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ORDINANCE NO. 3302
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 18.80.060, DRIVEWAY AND CURB CUT
REQUIREMENTS, PARAGRAPH B(5) DOWNTOWN
BUSINESS AREA, TO PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN
DETERMINING LOCATION OF ACCESS AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 18.80.060, Driveway and Curb Cut
Requirements (B)(5) relating to the downtown business area were amended in 1997 in order to
require access to be provided from alleys in the downtown business area where such access
existed; and
WHEREAS, the current language of the ordinance requires use of an alley in the
downtown business area if one exists; and
WHEREAS, in order to encourage orderly development and provide for more
flexible design to recognize that changes in topography may make alley access legally
impossible, commercially unfeasible and other similar factors, the City Council desires to give
the City Engineer greater flexibility in the administration of curb cut provisions, NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. The provisions of ECDC 18.80.060, Driveway and Curb Cut
Requirements, (B) Location (5) Downtown Business Area., are hereby amended to read as
follows:
18.80.060 Driveway and curb cut requirements.
B. Location.
5. Downtown Business Area. Within the downtown
business area of the City as defined in ECDC 17.50.070, vehicular
access shall be provided from alleyways for all on -site parking
whenever it is practically and reasonably available. No curb cut
shall be approved where there is vehicular access to a lot in the
downtown area from an existing alleyway unless the applicant
demonstrates by substantial evidence that:
a. One of the following conditions exist:
i. No alleyway exists which would provide
reasonable vehicular access to the subject property, or
ii. Access from an existing alleyway would
substantially impair reasonable access to an abutting public
street or utility because of circumstances related to site size,
topography or orientation, or
iii. Access can be provided from an existing or
relocated driveway or curb cut in a manner which preserves
or enhances street parking, or
iv. Providing access from a point other than the
alley would promote traffic safety, or otherwise better
promote the purposes of the transportation element of the
Comprehensive Plan.
b. The application complies with all other criteria of
the Community Development Code.
C. In such cases, the City Engineer may then consider
use of an existing common driveway or other alternative.
Only when no other reasonable alternative exists for access
to a property will curb cut be approved which results in the
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loss of existing on- street parking. No more than one access
point per lot shall be permitted in the downtown business
area. The City Engineer's decision to approve alternative
access shall be processed in accordance with ECDC
20.95.050.
Section 2. 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.
APPROVED:
M OR, C6kY HAAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE kTTY A14QRNEY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 04/20/2000 (with revisions approved by Council)
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 04/18/2000
PUBLISHED: 04/25/2000
EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/30/2000
ORDINANCE NO. 3302
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3302
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 18th day of April, 2000, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3202. 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 SECTION 18.80.060, DRIVEWAY AND CURB CUT REQUIREMENTS,
PARAGRAPH B(5) DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA, TO PROVIDE GREATER
FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING LOCATION OF ACCESS AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 20th day of April, 2000.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON, l
COUNTY OF SNOHODrLISH, )r
of the CR77EUmonds,
Washington
On the 18th day of April, 2000,
the City Council of the City of
Edmonds, passed Ordinance No.
3302. A summary of the content
of said ordinance, consisting of
OVISIONS 1.
18.80.080,
URBC p j
FLEXIBILITY IN DETERMINING
LOCATION OF ACCESS AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE;
SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance)
will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 20th day of April,1
2000. j{
CITY CLERK,
SANDRA S. CHASE
Published: April 25, 2000.
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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
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Summary of Ordinance No. 3302
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entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
April 25, 2000
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