HomeMy WebLinkAbout3050Ordinance No. 3050
(Amending or Repealing Ordinances)
CFN=462 - Central Business District; CFN=377 - Comprehensive Plan
Passed - 7/7/1992
Land Use and Zoning
Amends/adds: Secs. 15.04.110;15.04.115;15.04.116;15.05.070;15.05.040;15.06.050;
15.07.060;15.09.048
Repealed by Ord. 3409 (Secs. 15.04.115; 15.04.116;15.04.110;
15.05.040 & 15.07.060)
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3409 (Sec. 15.09.048 now 15.09.046) &
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3439 (Sec.
3457 (Sec.
3525 (Sec.
3543 (Sec.
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15.09.046)
15.06.050)
15.09.046)
15.09.046)
15.06.050)
15.06.050(E))
15.06.050 & 15.07.060)
15.05.070 & 15.09.046)
15.07.060)
15.09.046)
15.05.040;15.06.050;15.07.060)
15.05.040;15.05.070)
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ORDINANCE NO. %3 0 SD
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent,
Washington, relating to land use and
zoning, amending the Kent Zoning Code,
(Ordinances 1827 and 2404), Chapter 15 of
the Kent City Code, to amend the Downtown
Commercial (DC) district, create a
Downtown Commercial Enterprise (DCE)
district and a Downtown Limited
Manufacturing (DLM) district, provide a
design review process for certain zoning
districts, add new sections 15.04.115,
15.04.116, and 15.09.048; and amending
sections 15.04.110, 15.05.040, 15.05.070,
15.06.050, and 15.07.060
5 a deo �v WHEREAS, the Kent City Council adopted a resolution
,l amending and updating the Kent Downtown Plan on May 2, 1989;
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'b4, WHEREAS, the City of Kent has the statutory
J5: authority to amend its Zoning Code pursuant to RCW 35A. 63; and
3 a S1 Department
the Kent City Council approved a Planning
' Department Work Program to implement the goals, policies, and
objectives set forth in the amended Kent Downtown Plan through
revisions in the Kent Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Department conducted public
workshops on August 2, 1990, and October 25, 1990, to solicit
comments from the public relating to downtown zoning issues;
and
WHEREAS, the Kent Planning Commission held extensive
public hearings on the proposed downtown zoning revisions,
beginning in March of 1991, through February of 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission voted to recommend
to the City Council the Revised Downtown Zoning Program, with
,modifications, on February 24, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted workshops on the
proposed downtown zoning on March 30 and May 19, 1992, and
unanimously adopted the Planning Commission's recommendation,
with modifications, on June 2, 1992; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 15.04.110 of the Kent City Code
is amended as follows:
15.04.110 DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL OR DC.
Purpose: It is the purpose of this district to
provide a place for, and create environmental
conditions which will encourage the location of,
dense and varied retail, office, residential
piss, civic and recreational activities which
will benefit and contribute to the vitality of a
central "downtown" location, recognize and preserve
the historic pattern of development in the area,
and to implement the land use goals and policies in
the Downtown Plan. In the DC area, permitted uses
should be primarily pedestrian oriented and able to
take advantage of on -street and structured off-
street parking lots, while beth ante—and-
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A. Principally Permitted Uses in DC Zone
A) All of the uses listed below are permitted in
the DC zoning district, excepting that in the area
designated on the map shown below, entitled the
Ground Floor Retail/Service Area, the around level
or street level portion of all buildings must be
retail or pedestrian -oriented service/repair uses.
Ground Floor Retail/Service Area
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1. Retail establishments, including
convenience goods, department and variety stores,
and specialty shops such as apparel and
accessories, gift shops toy shops cards and paper
goods, home and home accessory shops antique
shops, and book shops shepping geeds, sueh--as "seft
lines" (elething, variety, —sheer) and "hard liTieT
-(hardware, furniture, pr , ; ane Y .
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2. Personal services such as barber and
beauty shops, launderettes, dry cleaning,
television and radio repair, shoe repair.
3. Food-related shops, restaurants (including
outdoor seating areas and excluding drive-in
restaurants), nightclubs, taverns.
4. Professional and administrative offices.
S. Business and teehnieal sehee�s.
6. Performing and cultural arts uses, such as
theaters, museums, art galleries, and studios.
Reereatienal- uses -sueh as theaters, bewling alleys,
wee -halls (must be enel__ed) .
7. Hotels andmete -.
8. Printing establishments, business services
such as copy services.
9. Mortuaries
10. 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.
11. Parks. Munielpal—uses and buildings,
emeept—€ems—sueh uses and buildings sub este
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12.
.94.2A9-.-12. Multifamily residential uses, when
established in buildings with commercial or office
uses, and not located on the ground floor.
13. Multifamily residential uses for senior
citizens.
14. Banks and financial institutions
(excluding drive-through).
15. Group Homes, Class 1-A, 1-B and 1-C.
16. Any other use that is determined by the
Planning Director to be of the same general
character as the above permitted uses and in
accordance with the stated, purpose of the district.
B—Prlire3e3lly Permitted Uses iirvGc—aei3e
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D. Special Permit Uses
The following uses are permitted provided that
they conform to the development standards listed in
Section 15.08.020:
1. Ghurehes
1.2. Nursery seheels and Day care centers with
no more than 12 children, and with no on-site
parking.
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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,
3 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.
F. Conditional Uses
1. Multifamily residential uses, when not
combined with commercial or office uses.
2. Commercial parking lots or structures
3. Railway and bus depots, taxi stands
4. Group Homes Class 2-A, 2-B, 2-C and 3.
5. General conditional uses as listed in
Section 15.08.030
6. Equipment rental and leasing s epees - (Be
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7. Autemetive repe-i-_serviees vette- nelude
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G. Development Standards
1. Minimum Lot. Minimum lot of record or
5,000 square feet, whichever is less.
2. Maximum site coverage. One hundred (100)
percent.
3. Setbacks. None, except as required by
landscaping, or if off-street parking is
provided on site, and emeept when a rear
distriet, and then a tweefeet rear
and./er side yard shall be _ _u ..a See
the downtown design review criteria
outlined in Section 15.09.048.
4. Height Limitation. Four (4) stories or
sixty (60) feet. See the downtown design
review criteria outlined in Section
15.09.048. Hewever, the Planning Biree e
a_ dditlenal stery in height, if during
Deyele$3ii` nt Plan Review, it isfeaixd }cri"rcc
this add renal st-ery—weuld net de -aet
frem the eentinuity ef the area. Mere
than ene additienal stery may be granted
by the Planning Gemmissie.n.
5. The landscaping requirements of Chapter
15.07 shall apply.
H. S icins
The sign requirements of Chapter 15.06 shall
apply.
I. Off -Street Parking
The off-street parking requirements of Chapter
15.05 shall apply.
J. Development Plan Review
Development plan approval is required, as
provided in Section 15.09.010.
K. Downtown Design Review
The downtown design review requirements of
Section 15.09.048 shall apply.
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Section 2. The Kent City Code is amended to
establish a new Section 15.04.115 creating the Downtown
Commercial Enterprise (DCE) district as follows:
Section 15.04.115. DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
Purpose: The purpose of this district is to encourage and
promote higher density development and a variety and mixture
of compatible retail, commercial, residential, civic,
recreational, and service activities in the downtown area, to
enhance the pedestrian -oriented character of the downtown, and
to implement the goals and policies of the Downtown Plan.
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Retail establishments, including
convenience goods, department and variety stores, and
specialty shops such as apparel and accessories, gift shops,
toy shops, cards and paper goods, home and home accessory
shops, antique shops, and book shops.
2. Personal services, such as barber and
beauty shops, launderettes, and household repair shops.
3. Food -related shops, restaurants (including
outdoor eating areas and excluding drive-through restaurants),
taverns.
4. Professional and administrative offices,
including medical/dental, legal, real estate, and financial
services.
5. Business and technical schools, and schools
and studios for photography, art, music, and dance.
6. Business service establishments, such as
blueprinting, photocopying, and consulting services.
7. Multifamily residential uses, including
housing for senior citizens.
8. Banks and financial institutions.
9. Hotels and motels.
10. Drive-through businesses, excluding drive-
through restaurants.
11. Performing and cultural arts facilities,
including movie theaters.
12. Public facilities and uses, including
regional and community facilities, such as libraries,
government office buildings, and parks.
13. Existing dwellings may be rebuilt, repaired
and otherwise changed for human occupancy. Accessory uses for
existing dwellings may be constructed, such as garages
carports, storage sheds, and fences.
14. Preschools and daycare centers.
15. Group Homes Class 1-A, 1-B and 1-C.
16. Other uses designated by the Planning
Director as consistent with the purpose of the DCE zoning
district.
B. Special Permit Uses
1. Churches.
C. Accessory Uses
1. Accessory uses and buildings customarily
+;appurtenant to a permitted use, such as incidental storage
jfacilities, which must be enclosed, 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.
3. Day care facilities operated in conjunction
with a permitted use.
D. Conditional Uses
1. Commercial parking lots and structures.
2. Railway and bus depots, taxi stands.
3. Drive-through restaurants, only if located
in a building having at least two stories.
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4. Group Homes Class 2-A. 2-B, 2-C and 3.
5. General conditional uses as listed in
Section 15.08.030.
E. Development Standards
1. Minimum Lot. 5.000 square feet.
2. Maximum site coverage. One hundred (100)
percent.
3. Setbacks. No minimum setback is required.
When a rear and/or side yard abuts a residential district
then a 20 foot rear and/or side yard setback may be required
.,See the downtown design review criteria outlined in Section
15.09.048.
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4. Height Limitation. No maximum height limit.
;;See the downtown design review criteria outlined in Section
;115.09.048.
5. The landscaping requirements of Chapter
,115.07 shall apply.
F. Signs
a The sign requirements of Chapter 15.06 shall
1 armly.
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i G. Off -Street Parking
�' The off-street parking requirements of Chapter
1115.05 shall apply.
H. Development Plan Review
Development plan approval is required, as
,provided in Section 15.09.010.
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I. Downtown Design Review
The downtown design review rectuirements of
;,Section 15.09.048 shall apply.
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!� Section 3. The Kent City Code is amended to
!!establish new Section 15.04.116 creating the Downtown Limited
'?Manufacturing (DIM) district as follows:
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15.04.116. DOWNTOWN LIMITED MANUFACTURING (DLM)
DISTRICT
Purpose: It is the purpose of this zoning district to provide
for light industrial land uses which may coexist with retail,
,business, residential and service land uses in the downtown
;area. This district is intended to provide areas for those
;light manufacturing activities that desire to conduct business
in proximity to a variety of land uses such as is possible
only in the downtown community.
A. Principally Permitted Uses
1. Retail uses intended Drimarilv to serve the
needs of the manufacturing area, such as equipment lumber,
tools, and restaurants (excluding drive-through).
2. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, and
packaging of articles, products, or merchandise made from
Previously prepared natural or synthetic materials including
but not limited to bristles, bone, canvas cellophane and
similar synthetics, chalk, clay (pulverized only with gas or
electric kilns), cloth, cork, feathers felt fiber,
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fiberglass, fur, glass (including glass finishing), graphite,
'hair, horn, leather, paper, paraffin, plastic, metals,
;.semiprecious and precious metals or stones, putty, pumice,
shell, textiles, tobacco, wire, wood, wool and yarn, which
;,generate low levels of noise, dust, vibration, truck traffic,
or odors. Prohibited are those manufacturing activities
having potentially deleterious operational characteristics,
;such as initial processing of raw materials (forging,
'sweltering, refining and forming).
3. Manufacture and packaging of food -related
-products, such as confectionery products, bakery products,
fruits and vegetables, beer and wine, and prepared food
��specialties.
4. Printing, publishing, and allied
,'industries, including such processes as lithography, etching,
?engraving, binding, blueprinting, photocopying, film
,'"processing, and similar operations; such uses may have on-site
,customer service.
5. Custom arts and crafts manufacturing and
artist workshops, studios, and galleries.
6. Business and administrative offices.
7. Business, professional, educational, and
construction services.
8. Finance, insurance, and real estate
services.
9. Complexes which include a combination of
''uses, including a mixture of office, storage, and light
manufacturing uses.
10. Public facilities and uses, including
regional and community facilities, such as libraries,
government office buildings, and parks.
11. Multifamily residential uses.
12. Other similar uses which the Planning
Director finds compatible with the Principally Permitted uses
described herein, and are consistent with the purpose of the
DLM District.
B. Special Permit Uses
1. Preschools and daycare centers.
2. Gasoline service stations.
C. Accessory Uses
1. 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.
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2. Accessory uses and buildings customarily
appurtenant to a permitted use.
3. 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.
4. Day care facilities operated in conjunction
with a permitted use.
D. Conditional Uses
1. Retail commercial uses.
2. Hotels and motels.
3. Group Homes Class 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2-A, 2-B,
2-C and 3.
4. General conditional uses listed in Section
15.08.030.
E. Development Standards
1. Minimum Lot. 10,000 square feet.
2. Maximum site coverage. Seventy five (75)
percent.
3. Setbacks. No minimum setback is required.
When a rear and/or side yard abuts a residential district,
then a 20 foot rear and/or side yard setback may be required.
See the downtown design review criteria outlined in Section
15.09.048.
4. Height Limitation. No maximum height limit
is required. See the downtown design review criteria outlined
,in Section 15.09.048.
5. The landscaping requirements of Chapter
15.07 shall apply.
F. Signs
The sign requirements of Chapter 15.06 shall
aPPly•
G. Off-street Parking
The off-street parking requirements of Chapter
15.05 shall apply.
H. Development Plan Review
' Development plan approval is required, as
';provided in Section 15.09.010.
I. Downtown Design Review
The downtown design review requirements of
:Section 15.09.048 shall apply.
Section 4. Section 15.05.070 of the Kent City Code
is amended to read as follows outlined below. These
regulations are interim until such time as a Downtown Parking
;,Management Plan is approved by the City council.
15.05.070 OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL
''AND DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DISTRICTS
i Purpose: It is the purpose of this section to recognize the
pedestrian-oriented nature of downtown activities while also
recognizing the need for off-street parking facilities to
eliminate traffic congestion. For the purpose of regulating
off-street parking, there shall be two divisions of the
Downtown Commercial Enterprise District, one for the area west
of the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks, and one for the
area east of the tracks. DG- and^^_^ . These divisiens shall
be-delineated --ems-- the -effleial zenin mom': Subseetie
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A. DC-1 Di mien District
No off-street parking shall be required in this
divislen district, excepting that one parking space per unit
is required for multifamily residential development. No more
than three off-street surface parking spaces per 1,000 square
feet of gross floor area are permitted for non-residential
development. This parking maximum does not apply to
structured parking. The DC-1 iaisien District is the core
area of downtown which should be pedestrian oriented. In
addition, the property owners in the DC--1 Din District
have provided off-street parking through LID assessments.
B. DCE District West of the BN Tracks DG---x
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Off-street parking shall be provided and shall
be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; except
there may be a fifty (50) percent reduction from the parking
standard requirements contained in Section 15.05.040; and
except that those properties in the DCE zone who paid into
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;;Parking LID 260 shall be exempt from off-street parking
;requirements. One parking space per unit is required for all
,smultifamily residential development. No more than three off-
;�street surface parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross
;floor area are permitted for non-residential development.
,!This surface narkingmaximum does not apply to structured
parking.
C. DCE District East of the BN Tracks
1.5 parking spaces per unit are required for multifamily
;residential development. No more than three off-street
;;parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area are
;,permitted for non-residential development. This surface
,parking maximum does not apply to structured parking.
Section 5. Subsection E of Section 15.05.040 of the
Kent City Code is hereby repealed.
Section 6. Subsection C of Section 15.06.050 of the
:Kent City Code is amended as follows:
C. Signs Permitted in Downtown Commercial and
j' Downtown Commercial Enterprise Districts
Section 7. Subsection E(1) of Section 15.06.050 of
the Kent City Code is amended is follows:
E. Signs Permitted in Industrial Districts
1. Aggregate sign area. The aggregate sign
area for lots in MA and M1 shall not exceed one-half (1/2)
square foot for each foot of street frontage, in M2 and DLM
shall not exceed three-fourths square foot of street frontage;
;,and in M3 shall not exceed one (1) square foot for each foot
of street frontage; in no case shall the aggregate sign area
;;exceed one-half (1/2) square foot for each foot of street
'frontage on a corner lot. The permitted signs enumerated
°,below shall be subject to the total aggregate sign area.
Section 8. Subsection J of Section 15.07.060 of the
;,Kent City Code is amended as follows:
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J. Downtown Commercial, DC
3. The perimeter ef prepertles abutAing—a
ten (19) feet.
41. A minimum of three (3) feet of landscaping
to screen off-street parking areas, placement of which shall
be determined through the downtown design review process
outlined in Section 15.09.048. between the sideway—the
:,bullding f==•..i. shrubs
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32. Street trees in accordance with the
Official Tree Plan shall be planted.
Section 9. The Kent City Code is amended to add
Subsections R and S to Section 15.07.060 as follows:
R. Downtown Commercial Enterprise, DCE
1. The perimeter of properties abutting a
residential district shall be landscaped to a minimum depth of
•sten (10) feet.
2. A minimum of three (3) feet of landscaping
to screen off-street parking areas, placement of which shall
be determined through the downtown design review process
,outlined in Section 15.09.048.
3. Street trees in accordance with the
'Official Tree Plan shall be planted.
S. Downtown Limited Manufacturing, DLM
1. The perimeter of properties abutting a
residential district shall be landscaped to a minimum depth of
,,ten (10) feet.
2. A minimum of three (3) feet of landscaping
;'to screen off-street parking areas. placement of which shall
be determined through the downtown design review process
outlined in Section 15.09.048.
3. Street trees in accordance with the
Official Tree Plan shall be planted.
Section 10. The Kent City Code is amended to
establish a new Section 15.09.048, Downtown Design Review to
read as follows:
15.09.048 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
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Downtown Planning Area
it is the intent of the City that this process will serve to
laid applicants in understanding the principal expectations of
,the City concerning development in the Downtown Planning Area
and encourage a diversity of imaginative solutions to
development through the review and application of the design
,criteria described herein. These criteria 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
ruse policies, the Comprehensive Plan, and Zoning Code of the
,City•
2. The adoption of design criteria 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 Planning Department pursuant to RCW 35A.
;Therefore, in implementing the Downtown Design Review process,
the Planning Director may adopt such rules and procedures as
fare necessary to provide for review of proposed projects.
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3. Development in the Downtown Commercial
(DC), Downtown Commercial Enterprise (DCE) and Downtown
Limited Manufacturing (DIM) zoning districts within the
,Downtown Planning Area shall be subject to the provisions of
,this section.
4. Applications for multifamily development in
the DC, DCE and DLM zoning districts shall not be subject to
,the provisions of Section 15.09.045 - Administrative Design
,Review.
5. The downtown design review process is
`{distinct from the Multifamily Design Review process set forth
;in Section 15.09.047. Applications for multifamily
development within the DC, DCE and DLM zoning districts shall
The subject to the provisions of Section 15.09 047 in addition
to the provisions of this section except as provided in
;115.09.047 (3). However, the provisions of this section shall
:prevail in cases where a conflict may arise between the
requirements of these sections.
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
;;the Planning Department Upon receipt of an application for
;design review, the Planning Director shall circulate the
final decision, the Planning Director shall review any
comments submitted for consideration. In the administration
interpretation of the criteria set forth in subsection C
herein.
C. Design Review Committee. There is hereby
established the Downtown Administrative Design Review
Committee, which shall make all final decisions on
applications for downtown design review. The Committee shall
be comprised of 3 members, who shall be appointed by the
City's Planning Director under the authority delegated to
him/her under RCW 35A and shall serve at the pleasure of the
Director. The Planning Director shall by administrative
rule, establish the rules of procedure for the Committee
.!which shall be made available to the public upon publication
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D. Design Review Criteria. The Downtown
Administrative Design Review Committee shall use the following
criteria in the evaluation and/or conditioning of applications
,;under the downtown design review process:
1. Site Design
a. The site plan conforms with the
rcuc5UilaIL rialI vvfe-rtcty trcu
„Class B streets as included
�;of the Planning Department.
b. The site plan conforms with the
maximum setback requirements as specified by the Pedestrian
Plan Overlay.
c. The site plan provides for a zero
setback for properties abutting Meeker Street and First Avenue
within the DC zoning district.
d.
The site plan restricts the number of
curb cuts necessary to meet automobile circulation
�reguirements.
i, e. Off street parking areas are located
! to the rear or side of buildings and are well lit.
f. The site plan provides for sidewalks
;E and pedestrian corridors in both public rights of ways and
privately owned areas.
g_ Pedestrian corridors outside of
;,buildings are clearly marked and well lit.
h. Pedestrian throughways are provided
in long buildings.
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i. The site plan provides for semi
private and/or private useable open space for any development
with a residential component.
2. Landscape Design
I a. The landscape plan provides for
extensive landscaping of large parking areas or other open
;;areas which can be seen from the street or other pedestrian
oriented area.
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b. The landscape plan enhances
pedestrian activities for any setback or other open space
areas which are being provided on the site.
C. The landscape plan enhances any
Private and/or semiprivate open spaces which are being
;provided for multifamily residential units.
3. Building Design
a. Building floor area above four (4)
stories in height is setback as appropriate to maintain human
scale.
b. Buildings in the DC zoning district
Fare designed to be compatible with the existing historic
;'buildings in terms of bulk, scale, and cornice line.
C. Buildings in the DC zoning district
provide cover for pedestrians such as awnings along the length
of any facade abutting a sidewalk.
d. Building facades facing a public
right of way or other pedestrian oriented space minimize blank
walls by providing windows and/or providing an interesting
design feature.
e. Windows make up the greatest
percentage of the street level facade area to minimize blank
walls in the DC zoning district.
E. APPEALS. The decision of the Downtown
Administrative Design Review Committee to approve, condition
Examiner within ten (10) days of either the issuance of the
Committee's conditional approval or rejection of any
application under this Section. Appeals to the Hearing
Examiner shall be as set forth in K.C.C. Chapter 2.54. The
decision of the Hearing Examiner shall be final, unless an
appeal is made to the City Council within ten days after the
Hearing Examiner's decision. Said appeal shall be in writing
to the City Council and filed with the Clerk.
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Section 11. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in force thirty (30) days from and after its passage, approval
;;and publication as provided by law.
a DAN KELLEHER, MAYOR
;'ATTEST:
'.(BRENDA JACOB , CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
.� r,, :O ICH, CIT
PASSED the 7 `_day of
APPROVED the day of
PUBLISHED the day of
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, 1992.
, 1992.
, 1992.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of
Ordinance No. 3Uso , 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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BRENDA JACOBE , C TY CLERK