not accumulate more
than 5,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof at any one time on site, subject to the
provisions of Section 15.08.050, except off-site hazardous waste
treatment and/or storage facilities which are not permitted in
this district.
((B))F. Conditional Uses.
1. Multifamily residential uses.
2. Commercial parking lots or structures.
3. Railway and bus depots, taxi stands.
4. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
5. Equipment rental and leasing services (DC -2 z
only).
6. Automotive repair services, not to include body
and fender repair (DC -2 zone only).
7. Group Homes Class II -A, II -B, II -C and III.
((F))G. Development Standards.
1. Minimum lot. Minimum lot of record.
2. Maximum site coverage. One hundred (100)
percent.
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3. Setbacks. None, except as required by
landscaping, or if off-street parking is provided on site, and
except when a rear and/or side yard abuts a residential district,
and then a twenty (20) foot rear and/or side yard shall be
required.
4. Height limitation. Four (4) stories or sixty
(60) feet. However, the Planning 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 Planning Commission.
5. The landscaping requirements of Chapter 15.07
shall apply.
((6))H. Signs. The sign requirements of Chapter 15.06
shall apply.
((H)).I. Off -Street Parking. The off-street parking
Irequirements of Chapter 15.05 shall apply.
((I))J. Development Plan Review. Development plan
approval is required, as provided in Section 15.09.010.
Section 14. Section 15.04.120 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
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15.04.120. COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING -1 OR CM -1.
D. Conditional Uses
1. Offices.
Ij 2. Light manufacturing operations in any building
regardless of its size built prior to June 4, 1973. Provided,
however, that in the event it should become necessary to rebuild
dor replace any such building, then, in that event, the light
(manufacturing operations permitted under this section shall not
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encompass an area of greater than the size of the buildings on
,June 4, 1973.
3. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous
,substance land uses which are not subject to cleanup permit
requirements of Kent City Code Chapter 4.19 and which accumulate
more than 10,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof at any one time on site or which handle more
than 20,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof on site in any 30 day period of time, subject
to the provisions of Section 15.08.050, except off-site hazardous
waste treatment and/or storage facilities which are not permitted
in this district.
4. Group Homes Class I -A I -B I -C II -A II -B
II -C and III.
((4))5. General Conditional Uses as listed in
Section 15.08.030.
Section 15. Section 15.04.130 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.130. COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING -2 OR CM -2.
D. Conditional Uses.
1. Offices.
2. Light manufacturing operations in any building
regardless of size built prior to June 4, 1973. Provided, how-
ever, that in the event it should become necessary to rebuild or
replace any such building, then, in that event, the light manufac-
turing operations permitted under this section shall not encompass
an area greater than the size of said building on June 4, 1973.
3. Group Homes Class I -A, I -B, I -C, II -A, II -B,
II -C and III.
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((3))4. General Conditional Uses as listed in
Section 15.08.030.
((4)).!�. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous
!substance land uses, which are not subject to cleanup permit
requirements of Kent City Code Chapter 4.19 and which accumulate
more than 10,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
;combination thereof at any one time on site or which handle more
,than 20,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any
combination thereof on site in any 30 day period of time, subject
to the provisions of Section 15.08.050, except off-site hazardous
waste treatment and/or storage facilities which are not permitted
in this district.
Section 16. Section 15.04.140 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.04.140. GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR GC.
A. Principally Permitted Uses.
1. Trade
a. Wholesale
Bakery
b. Retail - general merchandise
Department stores
Dry goods and general merchandise
Electrical supplies
Farm equipment
Hardware
Heating and plumbing equipment
Lumberyards
Mail order houses
Merchandise vending machine operators
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Paint, glass and wallpaper
Variety stores
Retail - food
Bakeries (with accessory manufacturing)
Candy, nut, and confectionery (with
accessory manufacturing)
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Groceries
Meat, fish, and poultry
Retail automotive marine craft aircraft
and accessories
Aircraft and accessories
Marine craft and accessories
Motor vehicles (new and/or used cars and
recreation vehicles)
Tires, batteries, and accessories
Retail - apparel and accessories
New and/or used apparel and accessories
Retail - furniture, home furnishings and
equipment
New and/or used and finished and/or
unfinished furniture, home furnishings and
equipment
Retail - eating and drinking establishments
Drinking establishments (taverns and
cocktail lounges)
Eating establishments (restaurants) without
drive-in or drive-through facilities.
Retail - other
Antiques
Bicycles
Books
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Bottled gas
Cameras and photographic supplies
Cigars and cigarettes
Computers and software
Drug and proprietary items
Florists
Fuel and ice dealers
Fuel oil
Gifts, novelties, and souvenirs
Hay, grains, and feeds
Jewelry
Liquor
Newspapers and magazines
Optical goods
Pets and pet supplies
Secondhand merchandise
Sporting goods
Stationery
Video cassette sales and rentals
2. Services
a. Finance, insurance and real estate services
Banking and related services
Commodity brokers, dealers and related
services
Housing and investment services
Insurance brokers, agents and related
services
Insurance carriers
Real estate agents, brokers and related
services
Real estate operators, lessors and
management services
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b.
C.
Real estate subdividing and developing
services
Security brokers, dealers and related
services
Title abstracting and insurance services
Personal services
Beauty and barber services
Diaper services
Funeral and crematory services
Laundering and dry cleaning (self-service)
Laundering, dry cleaning, and dyeing service
Linen supply and industrial laundry services
Photographic services
Pressing, alteration, and garment repair
Rug cleaning and repair services
Shoe repair, shoe shining, and hat cleaning
services
Business services
Advertising services
Automobile and truck rental
Blueprinting and photocopying services
Business and management consulting services
Consumer and mercantile credit reporting
services; adjustment and collection services
Detective and protective services
Disinfecting and exterminating services
Employment services
Equipment rental and leasing services
Food lockers (without food preparation
facilities)
Motion picture distribution and services
News syndicate services
other dwelling and business services
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e.
f.
outdoor advertising services
Photofinishing services
Research, development, and testing services
Stenographic services and other duplicating
and mailing services
Trading stamp services
Window cleaning services
Repair services
Armature rewinding services
Automobile repair services
Automobile wash services
Electrical repair services
Fleet vehicle maintenance
Radio and television repair services
Reupholstery and furniture repair services
Small engine repair Truck repair
Watch, clock and jewelry repair services
Professional services
Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping
services
Educational and scientific research service:
Engineering and architectural services
Hospital services
Legal services
Medical and dental laboratory services
Medical and dental services
Medical clinic - out-patient services
Sanitarium, convalescent, and rest home
services
Urban planning services
Contract construction services
Building construction - general contractor
services
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Carpentering and wood flooring
Concrete services
Electrical services
Masonry, stonework, tile setting, and
plastering services
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Painting, paperhanging and decorating
services
Plumbing, heating, and air conditioning
services
Roofing and sheet metal services
Water well drilling services
Educational services
Art and music schools
Barber and beauty schools
Business and stenographic schools
Correspondence schools
Dancing schools
Driving schools - auto
Driving schools - truck
Vocational or trade schools
Miscellaneous services
Animal grooming parlors
Business associations and organizations
Civic, social, and fraternal associations
Labor unions and similar labor organizations
Veterinary clinics and animal hospital
services when located no closer than one
hundred fifty (150) feet to any residential
use, providing the animals are housed
indoors (no outside runs) and the building
is soundproofed. Soundproofing must be
designed by competent acoustical engineers.
Welfare and charitable services
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3. Residential
a. Lodgings
Hotels
Motels
b. 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.
c. Transitional housing facilities, limited to
a maximum of 20 residents at any one time
and 4 resident staff.
4. Cultural entertainment and recreational
a. Cultural activities and nature exhibitions
Art galleries
Historic and monument sites
b. Public assembly
Amphitheaters
Arenas and field houses
Auditoriums
Drive-in movies
Exhibition halls
Legitimate theaters (live)
Motion picture theaters
Stadiums
C. Amusementsand recreation
Amusement parks
Athletic clubs
Bowling
Fairgrounds
Go-cart tracks
Golf driving ranges
Minature golf
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Skating (roller or ice)
Tennis
Video arcades
5. Other uses
a. Other retail trade, service, or entertain-
ment/recreational uses that are of the same
general character as those listed; which are
deemed compatible with other permitted uses
in this district and which operate in
accordance with the stated purpose of this
district.
b. Municipal uses and buildings, except for
such uses and buildings subject to Section i
15.04.200.
D. Conditional Uses.
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.
4. Kennels.
5. For permitted uses, accessory hazardous
substance land uses which are not subject to cleanup requirements
of Kent City Code Chapter 4.19 and which accumulate more than
10,000 pounds of hazardous substances or wastes or any combination
thereof at any one time on site or which handle more than 20,000
pounds of hazardous substance and wastes on site in any 30 day
period of time, subject to the provisions of Section 15.08.050,
except off-site hazardous waste treatment and/or storage
facilities which are not permitted in this district.
6. Group Homes Class I -A. I-8 I -C, II -A. II -8.
II -C and III.
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Section 17. Section 15.04.150 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15,04-150. PROFESSIONAL AND OFFICE DISTRICT OR 0-
A. Principally Permitted Uses.
1. Medical and dental offices; medical and dental
laboratory services.
2. Administrative and professional offices such as
lawyers, engineers, real estate, accountants, financial offices
such as banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance offices,
auditing, bookkeeping, architectural and urban planning services,
business and management consulting services, advertising services.
3. Veterinary clinics when located no closer than
one hundred fifty (150) feet to any residential use, providing the
animals are housed indoors (no outside runs) and the building is
soundproofed. Soundproofing must be designed by competent
acoustical engineers.
4. Schools and studios for art, crafts,
photography, music, dance. Educational and scientific research,
research and development services.
5. Blueprinting and photocopying services.
6. Consumer and mercantile credit reporting
services, adjustment and collecting services.
7. Detective and protective services.
8. Stenographic services and other duplicating and
mailing services.
9. News syndicate services.
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10. Employment services.
j 11. Group Homes Class I -A. I -B, and I -C.
((13:))12. Any other use that is determined by the
Planning Director to be of the same general character as the above
permitted uses.
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((3:R))13. Municipal uses and buildings, except for
such uses and buildings subject to Section 15.04.200.
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.
C. Conditional Uses.
1. Multifamily development over office uses and
multi -family developments (apartments and townhouses).
2. Mortuaries.
3. Beauty and barber services.
4. Tanning salons.
5. Nail manicuring services.
6. General Conditional Uses as listed in Section
15.08.030.
7. Retail sales as follows:
As part of a planned development where at least
fifty (50) percent of the total development is for office use.
Drive-in restaurants, service stations, drive-ir
cleaning establishments and other similar retail establishments
,are not permitted.
8. Group Homes Class II -A. II -B, II -C and III.
Section 18. The Zoning Code (Ordinance 1827, 2404) is
amended to add the following new section:
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A. Purpose.
It is - RurROse of this section • outline •-1-
conditions with w_ - - II and ! • • : • i _ defined
Section -15,02,173 of this Code) must comply when aRRlying for a
conditional use Rermit to locate in the -City of Kent.
B. Dispersion Requirements.
A Class II and III Group Home must locate a minimum
of 600 feet from any other Class II or III Group Home. This
distance will 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.
C. Separation Requirements.
A 1.000 foot separation requirement will apply to
Class II and III Group Homes to separate such facilities from
sensitive land uses such as public or private schools, churches or
other religious facilities or institutions parks and plavarounds,
and other such uses that are deemed to be sensitive. In addition
to the above sensitive uses Class III Group Homes must be
separated at least 1,000 feet from all residential areas. This
distance would be measured by the same method as that for the
dispersion requirements described in B above.
D. Registration and Licensing.
Group Homes must obtain all licenses necessary for
operation by state andJor federal agencies Class II and III
Group Homes must also register with the City of Kent by supplving
information pertinent to the validity, update and renewal status
of the Home's state andZor federal license. Accuracy of all
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Section 19. Section 15.08.030 of the Zoning Code
(Ordinance 1827, 2404) is amended to read as follows:
15.08.030. GENERAL CONDITIONAL USE.
B. Type of Uses Identified. The uses identified for
the purpose of this section will generally fall into several broad
categories:
1. Utilitv transportation and communication
facilities. Includes electrical substations, pumping or
regulating devices for the transmission of water, gas, steam,
petroleum, etc., bus stops, transit stations, etc.
2. Public facilities. Includes fire houses, police
stations, libraries, and administrative offices of governmental
agencies; primary and secondary schools, vocational schools and
colleges.
3. O ep n space uses. Includes cemeteries, parks,
playgrounds, golf courses and other recreation facilities,
including buildings or structures associated therewith.
4. Drive-in churches, retirement homes,
convalescent homes, and other welfare facilities (excluding Group
Homes Class I II and III as defined in Section 15.0 .173 of this
1co whether privately or publicly operated; facilities for
rehabilitation or correction, private clubs, fraternal lodges, etc
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Section 20. Severability. The provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be separate and severable. The
invalidity of any clause , sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
section or portion of this ordinance, or the invalidity of the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall not affect
the validity of its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 21. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force thirty (30) days from the time of its fina
passage as provided by law.
KELLEHER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACOBER1, D UTY CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A. L0BOVTCA-,-C1TY A
PASSED the day of , 1994.
APPROVED the day of GE_-i'L1 , 1994.
PUBLISHED the day of , 1994.
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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 hereof
indicated.
9150-320
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( SEAL)
BRENDA JACOB R, DEPUTY CITY CL
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