Ordinance 2252MAE/lac
12/17/81
ORDINANCE NO. 2252
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASH-
INGTON, RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING IN
DOWNTOWN EDMONDS AMENDING SECTION 17.50.040
OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE EXTENDING
THE AREA IN WHICH THE OFF-STREET PARKING
REQUIRED FOR A PARTICULAR USE MUST BE
LOCATED, AND SECTION 15.00.030B OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE RAISING THE FEES
PAID IN LIEU OF PROVIDING OFF-STREET PARK-
ING AND DECLARING A PUBLIC EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Council passed an ordinance in
December of 1980, which established the requirement that
off-street parking be located within 300 feet walking
distance of the use for which such parking is required, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that in the Downtown
Business Area, it is often difficult for an applicant to
provide the required off-street parking within 300 feet of
the proposed use due to the scarcity and high value of land
suitable for off-street parking and that such policy may
frustrate efforts to provide off-street parking, and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the
policy of providing adequate off-street parking for the com-
mercial district of downtown Edmonds would be equally well
served by providing that required off-street parking spaces
be acquired and constructed anywhere within the area of down-
town Edmonds zoned Commercial Business (BC), and
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds established an off-
street parking fund by Ordinance No. 1914 in 1977 and
permitted, in certain circumstances that an applicant could
provide a portion or all of the parking spaces required under
the code by paying a fee of $1000.00 per parking space (or
$500.00 if a remodel is proposed) in lieu of actually acquir-
ing and constructing such parking spaces, and
WHEREAS, the fee paid in lieu of providing parking
spaces has not changed since 1977, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the actual cost
of providing parking spaces has substantially increased, now
costing up to an average of $6,500.00 per parking stall, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the fee paid in
lieu of providing actual parking spaces is grossly insuffi-
cient and no longer achieves the policy behind the in lieu of
parking concept, and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that there
is a substantial danger that the disparity between what an
applicant is required to pay in lieu of providing parking
spaces and what that applicant would pay to actually provide
those parking spaces may cause substantial harm to public
property by way of depleting the resources available for
insuring that adequate off-street parking exists in downtown
Edmonds, and
WHEREAS, the City Council therefore finds that the
inequities described above constitute a public emergency
requiring the protection of public property and therefore
determine that the in lieu of parking fees should be
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increased and that this ordinance should take effect immedi-
ately upon passage, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Edmonds Community Development Code
Section 17.50.040 is hereby amended to extend the area for
locating off-street parking to include the entire BC zone as
follows:
"17.50.040 LOCATION
A. Permitted Uses in Residential Zones. Off-street parking
shall be located on the same lot and within 100 feet
walking distance of the use for which it is required.
B. All Other Uses. Off-street parking shall be located
within 300 feet walking distance of the use for which it
is required, except that the only requirement for the
location of off-street parking required for a use in the
Downtown Business Area shall be that such parking be
located within the Downtown Business Area that is zoned
for Commercial Business (BC). If the off-street parking
is not on the same lot as the use for which it is re-
quired, the owner or lessor shall provide to the City for
recording with the County Auditor an agreement
specifying:
1. The location, by legal description or survey, of the
off-street parking and the use for which it is
required.
2. A restriction on the property designated for off-
street parking that it may not be used for any other
purpose unless the parking is no longer required for
the use specified in 1. above."
Section 2. Edmonds Community Development Code
Section 15.00.030B is hereby amended to increase the in lieu
of parking fee as follows:
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"15.00.030 OTHER FEES
B. Parking (in -lieu fee): New construction, $4,300 per
space; Conversions, $2,100 per
space"
Section 3. This ordinance being a public emergency
ordinance and having been passed by at least a majority plus
one of the whole Council shall be effective upon adoption.
APPROVED:
MAYOR, N."H. HARRISON
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, IREN VARNEY MORAN
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
FILED W THE CITY CLERK: December 18, 1981
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: December 22, 1981
POSTED: December 23, 1981
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 1981
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING ORDINANCE
STATE OF WASHINGTON
ss:
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
IRENE VARNEY MORAN
, being first duly sworn
on oath deposes and says that s he is over the age of eighteen (18)
years and is competent to testify as to the matter stated herein.
There is no official newspaper or other newspaper printed and
published
within
the City.
In accordance
with RCW 35A.12.160,
on
the 4 9
day
of
, 19el,
affiant posted true
and
correct copies of the attached Ordinance No.44-5:2, passed by the
City Council on the day of 19,P/, at the
official posting places for City notices which are the public
bulletin boards at the following locations:
Edmonds Civic Center
250 Fifth Avenue North
Edmonds, Washington 98020
Edmonds Public Library
Civic Center, 250 Fifth Avenue North
Edmonds, Washington 98020
Edmonds Branch of United States Post Office
201 Main Street
Edmonds, Washington 98020
DATED this 48 day of 19Ff .
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this o;2�5 day of
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