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Home My WebLink About4194 ORDINANCE NO. x// ~ ~ AN ORDINANCE CORRECTING ERRORS IN THE TEXT OF THE BREMERTON ZONING ORDINANCE, ORD. NO. 4179. WHEREAS, the Bremerton City Council adopted the present Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4172, on October 5, 1988; and WHEREAS, the City Council also adopted Ordinance No. 4173 on October 5, 1989, which established a six-month Correction of Errors process and a three-member Zoning Review Committee to review suspected errors or omissions in the text of the new Zonin~ Ordinance and in the application of zoning to specific properties throughout the community; and WHEREAS, the Correction of Errors process includes public hearings by the City Council to consider recommendations of the Zoning Review Committee and process corrections in a timely manner; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on February 22, 1989 and accepted and considered reports and comments from staff, the Zoning Review Committee and interested citizens prior to arriving at final decisions pertaining to a series of errors and omissions; now, therefore THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Amend Zoning Ordinance Chapter II to add the following new section: "Section 3: ZONING UPON ANNEXATION If annexed property has not previously received a zoning designation as part of comprehensive planning under RCW 35.13.177 and 178, the annexed property shall be administratively assigned provisional zoning under the City designation most similar to the former County zoning. A Planning Commission hearing to review provisional zoning shall be conducted within sixty (60) days under procedures for rezone petition at no cost to the property owner." Section 2. Amend Section 1-C-2 of Zoning Ordinance Chapter IV (GENERAL PROVISIONS) to read as follows: "2. Front yard setback requirements shall not apply to decks, platforms, and porches that do not exceed thirty (30) inches in height above the finished grade; except that raised decks, high or enclosed porches, balconies or similar architectural appendages that extend more than thirty inches above finished Grade may project not more than six (6) feet into the front yard setback." Section 3. Amend Land Use Table #5 to add the following uses as noted: "Show 'Marine Craft Retail (new and used)' as being permitted outright (A) in the iG zone, and as being permitted by Special Use Permit (SUP) in the GB and MX zones." "Show 'Marine Craft Accessories, Retail' as being permitted outright in the IG, GB and BC zones; and as being permitted by Special Use Permit (SUP) in the MX zone." "Show 'Marine Services, repair, gas, rental' as being permitted outright in the IG zone; and as being permitted by Special Use Permit (SUP) in the GB and BC zones." Section 4. Amend Land Use Table #6 to include "Commercial Parkina Lot" in the MX zone by Special Use Permit (SUP)." Section 5. Amend the Zoning Map to remove the Limited Parking Overlay (LPO) zone from all areas in which the underlying zoning provides for the development of commercial parking lots. Section 6. Amend Section 2-A of Zoning Ordinance Chapter IV (GENERAL PROVISIONS) to read as follows: "A. Required parking spaces shall be made available and continuously maintained for the parking of operable passenger automobiles and bicycles of residents, customers, patrons and employees of the related land use and shall not be rented, leased or otherwise assigned to any other person or organization without an approved joint use agreement or other City approval. No business activity shall be permitted on required parking spaces." Section 7. Amend Section 2-F of Chapter VII (PARKING PROVISIONS) to read as follows: "F. Required off-street parking spaces, other than driveways, shall not be allowed within the front or side yard setback areas of any residential zoning district and parking is prohibited on landscaped or other areas not designed and approved for that purpose, except that; 1. Front or side yard parking spaces may be created and used if an alternative parking proposal is approved as an Administrative Variance; and 2. Such alternative parking proposal shall not involve parking spaces in excess of the minimum requirements for the subject property or land use." Section 8. Amend Chapter VII (PARKING PROVISIONS) as follows: A. Amend Section 3-I to read: "I. Parking spaces for the disabled shall be at least 12 feet 6 inches wide. Two adjacent disabled spaces may have a combined width of 21 feet, provided a marked access aisle of 48 inches is located between the spaces. Other dimensions shall be the same as those for standard vehicles." B. Amend Section 4 (SIGNAGE) to read: "SECTION 4: SIGNAGE A. Directional signs and pavement markings shall be used to control vehicular movement in parking areas. Signs shall be limited to two (2) square feet in size. No signs of any kind other than those indicating entrances, exits, name of establishment to which the parking area is accessory, conditions of use, or identification of disabled spaces shall be erected. B. Vertical signs between thirty-six and eighty- four inches off the ground are required for each disabled parking space. The signs shall have the international symbol of Access, have colors of white on a blue background (see RCW 70.92.120), and have the notice "State disabled permit required"." C. Amend Section 6 to read: "SECTION 6: HANDICAPPED PARKING REQUIREMENTS A. All on-site parking areas shall comply with the minimum requirements for handicapped/disabled parking, per State of Washington Regulations for Barrier Free Facilities (WAC 51.10). B. Any public or private building that was built or substantially remodeled after October 1, 1976, is required to have handicap accessible parking spaces. C. Handicap accessible parking spaces shall be located to provide the least distance to the entrance of the building to which the parking is accessory." Section 9. Amend the table in Figure VII-4, entitled OFF- STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES to include a second footnote, as follows: "** For purposes of off-street parking requirements, each room or Group of rooms within a boarding or rooming house that is rented or otherwise occupied by a single person or household shall be considered a 'dwelling unit'." Section 10. Amend the category "Marinas & Moorage Fac." in the table in Figure VII-5, entitled OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, to read as follows: "Marinas & Moorage Fac: Transient Moorage ....... 1 space per 20 moorage slips Permanent Moorage ....... 1 space per moorage slip" Section 11. Amend the minimum parking requirements for the category "Nursery School and Day Care Center" in the table in Figure VII-5, entitled OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON- RESIDENTIAL USES, to read as follows: "1 space per 5 children (based on max. occupancy load as licensed by the State of Wash.) plus 2 loading/unloading spaces without backing up; except that Family Day Care Homes are exempt from the no backing up requirement." Section 12. Amend the minimum parking requirements for the category "Clubs, lodges" in the table in Figure VII-5, entitled OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, to read as follows: "One space per four fixed seats and one space per fifty square feet of gross floor area of assembly areas without fixed seating." Section 13. Amend Subsection M of Section 18 (SIGN PROVISIONS) to include the BP zone and to read as follows: "M. Industrial and Special Purpose District Sig~ ~g~_a~.9~: The following regulations shall pertain to signs placed or erected within the IP, IG, BP, WS, FM, and PS zoning districts:" Section 14. Amend Subsection B-1 (Permitted Uses) of Section 6 (Parks and Schools Zoning District [PS]) of Zoning Ordinance Chapter V to add the following: "g. Recreation-related nonprofit group uses/activities. h. Concessions approved by the City Council." Amend Subsection B-2 (Other Uses) of the same section to add the following: Buildings or other structures intended for the use of recreation-related nonprofit groups." APPROVED on the first reading this ~ day of PASSED on second reading by the Bremerton City Council this cer Ho H~ / si~nt / Approved this //J' day of ) ]I ~ (S~t_ 1989 Lobe ATTEST: City Clerk PUBLICAT!O.N DATE