Ordinance 1838ORDINANCE NO. 1838
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE TABLE OF CONDITIONAL USES CONTAINED
IN EDMONDS CITY CODE SECTION 12.16.070 TO REQUIRE
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR EXCAVATIONS IN EXCESS
OF 500 CUBIC YARDS AND FOR LAND FILLS, RECLAMA-
TION TO IMPROVE STEEP, LOW OR OTHERWISE UNUSABLE
LAND ONLY WHEN SUCH FILLS ARE IN EXCESS OF 500
CUBIC YARDS PURSUANT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 494.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, Washington,
pursuant to Planning Commission Resolution No. 494, called a public
hearing, and having during said hearing determined it to be in
the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare to
amend the Edmonds Zoning Ordinance as set forth below, pursuant
to Planning Commission Resolution No. 494, and
WHEREAS, the City Council having found that requirement of a
conditional use permit for excavations, land fills, reclamation to
improve steep, low or otherwise unusable land which are less than
.500 'cubic yards more likely than not will have little or no
significant effect and do not warrant the extensive administrative
procedure and process of having to obtain a conditional use permit.
The City Council further finding that all land fills in excess of
50 cubic yards or more are required to obtain a permit from the
building department and are reviewed by engineering, planning and
building departments prior to the issuance of such permits, and
the City Council further finding that such a procedure provides
adequate technical and administrative review of excavations or
fill of less than 500. cubic yards, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
The Table of Conditional Uses contained in Edmonds City Code,
Section 12.16.070, is hereby amended to require a conditional use per-
mit for excavations or land fills of 500 cubic yards or more and
the Table of Conditional Uses contained in Edmonds City Code, Section
12.16.070 shall be amended to conform with Exhibit A attached hereto
and hereby incorporated in full by this reference.
APPROVED:
!4AY0 , H . H . HARRISON
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK, IREN VARNEY MOtAiNl
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: March 9, 1976
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: April 20, 1976
PUBLISHED: April 28, 1976
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TABLE
OF
CONDI`1'IONAL
USES
ZONE
RS-
RS-
RSW
RS
RS
RD
RML
RMH
BN BC
USE
20
12
-12
-B
-6
Amateur radio tower
I
I
I
I
I
I
I I
i
I I
and antenna
i X
i X
t x
1 x
1 %{
1
I t
1
1
Amusement part: or Zoo
I
d
!
1
1
1
I t
I
!
Auditoriums
IX
'X
I
IX
IX
IX
I X I
X I
X IX I
Automotive laundry{
1
It
11
I
1
1
1
!
1111
1
1
1- I
i n 1
Automotive trrrec'cing
Cemeteries, mauso-
I
I
I
I
I
I
I t
I
I I
leums columbariums
'x
t
I
IX
1
I
I
1
1
1
1
I
t !
! 1
1
!
r r
f !
Churches
I X
1
I X
I
t
i
I X
1
I X
1
I X
1
I X t
1 1
X I
1
X I X !
1 t
Drive-in theaters
I
I
I
i
I
I
I I
I
I I
Drive-in businesses
1
I
`'
1
!
t
i --
! I
1
x 1 1
Excavations, 500
cubic yards or
1
1
t
i
1
1
I 1
1
1 1
more
iYl
iX
IY
iX
!X
'x
1,X
x 1,X
iX
Garages, for storage
t
1
1
►
1
1
l 1
i
l r
only of automobiles
1
1
I
1
I
I
t !
!
I 1
'; as an accessory to
I
1
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l
!
!
1
t
!
!
I
1 1
1 !
1
1
1 t
I 1
a public or quasi-
public institution
I X
Ix
I }:
Ix
Ix
Ix
I X I
X I
X Ix I
Go-kart tracks
Golf driving range
and putting course
Gof1r cou1-se.S
I_
1 +71
i
l
1
l
l
1 I
1
1 !
Group homes
!
i
i
X
X
Heliports Or
1
d
!
1
1
1
1 1
!
! 1
helistops
I
1
1
1
i
!
1
I
1
!
I
I
1 I
! X I
i
X I
! r
I X !
Home occupations
X
X
i X
X
X
X
X i
X
Horse riding
stables
Hospitals
i
i
i
i
i X i
X i
X i X
Kennels, commercial
!
!
I
t
1
I
I !
1
! !
Land fills of 500
!
1
1
I
!
t
!
t
1
i
!
t
1 l
t 1
I
1
! 1
1 1
cubic yards_ or
more
�X
i X
X
i X
i X
y X
X i
X
Larid fills, sanitary,
!
1
E
I
I
I
1
t 1
for disposal of
stumps, trash
Microwave relay
!
1
r
1
!
I
! !
!
! !
stations
I
1
!
!
t
!
1 1
1
E !
Motels and motor
110te1S
X t
Nursery, Child Or
1
I
1
t
1
I
1 1
I
I 1
day care homes
Y1
X
i X
}�
i X
Nursery, landscape
-
materials
I X
I X
!
1 x
I X
!
Open space
1 1
!
1
development
Produce stands
!
i
I
1
I
l
1 1
I
X t X
Nubl.;.c transportation
s�It leer. stations
X
! Y.
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1 },
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1 X !
X
t
I
1
I
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1 !
Cl•, CG OS
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1 t X 1
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1 1 1
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TABLE OF CONDITIONAL USES (Continued)
ZONE
RS- RS- RSW RS RS RD RML RMIJI BPv BC C'r+ Cu ()S
USE
20
12
-12
-8
-b
Public utility
1
1
!
l
X
!
X
'I
I
IX
1
t X
1
I X
!
iX
!
IX It: IX
installations
IX
:X
IX
f
f
IX
I
I
I
I I I
Quasipublic buildings,
p �"
°
1
!
I
t
I
I
r
I
I
I
!
I
!
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t
1
1 I [
ro nonpfit in
1
I
°
1
X
°
lXi
I
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I X
i
I! X
°
I
IX
I
cX
I
I X
I
1
I
IX
i i
1 IX 1
character
IX
°
i
Radio and television
i
1
1
t
I
{
1
1
I
I
I I E
broadcasting
stations 'and
towers
I
I
I
I
i
Rapid transit routes
X
X
X
i
I X
I X
!X
1 iX t
and terminals
IX
X
I
I
I
!X
cX
1
t
f 1 !
Recreation facili-
I
I
f
!
1
I
I
1
I
I
I
I
I I I
ties, including
I
I
IX
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i
iX
1
1 X
!
!X
1
1X
i
1 X
i-
1 X
!
!X
! t !-
1 l t
clubs
IX
Swimming pools or
I
1
I
I
i
l
1
!
!
I
I ! l
beaches, public
I
11
I
X
I
1
I
1
1
1
1
I
t
1
1X
1
IX
t
l X
I
1
I
1
1 ! l
iX 1 IX
or semiprivate
IX
1
!
IX
Temporary buildil; s
p g
or structures
i
!
X
I
IX
1 X
; X
IX
IX
! X
1 X
IX
IX iX 1
Tourist homes,
Catering t0
1
1
1
1
I
!
1
1
!
I
f 1 I
seasonal trade
1
I
1
I X
l X
i
l
I
X
iX
Undertaking estab-
1i hI Tlts ,
s.. .0
i
1
1
1
l
I
1
mortuaries, funeral,
i
i
IX
i
I
i
°
i,
is
i s
1
homes or parlors
I
i
I
I
I
t
!
t
!
I
!
I
t
1
Water and sewage
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
i
I
treatment plants,
I
!
l I"
t IX
water towers
IX
IX
. I
!
1
I
i
t
Exhibit "A"
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF WASHINGTON ss
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
THOMAS J. COAD, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says that he is the Publisher of the EDMONDS
TRIBUNE -REVIEW, a weekly newspaper. That said newspaper is a legal newspaper and has been designated as such
by Court Order No. 38282, and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of the publications herein -
ORDINANCE NO.1838
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING
THE TABLE OF CONDITION-
AL USES CONTAINED IN
EDMONDS CITY CODE
SECTION 12.16.070 TO RE-
QUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT FOR EXCAVATIONS
IN EXCESS OF 500 CUBIC
YARDS AND FOR LAND
FILLS, RECLAMATION TO
IMPROVE STEEP, LOW OR
OTHERWISE UNUSABLE
LAND ONLY WHEN SUCH
FILLS ARE IN EXCESS OF 500
CUBIC YARDS PURSUANT TO
PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 494.
WHEREAS, the City Council
,of the City of Edmonds,
',Washington, pursuant to
(Planning Commission
Resolution No. 494, called a
public hearing, and having
during said hearing determined
it to be in the best interests of
the public health, safety and
welfare to amend the Edmonds
Zoning Ordinance as set forth
below, pursuant to Planning
Commission Resolution No. 494,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council
having found that requirement
of a conditional use permit for
excavations, land fills,
reclamation to improve steep,
low or otherwise unusable land
which are less than 500 cubic
yards more likely than not will
have little or no significant
effect and do not warrant the
extensive administrative
procedure and process of
having to obtain a conditional
use permit. The City Council
further finding that all land fills
in excess of 50 cubic yards or
more are required to obtain a
permit from the building
department and are reviewed
by engineering, planning and
building departments prior to
the issuance of such permits,
and the City Council further
finding that such a procedure
provides adequate technical
and administrative review of
excavations or fill of less than
500 cubic yards, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
The Table of Conditional Uses
contained in Edmonds City
Code, Section 12.16.070, is
hereby amended to require a
conditional use permit for
excavations or land fills of 500
cubic yards or more and the
Table of Conditional Uses
contained in Edmonds City
Code, Section 12.16.070 shall be
amended to conform with
Exhibit A attached hereto and
hereby incorporated in full by
this reference.
APPROVED:
H. H. HARRISON
MAYOR,
H. H. HARRISON
ATTEST:
IRENE VARNEY MORAN
CITY CLERK, IRENE
VARNEY MORAN
FILED WITH THE CITY
CLERK: March 9, 1976
PASSED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL: April 20, 1976
PUBLISHED: April 28, 1976 —
706
TABLE OF CONDITIONAL USES
ZONE
RS- RS- RSW RS RS RD RNL RASH DN DC CU' CG OS
USE 20 12 -12 -6 -6
Amateur radio tower + + + + + + + ++ + + + +
and antenna - � ,X ,X ,Y. ,X ,X + + + + + + + + +
Amusement park or zoo I I 1 1 iX
+ i
Auditoriums ,X ,X +X !X +X , X + X +X +% + + + +
Automotive laundry , + + + + + + + + +^ + ,X + +
Auto:otive wrecking I i i i i i i 1 1 1X 1 1
Cemeteries, nauso- + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
leums, columbariums IX IX I r r i I I I I i
Churches '1X tX I IX IX IX I X i X iX ix i
Drive-in theaters + + + + + + + +' + + + + +X + + +
+ + +
Drive-in businesses + + + + +••+ + ,X + + + + +
excavations, 500
cubic yards or + + + + + + + + + + ++ + +
miX iX iX 1Y. 1X iX 1 X i X iX iX IX 1X 1X
i
oreGars, for storage
only of automobiles
as an accessory to + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
a public or quasi- 1 i i
public institution 1X 1X +X ,X +X +X , X + X , X +X IX IX + +
Go -!cart tracks + + + + ' + + + + + + + + X + +
Golf driving range + + + + + + + + + + + + +
and putting course + + + + + + + + + + + !X + +
Golf courses 1X',X ,X + + , + + + + , + Ix
Group homes i i i i i i i X iX i i 1 1
Heliports or + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
helistops + + + + + + + X + X + +X + X + % Ix ,
Dome occupations 1X iX iX iX iX iX iXi X i
Horse riding + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
stables i I i i i i i i. i i i i !X 1
Nospltals l i i i i i iXi X !X iX i :X I
Kennels, commercial + + + + + + + + + + + +X + +
Land fills of 500
cubic yards or + i � + r 1 i i '� + '+ r. • F + + i
more 1X 1X IX 1X 1X 1X 1 X Ix 1 X 1X 1X 1X 1X 1
Land fills, sanitary, r i i i i i i i i .... r
for disposal of
sPs,
tum trash + + ' + + ++ + + + + + + + g
+ + + + + i
Microwave rplay + + + + + + + + + + + + +
stations + + + + , + , + , , + + ;X i
Motels and motor + + + + + + + + + + + + +
.hotels +X + + + �
Nursery, child or i ii i i i i i i
day care homes iX ix iX iX iXi iXi
Nursery, landscape
materials ,X ,X 1 +X ,X + + + , ,. , ,X + i
Open space ,
development + + + + , + + + , +. , Ix
Produce stand , 1 , 1, + , + , + , + + , , , , X +X + !X
Public transportation 1 i 1 I I I i i 1 i i i i
shelter stations +X +X +X +X +X 1 X; X 1 X j X jX '. X 1 Y.
Public utility
installations
Quasipublic buildings,
nonprofit in
character
Radio and television
broadcasting
stations 'and
towers
i
Rapid transit routes
and terminals
Recreation facili-
ties, including
clubs
Swimming pools or j
beaches, public
or semiprivate i
Temporary buildings
or structures
Tourist homes,
catering to
seasonal trade
Undertaking estab-
lishments,
i
mortuaries, funeral.
homes or parlors
Water and sewage i
treatment plants,.
water towers i
A
X
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