Edmonds City Code Supplement 54SUPPLEMENT DIRECTIONS
EDMONDS COMMUNITY Updated by:
DEVELOPMENT CODE
Dated:
Supplement No. 54 — July 2013
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Table of Contents
1-4 ................................................................ 1 4
Table of Revised Pages
1 4................................................................ 1 4
Title 16
1............................................................................ 1
11 — 18........................................................ 11 — 18
18.5 — 18.6............................................ 18.5 — 18.6
Title 20
Title 21
Title 22
1-2 ................................................................ 1-2
72.5 — 76.................................................. 73 — 76.2
9 — 10.2......................................................... 9 10
17-20.2.................................................. 17-20.2
1 — 8............................................................. 1 — 8.2
Ordinance Table
3-4 ................................................................ 3-4
7-8 ................................................................ 7-8
Interim and Moratorium Ordinance Table
1............................................................................ 1
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Index
3 4................................................................ 3-4
15 16........................................................ 15 — 16
18.1 —20.................................................. 19-20.2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Table of Revised Pages
Title 15 Land Use Plans and Policies
15.00
Preface and Fees.......................................................................................3
15.05
Comprehensive Plan - Adoption..............................................................7
15.10 -
15.30
Repealed....................................................................................................8
15.35 -
15.39
Repealed....................................................................................................9
15.40
Comprehensive Street Plan.......................................................................9
15.45
Repealed..................................................................................................10
15.50
Comprehensive Sidewalk Plan...............................................................10
Title 16
Zone Districts
16.00
Zone Districts - Preface and Purpose.......................................................3
16.10
Residential Zones - Purposes...................................................................4
16.20
RS - Single -Family Residential................................................................4
16.30
RM - Multiple Residential..................................................................10.1
16.40
Business and Commercial Zones - Purposes.........................................12
16.43
BD - Downtown Business......................................................................12
16.45
BN - Neighborhood Business..............................................................16.7
16.50
BC - Community Business..................................................................16.9
16.53
BP - Planned Business......................................................................16.14
16.55
CW - Commercial Waterfront...........................................................16.16
16.60
CG - General Commercial: CG and CG2 Zones....................................17
16.62
MU - Medical Use Zone........................................................................19
16.65
OS - Open Space....................................................................................21
16.70
MR - Marine Resource...........................................................................22
16.75
MP - Master Plan Hillside Mixed -Use Zone.......................................22.1
16.77
OR - Office-Residential......................................................................22.5
16.80
P - Public Use.........................................................................................23
16.100
Firdale Village Mixed -Use Zoning Criteria............................................25
Title 17
General Zone Regulations
17.00
Administration..........................................................................................3
17.05
Reasonable Accommodations Process......................................................5
17.10
Bonds........................................................................................................7
17.20
Temporary Homeless Encampment..........................................................8
17.30
Fences....................................................................................................8.5
17.35
Animals.....................................................................................................9
17.40
Nonconforming Uses, Buildings, Signs and Lots................................10.1
Contents-1 (Revised 7/13)
17.50
Off -Street Parking Regulations............................................................10.6
17.60
Property Performance Standards............................................................16
17.65
Limited Outdoor Display of Merchandise............................................18a
17.70
Temporary Uses....................................................................................18b
17.75
Outdoor Dining.....................................................................................18d
17.80
Planter Area Maintenance....................................................................18.1
17.90
Recycling Collection Facilities............................................................18.2
17.95
Commute Trip Reduction Plan...............................................................20
17.100
Community Facilities..............................................................................31
17.105
Emergency Temporary Indoor Shelter...................................................36
Title 18
Public Works Requirements
18.00
General Requirements...............................................................................3
18.05
Utility Wires.............................................................................................5
18.10
Sewers.......................................................................................................
8
18.20
Septic Tanks............................................................................................10
18.30
Storm Water Management......................................................................11
18.40
Grading and Retaining Walls...............................................................24.1
18.45
Land Clearing and Tree Cutting Code.................................................24.3
18.50
Official Street Map.................................................................................31
18.60
Right -of -Way Construction Permits....................................................32.1
18.70
Street Use and Encroachment Permits.................................................32.2
18.80
Streets and Driveways.........................................................................34.2
18.82
Traffic Impact Fees..............................................................................36.1
18.85
Street Trees.............................................................................................37
18.90
Sidewalks................................................................................................39
18.95
Parking Lot Construction........................................................................41
Title 19
Building Codes
19.00
Building Code...........................................................................................3
19.05
Residential Building Code.....................................................................
16
19.10
Building Permits - Earth Subsidence and Landslide Hazard Areas
...... 17
19.15
Mechanical Code and Fuel Gas Code ....................................................
31
19.20
Plumbing Code......................................................................................
32
19.25
Fire Code................................................................................................
33
19.30
Energy Code..........................................................................................
39
19.35
Repealed.................................................................................................39
19.40
International Property Maintenance Code .............................................
40
19.45
International Code Council Performance Code .....................................
41
19.50
International Existing Building Code ....................................................
41
19.55
Electrical Code.......................................................................................
42
19.60
Moving Buildings..................................................................................
43
19.65
Marinas..................................................................................................
44
19.70
Fees..................................................................................................
46/48
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19.75 Street Names and Address Numbering...................................................50
19.80 Board of Appeals....................................................................................52
19.85 Penalties...............................................................................................56.1
19.90 Limitation of Benefited and Protected Classes.......................................57
19.95 Conversion Condominiums....................................................................57
Title 20 Review Criteria and Procedures
20.00
Changes to the Comprehensive Plan........................................................3
20.01
Types of Development Project Permits....................................................4
20.02
Development Project Permit Applications...............................................8
20.03
Public Notice Requirements...................................................................11
20.04
Consistency with Development Regulations and SEPA......................12.3
20.04A
Expired..............................................................................................12.4a
20.05
Conditional Use Permits....................................................................12.4b
20.06
Open Record Public Hearings............................................................12.4c
20.07
Closed Record Appeals......................................................................12.4h
20.08
Development Agreements.................................................................. 12.41
20.10
Design Review..............................................................................
12.41(1)
20.11
General Design Review.....................................................................12.4n
20.12
District -Based Design Review...........................................................12.4q
20.13
Landscaping Requirements................................................................12.4v
20.15A
Environmental Review (SEPA)..............................................................13
20.1513
Repealed..................................................................................................43
20.16
Essential Public Facilities.......................................................................43
20.18
Group Homes..........................................................................................48
20.19
Home Day Care......................................................................................49
20.20
Home Occupations..................................................................................51
20.21
Accessory Dwelling Units...................................................................52.2
20.23
Bed and Breakfasts..............................................................................54.1
20.25
Housing for the Low Income Elderly..................................................54.2
20.30
Joint Use of Parking................................................................................56
20.35
Planned Residential Development(PRD)...............................................57
20.40
Rezones................................................................................................62.4
20.45
Edmonds Register of Historic Places...................................................62.5
20.50
Wireless Communication Facilities........................................................63
20.55
Shoreline Permits....................................................................................69
20.60
Sign Code................................................................................................70
20.65
Street Map Changes...........................................................................72.4g
20.70
Street Vacations......................................................................................73
20.75
Subdivisions............................................................................................76
20.80
Text and Map Changes...........................................................................86
20.85
Variances................................................................................................87
20.90
Repealed..................................................................................................88
Contents-3 (Revised 7/13)
20.91 Repealed..................................................................................................88
20.95 Repealed..................................................................................................88
20.100 Miscellaneous Review............................................................................89
20.105 Repealed..................................................................................................91
20.110 Civil Violation — Enforcement Procedure............................................101
Title 21 Definitions
21.00 Definitions — General................................................................................3
21.05 "A" Terms.................................................................................................3
21.10 `B" Terms.................................................................................................6
21.15 " C" Terms.................................................................................................7
21.20 "D" Terms..............................................................................................8.1
21.25 " B" Terms.................................................................................................9
21.30 " F" Terms.................................................................................................9
21.35 "G" Terms...............................................................................................11
21.40 "H" Terms...............................................................................................12
21.45 " I" Terms.............................................................................................12.2
21.47 " J" Terms.............................................................................................12.3
21.50 "K" Terms...............................................................................................13
21.55 " L" Terms...............................................................................................13
21.60 "M" Terms..............................................................................................15
21.65 "N" Terms...............................................................................................16
21.75 " O" Terms...............................................................................................17
21.80 " P" Terms...............................................................................................18
21.85 "R" Terms...............................................................................................20
21.90 " S" Terms............................................................................................20.1
21.100 " T" Terms...............................................................................................21
21.105 "U" Terms...............................................................................................22
21.110 «V" Terms...............................................................................................23
21.115 "W" Terms..............................................................................................23
21.125 " Z" Terms...............................................................................................24
Title 22 Design Standards
22.43 Design Standards for the BD Zones.........................................................3
22.100 Firdale Village Site Design Standards...................................................8.1
Title 23 Natural Resources
23.10
Shoreline Master Program........................................................................3
23.40
Environmentally Critical Areas General Provisions...............................41
23.50
Wetlands.................................................................................................62
23.60
Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas.............................................................74
23.70
Frequently Flooded Areas.......................................................................74
23.80
Geologically Hazardous Areas...............................................................77
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Edmonds Community Development Code Table of Revised Pages
TABLE OF REVISED PAGES
The following table is included in this code as a guide for determining whether the code volume properly
reflects the latest printing of each page. This table will be updated with the printing of each supplement.
Through usage and supplementation, pages in looseleaf publications can be inserted and removed in error
when pages are replaced on a page -for -page substitution basis.
The "Page" column lists all page numbers in sequence. The "Revised Date" column reflects the latest
revision date (e.g., "(Revised 8/96)") and printing of pages in the up-to-date volume. A "-'indicates that the
page has not been revised since the 1996 republication. This table reflects all changes to the code through
Ordinance 3922, passed May 21, 2013.
Page Revised Date
Preface................................................................... 1 /08
Table of Contents
1,2 ......................................................................... 7/13
3,4 ......................................................................... 7/13
5............................................................................. 5110
Title 15
1...........................................................................
11/00
3, 4/6....................................................................
12/96
7,8 .........................................................................
2/98
9,10 .....................................................................
11/00
Title 16
1.............................................................................
7/13
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2/13
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Title 17
1.............................................................................
1/11
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-
5, 6.........................................................................
3/06
7,8 .........................................................................
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1/11
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7/12
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7/12
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2/09
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7/09
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5101
35,36 .....................................................................
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Title 18
1............................................................................. 7/09
3,4 ......................................................................... 1/12
4.1, 4.2................................................................... 7/12
4.3, 4.4................................................................... 1/12
5,6 ......................................................................... 8/11
Revisions-1 (Revised 7/13)
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5110
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5110
17,18 ....................................................................
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6/06
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Title 19
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1/11
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1/11
9,10 .......................................................................
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49,50 .....................................................................
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51,52 .....................................................................
7/09
53,54 .....................................................................
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55,56 .....................................................................
7/09
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57,58 .....................................................................
7/07
59...........................................................................
7/07
Title 20
1,2 .........................................................................
7/13
3,4 .........................................................................
1/11
5,6 .........................................................................
1/11
7,8 .........................................................................
1/11
9,10 .......................................................................
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12.4c, 12.4d...........................................................
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12.4g, 12.4h...........................................................
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12.4i, 12.4j.............................................................
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12.4k, 12.41............................................................
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12.41(1), 12.41(2)...................................................
1/11
12.4m, 12.4n..........................................................
7/09
12.4o, 12.4p...........................................................
7/09
12.4q, 12.4r............................................................
1/11
12.4s, 12.4t............................................................
1/11
12.4u, 12.4v...........................................................
7/09
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7/07
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7/07
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1/11
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3/06
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3/06
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7/09
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7/12
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2/13
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2/13
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59,60 .....................................................................
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61,62 ................................................................... 12/03
62.1, 62.2...............................................................
1/11
62.3, 62.4............................................................. 12/03
62.5, 62.6...............................................................
1/11
62.7, 62.8...............................................................
9/06
62.9, 62.10.............................................................
9/06
62.1Oa, 62.1Ob.......................................................
9/06
62.11, 62.12...........................................................
5/02
63,64 .....................................................................
8/11
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1/11
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7/09
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Title 21
1.............................................................................
2/02
3,4 .........................................................................
8/11
5,6 .........................................................................
2/13
7,8 .........................................................................
8/11
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8/03
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8/11
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7/13
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7/13
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2/09
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2/13
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23,24 ..................................................................... 8/11
Title 22
1.............................................................................
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3,4 .........................................................................
7/13
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7/13
7,8 .........................................................................
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Title 23
1.............................................................................
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3,4 .......................................................................
11/00
5,6 .......................................................................
11/00
7,8 .......................................................................
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11/00
Shoreline Designations
(7 color maps) .....................................................
11/00
41,42 .....................................................................
3/05
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Revisions-3 (Revised 7/13)
Table of Revised Pages
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Ordinance Table
1,2 ......................................................................... 8/11
3,4 ........................................................................ 7/13
5,6 ......................................................................... 8/11
7,8 ........................................................................ 7/13
Interim and Moratorium Ordinance Table
......................................................................... 7/13
Index
1,2 ........................................................................
2/ 13
3,4 ........................................................................
7/13
5,6 .........................................................................
1 / 11
7,8 .........................................................................
8/11
9, 10......................................................................
1 / 12
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Title 16
ZONE DISTRICTS
Chapters:
16.00
Zone Districts — Preface and Purpose...................................................3
16.10
Residential Zones — Purposes...............................................................4
16.20
RS —
Single -Family Residential............................................................4
16.30
RM
— Multiple Residential..............................................................10.1
16.40
Business and Commercial Zones — Purposes.....................................12
16.43
BD —
Downtown Business..................................................................12
16.45
BN —
Neighborhood Business..........................................................16.7
16.50
BC —
Community Business..............................................................16.9
16.53
BP —
Planned Business..................................................................16.14
16.55
CW
— Commercial Waterfront.......................................................16.16
16.60
CG —
General Commercial: CG and CG2 Zones................................17
16.62
MU
— Medical Use Zone....................................................................19
16.65
OS —
Open Space................................................................................21
16.70
MR
— Marine Resource.......................................................................22
16.75
MP
— Master Plan Hillside Mixed -Use Zone...................................22.1
16.77
OR —
Office-Residential..................................................................22.5
16.80
P — Public Use.....................................................................................23
16.100
Firdale Village Mixed -Use Zoning Criteria........................................25
16-1 (Revised 7/13)
Edmonds Community Development Code
16.30.040
B. Signs and Design Review. See Chapters
20.10 and 20.60 ECDC for regulations.
C. Location of Parking. No parking spaces
may be located within the street setback.
D. Landscaping. In addition to the land-
scaping requirements set forth in Chapter
20.13 ECDC, any development in the RM —
Edmonds Way zone shall retain at least 35 per-
cent of the existing healthy significant trees
within the side and rear setbacks of the devel-
opment site. The applicant shall retain an
arborist to determine the health of all signifi-
cant trees within the side and rear setbacks. For
the purposes of this section, "significant tree"
shall be defined as any tree with a caliper
greater than six inches measured at four feet
above grade. Where it is not reasonably feasi-
ble for the applicant to retain 35 percent of the
existing healthy significant trees within the
side and rear setbacks, the applicant may
replace any significant trees below the 35 per-
cent threshold as follows: each significant tree
removed that reduces the percentage of
retained significant healthy trees below 35 per-
cent shall be replaced with three new trees,
each of no less than three-inch caliper mea-
sured at four feet above grade. [Ord. 3627 § 1,
2007].
16.30.040 Site development exceptions.
A. Housing for the Elderly. Housing proj-
ects for the elderly are eligible for special park-
ing and density provisions. See Chapter 20.25
ECDC.
B. Satellite Television Antenna. Satellite
television antennas shall be regulated as set
forth in ECDC 16.20.050 and reviewed by the
architectural design board.
C. Setback Encroachments.
1. Eaves and chimneys may project into
a required setback not more than 30 inches.
2. Except as authorized by subsection
(C)(3) of this section, uncovered and unen-
closed porches, steps, patios, and decks may
project into a required setback not more than
one-third of the required setback, or four feet,
whichever is less; provided, that they are no
more than 30 inches above the ground level at
any point.
3. In the RM — Edmonds Way zone,
uncovered and unenclosed porches, steps,
patios, and decks may occupy up to one-half of
the required street setback area along
Edmonds Way; provided, that these structures
or uses are located no more than 20 feet above
the ground level at any point.
D. Corner Lots. Corner lots shall have no
rear setback; all setbacks other than street set-
backs shall be side setbacks. [Ord. 3652 § 1,
2007; Ord. 3627 § 1, 2007].
16-11 (Revised 7/13)
16.40.000
Chapter 16.40
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL
ZONES — PURPOSES
Sections:
16.40.000 Purposes.
16.40.000 Purposes.
The general purposes of the business and
commercial (B or C) zones are:
A. To provide for areas for commercial
uses offering various goods and services
according to the different geographical areas
and various categories of customers they
serve;
B. To provide for areas where commercial
uses may concentrate for the convenience of
the public and in mutually beneficial relation-
ships to each other;
C. To provide for residential uses, commu-
nity facilities and institutions which may
appropriately locate in commercial areas;
D. To require adequate landscaping and
off-street parking and loading facilities;
E. To protect commercial uses from haz-
ards such as fire, explosion and noxious fumes,
and also nuisances created by industrial uses
such as noise, odor, dust, dirt, smoke, vibra-
tion, heat, glare and heavy truck traffic.
Chapter 16.43
BD — DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
Sections:
16.43.000
Purposes.
16.43.010
Subdistricts.
16.43.020
Uses.
16.43.030
Site development standards.
16.43.035
Design standards — BD zones.
16.43.040
Operating restrictions (Effective
until November 31, 2013).
16.43.040
Operating restrictions (Effective
after November 31, 2013).
16.43.000 Purposes.
The BD zone has the following specific pur-
poses in addition to the general purposes for
business and commercial zones listed in Chap-
ter 16.40 ECDC:
A. Promote downtown Edmonds as a set-
ting for retail, office, entertainment and associ-
ated businesses supported by nearby residents
and the larger Edmonds community, and as a
destination for visitors from throughout the
region.
B. Define the downtown commercial and
retail core along streets having the strongest
pedestrian links and pedestrian -oriented
design elements, while protecting downtown's
identity.
C. Identify supporting arts and mixed use
residential and office areas which support and
complement downtown retail use areas. Pro-
vide for a strong central retail core at down-
town's focal center while providing for a
mixture of supporting commercial and resi-
dential uses in the area surrounding this retail
core area.
D. Focus development between the com-
mercial and retail core and the Edmonds Cen-
ter for the Arts on small-scale retail, service,
and multifamily residential uses. [Ord. 3918
§ 1 (Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
(Revised 7/13) 16-12
Edmonds Community Development Code
16.43.020
16.43.010 Subdistricts.
The "downtown business" zone is subdi-
vided into five distinct subdistricts, each
intended to implement specific aspects of the
comprehensive plan that pertain to the Down-
town Waterfront Activity Center. Each subdis-
trict contains its own unique mix of uses and
zoning regulations, as described in this chap-
ter. The five subdistricts are:
16.43.020 Uses.
A. Table 16.43-1.
BD 1 — Downtown Retail Core;
BD2 — Downtown Mixed Commercial;
BD3 — Downtown Convenience Commer-
cial;
BD4 — Downtown Mixed Residential;
BD5 — Downtown Arts Corridor. [Ord.
3918 § 1 (Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
Permitted Uses
BD1
BD2
BD3
BD4
BD5
Commercial Uses
Retail stores or sales
A
A
A
A
A
Offices
A
A
A
A
A
Service uses
A
A
A
A
A
Retail sales requiring intensive outdoor display or storage
areas, such as trailer sales, used car lots (except as part of a
new car sales and service dealer), and heavy equipment
storage, sales or services
X
X
X
X
X
Enclosed fabrication or assembly areas associated with and on
the same property as an art studio, art gallery, restaurant or
food service establishment that also provides an on -site retail
outlet open to the public
A
A
A
A
A
Automobile sales and service
X
A
A
X
X
Dry cleaning and laundry plants which use only
nonflammable and nonexplosive cleaning agents
C
A
A
A
X
Printing, publishing and binding establishments
C
A
A
A
C
Public markets licensed pursuant to provisions in Chapter
4.90 ECCa
A
A
A
A
A
Residential Uses
Single-family dwelling
A
A
A
A
A
Multiple dwelling unit(s)
A
A
A
A
A
Other Uses
Bus stop shelters
A
A
A
A
A
Churches, subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.020
A
A
A
A
A
Primary and high schools, subject to the requirements of
ECDC 17.100.050(G) through (R)
A
A
A
A
A
Local public facilities, subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050
C
C
C
A
C
16-13 (Revised 7/13)
16.43.020
Permitted Uses
BD1
BD2
BD3
BD4
BD5
Neighborhood parks, natural open spaces, and community
parks with an adopted master plan subject to the requirements
of ECDC 17.100.070
A
A
A
A
A
Off-street parking and loading areas to serve a permitted use
B
B
B
B
B
Commuter parking lots in conjunction with a facility
otherwise permitted in this zone
B
B
B
B
X
Commercial parking lots
C
C
C
C
X
Wholesale uses
X
X
C
X
X
Hotels and motels
A
A
A
A
A
Amusement establishments
C
C
C
C
C
Auction businesses, excluding vehicle or livestock auctions
C
C
C
C
C
Drive-in businesses
C
C
A
C
X
Laboratories
X
C
C
C
X
Fabrication of light industrial products not otherwise listed as
a permitted use
X
X
C
X
X
Day-care centers
C
C
C
A
C
Hospitals, health clinics, convalescent homes, rest homes,
sanitariums
X
C
C
A
X
Museums and art galleries of primarily local concern that do
not meet the criteria for regional public facilities as defined in
ECDC 21.85.033
A
A
A
A
A
Zoos and aquariums of primarily local concern that do not
meet the criteria for regional public facilities as defined in
ECDC 21.85.033
C
C
C
C
A
Counseling centers and residential treatment facilities for
current alcoholics and drug abusers
X
C
C
A
X
Regional parks and community parks without a master plan
subject to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.070
C
C
C
C
C
Outdoor storage, incidental to a permitted use
D
D
D
D
D
Aircraft landings as regulated by Chapter 4.80 ECC
D
D
D
D
D
a. Code reviser's note: The amendments to these provisions by interim Ord. 3921 expire November 31, 2013.
A = Permitted primary use
B = Permitted secondary use
C = Primary uses requiring a conditional use permit
D = Secondary uses requiring a conditional use permit
X = Not permitted
For conditional uses listed in Table 16.43-1,
the use may be permitted if the proposal meets
the criteria for conditional uses found in Chap-
ter 20.05 ECDC, and all of the following crite-
ria are met:
(Revised 7/13) 16-14
Edmonds Community Development Code
16.43.030
1. Access and Parking. Pedestrian
access shall be provided from the sidewalk.
Vehicular access shall only be provided con-
sistent with ECDC 18.80.060. When a curb cut
is necessary, it shall be landscaped to be com-
patible with the pedestrian streetscape and
shall be located and designed to be as unobtru-
sive as possible.
2. Design and Landscaping. The project
shall be designed so that it is oriented to the
street and contributes to the pedestrian street-
scape environment. Fences more than four feet
in height along street lot lines shall only be
16.43.030 Site development standards.
A. Table 16.43-2.
permitted if they are at least 50 percent open,
such as a lattice pattern. Blank walls shall be
discouraged, and when unavoidable due to the
nature of the use shall be decorated by a com-
bination of at least two of the following:
a. Architectural features or details;
b. Artwork;
c. Landscaping. [Ord. 39211 § 6,
2013; Ord. 3918 § 1 (Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3894
§ 4, 2012; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
1. Code reviser's note: The provisions of interim Ord.
3921 expire November 31, 2013.
Minimum Minimum Minimum
Sub Minimum Lot Minimum Street Side Rear Maximum
District Area Lot Width Setback Setback' Setback' Height2
BD15
0
0 0
BD25
0
0 0
BD35
0
0 0
BD43,5
0
0 0
BD55
0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30'
30'
30'
30'
25'
Minimum
Height of
Ground Floor
within the
Designated
Street Front4
15'
12'
12'
12'
12'
1 The setback for buildings and structures located at or above grade (exempting buildings and structures entirely below the surface of
the ground) shall be 15 feet from the lot line adjacent to residentially (R) zoned property.
2 Specific provisions regarding building heights are contained in ECDC 16.43.030(C).
3 Within the BD4 zone, site development standards listed in Table 16.43-2 apply when a building contains a ground floor consisting of
commercial space to a depth of at least 45 feet measured from the street front of the building. If a proposed building does not meet
this ground floor commercial space requirement (e.g., an entirely residential building is proposed), then the building setbacks listed
for the RM-1.5 zone shall apply. See ECDC 16.43.030(B)(8) for further details.
4 "Minimum height of ground floor within the designated street -front" means the vertical distance from top to top of the successive
finished floor surfaces for that portion of the ground floor located within the designated street front (see ECDC 16.43.030(B)); and,
if the ground floor is the only floor above street grade, from the top of the floor finish to the top of the ceiling joists or, where there
is not a ceiling, to the top of the roof rafters. "Floor finish" is the exposed floor surface, including coverings applied over a finished
floor, and includes, but is not limited to, wood, vinyl flooring, wall-to-wall carpet, and concrete, as illustrated in Figure 16.43-1. Fig-
ure 16.43-1 shows an example of a ground floor height of 15 feet; note that the "finished" ceiling height is only approximately 11 feet
in this example.
5 Site development standards for single-family dwellings are the same as those specified for the RS-6 zone.
16-15 (Revised 7/13)
16.43.030
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Edmonds Community Development Code
16.43.030
Figure 16.43-1: Ground Floor Height Mea-
surement
1
B. Ground Floor. This section describes
requirements for development of the ground
floor of buildings in the BD zones.
1. For all BD zones, the ground floor is
considered to be that floor of a building which
is closest in elevation to the finished grade
along the width of the side of the structure that
is principally oriented to the designated street
front of the building (this is normally the adja-
cent sidewalk). For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the ground "floor" is considered to be the
sum of the floor planes which, in combination,
run the full extent of the building and are clos-
est in elevation to one another. For the pur-
poses of this chapter, the definition of "ground
floor" contained in ECDC 21.35.017 does not
apply.
2. Designated Street Front. Map 16.43-1
shows the streets that define the designated
street front for all properties lying within the
BD zones. The designated street front is
defined as the 45 feet measured perpendicular
to the street front of the building lot fronting on
each of the mapped streets.
3. Minimum Height of the Ground Floor
within the Designated Street Front. The mini-
mum height of the ground floor specified in
Table 16.43-2 only applies to the height of the
ground floor located within the designated
street front established in subsection (13)(2) of
this section.
4. Access to Commercial Uses within
the Designated Street Front. When a commer-
cial use is located on the ground floor within a
designated street front as defined in subsection
(13)(2) of this section, the elevation of the
ground floor and associated entry shall be
within seven inches of the grade level of the
adjoining sidewalk. "Grade" shall be as mea-
sured at the entry location. Portions of the
ground floor outside the designated street front
of the building need not comply with the
access requirements specified in this section.
5. When the designated street front of a
building is on a slope which does not allow
both the elevation of the entry and ground floor
within the designated street front to be entirely
within seven inches of the grade level of the
sidewalk, as specified in subsection (B)(4) of
this section, the portion of the ground floor of
the building located within the designated
street front may be designed so that either:
a. The entry is located within seven
inches of the grade of the adjacent sidewalk,
and the commercial portion of the ground floor
located within the designated street front is
within seven inches of the grade level of the
entry; or
b. The building may be broken up
into multiple frontages, so that each
entry/ground floor combination is within
seven inches of the grade of the sidewalk.
c. For corner lots, a primary entry
shall be established for the purposes of deter-
mining where the ground floor entry rules
detailed in this section shall apply. The first
choice for the primary entry shall be either 5th
16-16.1
(Revised 7/13)
16.43.030
Avenue or Main Street. In the case of the BD5
zone, the primary entry shall always be on 4th
Avenue.
6. Within the BD 1 zone, development
on the ground floor shall consist of only com-
mercial uses, except that parking may be
located on the ground floor so long as it is not
located within the designated street front.
7. Within the BD2 and BD3 zones,
development on the ground floor shall consist
of only commercial uses within the designated
street front. Any permitted use may be located
on the ground floor outside of the designated
street front.
8. Within the BD4 zone, there are two
options for developing the ground floor of a
building. One option is to develop the ground
floor with commercial space, meeting the
same requirements detailed for the BD2 and
BD3 zones in subsection (B)(7) of this section.
As a second option, if more residential space is
provided so that the ground floor does not meet
the commercial use requirements described in
subsection (B)(7) of this section, then the
building setbacks listed for the RM-1.5 zone
shall apply. In the case where RM-1.5 setbacks
are required, the required street setback shall
be landscaped and no fence or wall in the set-
back shall be over four feet in height above
sidewalk grade unless it is at least 50 percent
open, such as in a lattice pattern.
9. Within the BD5 zone, one option is to
develop the ground floor with commercial
space, meeting the same requirements detailed
for the BD2 zone in subsection (B)(7) of this
section. When development of the ground
floor does not conform to these requirements,
then development within the BD5 zone shall
meet the following requirements:
a. The building shall be oriented to
4th Avenue. "Orientation to 4th Avenue" shall
mean that:
i. At least one building entry shall
face 4th Avenue.
ii. If the building is located adja-
cent to the public right-of-way, architectural
details and/or applied art shall be incorporated
into the building design to add interest at the
pedestrian (i.e., ground floor) level.
iii. If the building is set back from
the street, landscaping and/or artwork shall be
located between the building and the street
front.
b. Live/work uses are encouraged
within the BD5 zone, and potential live/work
space is required for new residential buildings
if no other commercial use is provided on -site.
i. If multiple residential uses are
located on the ground floor, the building shall
incorporate live/work space into the ground
floor design in such a way as to enable build-
ing occupants to use portion(s) of their space
for a commercial or art/fabrication use.
"Live/work space" means a structure or por-
tion of a structure that combines a commercial
or manufacturing activity that is allowed in the
zone with a residential living space for the
owner of the commercial or manufacturing
business, or the owner's employee, and that
person's household. The live/work space shall
be designed so that a commercial or fabrica-
tion or home occupation use can be established
within the space.
Figure 16.43-2: BD5 Development
Building at right (foreground) shows landscaping
located between building and street.
Building at left (background) shows commercial space
integrated with residential uses, and the entry oriented
to the street.
(Revised 7/13) 16-16.2
Edmonds Community Development Code
16.43.030
10. Exceptions and Clarifications. The
regulations for the ground floor contained in
subsections (B)(1) through (9) of this section
apply with the following exceptions or clarifi-
cations:
a. That in all areas the provision of
pedestrian access to permitted residential uses
is allowed as a permitted secondary use.
b. The restrictions on the location of
residential uses shall not apply when a single-
family use is the only permitted primary use
located on the property.
c. Existing buildings may be added
onto or remodeled without adjusting the exist-
ing height of the ground floor to meet the spec-
ified minimum height, so long as the addition
or remodel does not increase the building foot-
print or its frontage along a street by more than
25 percent. Permitted uses may occupy an
existing space regardless of whether that space
meets the ground floor requirements for
height.
d. Parking is not considered to be a
commercial use for the purposes of satisfying
the ground floor commercial use requirement
within the designated street front (e.g., when
the first 45 feet of a building are within a des-
ignated street front in the BD 1 zone, parking
may not be located within that 45 feet).
e. For properties within the BD2 or
BD3 zone which have less than 90 feet of
depth measured from the street front, parking
may be located in the rearmost 45 feet of the
property, even if a portion of the parking
extends into the first 45 feet of the building. In
no case shall the depth of commercial space as
measured from the street front of the building
be less than 30 feet.
f. Within the BD2, BD3 and BD4
zones, if the first 45 feet of the building as
measured perpendicular to the street consist
only of commercial uses and permitted sec-
ondary uses, then permitted multiple -family
residential unit(s) may be located behind the
commercial uses.
g. Recodified as ECDC
22.43.050(B) (4).
h. Within the BD 1 zone, each com-
mercial space located on the ground floor
within the designated street front shall be
directly accessible by an entry from the side-
walk.
C. Building Height Regulations.
1. The basic height limit for each BD
zone is described in Table 16.43-2 (see defini-
tion of "height" detailed in ECDC 21.40.030).
2. Within the BD5 zone, the maximum
height may be increased to 30 feet if the build-
ing meets one of the following conditions. In
addition, if the building is located within 15
feet of the public right-of-way, architectural
details and/or applied art shall be incorporated
into the building design, and the ground floor
shall be distinguished from the upper portions
of the building through the use of differences
in materials, windows, and/or architectural
forms.
a. All portions of the building above
25 feet consist of a pitched roof such that the
pitch of all portions of the roof is at least six-
by-12 and the roof includes architectural fea-
tures, such as dormers or gables of a steeper
pitch, that break up the roof line into distinct
segments.
b. If the building does not make use
of a pitched roof system as described in sub-
section (C)(2)(a) of this section, a building
step -back shall be provided within 15 feet of
any street front. Within the 15-foot step -back,
the maximum building height is the lesser of
25 feet above grade at the property line (nor-
mally the back of the sidewalk) or 30 feet
above the "average level" as defined in ECDC
21.40.030. For corner lots, a 15-foot step -back
is required along both street fronts. If a build-
ing located on a corner lot has insufficient lot
width (i.e., less than 40 feet of lot width) to
enable it to provide the required step -back on
both street fronts, then the step -back may be
waived facing the secondary street.
16-16.3 (Revised 7/13)
16.43.030
3. Height Exceptions. In addition to the
height exceptions listed in ECDC 21.40.030,
the following architectural features are
allowed to extend above the height limits spec-
ified in this chapter:
a. A single decorative architectural
element, such as a turret, tower, or clock tower,
may extend a maximum of five feet above the
specified height limit if it is designed as an
integral architectural feature of the roof and/or
facade of the building. The decorative archi-
tectural element shall not cover more than five
percent of the roof area of the building.
b. Roof or deck railings may extend a
maximum of 42 inches above the specified
height limit within any building step -back
required under subsection (C)(2)(b) of this
section; provided, that the railing is con-
structed so that it has the appearance of being
transparent. An example meeting this condi-
tion would be a railing that is comprised of
glass panels.
D. Off -Street Parking and Access Require-
ments. The parking regulations included here
apply specifically within the BD zone. When-
ever there are conflicts between the require-
ments of this chapter and the provisions
contained in Chapter 17.50 ECDC, Off -Street
Parking Regulations, the provisions of this
chapter shall apply.
1. Within the BD 1 zone, no new curb
cuts are permitted along 5th Avenue or Main
Street.
2. No parking is required for any com-
mercial floor area of permitted uses located
within the BD 1, BD2, BD4, and BD5 zones.
3. No parking is required for any floor
area in any building with a total building foot-
print of less than 4,800 square feet.
E. Open Space Requirements.
1. For buildings on lots larger than
12,000 square feet or having an overall build-
ing width of more than 120 feet (as measured
parallel to the street lot line), at least five per-
cent of the lot area shall be devoted to open
space. Open space shall not be required for
additions to existing buildings that do not
increase the building footprint by more than 10
percent. Open space shall be provided adjacent
to the street front (street lot line). Such open
space may be provided as any combination of:
a. Outdoor dining or seating areas
(including outdoor seating or waiting areas for
restaurants or food service establishments);
b. Public plaza or sidewalk that is
accessible to the public;
c. Landscaping which includes a
seating area that is accessible to the public.
2. Required open space shall be open to
the air and not located under a building story.
3. In overall dimension, the width of
required open space shall not be less than 75
percent of the depth of the open space, mea-
sured relative to the street (i.e., width is mea-
sured parallel to the street lot line, while depth
is measured perpendicular to the street lot
line).
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16.43.030
Figure 1643-5: Building Size, Width and Open Space
Example:
• Building is on four
lots, each 30020
feet.
■ Building width is
120 feet.
• Open space is
required due to
building width, and
due to lot area.
ij
• Open space
provided exceeds
the 5% of lot area
requirement.
------- Lot Lines
Building Area
r---------------T--------------- 7---------------T--------------
i
Total Lot Area = 14.400 sq, ft.
i
Building Footprint = 13,650 sq. ft.
;Open Space Required = 720 sq. ft
Building Width Parallel to Street/RAW
120' 4"
' Open Space
750 sq.ft.
F. Historic Buildings. The exceptions con-
tained in this section apply only to buildings
listed on the Edmonds register of historic
buildings.
1. If a certificate of appropriateness is
issued by the Edmonds historic preservation
commission under the provisions of Chapter
20.45 ECDC for the proposed project, the staff
may modify or waive any of the requirements
listed below that would otherwise apply to the
expansion, remodeling, or restoration of the
building. The decision of staff shall be pro-
cessed as a Type II development project permit
application (see Chapter 20.01 ECDC).
a. Building step -backs required under
subsection (C)(2)(b) of this section.
b. Open space required under subsec-
tion (E) of this section.
2. No off-street parking is required for
any permitted uses located within a building
listed on the Edmonds register of historic
buildings. Note that additional parking excep-
tions involving building expansion, remodel-
ing or restoration may also apply, as detailed in
ECDC 17.50.070(C).
3. Within the BD5 zone, if a building
listed on the Edmonds register of historic
buildings is retained on -site, no off-street park-
ing is required for any additional buildings or
uses located on the same property. To obtain
this benefit, an easement in a form acceptable
to the city shall be recorded with Snohomish
County protecting the exterior of the historic
building and ensuring that the historic building
is maintained in its historic form and appear-
ance so long as the additional building(s)
obtaining the parking benefit exist on the prop-
16-16.5 (Revised 7/13)
16.43.035
erty. The easement shall continue even if the
property is subsequently subdivided or any
interest in the property is sold.
G. Density. There is no maximum density
for permitted multiple dwelling units.
H. Screening. The required setback from R-
zoned property shall be landscaped with trees
and ground cover and permanently maintained
by the owner of the BD lot. A six-foot mini-
mum height fence, wall or solid hedge shall be
provided at some point in the setback, except
for that portion of the BD zone that is in resi-
dential use.
I. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See
Chapters 17.50, 20.10, and 20.60 ECDC. Sign
standards shall be the same as those that apply
within the BC zone.
J. Satellite Television Antennas. In accor-
dance with the limitations established by the
Federal Communications Commission, satel-
lite television antennas greater than two meters
in diameter shall be reviewed in accordance
with the provisions of ECDC 16.20.050. [Ord.
3918 § 1 (Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3865 § 1, 2011;
Ord. 3736 § 10, 2009; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
16.43.035 Design standards - BD zones.
Design standards for the BD zones are con-
tained in Chapter 22.43 ECDC. [Ord. 3918 § 1
(Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
16.43.040 Operating restrictions
(Effective until November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except:
1. Public uses such as utilities and parks;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas,
and commercial parking lots;
3. Drive-in businesses;
4. Plant nurseries;
5. Public markets;
6. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
7. Bistro and outdoor dining meeting the
criteria of ECDC 17.70.040;
8. Outdoor dining meeting the criteria of
Chapter 17.75 ECDC;
9. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Property Performance
Standards.
C. Interim Use Status - Public Markets.
1. Unless a public market is identified
on a business license as a year-round market
within the city of Edmonds, a premises
licensed as a public market shall be considered
a temporary use. As a temporary use, the city
council finds that any signs or structures used
in accordance with the market do not require
design review. When a location is utilized for
a business use in addition to a public market,
the public market use shall not decrease the
required available parking for the other busi-
ness use below the standards established by
Chapter 17.50 ECDC. [Ord. 39211 § 7, 2013;
Ord. 3918 § 1 (Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3902 § 1,
2012; Ord. 3894 § 5, 2012; Ord. 3700 § 1,
2008].
16.43.040 Operating restrictions
(Effective after November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except:
1. Public uses such as utilities and parks;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas,
and commercial parking lots;
3. Drive-in businesses;
4. Plant nurseries;
5. Seasonal farmers' markets;
6. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
1. Code reviser's note: The provisions of interim Ord.
3921 expire November 31, 2013.
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Edmonds Community Development Code
16.45.010
7. Bistro and outdoor dining meeting the
criteria of ECDC 17.70.040;
8. Outdoor dining meeting the criteria of
Chapter 17.75 ECDC;
9. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Property Performance
Standards. [Ord. 3921 § 7, 2013; Ord. 3918 § 1
(Att. 1), 2013; Ord. 3902 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3894
§ 5, 2012; Ord. 3700 § 1, 2008].
Chapter 16.45
BN — NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
Sections:
16.45.000 Purposes.
16.45.010 Uses.
16.45.020 Site development standards.
16.45.030 Operating restrictions.
16.45.000 Purposes.
The BN zone has the following specific pur-
poses in addition to the general purposes for
business and commercial zones listed in Chap-
ter 16.40 ECDC:
A. To reserve areas, for those retail stores,
offices, retail service establishments which
offer goods and services needed on an every-
day basis by residents of a neighborhood area;
B. To ensure compact, convenient develop-
ment patterns by allowing uses that are oper-
ated chiefly within buildings.
16.45.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Single-family dwellings, as regulated
in RS-6 zone;
2. Neighborhood -oriented retail stores,
retail service uses, excluding uses such as
commercial garages, used car lots, taverns,
theaters, auditoriums, undertaking establish-
ments and those uses requiring a conditional
use permit as listed below;
3. Offices and outpatient clinics, exclud-
ing commercial kennels;
4. Dry cleaning stores and laundromats;
5. Small animal hospitals;
6. Churches, subject to the requirements
of ECDC 17.100.020;
7. Primary and high schools subject to
the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050(G)
through (R);
8. Local public facilities designated and
sited in the capital improvement plan, subject
to the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050;
9. Neighborhood parks, natural open
spaces, and community parks with an adopted
16-16.7 (Revised 7/13)
16.45.020
master plan subject to the requirements of
ECDC 17.100.070.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Limited assembly, repair or fabrica-
tion of goods incidental to a permitted or con-
ditional use;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas
to serve a permitted or conditional use;
3. One dwelling unit per lot, in the story
above the street floor, with a minimum lot area
of 6,000 square feet;
4. Commuter parking lots that contain
less than 10 designated parking spaces in con-
junction with any local public facility allowed
by this section. Any additionally designated
parking spaces that increase the total number
of spaces in a commuter parking lot to 10 or
more shall subject the entire commuter park-
ing lot to a conditional use permit as specified
in subsection (D)(2) of this section, including
commuter parking lots that are located upon
more than one lot as specified in ECDC
21.15.075.
C. Primary Uses Requiring a Conditional
Use Permit.
1. Commercial parking lots;
2. Drive-in businesses;
3. Businesses open to the public
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.;
4. Convenience stores;
16.45.020 Site development standards.
A. Table.
5. Local public facilities not planned,
designated, or sited in the capital improvement
plan, subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050;
6. Day-care centers;
7. Hospitals, convalescent homes, rest
homes, sanitariums;
8. Museums, art galleries, zoos, and
aquariums of primarily local concern that do
not meet the criteria for regional public facili-
ties as defined in ECDC 21.85.033;
9. Counseling centers and residential
treatment facilities for current alcoholics and
drug abusers;
10. Regional parks and community
parks without a master plan subject to the
requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.
D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Condi-
tional Use Permit.
1. Outdoor storage, incidental to a per-
mitted or conditional use;
2. Commuter parking lots with 10 or
more designated parking spaces in conjunction
with a facility meeting the criteria listed under
subsection (C)(6) through (10) of this section.
[Ord. 3353 § 3, 2001; Ord. 3269 § 1, 1999*;
Ord. 3120 § 1, 1996; Ord. 2759 § 1, 1990; Ord.
2660 § 1, 1988; Ord. 2283 § 4, 1982].
*Code reviser's note: Ord. 3269 expired August 13,
2000. For provisions on the outdoor display of merchan-
dise, see Chapter 17.65 ECDC.
Minimum Minimum Minimum Maximum
Minimum Minimum Street Side Rear Maximum Floor
Lot Area Lot Width Setback Setback Setback Height Area
BN None None 20' Nonel Nonel 25' 3 sq. ft. per sq. ft. of lot area
1 Fifteen feet from lot lines adjacent to R-zoned property.
B. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See
Chapters 17.50, 20.10 and 20.60 ECDC.
C. Screening. The required setback from R-
zoned property shall be permanently land-
scaped with trees and ground cover and perma-
nently maintained by the owner of the BN lot.
A six-foot minimum height fence, wall or solid
hedge shall be provided at some point in the
setback.
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Edmonds Community Development Code
16.50.010
D. Satellite television antennas shall be
regulated as set forth in ECDC 16.20.050, and
reviewed by the architectural design board.
[Ord. 3846 § 1, 2011; Ord. 2526 § 5, 1985].
16.45.030 Operating restrictions.
A. All uses shall be carried on entirely
within a completely enclosed building except:
1. Public utilities and parks;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas
and commercial parking lots;
3. Drive-in businesses;
4. Plant nurseries;
5. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Performance Standards.
[Ord. 3320 § 2, 2000].
Chapter 16.50
BC — COMMUNITY BUSINESS
Sections:
16.50.000
BC and BC — Edmonds Way.
16.50.005
Purposes.
16.50.010
Uses.
16.50.020
Site development standards.
16.50.030
Operating restrictions (Effective
until November 31, 2013).
16.50.030
Operating restrictions (Effective
after November 31, 2013).
16.50.000 BC and BC — Edmonds Way.
This chapter establishes two distinct zoning
categories, BC and BC — Edmonds Way. [Ord.
3627 § 2, 2007].
16.50.005 Purposes.
The BC and BC — Edmonds Way zones have
the following specific purposes in addition to
the general purposes for business and commer-
cial zones listed in Chapter 16.40 ECDC:
A. To reserve areas for those retail stores,
offices, service establishments and amusement
establishments which offer goods and services
to the entire community;
B. To ensure compact, convenient develop-
ment patterns by allowing uses that are oper-
ated chiefly within buildings;
C. To allow for mixed -use development
which includes multiple dwelling unit(s) that
support business uses;
D. To implement the policies of Edmonds'
comprehensive plan for the Edmonds Way
Corridor;
E. To meet the goals of the Growth Man-
agement Act and the city of Edmonds' com-
prehensive plan for housing diversity and
economical vitality. [Ord. 3627 § 2, 2007;
Ord. 3147 § 1, 1997. Formerly 16.50.000].
16.50.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Single-family dwellings, as regulated
in RS-6 zone;
16-16.9 (Revised 7/13)
16.50.010
2. Retail stores, offices and service uses,
excluding intense uses, such as trailer sales,
used car lots (except as part of a new car sales
and service dealer), and heavy equipment sales
and services;
3. New automobile sales and service;
4. Dry cleaning and laundry plants
which use only nonflammable and nonexplo-
sive cleaning agents;
5. Printing, publishing and binding
establishments;
6. Bus stop shelters;
7. Public markets licensed pursuant to
provisions in Chapter 4.90 ECC;1
8. Multiple Dwelling Unit(s). This use
may not be located on the ground floor of a
structure;
9. Churches, subject to the requirements
of ECDC 17.100.020;
10. Primary and high schools subject to
the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050(G)
through (R);
11. Local public facilities subject to the
requirements of ECDC 17.100.050;
12. Neighborhood parks, natural open
spaces, and community parks with an adopted
master plan subject to the requirements of
ECDC 17.100.070.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Limited assembly, repair or fabrica-
tion of goods incidental to a permitted or con-
ditional use;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas
to serve a permitted or conditional use;
3. Commuter parking lots in conjunc-
tion with a facility meeting the criteria listed
under subsections (C)(11) through (14) of this
section, except that the facility may also be
located along a designated transit route in
addition to an arterial or collector street.
C. Primary Uses Requiring a Conditional
Use Permit.
1. Commercial parking lots;
2. Wholesale uses;
1. Code reviser's note: The amendments to these provi-
sions by interim Ord. 3921 expire November 31, 2013.
3. Hotels and motels;
4. Amusement establishments;
5. Auction businesses, excluding vehi-
cle or livestock auctions;
6. Drive-in businesses;
7. Laboratories;
8. Fabrication of light industrial prod-
ucts;
9. Convenience stores;
10. Day-care centers;
11. Hospitals, convalescent homes, rest
homes, sanitariums;
12. Museums, art galleries, zoos, and
aquariums of primarily local concern that do
not meet the criteria for regional public facili-
ties as defined in ECDC 21.85.033;
13. Counseling centers and residential
treatment facilities for current alcoholics and
drug abusers;
14. Regional parks and community
parks without a master plan subject to the
requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.
D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Condi-
tional Use Permit.
1. Outdoor storage, incidental to a per-
mitted or conditional use;
2. Aircraft landings as regulated by
Chapter 4.80 ECC. [Ord. 3921 § 4, 2013; Ord.
3894 § 2, 2012; Ord. 3627 § 2, 2007; Ord.
3353 § 4, 2001; Ord. 3269 § 2, 1999*; Ord.
3147 § 1, 1997].
*Code reviser's note: Ord. 3269 expired August 13,
2000. For provisions on the outdoor display of merchan-
dise, see Chapter 17.65 ECDC.
(Revised 7/13) 16-16.10
Edmonds Community Development Code
16.50.020
16.50.020 Site development standards.
A. Table.
Minimum
Minimum
Minimum
Minimum
Minimum
Street
Side
Rear
Maximum
Lot Area
Lot Width
Setback
Setback
Setback
Height
Maximum Floor Area
BC
None
None
None
Nonel
Nonel
25,2
3 sq. ft. per sq. ft. of lot area
BC—
None
None
None
Nonel
None
35, 3,4
3 sq. ft. per sq. ft. of lot area
Edmonds
Way
' The setback for buildings and structures located at or above grade (exempting buildings and structures entirely below the surface of
the ground) shall be 15 feet from the lot line adjacent to residentially (R) zoned property.
2 Roof only may extend five feet above the stated height limit if all portions of the roof above the stated height are modulated in design
and are designed as a hip, gable, arch, shed or other similar roof form (see illustrations). Vertical parapet walls or flat roofs with a
pitch of less than 3-in-12 are not allowed to protrude above the 25-foot height limit unless they are part of an approved modulated
design.
3 The stated height limit may be increased to 40 feet; provided, that:
(a) The street setback of any proposed building shall be increased to four feet in depth. Type III landscaping shall be located within
this setback. This landscaping may be located immediately adjacent to the building, or may be combined with other landscaping
within or adjoining the right-of-way. In addition, the third and fourth stories of any proposed building shall be further stepped
back an additional six feet from the street frontage along all street fronts;
(b) Where the proposed development abuts a single-family residential (RS) zoned property, in addition to complying with subsection
(a) of this footnote, the proposed development shall modulate the design of any building facades facing the single-family residen-
tially (RS) zoned property;
(c) The proposed development integrates low impact development techniques where reasonably feasible. For the purposes of this sub-
section, "low impact development techniques" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: the use of bioswales, green
roofs, and grasscrete. "Reasonably feasible" shall be determined based upon the physical characteristics of the property and its
suitability for the technique; cost alone shall not render the use of low impact techniques unreasonable or unfeasible;
(d) The required setback from R zoned property shall be permanently landscaped with Type I landscaping permanently maintained
by the owner of the BC lot; and
(e) For any buildings fronting on Edmonds Way, the maximum height of the wall or facade along Edmonds Way shall not exceed 45
feet as measured at the Edmonds Way property line.
4 In addition to any height bonus under note 3, the building may extend up to an additional five feet if all portions of the building above
the height limit (after adding the height bonus under note 3) integrate distinctive architectural features that enhance and are integrated
into the overall design of the building. For purposes of this subsection, distinctive architectural features may include articulation,
changes of materials, offsets, angles or curves of facades, or the use of distinctive roof forms.
16-16.11 (Revised 7/13)
16.50.020
Examples of Modulated Roof Designs
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B. Ground Floor. Development on the
ground floor shall consist of only commercial
uses to a minimum depth of 30 feet as mea-
sured from the street front of the building, with
the following exceptions or clarifications:
1. That in all areas the provision of
pedestrian access to permitted residential uses
is allowed.
2. This provision shall not apply when a
single-family use is the primary use on the
property.
3. With respect to, but only to, property
located on the Fifth Avenue entrance corridor,
south of Walnut Street, in which the first 60
feet of the building as measured from Fifth
Avenue consists only of commercial uses; and
with respect to which the subject property
shares a property line with single-family or
multifamily zoned properties, then multifam-
ily units may be located on the ground floor in
such a manner that they face the adjacent resi-
dentially zoned property.
4. In the BC — Edmonds Way zone,
where the street frontage of the total site pro-
posed for development exceeds 150 feet in
length, this requirement shall apply to only 60
percent of the ground floor street frontage of
any proposed building. The remaining 40 per-
cent may include any other uses permitted in
the BC — Edmonds Way zone, including, but
not limited to, off-street parking or live/work
space.
C. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See
Chapters 17.50, 20.10, and 20.60 ECDC.
D. Density. There is no maximum density
for permitted multiple dwelling units.
E. Screening. The required setback from R
zoned property shall be permanently land-
scaped with trees and ground cover and perma-
nently maintained by the owner of the BC lot.
A six-foot minimum height fence, wall or solid
hedge shall be provided at some point in the
setback.
F. Satellite Television Antennas. Satellite
television antennas shall be regulated as set
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Edmonds Community Development Code
16.50.030
forth in ECDC 16.20.050 and reviewed by the
architectural design board.
[Ord.
3627
§ 2,
2007; Ord. 3539 § 1, 2005;
Ord.
3518
§ 1,
2004; Ord. 3492 § 1, 2004;
Ord.
3256
§ 1,
1999; Ord. 3232 § 1, 1998;
Ord.
3147
§ 1,
1997].
16.50.030 Operating restrictions
(Effective until November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except:
1. Public utilities and parks;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas,
and commercial parking lots;
3. Drive-in businesses;
4. Plant nurseries;
5. Public markets;
6. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
7. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Performance Standards.
C. Interim Use Status — Public Markets.
1. Unless a public market is identified
on a business license as a year-round market
within the city of Edmonds, a premises
licensed as a public market shall be considered
a temporary use. As a temporary use, the city
council finds that any signs or structures used
in accordance with the market do not require
design review. When a location is utilized for
a business use in addition to a public market,
the public market use shall not decrease the
required available parking for the other busi-
ness use below the standards established by
Chapter 17.50 ECDC. [Ord. 39211 § 5, 2013;
Ord. 3902 § 3, 2012; Ord. 3894 § 3, 2012; Ord.
3627 § 2, 2007; Ord. 3320 § 3, 2000; Ord.
3147 § 1, 1997].
1. Code reviser's note: The provisions of interim Ord.
3921 expire November 31, 2013.
16.50.030 Operating restrictions
(Effective after November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except:
1. Public utilities and parks;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas,
and commercial parking lots;
3. Drive-in businesses;
4. Plant nurseries;
5. Seasonal farmers' markets;
6. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
7. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Performance Standards.
[Ord. 3921 § 5, 2013; Ord. 3902 § 3, 2012;
Ord. 3894 § 3, 2012; Ord. 3627 § 2, 2007; Ord.
3320 § 3, 2000; Ord. 3147 § 1, 1997].
16-16.13 (Revised 7/13)
16.53.000
Chapter 16.53
BP — PLANNED BUSINESS
Sections:
16.53.000 Purpose.
16.53.010 Uses.
16.53.020 Site development standards
16.53.000 Purpose.
The BP zone has the following specific pur-
poses in addition to the general purposes for
business and commercial zones listed in Chap-
ter 16.40 ECDC:
A. To reserve areas for those small scale
neighborhood -oriented retail stores, offices
and retail service establishments which offer
goods and services needed on an everyday
basis by residents of adjacent neighborhood
areas.
B. To ensure compact, convenient develop-
ment patterns which provide a transition to and
do not intrude into adjacent residential neigh-
borhoods.
C. To permit uses which allow for con-
trolled access by arterial traffic but which do
not contribute significantly to traffic conges-
tion.
D. To permit uses which provide for pedes-
trian 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 par-
cels. [Ord. 3127 § 1, 1997].
16.53.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Single-family dwellings in accor-
dance 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 clean-
ing stores and laundromats;
4. Art galleries;
5. Churches, subject to the requirements
of ECDC 17.100.020;
6. Primary and high schools subject to
the requirements of ECDC 17.100.050(G)
through (R);
7. Local public facilities subject to the
requirements of ECDC 17.100.050;
8. Neighborhood parks, natural open
spaces, and community parks with an adopted
master plan subject to the requirements of
ECDC 17.100.070.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Limited assembly or repair of goods
incidental to a permitted or conditional use;
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. Medical, dental and veterinary clin-
ics, including supporting uses such as pharma-
cies and laboratories. Veterinary clinics may
include the boarding of animals under veteri-
nary care but not commercial kennels;
2. Businesses open to the public be-
tween the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.;
3. Financial institutions;
4. Restaurants providing on -premises
service to seated or walk-in patrons;
5. 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, book-
stores, florists/nurseries, dry cleaning stores
and laundromats;
6. Local public facilities not planned,
designated, or sited in the capital improvement
plan, subject to the requirements of ECDC
17.100.050;
7. Day-care centers;
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Edmonds Community Development Code
16.53.020
8. Hospitals, convalescent homes, rest
homes, sanitariums;
9. Museums, art galleries, zoos, and
aquariums of primarily local concern that do
not meet the criteria for regional public facili-
ties as defined in ECDC 21.85.033;
10. Counseling centers and residential
treatment facilities for current alcoholics and
drug abusers;
11. Regional parks and community
parks without a master plan subject to the
requirements of ECDC 17.100.070.
D. Secondary Uses Requiring a Condi-
tional Use Permit.
1. Outdoor storage, incidental to a per-
mitted or conditional use.
E. Prohibited Uses. Any use not specifically
set forth herein, including but not limited to:
1. Automobile service stations;
2. Drive-in/drive-thru businesses. [Ord.
3353 § 5, 2001; Ord. 3127 § 1, 1997].
16.53.020 Site development standards.
A. Table. Except as hereinafter provided, development requirements shall be as follows:
Minimum Minimum Lot Minimum Minimum
Lot Area Width Street Setback Side/Rear Setback
BP None None 15' Nonel
Maximum
Height
25,2
Maximum
Floor Area
None
1 Fifteen feet from lot lines adjacent to R-zoned property.
Z Roof only may extend five feet above the stated height limit if all portions of the roof above the stated height have a slope of four
inches in 12 inches or greater.
B. Signs, Access, Parking and Design
Review. See Chapters 17.50, 20.10 and 20.60
ECDC. Sign standards shall be the same as
those for the BN — neighborhood business zon-
ing classification. Access to BP -zoned prop-
erty 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 setback. [Ord. 3127
§ 1, 1997].
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16.55.000
Chapter 16.55
CW — COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT
Sections:
16.55.000 Purposes.
16.55.010 Uses.
16.55.020 Site development standards.
16.55.030 Operating restrictions.
16.55.000 Purposes.
The CW zone has the following specific
purposes in addition to the general purposes
listed in Chapter 16.40 ECDC:
A. To reserve areas for water -dependent
and water -related uses and for uses which will
attract pedestrians to the waterfront;
B. To protect and enhance the natural fea-
tures of the waterfront, and encourage public
use of the waterfront;
C. To ensure physical and visual access to
the waterfront for the public.
16.55.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. Marine -oriented services;
2. Retail uses which are either marine -
oriented or pedestrian -oriented, excluding
drive-in businesses;
3. Petroleum products storage and dis-
tribution;
4. Offices, above the ground floor,
excluding medical, dental and veterinary clin-
ics;
5. Local public facilities with marine -
oriented services or recreation;
6. Neighborhood parks, natural open
spaces, and community parks with an adopted
master plan subject to the requirements of
ECDC 17.100.070.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Off-street parking and loading in con-
nection with a permitted use.
C. Secondary Uses Requiring a Conditional
Use Permit.
1. Aircraft landings as regulated by
Chapter 4.80 ECC;
2. Regional parks and community parks
without a master plan subject to the require-
ments of ECDC 17.100.070. [Ord. 3353 § 6,
2001; Ord. 2366 § 9, 1983; Ord. 2307, 1982;
Ord. 2283 § 6, 1982].
16.55.020 Site development standards.
A. Table.
Minimum Minimum Minimums Maximum Maximum
Lot Area Lot Width Setbacks Height Coverage
CW None None 15' landward of 30'2 None
bulkheads for
buildings; 60'
landward of bulk-
heads for parking
1 Fifteen feet from lot lines adjacent to R zoned property.
2 Tanks which are part of a petroleum products storage and distribu-
tion facility are allowed to be 48 feet in height.
B. Signs, Parking and Design Review. See
Chapters 17.50, 20.10 and 20.60 ECDC.
C. Satellite Television Antennas. Satellite
television antennas shall be regulated as set
forth in ECDC 16.20.050 and reviewed by the
architectural design board. [Ord. 2526 § 7,
1985].
16.55.030 Operating restrictions.
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building except for:
1. Petroleum products storage and dis-
tribution;
2. Sales, storage, repair and limited
building of boats;
3. Public parks;
4. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
5. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Nuisances. All uses shall comply with
Chapter 17.60 ECDC, Performance Standards.
[Ord. 3902 § 4, 2012; Ord. 3320 § 4, 2000].
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16.60.005
Chapter 16.60
CG — GENERAL COMMERCIAL: CG
AND CG2 ZONES
Sections:
16.60.000
CG and CG2 zones.
16.60.005
Purposes.
16.60.010
Uses.
16.60.015
Location standards for sexually
oriented businesses.
16.60.020
Site development standards —
General.
16.60.030
Site development standards —
Design standards.
16.60.040
Operating restrictions (Effective
until November 31, 2013).
16.60.040
Operating restrictions (Effective
after November 31, 2013).
16.60.000 CG and CG2 zones.
This chapter establishes the general com-
mercial zoning district comprised of two dis-
tinct zoning categories which are identical in
all respects except as specifically provided for
in ECDC 16.60.020(A). [Ord. 3635 § 1, 2007].
16.60.005 Purposes.
The CG and CG2 zones have the following
specific purposes in addition to the general
purposes for business and commercial zones
listed in Chapter 16.40 ECDC:
A. Encourage the development and reten-
tion of commercial uses which provide high
economic benefit to the city. Mixed -use and
transit -oriented developments are encouraged
which provide significant commercial uses as
a component of an overall mixed development
scheme.
B. Improve access and circulation for peo-
ple by encouraging a development pattern that
supports transit and pedestrian access.
Improve vehicular circulation and access to
support business and economic development.
C. Provide and encourage the opportunity
for different sections along the Highway 99
corridor to emphasize their unique characteris-
tics and development opportunities rather than
require the corridor to develop as an undiffer-
entiated continuum. New development should
be high -quality and varied — not generic — and
include amenities for pedestrians and patrons.
D. Encourage a variety of uses and building
types. A variety of uses and building types is
appropriate to take advantage of different
opportunities and conditions. Where desig-
nated in the comprehensive plan, the zoning
should encourage mixed -use or taller high-rise
development to occur.
E. Encourage development that is sensitive
to surrounding neighborhoods. Protect resi-
dential qualities and connect businesses with
the local community. Pedestrian connections
should be made available as part of new devel-
opment to connect residents to appropriate
retail and service uses.
F. New development should be allowed
and encouraged to develop to the fullest extent
possible while assuring that the design quality
and amenities provided contribute to the over-
all character and quality of the corridor. Where
intense development adjoins residential areas,
site design (including buffers, landscaping,
and the arrangement of uses) and building
design should be used to minimize adverse
impacts on residentially zoned properties.
G. Upgrade the architectural and landscape
design qualities of the corridor. Establish uni-
form signage regulations for all properties
within the corridor area which provide for
business visibility and commerce while mini-
mizing clutter and distraction to the public.
Make the corridor more attractive and pedes-
trian -friendly (e.g., add trees and landscaping)
through a combination of development
requirements and — when available — public
investment.
H. Within the corridor, high-rise nodes des-
ignated in the comprehensive plan should pro-
vide for maximum economic use of suitable
commercial land. High-rise nodes should be:
1. Supported by adequate services and
facilities;
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16.60.010
2. Designed to provide a visual asset to
the community through the use of distinctive
forms and materials, differentiated facades,
attractive landscaping, and similar techniques;
3. Designed to take advantage of differ-
ent forms of access, including automobile,
transit and pedestrian access;
4. Designed to provide adequate buffer-
ing from lower intensity uses and residential
neighborhoods. [Ord. 3635 § 1, 2007].
16.60.010 Uses.
A. Permitted Primary Uses.
1. All permitted or conditional uses in
any other zone in this title, except as specifi-
cally prohibited by subsection (C) of this sec-
tion or limited by subsection (D) of this
section;
2. Any additional use except as specifi-
cally prohibited by subsection (C) of this sec-
tion or limited by subsection (D) of this
section;
3. Halfway houses;
4. Sexually oriented businesses, which
shall comply with the location standards set
forth in ECDC 16.60.015, the development
regulations set forth in Chapter 17.50 ECDC,
and the licensing regulations set forth in Chap-
ter 4.52 ECC.
B. Permitted Secondary Uses.
1. Off-street parking and loading areas
to serve a permitted use.
2. Storage facilities or outdoor storage
areas secondary or integral to a permitted pri-
mary use, such as storage or display areas for
automobile sales, building materials or build-
ing supply sales, or garden/nursery sales. Such
outdoor storage or display areas shall be
designed and organized to meet the design
standards for parking areas for the CG zone
contained in this chapter.
C. Prohibited Uses.
1. Residential uses located within the
first or second story of any structure in areas
designated "Highway 99 Corridor" or "High -
Rise Node" on the comprehensive plan map.
There are two exceptions to this prohibition:
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16.60.040
b. Parking lots shall have lighting
poles with a maximum of 25 feet in height.
c. Pedestrian ways shall have low
height lighting focused on pathway area. Pole
height shall be a maximum of 14 feet, although
lighting bollards are preferred.
d. Entries shall have lighting for
safety and visibility integrated with the build-
ing/canopy.
D. Building Design and Massing.
1. Buildings shall convey a visually dis-
tinct "base" and "top." A "base" and "top" can
be emphasized in different ways, such as
masonry pattern, more architectural detail,
step -backs and overhangs, lighting, recesses,
visible "plinth" above which the wall rises,
storefront, canopies, or a combination thereof.
They can also be emphasized by using archi-
tectural elements not listed above, as
approved, that meet the intent.
2. In buildings with footprints of over
10,000 square feet, attention needs to be given
to scale, massing, and facade design so as to
reduce the effect of large single building
masses. Ways to accomplish this can include
articulation, changes of materials, offsets, set-
backs, angles or curves of facades, or by the
use of distinctive roof forms. This can also be
accomplished by using architectural elements
not listed above, as approved, that meet the
intent. Note that facade offsets or step -backs
should not be applied to the ground floor of
street -front facades in pedestrian -oriented
zones or districts.
3. Alternatives to massing requirements
may be achieved by:
a. Creation of a public plaza or other
open space which may substitute for a massing
requirement if the space is at least 1,000 square
feet in area. In commercial zones, this public
space shall be a public plaza with amenities
such as benches, tables, planters and other ele-
ments.
b. Retaining or reusing an historic
structure listed on the National Register or the
Edmonds register of historic places. Any addi-
tion or new building on the site must be
designed to be compatible with the historic
structure.
4. To ensure that buildings do not dis-
play blank, unattractive walls to the abutting
streets or residential properties, walls or por-
tions of walls abutting streets or visible from
residentially zoned properties shall have archi-
tectural treatment applied by incorporating at
least four of the following elements into the
design of the facade:
a. Masonry (except for flat concrete
block).
b. Concrete or masonry plinth at the
base of the wall.
c. Belt courses of a different texture
and color.
d. Projecting cornice.
e. Projecting metal canopy.
f. Decorative tilework.
g. Trellis containing planting.
h. Medallions.
i. Artwork or wall graphics.
j. Vertical differentiation.
k. Lighting fixtures.
1. An architectural element not listed
above, as approved, that meets the intent. [Ord.
3736 § 11, 2009; Ord. 3635 § 1, 2007].
16.60.040 Operating restrictions
(Effective until November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except the following:
1. Public utilities;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas;
3. Drive-in business;
4. Secondary uses permitted under
ECDC 16.60.010(B);
5. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
6. Public markets;
7. Outdoor dining meeting the criteria of
Chapter 17.75 ECDC;
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16.60.040
8. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC.
B. Interim Use Status — Public Markets.
1. Unless a public market is identified on
a business license as a year-round market
within the city of Edmonds, a premises
licensed as a public market shall be considered
a temporary use. As a temporary activity, the
city council finds that any signs or structures
used in accordance with the market do not
require design review. When a location is uti-
lized for a business use in addition to a public
market, the public market use shall not
decrease the required available parking for the
other business use below the standards estab-
lished by Chapter 17.50 ECDC. [Ord. 39211
§ 8, 2013; Ord. 3902 § 5, 2012; Ord. 3635 § 1,
2007].
16.60.040 Operating restrictions
(Effective after November 31,
2013).
A. Enclosed Building. All uses shall be car-
ried on entirely within a completely enclosed
building, except the following:
1. Public utilities;
2. Off-street parking and loading areas;
3. Drive-in business;
4. Secondary uses permitted under
ECDC 16.60.010(B);
5. Limited outdoor display of merchan-
dise meeting the criteria of Chapter 17.65
ECDC;
6. Community -oriented open air mar-
kets or seasonal farmers markets;
7. Outdoor dining meeting the criteria of
Chapter 17.75 ECDC;
8. Motorized and nonmotorized mobile
vending units meeting the criteria of Chapter
4.12 ECC. [Ord. 3921 § 8, 2013; Ord. 3902 § 5,
2012; Ord. 3635 § 1, 2007].
1. Code reviser's note: The provisions of interim Ord.
3921 expire November 31, 2013.
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Title 20
REVIEW CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES
Chapters:
20.00
Changes to the Comprehensive Plan .................................................
3
20.01
Types of Development Project Permits..............................................4
20.02
Development Project Permit Applications.........................................8
20.03
Public Notice Requirements.............................................................11
20.04
Consistency with Development Regulations and SEPA ...............12.3
20.04A
Expired........................................................................................12.4a
20.05
Conditional Use Permits..............................................................12.4b
20.06
Open Record Public Hearings.....................................................12.4c
20.07
Closed Record Appeals...............................................................12.4h
20.08
Development Agreements...........................................................
12.41
20.10
Design Review........................................................................
12.41(1)
20.11
General Design Review..............................................................
12.4n
20.12
District -Based Design Review ...................................................
12.4q
20.13
Landscaping Requirements........................................................
12.4v
20.15A
Environmental Review(SEPA).......................................................
13
20.15B
Repealed..........................................................................................
43
20.16
Essential Public Facilities................................................................
43
20.18
Group Homes...................................................................................
48
20.19
Home Day Care...............................................................................
49
20.20
Home Occupations..........................................................................
51
20.21
Accessory Dwelling Units............................................................
52.2
20.23
Bed and Breakfasts........................................................................54.1
20.25
Housing for the Low Income Elderly ...........................................
54.2
20.30
Joint Use of Parking........................................................................
56
20.35
Planned Residential Development (PRD).......................................
57
20.40
Rezones.........................................................................................62.4
20.45
Edmonds Register of Historic Places ...........................................
62.5
20.50
Wireless Communication Facilities .................................................
63
20.55
Shoreline Permits.............................................................................
69
20.60
Sign Code........................................................................................
70
20.65
Street Map Changes....................................................................
72.4g
20.70
Street Vacations...............................................................................
73
20.75
Subdivisions....................................................................................
76
20.80
Text and Map Changes....................................................................
86
20.85
Variances.........................................................................................
87
20.90
Repealed..........................................................................................
88
20.91
Repealed..........................................................................................
88
20.95
Repealed..........................................................................................
88
20-1 (Revised 7/13)
20.100 Miscellaneous Review......................................................................89
20.105 Repealed.......................................................................................... 91
20.110 Civil Violation —Enforcement Procedure......................................101
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Edmonds Community Development Code
20.70.050
Chapter 20.70
STREET VACATIONS
Sections:
20.70.000
Purpose.
20.70.010
Applicability.
20.70.020
Criteria for vacation.
20.70.030
City easement rights for public
utilities and services.
20.70.040
Limitations on vacations.
20.70.050
Initiation of proceedings.
20.70.060
Application requirements.
20.70.070
Public hearing — Date fixing.
20.70.080
Staff report preparation
20.70.090
Public notification — Contents
and distribution.
20.70.100
Vacation file content and
availability.
20.70.110
Public hearing — Required.
20.70.120
Public hearing — Continuation.
20.70.130
Public hearing — Presentation by
planning manager.
20.70.140
Final decision.
20.70.000 Purpose.
This chapter establishes the procedure and
criteria that the city will use to decide upon
vacations of streets, alleys, and public ease-
ments. [Ord. 2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.010 Applicability.
This chapter applies to each request for
vacation by city council or by petition. Note: if
the street to be vacated is shown on the official
street map (Chapter 19.80 ECDC), the
approved street vacation also changes the offi-
cial street map to remove the vacated street
(See Chapter 20.65 ECDC). [Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993].
20.70.020 Criteria for vacation.
The city council may vacate a street, alley,
or easement only if it finds that:
A. The vacation is in the public interest; and
B. No property will be denied direct access
as a result of the vacation. [Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993].
20.70.030 City easement rights for public
utilities and services.
In vacating a street, alley, or easement, the
city council may reserve for the city any ease-
ments or the right to exercise and grant any
easements for construction, repair and mainte-
nance of public utilities and services. [Ord.
3910 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.040 Limitations on vacations.
A. Areas that May Not Be Vacated. The
city may not vacate any street, alley, easement,
or part thereof that abuts any body of water
unless all elements of RCW 35.79.035 are
complied with, and the vacated area will
thereby become available for the city or other
public entity to acquire and to use for a public
purpose.
B. Objection by Property Owner. The city
shall not proceed with the vacation if the own-
ers of 50 percent or more of the property abut-
ting the street or alley or part thereof, or
underlying the easement or part thereof, to be
vacated file a written objection in the planning
division prior to the time of the hearing. [Ord.
2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.050 Initiation of proceedings.
A vacation may be initiated by:
A. City council; or
B. Petition of the owners of more than two-
thirds of property abutting the portion of the
street or alley to be vacated or, in the case of an
easement, two-thirds of property underlying
the portion of the easement to be vacated.
C. Hereafter within this chapter, where the
term "applicant" is used, if the city did not ini-
tiate the vacation, "applicant" shall refer to the
petitioning owner(s) of property abutting upon
the street or alley, or part thereof, subject to the
vacation request. [Ord. 3910 § 2, 2013; Ord.
2933 § 1, 1993].
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20.70.060
20.70.060 Application requirements.
An applicant may apply for a vacation by
submitting the following:
A. A vacation petition with supporting affi-
davits on forms provided by the planning divi-
sion;
B. A legal description of the street, alley,
easement, or part thereof to be vacated. This
legal description shall be prepared by a sur-
veyor registered in the state of Washington;
C. Fifteen paper copies of a site map show-
ing the street, alley, easement or part thereof to
be vacated and showing all properties with
subdivision, block, lots, and specifying open
and unopened rights -of -way for a radius of 400
feet from the street, alley, easement, or part
thereof, to be vacated. These site maps must be
at a scale of 1" = 50';
D. An 8-1/2-by-I I -inch clear plastic trans-
parency of the site map;
E. Address labels obtained from the Sno-
homish County comptroller's office contain-
ing the names and addresses of the owners of
all property within 300 feet of any boundary of
the street, alley, easement, or part thereof, to be
vacated;
F. A copy of the Snohomish County asses-
sor's map identifying the properties specified
in subsection E of this section;
G. Two copies of an appraisal prepared by
a qualified land appraiser with an M.A.I. des-
ignation, establishing the fair market value of
the street, alley, or part thereof to be vacated.
An appraisal is not required if a utility ease-
ment only is proposed to be vacated;
H. A completed application and fee as
established by ordinance;
I. If the property was originally dedicated
by one and only one of the abutting properties,
the designation of the property from which the
right-of-way was dedicated; and
J. Any additional information or material
that the manager of the planning division or
his/her appointee determines is reasonably
necessary for the city council to consider the
requested vacation. [Ord. 2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.070 Public hearing — Date fixing.
Subsequent to the completion of an applica-
tion, or initiation by city council, the city coun-
cil shall by resolution fix a time when the city
council will hold a public hearing on the pro-
posed vacation. The hearing will be not more
than 60 days nor less than 20 days after the date
of passage of the resolution. [Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993].
20.70.080 Staff report preparation.
A. Contents. The planning manager or
his/her designee shall prepare a staff report
containing the following information:
1. All pertinent application materials
submitted by the applicant;
2. All comments regarding the vacation
received in the planning division prior to dis-
tribution of the staff report;
3. An analysis of the requested vacation
in relation to the provisions of this chapter and
the applicable provisions of the comprehen-
sive plan; and
4. A recommendation on the vacation.
B. Distribution. Prior to the hearing, the
planning manager shall distribute this report to:
1. Each member of the city council; and
2. Each applicant (if applicable). [Ord.
2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.090 Public notification — Contents
and distribution.
A. Content. The city clerk shall prepare a
public notice containing the following infor-
mation:
1. A statement that a request to vacate
the street, alley, easement, or part thereof will
be considered by the city council;
2. A locational description in nonlegal
language along with a vicinity map that identi-
fies the street, alley, easement, or part thereof;
3. A statement of the time and place of
the public hearing before the city council;
4. A statement of the availability of the
vacation file;
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20.70.140
5. A statement of the right of any person
to submit written comments to the city council
prior to or at the public hearing and to appear
before the city council at the hearing to give
comments orally; and
6. A description of any easement under
consideration to be retained by the city. In the
event an easement is desired, but was not
included in the notice, the public hearing will
be continued to allow time for notice of the
easement to be provided.
B. Distribution. At least 20 calendar days
before the public hearing the planning man-
ager shall distribute the public notice as fol-
lows:
1. A copy will be sent to the owner of
each piece of property within 300 feet of any
boundary of the street, alley, easement, or part
thereof to be vacated;
2. A copy will be sent to each resident
living immediately adjacent to the street, alley,
easement, or part thereof to be vacated;
3. A copy will be published in the offi-
cial newspaper of the city;
4. At least three copies will be posted in
conspicuous public places in the city; and
5. At least three copies will be posted on
the street, alley, easement, or part thereof to be
vacated. [Ord. 3901 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993].
20.70.100 Vacation file content and
availability.
A. Content. The planning manager shall
compile a vacation file which contains all
information pertinent to the proposed vacation.
B. Availability. This file is a public record.
It is available for inspection and copying in the
planning division during regular business
hours. [Ord. 2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.110 Public hearing — Required.
The city council shall hold a public hearing
on each requested vacation. [Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993].
20.70.120 Public hearing — Continuation.
The city council may continue the hearing
if, for any reason, it is unable to hear all of the
public comments on the vacation, or if the city
council determines that it needs more informa-
tion on the vacation. If during the hearing, the
city council announces the time and place of
the next hearing on the vacation, no further
notice of the hearing need be given. [Ord. 2933
§ 1, 1993].
20.70.130 Public hearing — Presentation
by planning manager.
At the outset of the hearing, the planning
manager or his/her designee shall make a brief
presentation of:
A. An analysis of the requested vacation in
relation to the provision of this chapter and the
applicable provisions of the comprehensive
plan; and
B. A recommendation on the requested
vacation. [Ord. 2933 § 1, 1993].
20.70.140 Final decision.
A. Generally. Following the public hearing,
the city council shall, by motion approved by a
majority of the entire membership in a roll call
vote, either:
1. Adopt an ordinance granting the
vacation; or
2. Adopt a motion denying the vacation;
or
3. Adopt a resolution of intent to vacate
stating that the city council will, by ordinance,
grant the vacation if the owner(s) of property
abutting upon the street or alley, or part thereof
so vacated, meet specific conditions within 90
days. The city may require the following as
conditions:
a. Either:
i. Monetary compensation to be
paid to the city in the amount of up to one-half
the fair market value for the street, alley, or
part thereof to be vacated unless acquired at
"public expense," then full appraised value
shall be paid; or
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20.70.140
ii. The grant of a substitute public
right-of-way which has value as an access way
at least equal to the vacated street, alley, or part
thereof, or
iii. Any combination of subsec-
tions (A)(3)(a)(i) and (A)(3)(a)(ii) of this sec-
tion totaling but not more than one-half the fair
market value of the street, alley, or part thereof
to be vacated.
OR
b. A grant of an easement to the city
in exchange for the easement vacated.
If the abutting property owner(s) complies
with conditions imposed in the resolution of
intent to vacate within 90 days, the city council
shall adopt an ordinance granting the vacation.
B. Findings Required. As part of each ordi-
nance granting a vacation, motion denying a
vacation, or resolution of intent to vacate, the
city council shall adopt findings and conclu-
sions to support its decision.
C. Distribution. Within five working days
of the city council decision, the planning man-
ager shall mail a copy of the notice of decision
to the applicant and all persons who submit a
written or oral testimony at the city council's
hearing. [Ord. 3910 § 3, 2013; Ord. 2933 § 1,
1993; Ord. 2493, 1985].
Chapter 20.75
SUBDIVISIONS
Sections:
20.75.010 Citation of chapter.
20.75.020 Purposes.
20.75.025 Scope.
20.75.030 Subdivision defined.
20.75.035 Compliance required.
20.75.040 Application.
20.75.050 Lot line adjustment —
Application.
20.75.055 Lot combination.
20.75.060 Required information on
preliminary plats.
20.75.065 Preliminary review.
20.75.070 Formal subdivision — Time limit.
20.75.075 Modifications.
20.75.080 General findings.
20.75.085 Review criteria.
20.75.090 Park land dedication.
20.75.100 Preliminary approval — Time
limit.
20.75.105 Repealed.
20.75.110 Changes.
20.75.120 Review of improvement plans.
20.75.130 Installation of improvements.
20.75.135 Preparation of final plat.
20.75.140 Final plat — Required certificates.
20.75.145 Final plat — Accompanying
material.
20.75.150 Waiver of survey.
20.75.155 Review of final plat.
20.75.158 Short plat — Staff review.
20.75.160 Final plat — Filing for record.
20.75.165 Effect of rezones.
20.75.170 Further division — Short
subdivisions.
20.75.175 Court review.
20.75.180 Violation — Permits.
20.75.185 Penalties.
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20.75.040
20.75.010 Citation of chapter.
This chapter may be cited as the City of
Edmonds Subdivision Ordinance and shall
supplement and implement the state regula-
tions of plats, subdivisions and dedications
found in Chapter 58.17 RCW.
20.75.020 Purposes.
The purposes of this chapter are:
A. To regulate the subdivision of land and
to promote the public health, safety and gen-
eral welfare in accordance with state standards
to prevent overcrowding of land;
B. To lessen congestion in the streets and
highways;
C. To facilitate adequate provisions for
water, utilities, sewerage, storm drainage,
parks and recreation areas, sites for schools
and playgrounds, and other public require-
ments;
D. To provide for proper ingress and
egress;
E. To require uniform monumenting of
subdivisions and accurate legal descriptions of
subdivided lots.
20.75.025 Scope.
This chapter shall apply to all divisions of
land for any purpose except those set forth in
RCW 58.17.040, including but not limited to:
A. Divisions for cemetery plots or other
burial plots;
B. Divisions made by testamentary provi-
sions, or by the laws of descent;
C. Divisions for the purpose of lease when
no residential structure other than mobile
homes or travel trailers are permitted to be
placed upon the land and the city of Edmonds
has approved a binding site plan for the use of
the land in accordance with this chapter.
Divisions under subsections A and B of this
section will not be recognized as lots for build-
ing purposes unless all applicable require-
ments of this chapter are met.
20.75.030 Subdivision defined.
A. "Subdivision" means a division of land
into lots of any size for the purpose of sale. The
term subdivision includes all resubdivisions of
land, short subdivisions, and formal subdivi-
sions. The term lot includes tracts, parcels,
sites and divisions. The term sale includes
lease gift or development or any purpose not
excepted in this section. When reference to
"subdivision" is made in this code, it is
intended to refer to both "formal subdivision"
and "short subdivision" unless one or the other
is specified.
B. "Formal subdivision" means a subdivi-
sion of five or more lots.
C. "Short subdivision" means a subdivision
of four or fewer lots.
20.75.035 Compliance required.
Any person wishing to create a subdivision
or lot line adjustment must first comply with
this chapter.
20.75.040 Application.
Applications for subdivisions shall be made
to the community development director on
forms provided by the community develop-
ment department. A subdivision application
will be processed concurrently with any appli-
cations for rezones, variances, planned unit
developments, site plan approvals and other
similar approvals, that relate to the proposed
subdivision, unless the applicant expressly
requests sequential processing. The applica-
tion shall contain the following items in addi-
tion to those specified in ECDC 20.02.002:
A. A reproducible copy of the preliminary
plat and the number of prints required by the
community development department;
B. Title report;
C. A survey map, if required by the com-
munity development director, of the exterior
boundaries of the land to be subdivided, pre-
pared by, and bearing the seal and signature of,
a professional land surveyor registered in the
state of Washington. This map can be com-
bined with the preliminary ECDC 20.75.050
plat at the applicant's option;
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21.30.010
Chapter 21.25
"E" TERMS
Sections:
21.25.010 Easement.
21.25.020 Equipment shelter or cabinet.
21.25.100 Expressive dance.
21.25.010 Easement.
Land which has specific air, surface, or sub-
surface rights conveyed for use by an entity
other than the owner of the subject property or
to benefit some property other than the subject
property. [Ord. 2924 § 1, 1993].
21.25.020 Equipment shelter or cabinet.
Equipment shelter or cabinet is a room, cab-
inet or building used to house equipment for
utility or service providers (see Title 22, Plates
1 — 4). [Ord. 3099 § 6, 1996].
21.25.100 Expressive dance.
Expressive dance means any dance which,
when considered in the context of the entire
performance, constitutes an expression of art,
theme, story or ideas, but excluding any dance
such as, but not limited to, common barroom -
type topless dancing which, when considered
in the context of the entire performance, is pre-
sented primarily as a means of displaying
nudity as a sales device or for other commer-
cial exploitation without substantial expres-
sion of theme, story or ideas, and the conduct
appeals to the prurient interest, depicts sexual
conduct in a patently offensive way and lacks
serious literary, artistic, political or scientific
value. [Ord. 3117 § 8, 1996].
Chapter 21.30
"F" TERMS
Sections:
21.30.010
Families.
21.30.014
Expired.
21.30.020
Fence.
21.30.030
Flag lot.
21.30.035
Float, recreational.
21.30.040
Floor area.
21.30.050
Formal subdivision.
21.30.060
Foster home.
21.30.070
Fraternity.
21.30.080
Repealed.
21.30.010 Families.
A. Family means individuals consisting of
two or more persons related by genetics, adop-
tion, or marriage, or a group of five or fewer
persons who are not related by genetics, adop-
tion, or marriage and none of whom are wards
of the court unless such wards are related by
genetics, adoption, or marriage to all of the
members of such group living in a dwelling
unit.
B. The term "family" shall include:
1. State licensed adult family homes
required to be recognized as residential use
pursuant to RCW 70.128.180;
2. State licensed foster family homes
and group care facilities as defined in RCW
74.15.180, subject to the exclusion of subsec-
tion (C) of this section;
3. Group homes for the disabled required
to be accommodated as residential uses pursu-
ant to the Fair Housing Act amendments as the
same exists or is hereafter amended.
C. The term "family" shall exclude individ-
uals residing in halfway houses, crisis residen-
tial centers as defined in RCW 74.15.020(3)(g),
group homes licensed for juvenile offenders, or
other facilities, whether or not licensed by the
state, where individuals are incarcerated or oth-
erwise required to reside pursuant to court
order under the supervision of paid staff and
personnel.
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21.30.014
D. Calculation of Residents. When calculat-
ing the number of unrelated persons residing in
a single-family dwelling unit, the following
rules shall apply:
1. When one or more unrelated persons
reside with a family whose members are
related by genetics, adoption or marriage, the
total number of residents shall not exceed five
persons except as provided in subsection
(D)(2) of this section.
2. A family unit consisting entirely of
persons related by genetics, adoption or mar-
riage may rent a room to a total of two addi-
tional renters, or up to two students as a part of
a recognized foreign exchange program or
similar educational, nonprofit program, or a
combination of a renter and such student to a
total of two additional persons. The additional
renters and/or foreign exchange students, to a
maximum of two, shall not be considered
when calculating the number of unrelated per-
sons residing in a dwelling unit under subsec-
tion (D)(1) of this section. Three or more
renters and/or students shall be considered as
unrelated individuals and all persons residing
in a dwelling unit, regardless of whether a por-
tion of them are related by genetics, adoption
or marriage, shall be considered when deter-
mining the total unrelated persons residing at a
site.
3. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).
When an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is
approved pursuant to Chapter 20.21 ECDC,
only one of the dwelling units, either the pri-
mary residence or the ADU, shall be used to
house renters and/or unrelated persons who are
students. Occupancy of the ADU shall not
exceed one family as defined in subsection (A)
of this section.
4. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to
limit normal hosting activities associated with
residential use. [Ord. 3571 § 1, 2005; Ord.
3557, 2005; Ord. 3533 § 1, 2005; Ord. 3511,
2004; Ord. 3184 § 1, 1998].
21.30.014 Farmers' market.
Expired. [Ord. 3894 § 1, 20121.
21.30.020 Fence.
Fence means any construction of wood,
metal, masonry or other nonliving material
which provides a visual and/or physical
obstruction to an observer at ground level. This
definition shall exclude any portion of a retain-
ing wall which is below finished grade and
which is contiguous with the fence. Any por-
tion of a base or foundation for the fence which
does not serve a necessary and bona fide pur-
pose of retaining earth shall not be considered
a retaining wall but rather a part of the fence.
[Ord. 3491 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2772 § 2, 1990].
21.30.030 Flag lot.
Flag lot means a lot which has a frontage of
less than one-half of the minimum lot width on
the principal street or principal access ease-
ment. Flag lots are also known as pipestem lots
or panhandle lots. (See also, Lot.)
21.30.035 Float, recreational.
A recreational float is an offshore platform
used for water -dependent activities such as
swimming and diving. [Ord. 2605 § 4, 1987].
21.30.040 Floor area.
Floor area means the sum of the gross hori-
zontal areas of the floors of a building or build-
ings, measured from the exterior faces of
exterior walls and from the centerline of divi-
sion walls. Floor area shall include: basement
space, elevator shafts and stairwell at each
floor, mechanical equipment rooms or attic
spaces with headroom of seven feet six inches
or more, penthouse floors, interior balconies
and mezzanines, and enclosed porches. Floor
area shall not include: accessory water tanks
and cooling towers, mechanical equipment or
attic spaces with headroom of less than seven
feet six inches, exterior steps or stairs, terraces,
breezeways, and open spaces.
21.30.050 Formal subdivision.
(See ECDC 20.75.030.)
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Chapter 21.75
"O" TERMS
Sections:
21.75.010
Office.
21.75.020
Off-street parking.
21.75.030
Open space.
21.75.080
Other sexually oriented business.
21.75.120
Outdoor dining area.
21.75.010 Office.
Office means a building or separately
defined space within a building used for a busi-
ness which does not include on -premises sales
of goods or commodities.
21.75.020 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking means motor vehicle
parking facilities within the lot area of a pri-
vate lot or public lot established for that pur-
pose. (See also, Private Parking and
Commercial Parking Lot.)
21.75.030 Open space.
Open space means any part of a lot unob-
structed from the ground upward.
21.75.080 Other sexually oriented
business.
An other sexually oriented business is any
commercial establishment not defined herein
where adult entertainment or sexually oriented
materials is regularly conducted, displayed, or
available in any form, for any type of consid-
eration; provided, however, that a public
library and a school, university, or similar edu-
cational or scientific facility shall not be con-
sidered a sexually oriented business. In
addition, a commercial establishment that
offers access to telecommunications networks
as a principal business purpose shall not be
considered a sexually oriented business unless
the access is provided for the primary purpose
of displaying or presenting materials or visual
images that are distinguished or characterized
by a predominant emphasis on matters depict-
ing, describing, or simulating any specified
sexual activities or any specified sexual ana-
tomical areas. [Ord. 3117 § 9, 1996].
21.75.120 Outdoor dining area.
An outdoor dining area is a portion of a
property utilized by a licensed food or bever-
age establishment for the seating of customers
for their consumption of food or beverages
served by the establishment. An outdoor din-
ing area is not located within a completely
enclosed building, but is instead located out-
side the building, such as on an outdoor patio
or deck. The area may be open to the elements
or may be covered by a roof or awning or par-
tially enclosed. A portion of a dining area
within an enclosed building that is temporarily
opened to the outdoors (such as by opening
windows, doors, or walls) is not considered to
be an outdoor dining area. An outdoor dining
area must be located on property outside of the
city right-of-way. [Ord. 3871 § 2, 2012].
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21.80.005
Chapter 21.80
"P" TERMS
Sections:
21.80.005 Parks and recreation special use
areas.
21.80.010
Permitted use.
21.80.020
Permit coordinator.
21.80.030
Person.
21.80.040
Pedestrian -bike path.
21.80.050
Petroleum products storage and
distributing.
21.80.055
Pier.
21.80.060
Planning advisory board.
21.80.065
Planning official.
21.80.070
Primary use.
21.80.080
Private.
21.80.090
Private parking.
21.80.095
Project permit or project permit
application.
21.80.100
Repealed.
21.80.103
Public market (Effective until
November 31, 2013).
21.80.105
Public meeting.
21.80.005 Parks and recreation special
use areas.
Parks and recreation special use areas mean
public facilities used for specialized recre-
ational, educational, or community purposes.
Special use areas include miscellaneous pub-
licly owned facilities that do not generally
meet the classification criteria for neighbor-
hood, community, regional, or waterfront park
areas. Special use areas often include various
types of indoor facilities. Examples of special
use areas in Edmonds include the Meadowdale
Clubhouse, Historical Museum, and Frances
Anderson Center. Parks and recreation special
use areas are a type of local public facilities.
[Ord. 3353 § 18, 2001].
21.80.010 Permitted use.
Permitted use means a use not requiring a
conditional use permit. (See also, Use.)
21.80.020 Permit coordinator.
Permit coordinator means the community
development director or other person desig-
nated by the mayor.
21.80.030 Person.
Person means any person, firm, business,
corporation, partnership, or other association
or organization, marital community, municipal
corporation, special district or governmental
agency, and includes the plural such as per-
sons, firms, etc.
21.80.040 Pedestrian -bike path.
(See Bike -Pedestrian Path.)
21.80.050 Petroleum products storage
and distributing.
Petroleum products storage and distribution
means the receipt of petroleum products, gen-
erally by pipeline or marine vessels and the
storage and loading of petroleum products for
distribution to petroleum bulk plants and to
customers and automotive service stations;
and all related operations, including but not
limited to, the operation and maintenance of
trucks and equipment, the handling of prod-
ucts, merchandise and materials, the provision
of customer services related to the petroleum
distribution business, and the compounding,
blending, packaging and shipping of lube oils
and greases.
21.80.055 Pier.
A pier is a fixed structure which abuts the
shoreline and is used for moorage or other
water -related activities such as swimming and
diving. [Ord. 2605 § 5, 1987].
21.80.060 Planning advisory board.
Planning advisory board means the planning
advisory board of the city of Edmonds, estab-
lished in Chapter 10.40 ECC.
21.80.065 Planning official.
The manager of the planning division or
his/her designee. [Ord. 2925 § 1, 1993].
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21.80.105
21.80.070 Primary use.
Primary use means the principal use of a
property. (See also, Use.)
21.80.080 Private.
Private means for the noncommercial use of
the occupant and guests of the occupant.
21.80.090 Private parking.
Private parking means parking facilities for
the noncommercial use of the occupant and
guests of the occupant, including garages and
carports. (See also, Off -Street Parking and
Commercial Parking Lots.)
21.80.095 Project permit or project
permit application.
Project permit or project permit application
for purposes of the ECDC means any land use
or environmental permit or license required by
the ECDC for a project action, including but
not limited to building permits, subdivisions,
binding site plans, planned unit developments,
conditional uses, shoreline substantial devel-
opment permits, site plan review, permits or
approvals required by critical areas ordi-
nances, site -specific rezones authorized by a
comprehensive plan or sub -area plan, but
excluding the adoption or amendment of a
comprehensive plan, subarea plan, or develop-
ment regulations except as otherwise specifi-
cally included in this subsection. [Ord. 3112 §
36, 1996].
21.80.100 Projecting sign.
Repealed by Ord. 3313.
21.80.103 Public market (Effective until
November 31, 2013).
Public market shall mean an indoor and/or
outdoor retail market open to the public con-
sisting of two or more independent vendors,
with each vendor operating independently
from other vendors and subleasing booths,
stalls or tables for the purpose of selling farm -
grown or home-grown produce, food, flowers,
plants or other similar perishable goods, and
new wares, used goods or merchandise. [Ord.
39211 § 1, 2013].
21.80.105 Public meeting.
Public meeting for purposes of the ECDC
means an informal meeting, hearing, work-
shop, or other public gathering of people to
obtain comments from the public or other
agencies on a proposed project permit prior to
the decisionmaking body's decision. A public
meeting may include, but is not limited to, an
architectural design board meeting or a scop-
ing meeting on a draft environmental impact
statement. A public meeting does not include
an open record hearing. The proceedings at a
public meeting may be recorded and a report or
recommendation may be included in the city's
project permit file. [Ord. 3112 § 37, 1996].
1. Code reviser's note: The provisions of interim Ord.
3921 expire November 31, 2013.
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21.85.010
Chapter 21.85
"R" TERMS
Sections:
21.85.010
Rear lot line.
21.85.015
Expired.
21.85.020
Rear setback.
21.85.030
Recreation facilities.
21.85.031
Regional park.
21.85.033
Regional public facilities.
21.85.035
Related equipment.
21.85.040
Restaurant.
21.85.050
Retirement home.
21.85.060
Riding academy.
21.85.070
Roof.
21.85.080
Rooming house.
21.85.010 Rear lot line.
Rear lot line means a line or lines which are
opposite and most distant from the street lot
line. (See also, Lot Line.)
21.85.015 Rainwater collection tank.
Expired. [Ord. 3682 § 3, 2008].
21.85.020 Rear setback.
Rear setback means the minimum distance
required by this code for a building or structure
to be set back from the rear lot line. [Ord. 3602
§ 3, 2006; Ord. 3586 § 4, 2006; Ord. 3567 § 4,
2005; Ord. 3544 § 4, 2005; Ord. 3522 § 4,
2004].
21.85.030 Recreation facilities.
Recreation facilities means uses such as
boat or yacht clubs, swimming pools, athletic
clubs, golf, and country clubs, tennis courts,
and so forth.
21.85.031 Regional park.
Regional park means a public recreation facil-
ity designed and located to serve an entire
region. Regional parks are usually large in size
and often include areas of natural quality suit-
able for outdoor recreation activities such as
golfing, picnicking, boating, fishing, swimming,
camping and hiking. [Ord. 3353 § 19, 2001].
21.85.033 Regional public facilities.
Regional public facilities mean any commu-
nity facilities primarily sited, designed, con-
structed, and operated for the purpose of
providing services or recreation to the general
public on a regional or national basis. Regional
public facilities include, but are not limited to:
airports, concert halls, museums, zoos, aquari-
ums, universities, colleges, trade schools, cem-
eteries, central or primary government offices,
sewage treatment facilities, solid waste facili-
ties, commuter parking lots, regional transit
centers, and stadiums. Facilities associated
with and sited with schools are not intended to
be regulated as separate regional public facili-
ties. [Ord. 3353 § 20, 2001].
21.85.035 Related equipment.
Related equipment is all equipment ancillary
to the transmission and reception of voice and
data via radio frequencies. Such equipment
may include, but is not limited to, cable, con-
duit and connectors. [Ord. 3099 § 14, 1996].
21.85.040 Restaurant.
Restaurant means a building where food is
sold to the public for on -premises consump-
tion or to go. It may include alcoholic beverage
service only if under a class C, D, or H state
liquor license.
21.85.050 Retirement home.
Retirement home means a place of resi-
dence for several families or individuals in
apartment -like quarters, which may feature
services such as limited nursing facilities, min-
imum maintenance living accommodations,
and recreation programs and facilities.
21.85.060 Riding academy.
Riding academy means an establishment
where horses are kept for riding, driving, or
stabling for compensation or as an accessory
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21.90.008
use in the operation of a club, association,
ranch or similar establishment.
21.85.070 Roof.
Roof means the top covering of a building or
structure.
21.85.080 Rooming house.
Rooming house means a boarding house.
Chapter 21.90
"S" TERMS
Sections:
21.90.006
Satellite television antenna.
21.90.008
School.
21.90.009
Repealed.
21.90.010
Secondary use.
21.90.011
Service club.
21.90.012
Service station, automobiles.
21.90.014
Service station, self.
21.90.020
Setback.
21.90.024
Sexually oriented business.
21.90.025
Sexually oriented materials.
21.90.030
Short subdivision.
21.90.040
Side lot line.
21.90.050
Side setback.
21.90.060
Sidewalk or trail.
21.90.070
Repealed.
21.90.080
Single-family dwelling (unit).
21.90.090
Site.
21.90.095
Small animal hospital.
21.90.100
Sorority.
21.90.101
Specified anatomical areas.
21.90.102
Specified sexual activities.
21.90.110
Story.
21.90.120
Street.
21.90.130
Street lot line.
21.90.140
Street setback.
21.90.150
Structure.
21.90.160
Structural alterations.
21.90.170
Subdivision.
21.90.006 Satellite television antenna.
A satellite television antenna is an apparatus
capable of receiving communications from a
transmitter or a transmitter relay located in
planetary orbit. [Ord. 2526 § 1, 1985. For-
merly 21.90.008].
21.90.008 School.
School means public facilities consisting of
grounds and facilities primarily used or dedi-
cated for the academic education of students
from preschool through the twelfth grade and
licensed or accredited pursuant to RCW Title
28A. "Primary schools" are schools used or
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21.90.009
dedicated for the education of students from
preschool through the eighth grade. "High
schools" are schools used or dedicated for the
academic education of students from ninth
grade through the twelfth grade. Schools are
considered to include all school buildings,
structures, ballfields, stadiums, and other
grounds or facilities that are primarily dedi-
cated for educational uses, or to the support of
educational uses. [Ord. 3353 § 21, 2001].
21.90.009 Seasonal farmers' market.
Repealed by Ord. 3921. [Ord. 3103 § 2,
1996].
21.90.010 Secondary use.
Secondary use means a use of a site which is
secondary and subordinate to the primary use
of the site, and may exist only when a primary
use is existing on the same lot. The floor area
devoted to all secondary uses shall be less than
that devoted to the primary use.
21.90.011 Service club.
A service club is a bona fide charitable, non-
discriminatory fraternal, or service organiza-
tion, incorporated as a not -for -profit organiza-
tion under the laws of the state of Washington,
recognized as a tax exempt organization by the
Internal Revenue Service, and performing
community service within the city of Edmonds.
[Ord. 2710, 1989].
21.90.012 Service station, automobiles.
An automobile station means a business that
provides for any or all of the following:
A. The sale of gasoline, diesel or other fuels
used for the propulsion of motor vehicles,
when such products are delivered directly into
the fuel tanks of automobiles.
B. The servicing of motor vehicles and
operations incidental thereto, incidental to the
retail sale of fuels, petroleum products and
automotive accessories; automobile washing
by hand; waxing and polishing of automobiles;
auto detailing; tire changing and repairing
(excluding recapping); battery service whether
charging or replacement, excluding repair and
rebuilding; radiator cleaning and flushing,
excluding steam cleaning and repair; and
installation of automotive accessories.
C. The following services if performed
entirely within a building: lubrication of motor
vehicles; brake service limited to servicing and
replacement of brake cylinders, aligns and
brake shoes; wheel balancing; inspection, test-
ing, adjustment, and replacement or servicing
of carburetors, coils, condensers, distributor
caps, fan belts, filters, generators, points,
rotors, spark plugs, voltage regulators, water
and fuel pumps, water hoses and wiring, muf-
flers and tail pipes, and pollution control
devices and equipment. [Ord. 2660 § 3, 1988].
21.90.014 Service station, self.
For the purposes of this code a "self-service
station" means an automobile service station at
which one or more of the fuel dispensing
pumps is designated for operation by the retail
gasoline consumer. [Ord. 2660 § 4, 1988].
21.90.020 Setback.
Setback means the minimum distance that
buildings/structures or uses must be set back
from a lot line, excluding up to 30 inches of
eaves. (See also, Rear Setback, Side Setback,
and Street Setback.)
21.90.024 Sexually oriented business.
A sexually oriented business is a commer-
cial establishment defined as an adult arcade,
adult cabaret, adult motel, adult motion picture
theater, adult retail store, or other sexually ori-
ented business. [Ord. 3117 § 7, 1996].
(Revised 7/13) 21-20.2
Title 22
DESIGN STANDARDS
Chapters:
22.43 Design Standards for the BD Zones...................................................3
22.100 Firdale Village Site Design Standards.............................................8.1
22-1 (Revised 7/13)
Edmonds Community Development Code
22.43.020
Chapter 22.43
DESIGN STANDARDS
FOR THE BD ZONES
Sections:
22.43.000
Applicability.
22.43.010
Massing and articulation.
22.43.020
Orientation to street.
22.43.030
Ground level details.
22.43.040
Awnings/canopies and signage.
22.43.050
Transparency at street level.
22.43.060
Treating blank walls.
22.43.070
Building HVAC equipment.
22.43.000 Applicability.
The design standards in this chapter apply to
all development within the BD1, BD2, BD3,
and BD4 downtown zones, except for multi-
family buildings in the BD4 zone. [Ord. 3918
§ 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2, 2008].
22.43.010 Massing and articulation.
A. Intent. To reduce the massiveness and
bulk of large box -like buildings, and articulate
the building form to a pedestrian scale.
B. Standards.
1. Buildings shall convey a visually dis-
tinct base and top. A "base" can be emphasized
by a different masonry pattern, more architec-
tural detail, visible plinth above which the wall
rises, storefront, canopies, or a combination.
The top edge is highlighted by a prominent
cornice, projecting parapet or other architec-
tural element that creates a shadow line.
Buildings should convey a distinct base and
top.
The base can be emphasized by different
material(s).
2. Building facades shall respect and
echo historic patterns. Where a single building
exceeds the historic building width pattern, use
a change in design features (such as a combi-
nation of materials, windows or decorative
details) to suggest the traditional building
widths. [Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord.
3697 § 2, 2008].
22.43.020 Orientation to street.
A. Intent. To reinforce pedestrian activity
and orientation and enhance the liveliness of
the street through building design.
B. Standards.
1. Building frontages shall be primarily
oriented to the adjacent street, rather than to a
parking lot or alley.
2. Entrances to buildings in the BD1,
BD2 and BD4 zones shall be visible from the
street and accessible from the adjacent side-
walk.
22-3 (Revised 7/13)
22.43.030
3. Entrances shall be given a visually
distinct architectural expression by one or
more of the following elements:
a. Higher bay(s);
b. Recessed entry (recessed at least
three feet);
c. Forecourt and entrance plaza.
Campy
Buildings shall be oriented to the street.
Entrances shall be given visually distinct
expression.
[Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2,
2008].
22.43.030 Ground level details.
A. Intent. To reinforce the character of the
streetscape by encouraging the greatest
amount of visual interest along the ground
level of buildings facing pedestrian streets.
B. Standards.
1. Ground -floor, street -facing facades of
commercial and mixed -use buildings shall
incorporate at least five of the following ele-
ments:
a. Lighting or hanging baskets sup-
ported by ornamental brackets;
b. Medallions;
c. Belt courses;
d. Plinths for columns;
e. Bulkhead for storefront window;
f. Projecting sills;
g. Tile work;
h. Transom or clerestory windows;
i. Planter box;
j. An element not listed here, as
approved, that meets the intent.
2. Ground floor commercial space is
intended to be accessible and at grade with the
sidewalk, as provided for in ECDC 16.43.030.
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22.43.040
Ground floor details encourage visual interest
along the ground level of buildings facing
pedestrian streets.
[Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2,
2008].
22.43.040 Awnings/canopies and signage.
A. Intent.
1. To integrate signage and weather pro-
tection with building design to enhance busi-
ness visibility and the public streetscape.
2. To provide clear signage to identify
each business or property, and to improve
way -finding for visitors.
3. To protect the streetscape from
becoming cluttered, and to minimize distrac-
tion from overuse of advertisement elements.
B. Standards.
1. Structural canopies are encouraged
along pedestrian street fronts. If a canopy is
not provided, then an awning shall be provided
which is attached to the building using a metal
or other framework.
2. Awnings and canopies shall be open -
sided to enhance visibility of business signage.
Front valances are permitted. Signage is
allowed on valances, but not on valance
returns.
3. Marquee, box, or convex awning or
canopy shapes are not permitted.
4. Retractable awnings are encouraged.
5. Awnings or canopies shall be located
within the building elements that frame store-
fronts, and should not conceal important archi-
tectural details. Awnings or canopies should
be hung just below a clerestory or transom
window, if it exists.
6. Awnings or canopies on a multiple -
storefront building should be consistent in
character, scale and position, but need not be
identical.
Open -sided nonstructural awning with front
valance.
Open -sided structural canopy.
22-5
(Revised 7/13)
22.43.040
7. Nonstructural awnings should be con-
structed using canvas or fire-resistant acrylic
materials. Shiny, high -gloss materials are not
appropriate; therefore, vinyl or plastic awning
materials are not permitted.
8. Signage should be designed to inte-
grate with the building and street front. Com-
binations of sign types are encouraged, which
result in a coordinated design while minimiz-
ing the size of individual signs.
9. Blade or projecting signs which
include decorative frames, brackets or other
design elements are preferred. Projecting signs
(including blade signs) of four square feet or
less are permitted and are not counted when
calculating the amount of signage permitted
for a business in Chapter 20.60 ECDC. This
type of detail can be used to satisfy one of the
required elements under ECDC 22.43.030(B).
10. Use graphics or symbols to reduce
the need to have large expanses of lettering.
11. Instead of broadly lighting the face
of the sign, signage should be indirectly lit, or
backlit to only display lettering and symbols or
graphic design.
12. Signage should be given special
consideration when it is consistent with or con-
tributes to the historic character of sites on the
National Register, the Edmonds Register of
Historic Places, or on a city council -approved
historic survey.
13. Signage shall include decorative
frames, brackets or other design elements. An
historic sign may be used to meet this standard.
Retractable and open -sided awnings allow
signage to be visible.
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22.43.050
Awning or
canopy
shapes:
Examples of projecting
signs using decorative
frames and design ele-
ments.
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[Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2,
2008].
22.43.050 Transparency at street level.
A. Intent. To provide visual connection
between activities inside and outside the build-
ing.
B. Standards.
1. The ground level facades of buildings
that face a designated street front shall have
transparent windows covering a minimum of
75 percent of the building facade that lies
between an average of two feet and 10 feet
above grade.
2. To qualify as transparent, windows
shall not be mirrored or darkly tinted glass, or
prohibit visibility between the street and inte-
rior.
3. Where transparency is not required,
the facade shall comply with the standards
under ECDC 22.43.060.
Ground level facades of buildings should have
transparent windows between two to 10 feet
above grade.
Windows shall provide a visual connection
between activities inside and outside the build-
ing, and therefore should not be mirrored or
use darkly tinted glass.
4. Within the BD 1 zone, ground floor
windows parallel to street lot lines shall be
transparent and unobstructed by curtains,
blinds, or other window coverings intended to
22-7 (Revised 7/13)
22.43.060
obscure the interior from public view from the
sidewalk.* [Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord.
3697 § 2, 2008].
*Code reviser's note: Subsection (B)(4) of this section
was formerly codified as ECDC 16.43.030(B)(10)(g).
22.43.060 Treating blank walls.
A. Intent. To ensure that buildings do not
display blank, unattractive walls to the abut-
ting street.
B. Standards.
1. Walls or portions of walls on abutting
streets or visible from residential areas where
windows are not provided shall have architec-
tural treatment (see standards under ECDC
22.43.050). At least five of the following ele-
ments shall be incorporated into any ground
floor, street -facing facade:
a. Masonry (except for flat, nondeco-
rative concrete block);
b. Concrete or masonry plinth at the
base of the wall;
c. Belt courses of a different texture
and color;
d. Projecting cornice;
e. Decorative tile work;
f. Medallions;
g. Opaque or translucent glass;
h. Artwork or wall graphics;
i. Lighting fixtures;
j. Green walls;
k. An architectural element not listed
above, as approved, that meets the intent.
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Buildings shall not display blank, unattractive
walls to the abutting street.
[Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2,
2008].
22.43.070 Building HVAC equipment.
A. Intent. To ensure that HVAC equip-
ment, elevators, and other building utility fea-
tures are designed to be a part of the overall
building design and do not detract from the
streetscape.
B. Standards.
1. Rooftop HVAC equipment, elevators
and other rooftop features shall be designed to
fit in with the materials and colors of the over-
all building design. These features shall be
located away from the building edges to avoid
their being seen from the street below. If these
features can be seen from the adjoining street,
building design shall use screening, decora-
tion, plantings (e.g., rooftop gardens), or other
techniques to integrate these features with the
design of the building.
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22.100.000
2. When HVAC equipment is placed at
ground level, it shall be integrated into build-
ing design and/or use screening techniques to
avoid both visual and noise impacts on adjoin-
ing properties.
Rooftop equipment should be screened from
view.
[Ord. 3918 § 2 (Att. 2), 2013; Ord. 3697 § 2,
2008].
Chapter 22.100
FIRDALE VILLAGE SITE
DESIGN STANDARDS
Sections:
22.100.000
Applicability and goals.
22.100.010
Site design and planning.
22.100.020
Architectural design.
22.100.030
Pedestrian orientation, outdoor
spaces and amenities.
22.100.040
Vehicular access and parking.
22.100.050
Site landscaping and screening
elements.
22.100.060
Signage.
22.100.070
Site lighting.
22.100.080
Safety issues.
22.100.090
Sustainable design.
22.100.100
Definitions.
Aerial view of existing Firdale Village site.
22.100.000 Applicability and goals.
A. Applicability. The design standards in
this chapter apply to all development within
the Firdale Village MU zone, including the
subdistricts contained within the larger zone.
The design standards use imperative lan-
guage such as "shall" and "must" to indicate
high priority features and a strong directive
toward satisfying the standards' intent. Words
such as "should" and "may" indicate desirable
conditions or elements that are strongly
encouraged.
22-8.1 (Revised 7/13)
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Edmonds Community Development Code
Ordinance Table
2950 9/7/93
Repeal § 18.40.030, conditional use
(20.10, 20.12, 20.18, 20.19, 20.40, 20.55,
permit, grading (Repealed by 3818)
20.60, 20.75, 20.80, 20.90, 20.91, 20.95,
2951 9/7/93
Amend Ch. 20.20 re: home occupation
20.100)
(Repealed by 3840)
3080 4/2/96
Adds § 20.80.020(C), text and map
2952 9/28/93
Amend § 15.00.020(a)(17) (15.00)
changes (20.80)
2954 9/28/93
Amend Ch. 17.30, fences (17.30)
3081 4/2/96
Adds § 17.00.060, general zoning
2955 10/5/93
Amend Ch. 20.10, architectural design
regulations (17.00)
(Repealed by 3461)
3087 5/7/96
Repeals and replaces Ch. 20.1513, critical
2958 10//93
Amend § 21.35.017, definition (21.35,
areas (Repealed by 3527)
21.60)
3090 5/7/96
Adds §§ 16.20.010(B)(9) and (D)(5),
2959 11/1/93
Amend Ch. 20.10, architectural design
16.30.010(D)(3), and 21.15.75; amends §
(Repealed by 3461)
16.20.010(C), commuter parking (21.15)
2979 4/5/94
Amend Ch. 19, building code: permit
3091 5/7/96
Repeals and replaces § 20.100.020(B),
(Repealed by 3502)
planning advisory board review (Repealed
2981 5/17/94
Scrivener's error § 17.40.030 (17.40)
by 3736)
2984 6/7/94
Open air market temporary license
3092 5/20/96
Adds § 20.90.005; amends §§ 20.90.000,
(Repealed by 3635)
20.90.010(B), (E)(2) and (3), and
2991 8/16/94
Amend § 20.75.155 (20.75)
20.91.010(C)(3)(c); repeals §§ 19.00.115,
3013 3/21/95
Adds Ch. 18.30, storm water management
19.00.120(D) and 19.00.127, permit
(Repealed by 3792)
processing (Repealed by 3112, 3502)
3014 3/21/95
Repeals and replaces §§ 20.1513.070
3093 5/20/96
Amends 20.60.080(H), sign permits
(A)(3)(c), 20.15B.120(A), (D) and (E)(5),
(Repealed by 3313)
and amends § 20.105.010(A)(4), critical
3099 7/2/96
Adds Ch. 20.50, wireless communications
areas (Repealed by 3736)
facilities, and §§ 21.05.005, 21.05.035,
3018 4/18/95
Adds § 18.80.005, highway access
21.05.055, 21.15.035, 21.25.010,
management (18.80)
21.35.040, 21.55.055, 21.60.002,
3023 5/16/95
Amends §§ 15.00.020(A), 20.10.010,
21.60.004, 21.60.006, 21.60.045,
20.10.020(A), 20.10.080, 20.12.000,
21.60.046, 21.85.035, 21.100.080,
20.60.020, community development code
21.115.022 and 21.115.024, definitions
(15.00)
(21.05, 21.25, 21.85)
3024 5/16/95
Amends § 17.40.030, community
3100 7/2/96
Amends §§ 16.50.010(A)(7) and
development code (17.40)
16.60.010(D)(1), open air markets
3028 6/6/95
Adds § 20.15B.040(D), community
(Repealed by 3635)
development code (20.1513)
3103 7/16/96
Adds §§ 16.50.030(A)(5) and 21.90.009,
3030 6/30/95
Repeals Chs. 15.05 — 15.30, 15.45 and §§
seasonal farmers' markets (Repealed by
15.40.010 and 15.40.020; adds new Ch.
3921)
15.05; and repeals and replaces §§
3108 8/20/96
Amends § 15.00.020 and repeals §
20.00.010 and 15.40.000 introduction,
15.00.030, fee schedule (15.00)
comprehensive plan (15.05, 15.40)
3112 9/24/96
Amends sections in Titles 20 and 21
3035 7/28/95
Repeals and replaces §§ 19.00.000,
relating to regulatory reform; repeals Ords.
19.00.010 introduction and subsection
3078 and 3092 (20.19, 20.40, 20.55, 20.75,
(A), 19.00.070 introduction, 19.00.010(F),
20.80, 20.100, 21.15, 21.80)
19.00.120(A) and (B), 19.05.005,
3117 10/15/96
Repeals and replaces §§ 21.05.021,
19.10.000, 19.20.000, 19.25.000,
21.90.101, 21.90.102; repeals §§
19.45.000, 19.55.000, 19.75.000, and §
16.00.030, 21.05.022 and 21.05.023; adds
902.2.2.2 of the Uniform Fire Code;
§§ 16.60.015, 17.50.075, 21.10.005,
repeals §§ 19.75.015 and 19.75.175,
21.25.100, 21.75.080.21.90.024,
building codes (Repealed by 3632)
21.90.025; amends §§ 16.60.010 and
3037 7/28/95
Amends § 20.60.080(H), signs (Repealed
17.50.020, sexually oriented businesses
by 3313)
(17.50, 21.05, 21.10, 21.25, 21.75, 21.90)
3065 1/23/96
Re-enacts Ch. 20.1513, interim critical
3118 11/4/96
Adds Ch. 16.62, medical use zone (16.62)
areas (Repealed by 3527)
3120 11/26/96
Amends §§ 16.45.010, 16.50.010,
3074 3/6/96
Amends §§ 20.1513.070, 20.15B.120 and
16.80.010, commuter parking lots (16.45)
20.105.010, review criteria and procedures
3121 11/26/96
Amends § 18.95.020, parking stall
(Repealed by 3736)
dimensions (18.95)
3076 3/19/96
Repeals and replaces Ch. 20.00, changes to
3127 1/21/97
Adds Ch. 16.53, BP — planned business
the comprehensive plan (20.00)
zone (16.53)
3078 3/25/96
Adds Ch. 20.91 and §§ 19.00.115,
3130 2/18/97
Amends § 20.110.030, civil violation —
19.00.127, 19.00.120(D); amends Chs.
enforcement procedure (Repealed by
20.10, 20.12, 20.60, 20.90,20.95, 20.100,
3720)
20.105, §§ 20.18.020, 20.19.010,
3132 2/18/97
Amends § 18.80.060, streets and
20.35.020, 20.35.040, 20.35.120,
driveways (18.80)
20.40.030, 20.55.020, 20.75.065 and
3133 2/25/97
Amends § 15.05.000, comprehensive plan
20.80.020, review criteria and procedures
(15.05)
Tables - 3 (Revised 7/13)
Ordinance Table
3141 4/15/97
Adds § 19.75.090, fire code (Repealed by
3262 6/29/99
Amends §§ 20.60.020(A)(1) and
3502)
20.60.050, sign permits (Repealed by
3142 4/15/97
Adds interim Ch. 17.05, reasonable
3313)
accommodations process (Expired)
3265 7/6/99
Adds § 17.70.040, zoning; amends §
3147 6/3/97
Repeals and reenacts Ch. 16.50,
18.70.030(B), street use permits (17.70)
community business zone (16.50)
3269 8/3/99
Adds §§ 16.45.010(B)(5) and
3148 6/24/97
Amends § 20.105.010(A)(3), civil
16.50.010(B)(4), zone districts (16.45,
violation — enforcement procedures
16.50)
(Repealed by 3736)
3271 8/17/99
Moratorium on enforcement of
3149 7/l/97
Repeals and replaces § 18.90.040,
development code provisions regarding
sidewalks (18.90)
outdoor sale of consumer commercial
3153 7/22/97
Amends § 17.40.030(D)(5),
goods (Expired)
nonconforming uses, buildings, signs and
3274 9/7/99
Amends § 19.97.030(B), floodplain
lots (17.40)
management (Repealed by 3502)
3174 12/16/97
Amends § 15.05.000, comprehensive plan;
3277 10/19/99
Amends § 19.00.010(F), building permits
renames Title 15, "Comprehensive Plan",
(Repealed by 3502)
to "Land Use Plans and Policies" (15.05)
3278 l l/l/99
Amends § 20.00.010, comprehensive plan
3183 01/06/98
Amends § 17.05.020; adopts Ch. 17.05 as
amendments (20.00)
final zoning regulation, zoning (17.05)
3283 12/7/99
Amends § 17.40.010(C),
3184 01/06/98
Amends §§ 16.30.010 and 21.30.010;
nonconformances (17.40)
repeals and replaces Ch. 20.18, group
3292 1/18/00
Repeals and replaces Ch. 18.70,
homes (20.18, 21.30)
encroachment permits (Repealed by 3367)
3190 02/17/98
Amends § 20.75.100; repeals § 20.75.105,
3293 1/18/00
Amends § 17.70.040, bistro and outdoor
preliminary plat approval (20.75)
dining (17.70)
3194 03/02/98
Amends § 16.60.010(D), general
3294 2/l/00
Repeals and replaces Ch. 20.21 and §
commercial zone (Repealed by 3635)
21.05.015, accessory dwelling units
3209 04/07/98
Amends § 20.60.080, temporary signs
(20.21, 21.05)
(Repealed by 3313)
3296 2/15/00
Renumbers existing § 20.75.055 to be §
3211 05/05/98
Amends §§ 20.75.050, 20.75.065(A) and
20.75.060; adds new § 20.75.055,
(F), 20.75.075, 20.75.085(C)(3),
subdivisions (20.75)
20.75.100, 20.75.150, 20.75.158 and
3297 3/06/00
Adds § 20.105.045, appeals (Repealed by
20.105.010(A); repeals § 20.75.060,
3736)
subdivisions (20.75)
3300 3/28/00
Adds § 17.40.025, nonconforming
3215 06/16/98
Amends Title 19, building codes
accessory dwelling units (17.40)
(Repealed by 3632)
3302 4/18/00
Amends § 18.80.060, streets and
3227 10/20/98
Confirms and extends Ord. 3209,
driveways (18.80)
temporary signs (Expired)
3312 5/16/00
Adds Ch. 17.75, outdoor dining (17.75)
3230 11/2/98
Amends § 20.75.100, subdivisions (20.75)
3313 5/23/00
Repeals Ch. 20.60 and §§ 21.05.050,
3232 11/17/98
Amends § 16.50.020(A), BC zone district
21.30.080, 21.35.020, 21.80.100,
(16.50)
21.90.070, 21.115.010 and 21.115.020;
3240 1/26/99
Amends § 16.00.010, zone districts
adds new Ch. 20.60, sign code (Repealed
(16.00)
by 3461)
3242 2/16/99
Amends Ch. 17.95, commute trip
3314 6/6/00
Adds § 20.91.030, continuances (Repealed
reduction plan, and §§ 20.110.030 and
by 3317)
20.110.040 (17.95, 20.110)
3317 7/18/00
Repeals and reenacts § 20.91.030 as an
3244 4/6/99
Confirms and extends Ord. 3209,
interim measure, zoning (Expired)
temporary signs (Repealed by 3313)
3318 7/18/00
Adds Title 23, natural resources, and Ch.
3246 4/6/99
Repeals subsections (B)(2) and (3) of §
23.10, shoreline master program; repeals
19.05.050 and adds new subsection (13)(2),
Chs. 15.35 — 15.39 (23.10)
earth subsidence and landslide hazard
3320 7/25/00
Adds Ch.17.65, limited outdoor display of
areas (Repealed by 3632)
merchandise, and §§ 16.45.030(A)(5),
3247 4/20/99
Amends § 17.40.010(C), nonconforming
16.50.030(A)(6), 16.55.030(A)(4) and
uses (17.40)
16.60.030(A)(8), zoning (16.45, 16.50,
3249 4/27/99
Amends § 19.00.110, building permits
16.55, 17.65)
(Repealed by 3502)
3327 9/18/00
Amends § 17.40.025(C), nonconforming
3256 6/15/99
Amends § 16.50.020(A), zoning (16.50)
uses (17.40)
3257 6/15/99
Amends subsection D of and adds
3329 10/10/00
Amends §§ 20.15B.110 and 20.95.050,
subsection E to § 16.20.050, zoning
geologically hazardous areas (Repealed by
(Repealed by 3547)
3736)
3258 6/15/99
Adds subsection (13)(4) to § 20.90.010,
3343 1/30/01
Adds Ch. 17.35, animals in residential
review criteria and procedures (Repealed
zones (17.35)
by 3736)
3344 2/6/01
Amends § 18.95.030, tandem parking
(18.95)
(Revised 7/13) Tables - 4
Edmonds Community Development Code
Ordinance Table
20.15A.240(D), 20.16.110, 20.16.130(C),
3783 2/2/10
Interim ordinance amending Ord. 3775;
20.19.010, 20.19.050, 20.20.010(B),
adds § 20.100.030; amends
20.21.030(A), 20.30.010, 20.30.020,
§§ 17.50.090(A)(3),17.70.010,17.75.020,
20.40.030, 20.55.010, 20.55.020,
17.100.030(B), 20.01.003(A), 20.05.020,
20.55.030, 20.60.015(A), 20.65.010,
20.19.010, 20.19.050, 20.20.010(B),
20.75.040, 20.75.050(G), 20.75.055(D),
20.55.030, 20.75.065(D), 20.75.070,
20.75.065, 20.75.110(A), 20.75.155(C),
20.85.020 and 23.40.210(C), review
20.75.158, 20.80.020, 20.85.020,
criteria and procedures (Expired)
23.40.200 and 23.40.210(C) and (E);
3787 4/6/10
Interim ordinance; amends
renames Ch. 20.100; repeals Chs. 20.90,
§§ 20.01.003(A), 20.35.080(A)(4),
20.91 and 20.95 and §§ 20.100.000,
20.35.050(C)(2), zoning (Expired)
20.100.010, 20.100.020 and 20.100.030
3788 4/6/10
Adds §§ 18.60.050, 18.70.030(D) and
and Ch. 20.105; development project
18.95.030(C); amends §§ 18.00.020(C),
permits (4.85, 7.10, 7.80, 16.20, 16.43,
18.10.010(E), 18.10.030, 18.30.065,
16.60, 16.75, 17.40, 17.50, 17.70, 17.75,
18.30.080(C), 18.30.130(C), 18.40.120
17.90, 17.95, 17.100, 18.00, 18.05, 18.45,
[18.40.020], 18.45.070, 18.80.060,
18.50, 18.80, 18.82, 20.01, 20.02, 20.03,
18.80.070 and 18.85.060(B), public works
20.04, 20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 20.08, 20.10,
requirements (18.00, 18.10, 18.40, 18.45,
20.11, 20.12, 20.16, 20.19, 20.21, 20.30,
18.60, 18.80, 18.85, 18.95)
20.40, 20.55, 20.60, 20.65, 20.75, 20.80,
3790 4/20/10
Repeals and replaces Ch. 18.70, street use
20.85, 23.40)
and encroachment permits (18.70)
3740 6/16/09
Adds §§ 10.15.000 and 19.80.023; repeals
3791 4/20/10
Adds § 18.82.150; amends §§ 18.82.020,
§§ 10.15.010, 10.15.020, 10.15.030,
18.82.030, 18.82.040 and 18.82.120,
10.15.040, 10.15.050 and 10.15.060,
traffic impact fees (18.82)
board of appeals (10.15, 19.80)
3792 4/20/10
Repeals and replaces Ch. 18.30, storm
3741 6/16/09
Amends §§ 6.20.041 and 17.60.040(A)
water management (18.30)
and (B), vehicles (6.20, 17.60)
3788 4/6/10
Adds §§ 18.60.050, 18.70.030(D) and
3742 6/16/09
Amends Ch. 17.70, temporary uses
18.95.030(C); amends §§ 18.00.020(C),
(17.70)
18.10.010(E), 18.10.030, 18.30.065,
3743 6/16/09
Amends § 19.05.010, building permits
18.30.080(C), 18.30.130(C), 18.40.120
(Repealed by 3796)
[18.40.020], 18.45.070, 18.80.060,
3746 6/23/09
Amends on interim basis §§ 20.11.050 and
18.80.070 and 18.85.060(B), public works
20.12.090(B), review criteria and
requirements (18.00, 18.10, 18.40, 18.45,
procedures (Expired)
18.60, 18.80, 18.85, 18.95)
3756 10/6/09
Adds § 17.40.060, setback exemption
3790 4/20/10
Repeals and replaces Ch. 18.70, street use
(17.40)
and encroachment permits (18.70)
3759 10/20/09
Adds § 17.35.030(D); amends
3791 4/20/10
Adds § 18.82.150; amends §§ 18.82.020,
§§ 17.35.030 and 17.35.040(A), zoning
18.82.030, 18.82.040 and 18.82.120,
(17.35)
traffic impact fees (18.82)
3760 10/27/09
Adds Chs. 16.100 and 22.100, Firdale
3792 4/20/10
Repeals and replaces Ch. 18.30,
Village mixed -use zone (16.100, 22.100)
stormwater management (18.30)
3769 12/15/09
Interim ordinance; temporary homeless
3794 6/1/10
Interim ordinance extending Ord. 3769,
shelters (Repealed by 3814)
temporary homeless shelters (Repealed by
3775 115110
Interim ordinance; amends
3814)
§§ 17.50.090(A)(3),17.70.010,17.75.020,
3795 6/1/10
Interim ordinance; amends
17.100.030(B), 20.01.003(A), 20.05.020,
§§ 20.110.040(D) and (F), zoning
20.19.010, 20.19.050, 20.20.010(B),
enforcement procedures (Expired)
20.55.030, 20.75.065(D), 20.75.070,
3796 6/1/10
Amends Ch. 19.55; repeals Ch. 19.35;
20.85.020 and 23.40.210(C), review
repeals and replaces Chs. 19.00, 19.05,
criteria and procedures (Expired)
19.15, 19.20, 19.30, 19.40, 19.45 and
3778 1/19/10
Adds § 19.00.040, exclusion of churches
19.50,buildingcodes (19.00,19.05,19.15,
providing emergency housing for the
19.20, 19.30, 19.40, 19.45, 19.50, 19.55)
indigent from certain requirements
3798 6/15/10
Repeals and replaces Chs. 19.25 and
(Repealed by 3796)
19.65, fire code and marinas (19.25, 19.65)
3779 1/19/10
Interim ordinance; amends
3799 6/15/10
Interim ordinance; abandonment,
§ 20.110.040(F), civil violation monetary
construction and authorization of public
penalties (Expired)
projects, street vacations and dedications
3780 1/19/10
Interim ordinance; abandonment,
(Expired)
construction and authorization of public
3800 7/6/10
Amends §§ 20.60.005 and 20.60.015, sign
projects, street vacations and dedications
code (20.60)
(Expired)
3805 8/16/10
Amends § 20.60.025(A), sign code
3781 2/2/10
Amends § 17.40.020(D)(3),
(20.60)
nonconforming buildings and/or structures
3806 8/16/10
Interim ordinance extending Ord. 3787,
(17.40)
zoning (Expired)
Tables - 7 (Revised 7/13)
Ordinance Table
3814 11/1/10
3815 11/l/10
3817 11/16/10
3818 11/16/10
3819 11/16/10
3822 11/30/10
3827 12/7/10
3828 12/7/10
3840 4/19/11
3842 6/21/11
3845 7/5/11
3846 7/5/11
3854 9/20/11
3855 9/20/11
3865 12/20/11
3866 12/20/11
3871 2/7/12
3878 4/3/12
3889 6/19/12
3894 9/18/12
3900 12/4/12
3901 12/4/12
Adds Ch. 17.105; repeals Ords. 3730,
3769 and 3794, emergency temporary
indoor shelter (17.105)
Adds. Ch. 17.20, temporary homeless
encampment (17.20)
Amends §§ 18.45.055,19.10.040(A), Chs.
20.01, 20.02, 20.03, 20.04, 20.06, 20.07,
20.08, §§ 20.12.020(A), 20.40.030,
20.75.065(B)(1) and 20.80.020(B) and
(C), community development code (18.45,
19.10, 20.01, 20.02, 20.03, 20.04, 20.06,
20.07, 20.08, 20.12, 20.40, 20.75, 20.80)
Amends § 20.03.004; repeals and replaces
Ch. 20.15A, environmental review
(SEPA) (20.15A, 20.03)
Adds §§ 19.05.020(C) and 19.25.036;
amends §§ 19.05.000, residential fire
sprinkler systems (19.05, 19.25)
Amends §§ 20.35.050(C)(2) and
20.35.080(A)(4), planned residential
development (20.35)
Amends §§ 20.110.040(D) and (F), civil
violation — enforcement procedure
(20.110)
Amends §§ 18.45.070 and 23.40.240(E),
unauthorized clearing (18.45, 23.40)
Repeals and replaces Ch. 20.20, home
occupations (20.20)
Adds § 18.80.015, complete streets
(18.80)
Amends §§ 16.20.040, 18.05.000,
18.05.030 and 19.00.025(R); repeals and
replaces Ch. 20.50, wireless
communication facilities; repeals
§§ 21.05.035, 21.05.055, 21.15.035,
21.35.040, 21.55.005, 21.60.002,
21.60.004, 21.60.006, 21.60.045,
21.60.046, 21.100.080, 21.115.022 and
21.115.024 (16.20, 18.05, 19.00, 20.50)
Amends § 16.45.020, site development
standards (Expired)
Adds § 18.00.050, public works (18.00)
Adds § 18.00.060, public works (18.00)
Amends § 16.43.030, site development
standards (16.43)
Amends §§ 17.40.020 and 21.40.030,
definitions and nonconforming buildings
(17.40, 21.40)
Adds § 21.75.120; amends Ch. 17.75,
outdoor dining (17.75, 21.75)
Amends § 18.00.050, apprentice
requirements (18.00)
Amends Ch. 20.20, home occupations
(20.20)
Adds § 21.30.014; amends §§ 16.43.020,
16.43.040, 16.50.010 and 16.50.030,
farmers' markets (Expired)
Adds Ch. 20.23 and §§ 21.10.008 and
21.100.075; amends §§ 4.72.010 and
16.20.010; repeals § 4.72.023, bed and
breakfast regulations (16.20, 20.23, 21.10,
21.100)
Amends § 20.70.090, street vacation
public notification (20.70)
3902 12/4/12 Amends Ch. 4.12 and §§ 16.43.040,
16.50.030, 16.55.030 and 16.60.040,
peddlers, solicitors and street vendors
(16.43, 16.50, 16.55, 16.60)
3910 2/5/13 Amends §§ 20.70.030, 20.70.050 and
20.70.140, street vacations (20.70)
3918 4/23/13 Amends Chs. 16.43 and 22.43, downtown
business zones (16.43, 22.43)
3921 5/21/13 Interim ordinance; adds § 21.80.103;
amends §§ 16.43.020, 16.43.040,
16.50.010, 16.50.030, 16.60.040; repeals
§ 21.90.009, public markets (16.43, 16.50,
16.60, 21.80)
(Revised 7/13) Tables - 8
Edmonds Community Development Code Interim and Moratorium Ordinance Table
Ord. Effective Expiration
No. Date Date Description
3921 5/31/13 11/31/13 Adds § 21.80.103; amends §§ 16.43.020, 16.43.040, 16.50.010, 16.50.030, 16.60.040; repeals
§ 21.90.009, public markets (16.43, 16.50, 16.60, 21.80)
UM - 1 (Revised 7/13)
Edmonds Community Development Code
Definitions
Dwelling unit 21.20.050
Easement 21.25.010
Equipment shelter, cabinet 21.25.020
Expressive dance 21.25.100
Family 21.30.010
Fence 21.30.020
Flag lot 21.30.030
Float, recreational 21.30.035
Floor area 21.30.040
Formal subdivision 21.30.050
Foster home 21.30.060
Fraternity 21.30.070
Garage 21.35.010
General 21.00.000
Ground floor 21.35.017
Guest house 21.35.030
Halfway house 21.40.005
Hallway 21.40.006
Hearing examiner 21.40.010
Height 21.40.030
Home occupation 21.40.040
Horse 21.40.050
Hospitals 21.40.055
Hotel 21.40.060
Interior lot 21.45.010
Irregular lot 21.45.020
Kennel 21.50.010
Kitchen 21.50.020
Landslide hazard area and earth subsidence 21.55.060
Local public facilities 21.55.007
Lot 21.55.010
Lot area 21.55.020
Lot, corner 21.15.100
Lot depth 21.55.030
Lot line 21.55.040
Lot width 21.55.050
May 21.00.000
Mobile home 21.60.010
Mobile home park 21.60.020
Moorage 21.60.030
Motel 21.60.040
Multiple dwelling 21.60.050
Multiple dwelling units 21.60.060
Natural open space areas 21.65.010
Neighborhood park 21.65.020
Off-street parking 21.75.020
Office 21.75.010
Open space 21.75.030
Other sexually oriented business 21.75.080
Outdoor dining area 21.75.120
Parks and recreation special areas 21.80.005
Pedestrian -bike path 21.80.040
Permit coordinator 21.80.020
Permitted use 21.80.010
Person 21.80.030
Petroleum products storage and distributing 21.80.050
Pier 21.80.055
Planning advisory board 21.80.060
Planning official 21.80.065
Primary use 21.80.070
Private 21.80.080
Private parking 21.80.090
Project permit, project permit application 21.80.095
Public market 21.80.103
Public meeting 21.80.105
Rear lot line 21.85.010
Rear setback 21.85.020
Recreational facilities 21.85.030
Regional park 21.85.031
Regional public facilities 21.85.033
Related equipment 21.85.035
Restaurant 21.85.040
Retirement home 21.85.050
Riding academy 21.85.060
Roof 21.85.070
Rooming house 21.85.080
Satellite television antenna 21.90.006
School 21.90.008
Secondary use 21.90.010
Self service station 21.90.014
Service club 21.90.011
Setback 21.90.020
Sexually oriented business 21.90.024
Sexually oriented materials 21.90.025
Shall 21.00.000
Short subdivision 21.90.030
Side lot line 21.90.040
Side setback 21.90.050
Sidewalk or trail 21.90.060
Single-family dwelling unit 21.90.080
Site 21.90.090
Small animal hospital 21.90.095
Sorority 21.90.100
Specified anatomical areas 21.90.101
Specified sexual activities 21.90.102
Story 21.90.110
Street 21.90.120
Street lot line 21.90.130
Street setback 21.90.140
Structural alterations 21.90.160
Structure 21.90.150
Subdivision 21.90.170
Tavern 21.100.010
Temporary building or structure 21.100.020
Through lot 21.100.030
Townhouse 21.100.040
Trailer 21.100.060
Trailer park 21.100.070
Index-3 (Revised 7/13)
Design review
Trails 21.100.050
Transient accommodation 21.100.075
Transit center 21.100.090
Undisturbed soil 21.105.010
Usable satellite signal 21.105.115
Use 21.105.020
Used 21.00.000
Used car lot (or sales) 21.105.030
Vacation 21.110.010
Working day 21.115.030
Zero lot line development 21.125.010
Design review
Appeals 20.11.040
Applicability, scope 20.10.020
Approval lapse 20.11.050
Augmented architectural design review application
20.10.045
Design criteria 20.11.030
District -based
appeals 20.12.080
applicability 20.12.010
approval lapse 20.12.090
architectural design board review 20.12.020
city staff review 20.12.030
design guidelines, criteria, checklist 20.12.070
process, intent 20.12.005
Findings 20.11.020
Permit approval required 20.10.030
Pre -application 20.10.040
Procedure 20.11.010
Purpose 20.10.000
Types 20.10.010
Design standards
BD zones
applicability 22.43.000
awnings/canopies, signage 22.43.040
blank wall treatments 22.43.060
ground level details 22.43.030
HVAC equipment 22.43.070
massing, articulation 22.43.010
orientation 22.43.020
transparency, street level 22.43.050
Firdale Village mixed -use zone
applicability, goals, project vision 22.100.000
architectural design 22.100.020
definitions
courtyard 22.100.100
curb cut 22.100.100
facade 22.100.100
frontage 22.100.100
human scale 22.100.100
landscaping 22.100.100
modulation 22.100.100
pedestrian -oriented facade 22.100.100
pedestrian -oriented space 22.100.100
vertical articulation 22.100.100
landscaping, screening 22.100.050
lighting 22.100.070
pedestrian orientation, outdoor spaces, amenities
22.100.030
safety issues 22.100.080
signage 22.100.060
site design, planning 22.100.010
sustainable design 22.100.090
vehicular access, parking 22.100.040
Development agreements See under Development
permit applications
Development permit applications
See also Permits
Action types 20.01.001
Closed record appeals
application resubmission 20.07.007
consolidation 20.07.002
decision governed by 20.07.004
generally 20.07.001
judicial 20.07.006
parties of record 20.07.003
procedure 20.07.005
Contents 20.02.002
Development agreements
appeal 20.08.060
approval procedure 20.08.040
authority 20.08.010
enforceability 20.08.030
form, term, recordation 20.08.050
general provisions 20.08.020
Development regulations, SEPA consistency
categorically exempt, planned actions 20.04.003
determination 20.04.001
initial SEPA analysis 20.04.002
Exemptions 20.01.007
Framework 20.01.003
Legislative enactments not restricted 20.01.006
Notice
optional 20.03.006
procedures 20.03.002
public hearing 20.03.003
shoreline master program 20.03.005
State Environmental Policy Act 20.03.004
Open record public hearings
burden, nature of proof 20.06.006
conflict of interest 20.06.003
(Revised 7/13) Index-4
Edmonds Community Development Code
Zoning
Barber shop
BP zone 16.53.010
Bars, pubs, taverns
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
BC zone
established 16.50.000
off-street parking 16.50.010
operating restrictions 16.50.030
purpose 16.50.005
site development standards 16.50.020
uses 16.50.010
BC — Edmonds Way zone See BC zone
BD zone
design standards
See also Design standards
BD zones 16.43.035
operating restrictions 16.43.040
purposes 16.43.000
site development standards 16.43.030
subdistricts 16.43.010
uses 16.43.020
Beauty shop
BP zone 16.53.010
Bed and breakfast 16.20.010
BN zone
businesses open 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 16.45.010
off-street parking 16.45.010, 16.45.030
purpose 16.45.000
site development standards 16.45.020
uses 16.40.010
Boarding houses
RM zone 16.30.010
Boardwalks
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
Bonds, required 17.10.000
Bookstore
BP zone 16.53.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
MU zone 16.62.010
BP zone
purpose 16.53.000
site development standards 16.53.020
uses 16.53.010
Breakwaters
construction
MR zone 16.70.010
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
Building height See site development standards under
Specific Zone
Bulkheads
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
Bus stop shelters
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
Business and commercial zones
purpose 16.40.000
CG zone
design standards 16.60.030
established 16.60.000
off-street parking 16.60.010
operating restrictions 16.60.040
purpose 16.60.005
sexually oriented business 16.60.015
site development standards 16.60.020
uses 16.60.010
CG2 zone See CG zone
Churches
See also Community facilities
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
Clubhouses
P zone 16.80.010
Commercial parking lots
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010, 16.45.030
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
Commercial, sport and shell fishing
MR zone 16.70.010
Commercial uses, mixed -use
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
Commercial vehicle regulations
off-street parking 17.50.100
Commercial waterfront See under CW zone
Community business zone See under BC zone
Community facilities
churches 17.100.020
conditional use
permit 17.100.030
plan 17.100.040
parks 17.100.070
public facilities
See also Public facilities
local 17.100.050
regional 17.100.060
purpose of provisions 17.100.010
schools 17.100.050
Index-15 (Revised 7/13)
Zoning
Community -oriented open-air markets
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
Commute trip reduction plan
compliance, applicability, notice, requirements
17.95.030
definitions
affected employee 17.95.010
affected employer 17.95.010
affected urban growth area 17.95.010
alternative mode 17.95.010
alternative work schedules 17.95.010
base year 17.95.010
base year survey 17.95.010
baseline measurement 17.95.010
carpool 17.95.010
commute trips 17.95.010
commuter matching services 17.95.010
compressed work week 17.95.010
CTR guidelines 17.95.010
CTR law 17.95.010
CTR plan 17.95.010
CTR program 17.95.010
custom bus/buspool 17.95.010
days 17.95.010
dominant mode 17.95.010
drive -alone 17.95.010
Edmonds 17.95.010
employer 17.95.010
exemption 17.95.010
flex -time 17.95.010
full-time employee 17.95.010
goal 17.95.010
good faith effort 17.95.010
growth and transportation efficiency center
(GTEC) 17.95.010
implementation 17.95.010
jurisdiction's base year measurement 17.95.010
major employer 17.95.010
major worksite 17.95.010
mode 17.95.010
peak period 17.95.010
peak period trip 17.95.010
person hours of delay 17.95.010
proportion of single -occupant vehicle trips
17.95.010
single -occupant vehicle (SOV) 17.95.010
single -occupant vehicle (SOV) trips 17.95.010
SOV rate 17.95.010
target 17.95.010
telecommuting 17.95.010
transit 17.95.010
transportation management organization
(TMO) 17.95.010
vanpool 17.95.010
vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per employee
17.95.010
week 17.95.010
weekday 17.95.010
writing, written or in writing 17.95.010
exemptions, modifications, enforcement 17.95.040
incorporated 17.95.020
title, purpose 17.95.010
violation, penalties 17.95.040
Commuter parking lots
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
OR zone 16.77.010
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
Conference center
MP1 zone 16.75.010
Conservation areas
OS zone 16.65.010
Continuing/long-term care services
MU zone 16.62.010
Convalescent homes
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
RM zone 16.30.010
Convenience stores
BC zone 16.50.010
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
MU zone 16.62.010
Counseling centers
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
MU zone 16.62.010
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
CW zone
off-street parking 16.55.010
purpose 16.55.000
restrictions on operations 16.55.030
site development standards 16.55.020
uses 16.55.010
Day-care centers
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
(Revised 7/13) Index-16
Edmonds Community Development Code
Zoning
MU zone
purpose 16.62.000
site development standards 16.62.020
uses 16.62.010
Multifamily residential
MP1 zone 16.75.010
Multimodal transportation center
MP2 zone 16.75.010
Multiple dwellings
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BP zone 16.53.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
OR zone 16.77.010
RM zone 16.30.010
Multiple residential zone See under RM zone
Municipal and franchised service facilities
P zone 16.80.010
Museums
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
RM zone 16.30.010
Natural open spaces
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
CW zone 16.55.010
MP1 zone 16.75.010
MU zone 16.62.010
OR zone 16.77.010
P zone 16.80.010
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
Neighborhood business zone See under BN zone
Nonconforming uses
accessory dwelling units 17.40.025
buildings 17.40.020
definition, continuation, lapse of time, conditional
uses 17.40.010
local public facilities 17.40.050
lots 17.40.030
purpose 17.40.000
setback exemption 17.40.060
signs 17.40.040
Off-street loading areas
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010, 16.45.030
BP zone 16.53.010
CG zone 16.60.010
CW zone 16.55.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
MP 1 zone, MP2 zone 16.75.010
OR zone 16.77.010
Off-street parking
See also Parking
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010, 16.45.030
BP zone 16.53.010
CG zone 16.60.010
commercial vehicle regulations 17.50.100
CW zone 16.55.010
downtown business area, fees 17.50.070
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
joint use 17.50.060
landscaping 17.50.080
location, uses 17.50.040
MP 1 zone, MP2 zone 16.75.010
OR zone 16.77.010
purpose 17.50.000
required 17.50.010
sexually oriented businesses 17.50.075
single-family dwelling 17.50.020
size, number requirements 17.50.030
space requirements 17.50.020
standards 17.50.050
temporary lots, improvements 17.50.090
Office -residential zone See OR zone
Offices
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
CW zone 16.55.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
MP1 zone 16.75.010
MU zone 16.62.010
OR zone 16.77.010
RM zone 16.30.010
Open space
See also Natural open spaces
zone See under OS zone
OR zone 16.77.010
OR zone
purpose 16.77.000
site development standards 16.77.020
uses 16.77.010
OS zone
purpose 16.65.000
uses 16.65.010
Outdoor dining
buildings, structures 17.75.030
conditional use, permitted where 17.75.020
Index-19 (Revised 7/13)
Zoning
secondary use, permitted where 17.75.010
Outdoor merchandise display
purpose 17.65.000
standards 17.65.010
Outdoor storage
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
CG zone 16.60.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
P zone 16.80.010
Outpatient clinics
BN zone 16.45.010
MU zone 16.62.010
P zone
conditional use permit criteria 16.80.020
purpose 16.80.000
site development standards 16.80.030
uses 16.80.010
Parking See Commuter parking lots; Off-street
parking; Private parking; site development
standards under Specific Zone
Parking facilities
OS zone 16.65.010
shared
MP1 zone, MP2 zone 16.75.010
Parks
See also Community facilities
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010, 16.45.030
BP zone 16.53.010
CW zone 16.55.010
MP1 zone 16.75.010
MU zone 16.62.010
OR zone 16.77.010
OS zone 16.65.010
P zone 16.80.010
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
Performing arts center
MP1 zone 16.75.010
Petroleum products storage and distribution
CW zone 16.55.010
Pharmacies
BP zone 16.53.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
MU zone 16.62.010
Piers
permitted where in shoreline environments
23.10.120
Planned business See BP zone
Plant nurseries
BN zone 16.45.030
BP zone 16.53.010
Planter area
applicability 17.80.000
definitions
maintain 17.80.010
owner 17.80.010
maintenance required 17.80.030
notice, enforcement 17.80.040
violation, penalty 17.80.050
Playfield lighting
P zone 16.80.010
Playgrounds, playfields
See also Public facilities
OS zone 16.65.010
Police stations See Public facilities
Primary schools
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
RM zone 16.30.010
Printing, publishing, binding establishments
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
Private parking
BD zone 16.43.020
OR zone 16.77.010
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.20.010
Professional service offices
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
Property performance standards
applicability 17.60.020
compliance, proof of 17.60.010
general 17.60.030
habitation uses prohibited 17.60.050
purpose 17.60.000
vehicles in residential zones 17.60.040
Public facilities
See also Community facilities
local
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
BN zone 16.45.010
BP zone 16.53.010
CW zone 16.55.010
Firdale Village mixed -use zone 16.100.030
MP1 zone 16.75.010
MU zone 16.62.010
OR zone 16.77.010
RM zone 16.30.010
RS zone 16.30.020
(Revised 7/13) Index-20
Edmonds Community Development Code
Zoning
regional
P zone 16.80.010
Public markets
BC zone 16.50.010
BD zone 16.43.020
Public utilities
BN zone 16.45.030
OS zone 16.65.010
Public viewing areas
MP 1 zone, MP2 zone 16.75.010
Pubs See Bars, pubs, taverns
Index-201
(Revised 7/13)
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