Ordinance 3900 Bed & Breakfast.pdfORDINANCE NO. 3900
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE CITY'S REGULATIONS
REGARDING BED AND BREAKFASTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds' bed and breakfast regulations are not easy to
find, understand or apply; and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2012 the Edmonds Planning Board held a public hearing
regarding a proposal to rework the city's bed and breakfast regulations; and
WHEREAS, on July 17, 2012 the Edmonds City Council held a public hearing on
the Planning Board's recommended bed and breakfast regulations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council voted to amend the Planning Board's proposed
regulations and requested that an ordinance be prepared to codify those changes.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new chapter 20.23 of the Edmonds Community Development Code,
entitled "Bed and Breakfasts," is hereby adopted to read as follows:
Chapter 20.23
BED AND BREAKFASTS
Sections:
20.23.000
Purpose and intent.
20.23.010
Business license required.
20.23.020
The use, by zone.
20.23.030
Development standards.
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20.01.000 Purpose and intent.
Bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) provide short-term lodging
opportunities within single family residences which many tourists
prefer due to their home -like feel, opportunities to meet new
people, etc. As a result, B&Bs are well suited to the residential
areas of Edmonds in addition to the pedestrian -oriented Downtown
area. However, particularly in residential areas, potential impacts
from occupancy, signage, parking and the like must be effectively
managed to ensure that the character of the single family residence
and neighborhood is maintained.
20.23.010 Business license required.
All bed and breakfasts must obtain a City business license in
accordance with Chapter 4.72 Edmonds City Code.
20.23.020 The use, by zone.
A. Residential zones.
1. B&Bs with two rental bedrooms or less are a permitted
secondary use.
2. B&Bs with three or more rental bedrooms are a secondary
use which require a Type II conditional use permit.
B. In business and commercial zones, B&Bs containing any
number of rooms are a permitted primary use as long as all of the
development standards in ECDC 20.23.030 are met.
20.23.030 Development standards.
The following standards apply to all bed and breakfast
establishments:
A. Bed and breakfasts must meet all applicable health, fire and
building codes.
B. Bed and breakfasts may only be located in detached single-
family homes.
C. The owner or operator of the bed and breakfast must
maintain full-time residence on the premises.
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D. A bed and breakfast may employ non-resident employees.
E. In all zones except BD, one parking space must be
provided for each rental room. Where legal on -street parking is
available adjacent to the site, those space(s) may be counted
toward the total number of spaces required. Where legal on -street
parking is not available adjacent to the site or the number of on -
street spaces is insufficient to meet the parking requirement, one
off-street parking space must be provided for each rental room in
addition to the parking required in ECDC 17.50.020.A. La. In the
BD zones, no additional off-street parking is required for a bed and
breakfast.
F. Kitchens are not allowed in individual guest rooms.
G. Meals may only be served to paying B&B guests.
H. Signage is regulated in ECDC 20.60.
I. Guests cannot stay at a bed and breakfast for more than 30
consecutive calendar days.
J. Weddings, conferences, and similar large group gatherings
are not permitted at a bed and breakfast.
Section 2. Section 4.72.010 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Definitions," is
hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in
4.72.010 Definitions.
In construing the provisions of this chapter, save when otherwise declared or
clearly apparent from the context, the following definitions shall be applied:
A. Person. The term "person" shall include one or more persons of either sex,
corporations, partnerships, associations, or other entity capable of having an
action at law brought against such entity, but shall not include employees or
persons licensed pursuant to this chapter.
B. Business. The term "business" includes all services and activities engaged in
with the object of pecuniary gain, benefit or advantage to the person, or to any
other person or class, directly or indirectly, whether part-time or full-time, except
those businesses or occupations which are regulated pursuant to, or for which
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licenses or franchises are required by, the following chapters of the Edmonds City
Code:
3.20 (Business License and Occupation Tax);
4.11 (Motor Vehicle Wreckers);
4.12 (Peddlers, Solicitors and Street Vendors);
4.20 (Liquor Licenses);
4.48 (Cabaret Dances);
4.50 (Public Massage Parlors and Public Bathhouses);
4.56 (Sound Trucks);
4.60 (Taxicabs);
4.68 (Community Antenna Television Systems);
4.75 (Pawnbrokers);
and except nonbusiness activities carried on by a religious, charitable, benevolent,
fraternal or social organization and r.,. ns leasing one .enW nit or- one private-
C.
rivate
C. Rental Unit. The term "rental unit" shall mean a separate room or apartment
leased for human occupancy and contained within a single structure, and shall
include the operations of rooming houses, boarders within private residences and
the operation of bed and breakfast establishments which other -wise .,..00+
eriteria of the exeeption erealed in the subparagraph above.
D. Private Residence. The term "private residence" shall mean a separate, free-
standing structure leased for residential purposes and human occupancy by one
"family" as defined by ECDC 21.30.010.
E. Day. The term "day" when used in this chapter shall refer to days on which the
city of Edmonds City Hall is open for business. Any day which is defined as a
holiday by ordinance and any day on which City Hall has been closed by
executive order shall not constitute a "day."
Section 3. Section 4.72.023 of the Edmonds City Code, entitled "Registration of
transient accommodations," is hereby repealed.
Section 4. Section 16.20.010 of the Edmonds Community Development Code,
entitled "Uses," is hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted
text is shown in s rikethroug ):
16.20.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Single-family dwelling units;
2. Churches, subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.020;
3. Primary schools subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050(G) through (R);
4. Local public facilities that are planned, designated, and sited in
the capital improvement plan, subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050;
5. Neighborhood parks, natural open spaces, and community parks
with an adopted master plan subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.070.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Foster homes;
2. Home occupation, subject to the requirements of Chapter 20.20
ECDC;
3. The renting of rooms without separate kitchens to one or more
persons;
4. The keeping of three or fewer domestic animals;
5. The keeping of horses, subject to the requirements of Chapter
5.05 ECC;
6. The following accessory buildings:
a. Fallout shelters,
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b. Private greenhouses covering no more than five percent of the
site,
c. Private stables,
d. Private parking for no more than five cars,
e. Private swimming pools and other private recreational facilities;
7. Private residential docks or piers;
8. Family day-care in a residential home;
9. Commuter parking lots that contain less than 10 designated
parking spaces in conjunction with a church, school, or local public
facility allowed or conditionally permitted in this zone. Any
additionally designated parking spaces that increase the total
number of spaces in a commuter parking lot to 10 or more shall
subject the entire commuter parking lot to a conditional use permit
as specified in subsection (D)(5) of this section, including
commuter parking lots that are located upon more than one lot as
specified in ECDC 21.15.075.
10 Rer1 and lhr,-nVfactc as in ECDC 20.23QIMA„1,
C. Primary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit.
1. High schools, subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050(G) through (R);
2. Local public facilities that are not planned, designated, and sited
in the capital improvement plan, subject to ECDC 17.100.050;
3. Regional parks and community parks without a master plan
subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.
D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit.
1. Preschools;
2. Guest house;
3. Amateur radio transmitting antennas;
4. Accessory dwelling units; and
5. Commuter parking lots with 10 or more designated parking
spaces in conjunction with a church, school, or local public facility
allowed or conditionally permitted in this zone.
r% RM and 1,rPa1cfaQtc nc in ECDC 20.23.020,A,I
Section 5. A new Section 21.10.008 of the Edmonds Community Development
Code, entitled "Bed and Breakfast," is hereby added to read as follows:
21.10.008 Bed and Breakfast.
A "bed and breakfast" is a type of transient accommodation located in a detached
single-family residence. A bed and breakfast is not a hotel, motel or boarding
house. Guests staying at a bed and breakfast are not subject to the requirements
of the definition of `family' in ECDC 21.30.010.
Section 6. A new Section 21.100.075 of the Edmonds Community Development
Code, entitled "Transient Accommodation," is hereby added to read as follows:
21.100.075 Transient Accommodation.
Transient accommodation shall mean any hotel, motel, condominium, resort or
other facility regardless of size which offers rental of one or more lodging units
on a daily or weekly basis. It shall not include rooms let on month-to-month
leases or longer tenancies.
Section 7. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, or phrase of
this ordinance should be held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 8. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APP
MAYbR DAVID O. EARLING
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK,SANDRA S. MASI".
APPROVED ASTO FORM:
OFFICE C'ITIE CFFY AT,rORNEY:
B, Y
JEFFRI Y B FARADAY
FILED WITIITIJE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY TFIE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLIMED:
EFFE�.C'FIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO, 3900
11-30-2012
12-04-2012
12-09,-2012
12-14-2012
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3900
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 4"' day of December, 2012, the City Cotincil of the City of' Edinonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3900. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN' ORDINANCE OF 111E CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING TIM CITY'S REGULATIONS
REGARJ,)ING BED AND BRI-IAKFASTS.
'f'he full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 51" day of December, 2012.
,/'CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH S.S.
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not
in supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and
times, namely:
December 09, 2012
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all ofsaid period.
Subscribed and swum to before me this 10th
day of December, 2012
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Account Name: City of Edmonds AccouraNumber: 101416 Order Number: 0001803762