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Resolution 276PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 276 A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS RECOMMENDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 12.13.190, PERMITTED USES (BC), SECTION 12.13.200, LIMITATIONS ON USES (BC), AND SECTION 12.14.050, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SUCH AMENDMENTS TO PERMIT SELECTED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES IN COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICTS, UNDER CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AND WITH OTHER DESIRABLE SAFEGUARDS, ALL AS SET FORTH IN PLANNING COMMISSION FILE NO. ZO-4-68. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Edmonds, pursuant to proper notice and publication, held a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the.Official Zoning Ordinance, Section 12.13.190, Permitted Uses (BC), Section 12.13.200, Limitations on Uses (BC), and Section 12.14.050, Performance Standards, said amendments to permit selected light industrial uses in Community Business Districts, under Conditional Use Permits, and with other desirable safeguards; and WHEREAS, having made the findings set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, the Planning Commission determined that the Official Zoning Ordinance, Sections 12.13.190, 12.13.200, and 12.14.050, should be amended as set forth in Exhibit "B" attached hereto; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of said City that recommendation be and the same hereby is made to the City Council of the City of Edmonds that the Official Zoning Ordinance be so amended. DATED as of the 17th day of April, 1968, r - zz�'- Chairman Pro Tem, Edmonds Planning Commission 4,-,, ..,ti Edmonds City Planner File No.: ZO-4-68 Initial Request by: Highlands Plaza, Inc. Date of Hearing: April 17, 1968 Resolution No. 276 F.YRTRTT nAu Traditional zoning distinctions between retail business, general commerce, and light industry (which were so clear 50 years ago when zoning began) are becoming more and more blurred as business diversifies, manufacturing processes become less obnoxious, and more and more enterprises seek to improve their public images through better design and embellishment of their premises. A number of light industrial activities are presently operating in the Community Business zone without creating any serious effects on adjoining properties. The zoning ordinance permits a large number of industrial uses in the General Commercial zone, while some commercial and light industrial uses are permitted in the Community Business zone. Existing performance standards and those proposed in the application will be adequate to control any possible obnoxious effects of light manufacturing activities providing such activities are permitted on a Conditional Use Permit basis under which the Board of Adjustment has the authority to terminate any use if performance standards are not met. The proposal would allow increased diversity of development in the Central Business District and would create increased employment opportunities. Resolution No. 276 EXHIBIT "B" Section 12,13.190 Permitted Uses (BC) Add the following subsection: P. Fabrication and sale of metal, wood, plastic, and similar products of light industry, subject to Conditional Use Permit grant, provided that there shall be no outside storage of any materials. Section 12.13.200 Limitations on Uses (BC) Delete the following subsection: D. All products made incident to a permitted use which are manufactured, fabricated, processed, or treated on the premises shall be sold only on the premises and at retail only. Section 12.14.050 Performance Standards Add the following subsections: J. Vibration caused by industrial operations shall not exceed 0.003 of one inch displacement applied to the frequency range of zero to 5000 cycles per second, as measured at any point off the property on which such operations are conducted. K. In the event the City has doubt that an enterprise is, or can be, conducted within the limits of the above Performance Standards, it may require that the entrepreneur retain, at his expense, an independent, qualified, testing laboratory to make an analysis of the enterprise to determine its com- pliance with the said standards and to make the results of such analysis available to the City. In the event the analysis discloses existing or impending non -compliances, the City may require the entrepreneur to institute such remedial measures as will bring his enterprise into compliance.