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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4161 ORDINANCE NO..~//~/_ AN ORDINANCE amending the zoning map of the City of Bremerton to incorporate a change in zoning from R-1 to Manufacturing on property located approximately 2000 feet southwest of the western terminus of Werner Road. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bremerton, Washington, conducted a public hearing on October 7, 1987, on an application for a rezone of the property described below, and at that hearing heard public testimony, reviewed the record and recommendations of the Planning Commission and Planning staff, considered all available information relating to the site and any potential impacts of the rezone, and made Findings of Fact.and Conclusions of Law, now, therefore THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1: That the official zoning map of the City of Bremerton is hereby amended in conformance with Title IV, Chapter 1 of the Bremerton Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1792) as follows: 80 acres southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 20, Township 24 North, Range 01 East, West Meridian. is hereby reclassified from Residential-1 (R-l) to Manufacturing District. SECTION 2: That this rezone is based upon the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law of the City Council of Bremerton, attached hereto as Appendix "1" and incorporated herein by this reference and reflected in Appendix "2", Rezone Map. APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this ~-C~_ day of ~ , 1988. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this ~ ~-r~ day of --~ , 1988. Hank Waibel ' President, City Council ATTEST: Kathleen L. McCluskey, City Clerk EX. II PUBLISHED June 20, 1988 BREP. ERTON CITY COUNCIL FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSIONS OF LAW SUMMARY Applicant: Ace Paving Company, Inc. P.O. Box 4100, Wycoff Station Bremerton, WA 98312 ADDlication: Rezone Application (RZ-9-87) from R-1 Residential zone to Manufacturing zone for an 80 acre site. Location: The old Skirving gravel pit property located approximately 2,000 feet southwest of the western terminus of Werner Road. Major Issues: None surfaced for the rezone. Action of City Council: Approval of the recommendation for the rezone from the Bremerton Planning Co~nission based on the Planning Commission hearing held on August 18, 1987 including Planning Commission Findings of Fact anG Conclusions of Law. BASED ON THE RECORD DEVELOPED AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON OCTOBER 7, 1987, THE CITY COUNCIL ENTERS THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS ANDDECISION: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Application: Rezone (RZ-9-87) from R-1 Residential to Manufacturing. 2. ~pplicant: Ace Paving Company, Inc. 3. Owner: James E. Skirving 1555 Marguerite Bremerton, WA 98310 Page 1 of 4 EX. III 4. Leqal Description: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 20, Township 24N, R1E, W.M. 5 ~omprehensive Plan Desiqnation: Industrial/Business Park 6. Zoning Designation: Current Zoning - R-1 Residential. 7. Criterion for Action: The role of the City Council in issuing the Rezone is to determine if the following standards are met: a. The rezone must be substantively consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. b. The proponent of the rezone must show that a change in circumstances justifies modification of the original zoning pattern. c. A rezone should not be granted if adverse environmental consequences would result. d. The rezone must bear a substantial relationship to the public welfare. (1) There must be a public need for a change of the kind in question. (2) That public need will be best served by changing the zoning classification of a particular piece of property. 8. Surrounding or adjacent existing land use and zoning: a. Land uses within 1~4 mile of the site: North: Port Orchard Sand & Gravel Quarry, Kitsap Quarry and vacant land. South: City of Bremerton undeveloped (watershed) lands. East: Vacant land, some owned by the owner of the site. West: Undeveloped lands in Kitsap County. Page 2 of 4 b. Zoning: North: R-2 Residential - city and RU 2.5 ac. Residential in Kitsap County. East: R-2 Residential - City. South: Unzoned city of Bremerton (watershed) lands. West: RU 2.5 ac. Residential in Kitsap County. c. Land uses within a mile of the site: Includes the existing residential areas (to the north) around the south end of Kitsap Lake and uses along Werner Road. The Werner Road uses consisting of the UPS facility, the bus facility, rehabilitation center and residential uses in Kitsap County. 9. Historical Notes: a. The site was originally approved for quarry/mining operations by Kitsap County in 1952. b. The surface mining operations occupied 15 to 20 acres in the extreme southeast part of the 80 acre site. c. The resulting early mining operation became the landfill site. d. The landfill site was primarily active for more than 15 years, from the early 1950's to the mid-1960's. Wastes delivered consisted of industrial and demolition wastes from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyards and putrescible wastes from the City of Bremerton. Demolition wastes was being dumped on-site until the early 1980's. e. In 1967, the site was annexed to the City of Bremerton with the R-1 Residential Zoning classification being placed on the property. f. In the early 1980's, the site lost its approved quarry status and closed the gravel mining operations. g. The site has been abandoned as a quarry since the closing in the early 1980's. Page 3 of 4 CONCLUSIONS The City Council, in reviewing the record developed, concluded the criteria for issuing a rezone was substantially met, based on: 1. The rezone to Manufacturing is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's designation of the area as Industrial/Business Park. 2. The proposed rezone complies with the general intent of the adopted Comprehensive Plan which encourages extractive industries (Policy #14), which can be permitted with the granting o~ a Special Use Permit, a companion application. 3. The land has existed in an un-productive state since the abandonment of the gravel quarry since the early 1980's and the rezone will allow a productive use of the area in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. 4. The rezone of Manufacturing will not create in itself an adverse environmental impact. 5. The rezone will satisfy the need to create jobs in the area, in proximity to residential developments to the north and northeast. CITY COUNCIL DECISION AND ACTION Based on the record developed, the City Council approves the application for a Rezone (RZ-9-87) from R-1 Residential to Manufacturing. Hank Waibel Date President, City Council Approved as t~ form: BREMERTON CIT/Y ATTORNEY Page 4 of 4 R--~ I:I~41.~RI'ON CI1.Y M MANUFACTURLNG June, 1988 ZOfllfl~ ~l::lP EX. IV