Ordinance 31180006.150.003
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10/30/96
ORDINANCE NO. 3118
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL USE ZONING
DISTRICT IN ORDER TO RESERVE AREAS IN THE CITY
FOR HOSPITALS AND RELATED MEDICAL FACILITIES
AND TO SPECIFY BULK AND DENSITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR THESE ZONES, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Planning Board has spent considerable time working
with hospital representatives and the public in order to create a medical use zone in order to
promote the efficient provision of a wide spectrum of medical services, and
and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Planning Board recommends the following ordinance,
WHEREAS, the Edmonds City Council has held a public hearing on the following
ordinance and concurs with the recommendation of the Planning Board, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. A new chapter 16.62 is hereby added to the Edmonds Community
CHAPTER 16.62
MU — MEDICAL USE ZONE
16.62.000 PURPOSE
The MU zone has the following specific purposes:
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A. To reserve areas for hospitals and related medical
facilities.
B. To reserve areas that would provide the underlying
zoning needed to enable master planning for
medical campuses.
C. To reserve areas for the concentration of medical
facilities in order to enable the efficient provision of
a wide spectrum of medical services.
D. The uses permitted in this zone are intended to be
functionally related to or serve medical uses or
health care services.
16.62.010 USES
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Medical and health care uses including but
not limited to hospitals, outpatient clinics,
continuing /long -term care services, hospice
services, laboratories, medical research
facilities, emergency medical services and
offices of doctors, dentists, physical
therapists, and all others related to medial
and health care uses.
2. Medical staff facilities and similar uses,
including but not limited to educational and
meeting facilities and staff sleeping quarters.
3. Retail sales and services related to medical
uses, including but not limited to pharmacies
and convenience stores, gift shops, book
stores, florists, medical and health care
equipment sales and restaurants. Only uses
directly related to supplying medical
services may be permitted to operate drive -
through facilities.
4. Residential uses dependent upon or related
to medical care, including but not limited to
convalescent care facilities, nursing homes,
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retirement homes, group homes for the
disabled and overnight accommodations.
5. Child and adult day care facilities.
6. Counseling centers and alcohol and drug
treatment facilities.
7. Transit and other transportation- related
facilities.
8. Parks, playgrounds, athletic clubs, and
recreational facilities.
9. Libraries, art galleries, community centers,
and religious facilities.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses
1. Helicopter pads related to medical use, if
approved as part of a master plan and
adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Facilities for the permanent storage and /or
disposal of biomedical, radio active and
other hazardous waste shall not be
permitted; provided, however, that facilities
for the treatment or temporary storage of
biomedical, radio active and other hazardous
waste generated within the medical use
zone, or by local publicly operated medical
facilities related to the hospital, shall be
permitted.
C. Secondary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit
1. Helicopter pads related to medical use. If
the location of a helipad is not included as
part of an approved master plan, then a
Conditional Use Permit shall be required.
In addition to the Conditional Use Permit
review criteria, the development and use of
a helipad shall be subject to the following
conditions:
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a. The helipad shall be limited to emergency
medical uses only.
b. Noise from the helipad must be minimized
using buffering combined with other
operational and site design techniques to
minimize the noise impact on surrounding
uses.
C. The helipad shall be sited no closer than 75-
feet to any right -of -way or property
boundary.
d. The Hospital District shall take reasonable
measures to ensure safety around the
helipad, when in use, and shall comply with
all applicable FAA standards and
regulations.
e. The helipad should be located in the
southern portion of the site in order to
mitigate potential noise impacts of the
residential areas to the north.
16.62.020 SITE DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS
A. Table. Except as hereinafter provided, development
requirements shall be as follows:
MINIMUM
MINIMUM NENEUUM NIINEU M SIDUREAR MA704UM MAXU"
LOT AREA LOT WIDTH STREET SETBACK HEIGHT FLOOR
BACK AREA
MU None None 15 feet 15 feet 35 feet None
The side /rear setback shall be 25 feet for all property lines adjacent to single
family residential districts. There shall also be at least one foot of distance
measured from the nearest residentially zoned property line for each two feet of
building height, measured from the average residential property grade.
The applicant may opt to use the height restrictions permitted by the underlying
comprehensive plan designation, if the height restrictions are expressed in
specific feet or stories. Each "story" referenced in the comprehensive plan shall
be equivalent to twelve feet. Minimum setbacks as defined in Note 1 above shall
still apply.
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B. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See Chapter 17.50,20.60 and
20.10. Notwithstanding any contrary code provisions, hospitals
shall have three parking spaces per bed and nursing homes shall
have one parking space per 200 square feet. Signs standards shall
be the same as those for the BN - Neighborhood Business zoning
classification.
C. Location of retail commercial uses. Permitted retail sales and
services shall be located and oriented toward serving related
medical uses. Direct access to retail sales and services shall not be
permitted from arterials which serve the general traveling public.
Signage for permitted retail sales and services shall not be located
along, or oriented toward, arterial streets.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically
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.
APPROVED:
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MAYOR,
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 11/01/96
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 11/04/96
PUBLISHED: 11/10/96
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/15/96
ORDINANCE NO. 3118
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3118
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 4th day of November_, 199 6 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3118 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING A
MEDICAL USE ZONING DISTRICT IN ORDER TO RESERVE AREAS IN THE CITY FOR
HOSPITALS AND RELATED MEDICAL FACILITIES AND TO SPECIFY BULK AND
DENSITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE ZONES, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 5th day of November 1996
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF "SNOHOD&ISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3118
oPthe City of
Edmonds, Washington
On the 4th day of November,
1996, the City Council of the
City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3118. A sum-
mary of the content of said
ordinance, consisting of the
title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY
IN OF EESTABLLIISHS ING A
MEDICAL USE ZONING DIS-
TRICT IN ORDER TO RE-
SERVE AREAS IN THE CITY
FOR HOSPITALS AND RE-
' LATER MEDICAL FACILITIES
AND TO SPECIFY BULK AND.
DENSITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR THESE ZONES, AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EF-
FECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordi-
nance will be mailed upon
reresl.
GATED this Sth day of No-
vember, 1996.
SANDRA S. CHASE
City Clerk
:Published: November 10,
1996.
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EDMONDS CITY CLERK
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The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
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printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
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Summary of Ordinance No. 3118
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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:
November 10, 1996
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