Ordinance 31270006.90000
WSS /gjz
12/05/96
ORDINANCE NO. 3127
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE
EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADD
A NEW CHAPTER 16.53 RELATING TO PLANNED
BUSINESS (BP) ZONE, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edmonds based upon the
recommendation of its Planning Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish a new zone
for planned businesses in order to facilitate the purposes set forth in the ordinance and proposed
codified section 16.53.000; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and Planning Board have held public hearings
pursuant to notice provided in accordance with State law and City ordinance, NOW,
THEREFORE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Edmonds Community Development Code is hereby amended by
the addition of a new Chapter 16.53 BP- Planned Business to read as follows:
16.53.000 PURPOSE
The BP zone has the following specific purposes in addition
to the general purposes for business and commercial zones
listed in Chapter 16.40 ECDC:
A. To reserve areas for those small scale neighborhood
oriented retail stores, offices and retail service
144281 -1-
establishments which offer goods and services needed on an
every-day basis by residents of adjacent neighborhood
areas.
B. To ensure compact, convenient development
patterns which provide a transition to and do not intrude
into adjacent residential neighborhoods.
C. To permit uses which allow for controlled access by
arterial traffic but which do not contribute significantly to
traffic congestion.
D. To permit uses which provide for pedestrian and
transit access to development from adjacent neighborhoods.
E. To permit commercial uses which utilize site
designs which allow for and promote shared access with
adjacent commercial parcels.
16.53.414 USES
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Single- family dwellings in accordance with the
regulations applicable to the RS -6 zone, Chapter
16.20 ECDC.
2. Business or professional offices or studios.
3. Small -scale retail sales or services not exceeding
5,000 square feet of cumulative space on a site,
such as convenience stores, video stores, barber
shops, beauty shops, gift shops, bookstores,
florists /nurseries, dry cleaning stores and
laundromats.
4. Art galleries.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Limited assembly or repair of goods incidental to a
permitted or conditional use.
149M -2-
2. Off - street parking and loading areas to serve a
permitted or conditional use.
3. Multiple residential, in the story above the street
floor.
C. Primary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use Permit.
1. Community facilities, as listed in the RM zone.
2. Medical, dental and veterinary clinics, including
supporting uses such as pharmacies and
laboratories. Veterinary clinics may include the
boarding of animals under veterinary care but not
commercial kennels.
3. Businesses open to the public between the hours of
11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
4. Financial institutions.
5. Restaurants providing on- premises service to seated
or walk -in patrons.
6. Small -scale retail sales or services greater than
5,000 square feet in an area of cumulative space on
a site, but not exceeding 10,000 square feet of
cumulative space on a site, such as convenience
stores, video stores, barber shops, beauty shops,
gift shops, bookstores, florists /nurseries, dry
cleaning stores and laundromats.
7. Congregate care facilities.
D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Conditional Use
Permit.
1. Outdoor storage, incidental to a permitted or
conditional use.
E. Prohibited Uses -- Any Use Not Specifically Set
Forth Herein, Including But Not Limited To:
1. Automobile service stations.
149281 -3-
2. Drive -in /drive -thru businesses.
16.53.020 SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
A. Table. Except as hereinafter provided, development
requirements shall be as follows:
MINIMUM MINIMUM MINIMUM MINIMUM MAXIMUM MAXIMUM
LOT AREA LOT STREET SIDE /REAR HEIGHT FLOOR
WIDTH SETBACK SETBACK
BP None None 15 feet None` 25 feee None
B. Signs, Access, Parking and Design Review. See
Chapter 17.50.20.60 and 20.10. Sign standards
shall be the same as those for the BN -
Neighborhood Business zoning classification.
Access to BP -zoned property shall be combined
whenever possible with adjacent properties through
the use of internal circulation or frontage
driveways.
C. The required setback from R zoned property shall
be landscaped with trees and ground cover and
continuously maintained by the owner of the BP lot.
A six -foot minimum height fence, wall or dense,
continuous hedge shall be maintained in the set
back.
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 specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
'Fifteen feet from lot lines adjacent to R zoned property.
2Roof only may extend 5 feet above the stated height limit if all portions of the roof above
the stated height have a slope of 4 inches in 12 inches, or greater.
149281 -4-
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVED:
i
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY c
FILED WITH THE CITY CLEM: 12/12/96
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 1/21/97 1/26/97
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/31/97
ORDINANCE NO. 3127
149291 -5-
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3127
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 21 stday of January , 199 7 , the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3127 A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting
of the title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS OF THE EDMONDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ADD A
NEW CHAPTER 16.53 RELATING TO PLANNED BUSINESS (BP) ZONE, AND FD(ING
A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 22nd day of January 199 7 .
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOINTLISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 3127
of the City of
Edmonds. Washingion
t On the 21st day of January,
j1997. the City Council of the
Cit of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3127. A
summary of the content of said
ordinance, consisting of the
title, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
INU l UN.` AMENDff�Ci INt
PROVISIONS OF THE ED-
MONDS COMMUNITY DE-
VELOPMENT CODE TO ADDS
iA NEW CHAPTER 16.53 RE-!
KATING TO PLANNED BUSI - i
NESS BP) ZONE, AND FIX-
ING A TIME WHEN THE SAME
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this
Ordinance will be mailed upon
request.
DATED this 22nd day of
January� 1997.
SANDRA S. CHASE
City Clerk
Published: January 26, 1997.
8 -2 -1
ss.
Affidavit of Publication
RDA I` ED
JAs4 3 0 9997
EDMONDS CITY CLERK
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
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
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ......... ...............................
C.ity.:of_ Edmonds
Ordinance 3127
................. .. ........................................................................... ..................... .... . . . . .. . . . . ..
.......................................................... ......................... ...... ...........................................
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:
January 26, 1997
............................................................................. ............................... ..... .............. . . ....
.... . . .. ....................................................................................... ...... .......... ............... In(
t at aid newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
furl all of said period. /
.. ...- --.....1..�..— ......... ipal p-a-1- .----Cle...r
rincrk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this..... 7th
January 97
dof....../q..� . ................id .......................... 19.........
/ Notary Public in t State of Washington,
residing at Everetomish County.
e"000;0c j
a`SS10N _1_01_!x_*
V4pTAgY
►.�G Z
AO
5 -s s -sa G
WAS�X