HomeMy WebLinkAbout3973 ORDINANCE NO. 3973
AN ORDINANCE pertaining to off-street parking and
loading requirements in the downtown central
business district which amends Ordinance No. 1792,
(the Bremerton Zoning Ordinance) by adding new
sections pertaining to off-street parking and
loading requirements in the central downtown
business district.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECT~Q~_~: ~tk~__T~/_~. This Ordinance may be referred to
as the Downtown Off-Street Parking and Loading Ordinance.
~Q~_~: Ordinance No. 1792, Title II, Chapter VII is
amended by adding thereto three new sections, numbered 760, 761
and 762 respectively, to read as follows:
$~Q~_~60: PARKING PROVISIONS IN A BUSINESS DISTRICT
A. The Central Business District is identified as the
area bounded
1. on the South: by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
2. on the West: by the rear property line of all
properties immediately adjacent to the West of Warren Avenue
3. on the North: by the rear property line of all
properties immediately adjacent and to the North of Sixth Street
4. on the East: by Puget Sound's outer harbor
line.
B. Intent
Circumstances make the Central Business District
different from the remainder of Bremerton in the following ways:
1. That there exists a concentration of transit.
2. There exists a concentration of private
commercial parking facilities.
3. There is the availability of public parking.
4. There are land resources substantially
developed in a manner which makes it unreasonable to require off-
street parking as a condition to the use of the individual lots.
5. The Central Business District is, and should
continue to be, a concentrated area of retail, office, and other
approved uses in a pedestrian scaled environment.
6. ~he Puget Sound Naval Sh~_lard, the County's
largest employer, is adjacent to the Central Business District
and both provides substantial on-site parking and produces large
numbers of pedestrians at certain periods of the day.
Because of these factors, but still recognizing the
need to provide parking to serve the needs of Central Business
District and provide for the public health, safety and welfare, a
different set of off-street parking and loading regulations shall
apply to the Central Business District.
C. Provisions
1. Within the geographic bounds of the Central
Business District as identified in this section, there shall be
no required parking for structures or uses, nor shall parking be
required for rehabilitated or remodeled structures, or when
obtaining a certificate of occupancy.
2. No loading zones are required.
Nothing in this section shall in any way affect the
specific obligation of persons to comply with the requirements
for providing off-street parking and loading area~which are set
forth in the Bremerton Zoning Ordinanc~ in other areas of the
City. The provisions in this section only apply to off-street
parking and loading requirements in the central business
district.
~3D~__162: The provisions of this ordinance are
declared to be separate and severable. The invalidity of any
clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or portion of
this ordinance, or the invalidity of the application thereof to
any person or circumstance shall not affect the validity of the
remainder of this ordinance or the validity of its application to
other persons or circumstances.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first ready this
day of ~ , 1985.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in authentication of
such passage this ~O day of ~ ._ 1985.
ATTEST: yor
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY, Clerk