HomeMy WebLinkAbout2297 ORDINANCE NO. 2297
AN ORDINANCE to regulate and restrict the location and use of buildings
and uss of lands within the City of Bremerton; to limit the height of build-
ings, to prescribe building lines and size of yards and other open spaces
and to amend Sections 605, 606, 325, subsection D, Section 1609, Chapter 4
of Title 2 and adding a new Chapter 7 to title 2 and to repeal Sections 326
and 327 of Ordinance No. 1792 and declaring an~emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
SE~Tt0N 1, That Sections $26 and 327 of Ordinance No. 1792 be and the
same are hereby repealed.
SEC'~ION 2. That Section 325 of Ordinance No. 1792 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 325. Off-street parking and loading and unloading as set forth
in Chapter 7, Titie 2 of this Ordinance shall apply in all residential dis-
tricts.
SECTION 3. ~fhat Section 605 of Ordinance No. 1792 is hereby amended
to reaJ as follows:
Section 605. Off-street loading and unloading, as set forth in Chap-
ter 7, title 2 of this Orainance applies to manufacturing districts.
SECTION ~o ~ection 606 of Ordinance No. 1792 is hereby ~end~d to read
as follows:
Section 606. Ail provisions for off street parking as set forth in
Chaoter 7, Title 2 shall apply in manufacturing districts.
SECTION 5. The~e!ts hereby added to Ordinance No. 1792 Chapter 7,
Title 2 w~,ich is to read as follows:
Section 703° Purpose. The provision of off-street parking and load-
ing space in accordance with the needs and req~irements of particular pro-
perty uses is a necessary public policy in '~he interest of traffic safety,
minimizing congestion, and to provide harmonious development.
Section 704. General Requirements for Off-street parking. New uses
in all districts shall meet the minimum standards of this chapter.
Section 705. Policy. In all districts there shall ~e provided at the
time of erecting, enlarging, moving, or increasing of capacity by adding
dwelling units, commercial or industrial floor area or seating facilities,
minimum off-street parking space, other than in required front yards and
wit[~ adeqaate provision for ingress and egress to the street, in accordance
wit~ the requirements of this chapter.
Section 706. Size and Access. Each off-street parking space shall
have a net area of not less than 160 square feet exclusive of access drives
or aisles, and shall oe of usable si~ape and condition; to determine on a
gross area Oasis, 300 square feet shall be allowed per vehicle.
~ ~ If required parking space for a one or two-family dwelling is
not provided in a covered garage, then such soace shall be not less than
200 square feet, and shall Oe so located and/~r constructed that it may
later be covered ~y a garage structure in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance and the cit'y building code.
Section 707. Location. Off-street facilities shall be located as
hereinafter specified; where a distance is specified, such distance shall
0e the walking distance measured from the nearest point of the parking fac-
ility to 'the nearest point of the building that such facility is re~-luired
to werve.
(a) For one-and two-family dwellings: on the same lot with the
building they are required to serve and as provided in Section 706°
(b) For multiple dwellings: not more t~an 300 feet from the
building they are required to serve.
(c) For uses other than those specified above; not more than 600
feet from the building they are required to serve.
Section 708. Units of Measurement.
(a) In stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of as-
sembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews, or other sim-
ilar seating facilities, each twenty (20) inches of width of such seating
facilities shall Se counted as one seat for the purpose of determining re-
quirements of off-street parking facilities under this ordinance.
(b) When a unit of measurement determining the number of requir-
ed parkin~ spaces results in the reouirement Of a fractional space any fra-
ction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and fractions over
one-bali' s~all require one parking space.
(c) For purposes of determining off-street parking and loading
space as related to floor space on multi-level structures and buildings,
the following formula shall be used to compute gross floor area for parking
determi~ations:
Maim floor .................. o 100~
Basement an<~ 2nd Floor ............. 50~
Additional stories ............... 25~
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Section 709. Expansion and enlargements. Whenever any building is
enlarged in height or in ground coverage, off-street parking shall be pro-
vided for said expansion or enlargment in accordance wit~ the requirements
of the schedule; provided, however, that no parking space need be provided
in the case of enlargement or expansion where the number of parking spaces
required for such expansion or enlargement since the effective date of this
ordinance in less than 10% of the parking spaces specified in the schedule
for the building. Nothing in this provision shall be constured to require
off-street parking spaces for the portion of such building existing at the
time of passage of this ordinance.
Section 710. Mixed Occupancies. In case of mixed uses, the total
requirement for off-street parking facilities shall be the sum of the re-
quirements for the various uses computed separately. Off-street parking
facilities for one use shall not be considered as providing required park-
ing facilities for any other use, except as h~reinafter specifie~ for joint
use.
Section 711. Uses Not Specified. In the case of a use not specifi-
cally mentioned in parts below, the requirements for off-street parking
facilities shall ~e determined by the Planning Commission. Such determina-
tion shall be 0ased upon the re<luirements for the most comparable 'use list-
ed.
Section 712. Joint Use. The Planning ~ommission may authorize the
joint use of parkin~i facilities for the following uses or activities under
conditions specified:
(a) Up to 50,~ of the parking facilities required by this chap-
ter for a theater, bowling alley, dance hall, bar or restaurant may be
supplied by the off-s'treet, parking facilities provided by certain other
types of buildings or uses herein referred to as "daytime" uses in part
(d) .below.
(b) Up to 50% of the off-street parking facilities required by
this part ~r any buildings or uses specified in part (d) below, "daytime"
uses, may Oe aupplied by the parking facilities provided oy uses herein
referred to as "night time" uses in part (e) belo~.
(c) Up to 100% of the parking facilities required, by'this sec-
tion for a church or for an auditorium incidental 'to a public or parochial
school may be supplied by the off-street parking facilities provided by
uses herein referred to as "daytime" uses in part (d) below.
(d) For the purpose of this part, the following uses are consid-
ered as primary daytime uses: Banks, offices, retail, personal service
shops, household equipment or furniture stores, clothing or shoe-repair
shops, manufacturing or wholesale buildings and similar uses.
(e) For the purpose of this section the following uses are con-
sidered as primary "night time" or Sunday' uses: Auditoriums incidental to
a puOlic or parochial school, churches, bowling alleys, dance halls, thea-
ters, oars, or restaurants.
Section 713. Conditions Required for Joint Use:
(a) The buildin~ or use for which application is being made to
utilize the off-street parking facilities provided by another'building or
use, shall be located within 800 feet of such parking facilities.
~b) The applicant shall show that there is no substantial con-
flict in the principal operating hours of' the two buildings or uses for
which joint use of off-street parking facilities is proposed.
(c) A properly dr~wn legal instrument, recorded with the CoU2~Y
Auditor, executed by the parties concerned for joint use of off-street
.parking facilities, approved as to form and manner of execution by the city
attorney, shall be filed with '~he building inspector granting the .,sers
the right to off-street parking facilities to the individual user or his
assignee approved by the other party'. However, the right to occupancy of
the premises for which the off-street parking facilities are maintained
shall only be commensurate with the period of 'time in which said parking
facilities are available.
Section 714. Plans. The plan of the proposed parking area shall be
submitted~to the building inspector at the time of the application for the
building to which the parking area is required. Said plan shall clearly
indicate the proposed development, including location, size, shape, design,
curb cuts, lighting, landscaping, and other features and appurtenances re-
quired.
Section 715. Table of ]~inimum Standards. Required parking spaces
(where alternative standards prevail, the greater ~pplies in conflicting
computations) are as follows:
(1) Residential structures: One (1) for each dwelling unit.
(2) Rooming houses, lodging homes, siiilar uses: One (1) for
each sleeping room.
(3) Auto courts, motel: One (1) for each sleeping unit.
(4) Hotels: One (1) for each two (2) bedrooms.
(5) Hospitals and i~stitutions: One (1) for each four (4) beds.
(5) Theaters: One (1) for each four (4) seats, except one (1)
for each eight (8) seats in excess of 800 seats.
(7) Churches, auditoriums and similar enclosed places of assembly
One (1) for each six (6) seats and / or one (1) for each~fifty (50) square
~eet of floor area for assembly not containing fixed seats.
(8) Stadiums, sports arenas, and similar open assemblies: One
(1) for each eight (8) seats and/or one (1) for each 100 square feet of as-
sembly spac~ without fixed seats.
(9) Libraries, classrooms: One (1) for each 250 square feet of
gross fl&or space.
(10) Dance halls: One (1) for each fifty (50) square feet of gross
floor area.
(11) Bowling alleys: Six (6) for each alley.
(12) Medical and dental clinic: One '(~) for each 150 square feet
of gross floor area.
(13) Banks, business and professional offices with on-site custo-
mer service: One ~1) for each 400 square feet of gross floor area.
(14) Offices not providing customer service on premises: One (1)
for each four (4) employees or one (1) for each 800 square feet of gross
floor area.
(15) Mortuaries, funeral homes: One (1) for each 75 square feet
of stoor spaced used for assembly.
(16) Warehouse, storage and wholesale business: One (L) for
each two (2) employees.
(17) Food and. beverage places with sale and consumption on pre-
mises: If less than 4,000 sq. ft. floor area: One (1) for each 200 square
~eet of gross floor area. If over 4,000 sq.ft, floor area: Twenty (20)
plus one (1) for each 100 square feet of gross floor area in excess of 4,000
square feet.
(18) Furniture, appliance, hardware, clothing, shoe, personal
service stores: One (1) for each 600 square feet of gross floor area.
(19) Motor vehicle, machinery, p~umbing, heating, ventilating,
building supplies, stores and services: One (1) for each 1,000 square feet
of gross floor area, exclusive of displays, or one (1) for each three (3)
employees.
(20) Other retail stores less than 5,000 square feet floor area:
One (1) per each ZOO square feet floor area or at a rate of one (1) inside
to one (1) outside.
(21) Retail between S,O00 and 20,000 sq.ft, floor area: Seven-
teen (17) ~lus one (1) per each 100 square feet in excess of 5,000 or at a
ratio of one (1) inside to two (2) outside.
(22) Manufac~uring uses, research, testing, processing, assembly,
all industries: One (1) for each two (2) employees on the maximum working
shift, ~nd not less than one (1) for each 800 square feet of gross floor
area.
(23) Transportation terminal: By Planning Commission determina-
tion based upon needs.
(24) Uses not specified: See ~ection 711.
Section 716. Enclosure. A rail fence, evergreen hedge, wall or other
continuous barricade of harmonious raaterial and design at least eighteen
(16) inches, and not more than thirty-six (36) inches, in height, shall be
provided along property lines which adjoin streets or alleys in 0usiness
and manufacturing districts except a~ exits or access driveways; provided
that off-street parking areas which adjoin or face across a street, alley
or property line toward residentially zoned and/or used property (or insti-
tutionally used premises) shall be more effectively screened on such sides
by a continuous, view-reducing fence, wall or compact evergreen hedge, which
shall be broken only for egress and access drives and walks. Such fence,
wall or hedge shall comply with the usual height and yard requirements, and
shall be maintained in good condition. In case the elevation of that por-
tion of the parking area immediately adjacent to the dwelling is six (6)
feet or more below the elevation of the lowest habitable floor in said dwell-
ing, then an appropriate retaining masonary wall shall 0e substituted along
the co~m~on lot line.
Section 71~. Landscaping. Slopes or other areas between the parking
area and '~e side or street lot line shall be landscaped with grass, hardy
shrubs, trees or evergreen ground cover and shall be maintained in good con-
dition. In ~he case of a proposed parking area which exceeds ten thousand
(10,000) square feet in area, and which is to be located in or adjoining
(or across the street from) any residential district, the planting and main-
tenance of ~rees, shrubs, ground co~er and/or lawn within and along 0or,ers
of such parking area is required; planting plans for said area must be re-
viewed and approved by the Planning Commission, and Parks Department. Appro-
priate wheel and Oumper guards shall be provided to protect landscaping and
structural appurtenances.
Section 918. Set-backs. If on the same lot with a main building, no
part o~' the parking area shall be located within the space between required
set-back line and the front lo~ line or within the side-s~reet side-yard
requirement for such building. If not on the same lot with a main building
the parking area shall not 0e closer to any street line 'than the least width
of the yard or setback line which would be required for a main building in
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such district, or as 4equired for the i~nediately adjoining more restric-
tive distr~ct, if, abutting the property, such exists. The enclosure re-
quired by Section 716 shall be set back from the street the same as if it
were a building wall.
Section 719. Entrances and exits. The location, design and construc-
tion of all points of ingress and egress from an off-street parking lot
shall be governed by existing regulations; provided that no e~trance or exit
other than on or from an alley shall be closer than fifteen (15) feet to any
residential lot located in a residential district.
Section 720. Surfacing. Parking areas shall be improved with an asphal-
tic bituminous, cement or other .proper]~y bound, durable and dustless surface.
They shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water; in no
case shall such drainage be allowed to flow across Jidewalks; where feasible,
the drains should discharge directly into storm sewers. Ail construction
shall be subject to city approval and building code requirements before the
occupancy permit shall be granted.
Section 721. Lighting. Parking areas larger than five thousand (5,000)
square feet (alone or grouped) shall be illuminated by diffused lighting fix-
tures, so arranged as to reflect light away from adjoining premises of any
residential zone; plans to be approved by the Building Inspector must be suit-
able for the characner of the area.
Section 722. Operation. In or adjoinin6 a residential district, no
charge shall 0e made for 'the use of such parking lots except on a weekly or
monthly basis, and no co~ercial or repair or service of any kind shall be
conducted on such parking lot, and .parking shall be limited to passen~.~er ve-
hicles, panel, light and pick~up trucks. No loading, sales or dead storage
shall be allowed on these lots.
Section 723. Signs. No advertising signs, and only one (1) unillumin-
ated sign of less than two square feet for eacl~ entrance or exit driveway,
pertaining to the parking lots, shall be erected or maintained; provided that
one hundred (100) feet or more distance from any residential district, this
restriction shall not apply.
Section 724. Exceptions for Commercial or Industrial ParXing in "R" dis-
tricts. The establishment, operation and maintenance of a restricted acces-
sory parking area may be authorized by the Planning Commission as a condition-
al exdeption (subject to public hearing) in such parts of any 2nd class res-
idential district as abut upon (either directly or across an alley or street)
a business or ~anufacturing district. Each parking lot thus authorize~ shall
be subject to ~he provisions of Sections 7~5 through 730.
Section 725. Lots Oonsidered Accessory. Such parking lots shall be ac-
cessory to, and for use in connection with, one or more business, co~m~ercial,
industrial or manufacturing establishments located in an adjoining district
permitting such establishments.
Section 726. Lots Must Adjoin Non-Residential Districts. Such parking
lot shall abut at least fifty (50) feet either directly or across an alley
or street, upon a 'business or manufacturing district.
S~ction 727. Use Restricted to Passenger Vehicles. Such parking lot
shall 'be used solely for t~e parkin~ of p~ivate non-commercial passenger veh-
icles.
Section 728. Application and Plan Required. Any person, firm or cor-
poration desiring permission to e~tablish and maintain a restricted lot of
this nature, s~all submit an application and plans therefor 'to the Building
Inspector who shall refer the s~e for review and approval. Ail preceding
ge~eral requirements shall be met, in addition to the Planning Commission
hearing and approval.
Section 729. Permit. '£he Building Inspector may issue t~e permit in
accordance therewith, suOject to additional requirements and modifications as
may be stipulated by the Planning Commission in the pu01ic interest.
Section 7~0. Revocation of Permit. Any permit issued by the Building
Inspector may 'be revoked at any time that the aforementioned requirements
are breached by revocation of the Certificate of 0ccupancy$~ any permittee
who uses, or per~its t . be used, premises in vilation of any of the conditions
specified in the~ ordinance or other condizions of the permit, shall be deemed
subject to the penalty prescribed. Such revocation shall not be constmued to
be a release from the requirements of these sections.
Section 731. Parking Spaces: Miscellaneous Requirements and Considera-
tions. In addition to the preceeding requirements, the following miscellan-
eous requirements and considerations in Section 732 through 737 shall apply.
Section 732. Size of Garage. A private garage shall not have a capa-
city for more than three (3) passenger automobiles for each ~welting unit,
unless the lot whereon the dwelli~ng and ~arage are proposed to 0e located
has an area of two thousand (2,000) square feet for each parking space in
such garage.
Section 733. Construction Requirements. Existing buildings and struc-
tures not heretofore required to provide off-street parking are not hereby
required to make provisions, but are encourgged to do so on their own volition
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in this event, full compliance with the number of spaces is not required,
but there sh~.ll be compliance as to location, construction, and re~ ted re-
quirements.
Section 734. Reduction in Size of Areas Prohibited. Any off-street
parking area already in sue or established hereafter, shall not 'be reduced
below the limits required by these sections 'by abandonmen~ or the construc-
tion of any addition to a building or structure so as 'to encroach upon the
minimum spaces required; nor by the erection of an additional 'building or
structure on the property; except that it may be relinquished or reduced
when substitute space Js 'provided elsewhere in compliance with this ordinance.
Section ~55. Parking Perpetuation. To insure the perpetuation of the
Off-street parking space herein required the holder of certificate of occu-
pancy must maintain such du~'in~ his occupancy and use, and in the absence of
maintaining said o~'f-street parkins, 'the certificate of occupancy shall be
revoked.
Section 736. Co-operation and Joint Developments. Co-operative park-
in~ for two or more buildings o~~ uses is ~ermitted, provided that where ~he
total combined parking area is less than 10,000 square feet, the total of
such space supplied so-operatively s~all not be less than the sum of the re-
quirements for the various uses computed separately. Where adjoining park-
ing facilities of two or more ownerships can be developed and designed in-
tegrally and where efficiency of parking and circulation and economy of
space will result from joint development, and where the total parking area
involved is greater than 10,000 square feet, a reduction of 20% ef the total
combined required parking shall be permitted.
Section 737. L.I.D. Exemptions. Property owners in off-street parking
improvement districts are exempt whenever an off-street parking improvement
district is approved by the city council, and sach property is duly acquired
and appropriately developed, the council may, upon recommendation of Plan-
ning Commission, by resoltion, determine 'that the off-street ?arkin6 needs
of any designated block, ?arts of blocks, or groups of blocks in such dis-
tricts have been met; in such cases such project shall supersede the require-
meats of these provisions for such area, and a '"buiiding permit may be issued
without conformance therewith.
Section 758. Required Off-street Loading Space. The off-street load-
ing provisions of Section 759 through ~46 shall apply in all districts.
Section 759. Berths Required. Buildings or structures to be erected
or subsequently altered a~ which require the receipt, delivery or distribu-
tion of materials and merchandise by trucks shall provide and maintain off-
street loading berths according to pre~oribed standards.
Section 740. Table of St~andards. Business or commercial buildings
(retail, wholesale, storage,) goods, display markets, mortUaries, latnadries,
decartment stores, waz'ehou'ses, industrial or manufacturing establishments,
freight terminals, railroad yards and similar uses, which have, or intend to
have, an aggregate gross floor area of five thousand (5,000) square feet or
more, shall provide truck loading and unloading berths in accordanc~ with
the following table of standards:
N~tber of Berths Adjusted Gross Floor Area (See Sec.?08)
1 5,000 sq.ft, up to 20,000 sqoft.
2 20,000 sq.ft, up to 80,000 sq.ft.
3 50,000 sq.ft, up to 100,000 sq.fto
1 additional 50,000 sq.ft, in excess of 100,000 sq.ft.
for each
Section 741. Table o~. Standards. Each office building, hotel restau-
rant, assembly structure, hospital and any similar structure, which has or
is intended to have an aggregate gross floor area of twenty thousand (20,000)
square feet or more shall provide off-street truck load~n~ or unloading berths
in accordance with this table:
Number of Berths Adjusted Gross Floor Area (See Sec.708)
1 20,000 sq.ft, up to 50,000 sq.ft.
2 50,000 sq.ft, up to 100,000 sq.ft.
1 Additional 1000,000 sq.ft, in excess of 100,000 sq.ft.
for each
Section 742. Size of berths. Berths req~ired by preceding sections
shall be 10 feet wide, forty-five (45) feet long, and fourteen (14) feet
high for large trucks such as trail~r vans.
Section 743. Design Standards. Berths shall be provided in such a
manner as not to obstruct freedom of traffic movement and driver vision on
streets or alleys, and be adequate for standing, loadinf~ and unloading ser-
vices in order to avoid undue congestion and interference with public use of
streets and alleys, and to provide s~fetyo
Section 744. Use of Yards. Space for such berth may occupy all, or
any part of any required yard space when uncovered.
Section 745. Relationship to Residential Lots. No berth shall be loc-
ated closer than fifty (50) feet to any other lot in any residence district
unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless screened from
such lot in the residence district by a wall or uniformly painted fence not
less than six (6) feet in height.
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Section V46. Access to Alleys. Access to such berth shall be from an
alley when such exists. Off-street truck loading areas shall be separated
from the off-street parking area. The surface shall be light bituminous
macadam or better.
Section 747. Alternate Methods. The loading requirements may be re-
laxed in the established business and manufacturing zones at such times as
the effected property is parSicipating in the provision of necessary- fac-
ilities by oth~r means, such as, but not limited to, a local improvement
district for this purpose, or any otlier satisfactory method to provide the
equivalent of the necessary space as determined by the Planning Commission.
SECTION 6. That Chapter 4 of Ordinance No. 1792, in its entirety, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 500. Three business distric5 classifications are provided to
promote business development on the basis of function performed and to min-
imize conflicts within each district and with uses in adjacent districts.
The business districts are classified as Bi, B-2, and B-~ Districts as here-
inafter defined°
The provisions of off-street parking and for loading and unloading as
set forth in Section 5, of this Ordinance, shall apply in all b~iness~is-
tricts.
Section 501. Business District (B-i). In B-1 Business Districts no
building or premises shall be used and no ~uildings shall be hereaf'ser
erected or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance,
except for one or more of the following uses~
1. Any use permitted in the First and Second Residential Districts
provided that regulations pertaining thereto as heretofore provided, are com-
plied with.
2. Retail stores and shops, limited to uses needed to serve a
residential district, such as a grocery, confectlonary shop, retail 'bakery
shop, drug store, and medical or dental clinic.
~. The Planning Commission may upon review of building site plan,
authorize any sue de~ermined to be of the same general character as the uses
specifically permitted in this section, subject to required conditions as
outlined in sections 504 and 505 but excluding prohibited uses.
4. The Planning Commission may, upon review of the building site
plan, authorize gasoline service stations. (no repairs).
5. The Plan~ing Con~ission may, upln review of the building site
plan, authorize a cafe in a B-1 business district provided floor space is
held to 1000 square feet.
Section ~02. Business District (B-i) Accessory Uses. The following
accessory uses shall be permitted in the B-1 Business District~
1. Uses an~ structures customarily incidental to a principal
use specifically permitted except of a type specified as a prohibited use.
2. An exterior business sign attached flat against the building
and not extending above the roof line and not facing '~he side o~ any ad-
joining lot in any residential district. Said sign is not to exceed 80
square feet and it must ~ertain ~mly to the business within.
Section $03. Business District (B-i) Accessory Ekceptions. Access-
ory exceptions which may be authorized by the Planning Commission in B-1
Business Districts are those uses customa~ly ~ncidental to conditional ex-
ceptions.
Section 504. Density provisions for the B-1 Bmsiness Districts are as
follows: 1. ~aximum building height; not to exceed 20 feet above the high-
est elevation o~' sidewalk a~joining the tract upon which the 0uilding is to
be constructed.
2. Minimum lot: No minim~a lot area requirements for non-resi-
dential building. Minimum lo5 area £or residential building shall be as
required fo~' Residential Districts.
3. Minimum set ~ack on front~ 50 feet from street centerline,
provided however, that no building shall be constructed within 20 feet of
front lot line.
4. Minim~r~ Side Yard, interior lot; None required for non-resi-
dential buildings except 5hay 0uildings on lots directly adjace~t, to Resi-
dential Districts shall have the same side yard on the adjacent side as is
required in the Residential District.
5. Minimum Sics Yard, Corner Lot: 10 feet on the lateral street
side. Same as for interior lot on side opposite laterial street.
6. Minimum Rear Yard: 10 feet for non-resider~tial ~uildings.
Where property directly abuts a Residential ~istrict. on any side, or where
the property is used for residential purposes the rear yard shall be in ac-
corda~ce with requirements for Residential Districts.
?. Maximum Building coverage of lot Area:
Section $05. Business District (B-i) Basic Requirements. Uses per-
mitted in B-1 Business DistricSs shall be subject to the following limita-
tions: 1. Ail business service, processing, storage, or merchandise
display shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building, except for
off-street ~u~omobile parking and off-street loading and automobile service
stations when permitted under section ~04; provided merchandise shall be
stored only within ~he buildings.
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2. No single retail business permitted in this zone shall occupy
more than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.
3. Goods sold shall consist primarily of new merchandise, and all
goods produced shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced; stor-
age shall be limited to the current inYentor~' needs of the permitted uses.
4. Not more than a total of '~hree persians shall be engaged at any
one time for all functions of an enterprise operating in any establishment
in this district; e~ce~t in an integrated food market where a total of five
may be allowed.
5. ~¥~echanical equipment used for the conduct of business within
the distric~ shall be limited to devi~es and processes which cannot be heard
beyond the ~ undary of the district.
$. ~rocesses and equipment employed and goods processed or sold
shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor~
dust, smoke, cinders, gas, vibration, refuse matter, or water carried waste~
7. Any outdoor principal o~~ accessory use of this ~ction which
adjoins or faces ~remises situated in a Residential District shall provide
screening.
8. Ail principal uses s~all be oriented to pedestrian needs and
be so located and designed as to discourage vehicular interference with ped-
~estrian safety.
Section ~05. Business District (B-i) Prohibited Uses. The prohibited
uses in a B-1 ~usiness District are those uses which are permitted only in a
less restricted district.
Section ~07. Business District (B-2). In Business Districts B-2 no
building or premises shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erect-
ed or structurally altered unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, ex-
cept fo~~ one or more of the following uses:
1. Any mse permitted in the First and Second Residential Districts
provided that regulations pertaining thereto ~s heretofore provided are com-
plied with.
2. Any use permitted in B-1 Business Districts.
3. Retail store and personal service establis~ments, banks, and
financ'ial institutions, business and professional offices, catering estab-
lishments, trade or business school, nursery sales yards, experimental or
testing laboratory which does no~ employ machinery or equipment not permit-
ted in the B-2 Business District, taxidermy shops, locksmith, convalescent
homes, ~omes for the aged, dance and music st~dioso
4. Frozen food lockers, retail ~ce cream dispensary, not includ-
inj ice manufacture, motel, mortuary, storage ~uil~ing for household goo~s.
.!'. 5. The Planning Commission may, upon review of the building site
plan, au~aorize any use determined to ~e of the same general c~arac~e~~ as
the uses specifically ~ermitted in this ~ection, subject to required condi-
tions as outlined in Section $10 and 511 but excluding prohibited uses.
go ~eeting halls, auditoriums, parking garages and automobile
rental garages, ~akeries, printin~ and publishing establishments are permit-
ted provided they are in a completely enclosed building or completely enclose
portion of a buildin~ when within fifty (80) feet of any Residential District
7. Automobile display or sales establishments, repair garages,
for minor repairs, laundries, dry cleaning or dyeing establishments, elec-
trical, plumbing, and sheet me,al shops, retail pet shops or small animal
clinics for out-patien~ ~reatment only, retail lumber stores incluUing other
incidental building materials, are permitted provided they are in a complete-
ly enclosed building or completely enclosed portion of a building when with-
in fifty (50) feet of any Residential District.
8. Amusement enterprises including theaters, pool halls, bowling
alleys, dance halls, skating rinks, taverns, restaurants or cafes serving
alcoholic beverages or including entertair~nent or where dancing is permitted
provided ~hey are in a completely enclosed building or completely enclosed
portion of a building when within fifty feet (80) of any Residential District
an~ wi~en within five hundred ($00) feet from any PuSlic School grounds, play-
ground or public park entrance.
9. Advertising signs or str~ctures, subject to limitations noted~
in Section 511 and ~17.
10. Commercial parking lots for private passenger vehicles only,
locsted fifty (BO) feet or more from any Residential District.
11. Service S~ations, plant nurseries including retail sales pro-
ducts, drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks, drive-in dry cleaning estab-
lishments.
12. The Planning ~ommission may upon review of the building site
plan, authorize major automobile repair shops or funeral homes.
15. Telephone offices, telegraph and messenger offices, ~elephone
exchanges and electric substations and similar uses of public service cor-
porations, police or ~ire stations.
Section 508° Business District (B-2) Accessory Uses. The following
accessory uses shall be permitted in ~he B-~ Business Districts.
1o Uses and structures customarily incidental to a principal use
specifically permitted except of a type s~ecified as a prohibited use.
2. Business signs, not exceeding 180 square feet in area, per-
taining only Go 'the main 'business conducted on the premises.
3. Commercial parking lots for private passenger vehicles only.
4. Loading and unloading areas and facilities.
Section $09. Business District (B-2) Accessory Exceptions. The ~coes-
sory exceptions which may be authorized by the Planning Com~nission in B-2
Business Districts are those uses customarily incidental to conditional ex-
ceptions.
Section $10. Business District (B-2) Density Provisions. Density pro-
visions for the B-~ Business District are as follows~:
1. ~aximum bmilding ~eight: ~hene~er the sideline of a lot in
a B-~ Business District is adjacent to a Residential District, the building
on such lot shall be limited to thirty ($0) feet in height above the high-
est elevation of sidewalk adjoining the tract upon which the 0uildin6 is to
be constructed. No building shall e×ceed a height of sixty (~0) feet above
the highest elevation of the sidewalk adjoining the tract~ upon which the
building is to be constructed.
~. ~iinim~ Lot: No minimum lo~ area for non-residential build-
ing. ~tnimum lot area for residential building shall be as required for
Residential Districts.
~. ~inimum set back on ~'ront: ~ feet from cen~erline of street
for non-residential building, $~ feet for residential building. No resid-
ential building shall be constructed within 20 feet of front lot line.
4. ~inim~a side yard - Interior Lot: None required for non-
residential buildings except tha~ buildings on lots directly adjacent to
Residential Districts shall have the same si~e yard on the adjacent side
as is required in Che Residential District.
$. ~Iinimum Side Yard, Corner Lot: None required for non-resid-
ential building. Residential buildings shall have the s~ne side yards as
required in Residential Districts.
6. ~inimum Rear Yard: 10 feet for non-residential buildings.
~here property directly abuts a Residential District on any side, or where
the property is used for residential purposes the rear yar~ shall be in ac-
cordance with requirements for Residential Districts.
7. ~axlmum Building - Coverage of Lot Area: No lot coverage
limitations for non-residential buildings. A residential building or resi-
dential part shall occupy no more than thirty-five (35) percent of the lot.
Section ~11. Business District (B-~) Basic Requirements. Uses per-
mitted in B-2 Business Districts shall be subject to the following limita-
tions: 1. Ail business, service, repair or processing, storage or mer-
chandising display shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed buit~ing
e~cept as modified by this section and except for ~hose facilities designed
to accommodate customers in their automobiles.
2. No single retail business ~ermitted in this zone shall occupy
a building containing more than 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, ex-
cept that an integrated su~ermarket may have a maximum of 1~000 square feet
gross floor area.
~. Ail goods produced on ~he premises shall be sold at retail on
the premises.
~. Not mor~ than six (6) persons shall be engage~ at any one
time for all functions of an enverprise in any establishment in this district
~xcept that food markets, banks and of~fices may total (1~) employees on ~he
premises at any one time.
B. Processes a~d equipment employed and goods processed or sold
shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor,
dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vioration refuse matter or water carried
waste.
~. Nay outdoor principal or accessory use of this section w~ch
adjoins premises situated in a Residential District shall provide screening.
7. Signs shall be located ~0 feet or more from any residential
District.
8. Ail principal uses, except service stations, shall be oriented
~n
to pedestrian needs ~ d be so located and designed to discourage vehicular
interference with pedestrian safety.
Section ~12. Business District (B-~) Prohibited Uses. The prohib-
ited uses to the B-~ Business District are any uses other than those enumer-
ated in Section $07 through BO9 which are permitted in a less restrictive
district.
Section ~1S. Business District (B-~). In B-~ Business Districts no
buildin~j or premises shall be used and no buildings shall be hereafter
erected or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in t~is ordinan-
ce, except for one or more of the following uses:
1. Any use permitted in the first and second residential district
provided t~t regulations pertaining thereto as heretofore provided are com-
plied with.
~. Any use permitted in a B-1 or B-~ Business District.
~. ~epartment store, restaurant or club, service station, express
office, bus s~ation, government buildings, business school or general office
buildings.
ORDINANCE NO. 2297 (CON'T)
4. Main bank, financial institution, printing, publishing, hotel,
auditorium, office supplies, abstract offices, professional, corporation
and brokerage agent offices.
5. Automotive machinery and implement sale and service.
6. Liquor stores, taverns, night clubs, theaters, and other
forms of recreation.
7. Feed and seed stores, and greenhouses.
8. Newspaper plants, cleaning and laundry establishments.
9. Drive-in trades, upholstery shops, advertising signs and bill-
boards.
10. Trailer Courts.
11. The Planning Commission may, upon review of the building site
plan~ authorize any use determined to be of the same general character as
the uses specifically ~e~nitted in this section, subject to re~u~red condi-
tions as outlined in Section 816 and 517 but excluding prhlbttedOuses.
Section 51~. Business District (B-5) Accessory Uses. The following
accessory uses shall ce permitted in the B-2 B~siness Districts:
1. Uses and structures customarily incidental to a princial use
specifically permitted, except of a type specified, as a prohibited use.
2. Advertising, signs and bill-boards, not exceeding 200 square
feet in area.
~. Co~mmercial parMing lots for private passenger vehicles only.
Section ~15. Business District B-5 Accessory Exceptions. The acces-
sory exceptions which may be authorized b3 the Planning Commission in B-5
Business Districts are those uses customarily incidental to condit~ional ex-
ceptions.
Section ~15. Business District (B-5) Density Provisions. Density
provisions for the B-2 Business Districts are as follows:
1. ~aximum building height: Whenever the side line of a lot in
a B-~ Business District is adjacent to a Residential District, the build-
in~ on such lot shall be limited to thrity (~0) feet in height above the
highest elevation of sidewalk adjoining the tract upon which the building
is to ~ constructed. No building shall exceed a height of eighty-five
(85) feet above the highest elevation of the sidewalk adjoining the tract
upon which the Suilding is to be constructed.
~. ~inimum Lot: No minimum lot area requirements for non-resi-
dential buildings. ~inimum lot area for residential building shall be as
require~ for Residential Districts.
~. ~inimum Set Back on Front: 40 feet from centerline of street
for non-residential ~uilding. Sixty (~0) feet from centerline of street
for residential building.
No residential bmildin~ shall be constructed within ~0 feet of
the front lot line.
4. Minimum side yard, Interior Lot: None required for non-res-
idential bui!din~s except that tuildings on lots directly adjacent to Re-
sidential DiStrict,!shaft ~have the~m~sidei'~y~rd on 'the adjacent side a~
is required in the Residential District.
51 ~inimum side Yards, Corner Lot: None req~.~ired for non-res-
idential building. Residential buildings shall have the same side yard
as required in the Residential Districts.
6. ~inimum Rear Yard: None required for non-residential build-
ing, except where property directly abuts a Residential District on any
side, or where the property is used for residential purposes the rear yard
shall be in accordance wish requirements for Residential Districts.
7. ~aximum building coverage of lot: 100 percent.
Section 517. Business District (B-~) Basic Requirements. Uses per-
mitted in B-5 Business Districts shall be subject to the folowing limita-
tions:
1. Processes and equipment employed and goods processed or sold
shall be limited to those which are not objectionable by reason of odor,
dust, smoke, cinders, gas, noise, vibration, refuse matter or water-carried
waste.
2. Any outdoor principal or accessory use which adjoins or faces
premises situated in any Residential zone shall provide satisfactory screen-
ing.
3. Billboards, advertising signs and similar structures and de-
vices shall De located 50 feet or more from any Residential zone.
Section 518. Business ~istrict (B-3). Prohibited uses. The prohib-
ited uses in the B-3 Business District are any use other than those enumer-
ated in Sections 513, ~14, or 515.
Section 519. This amendment to Ordinance No. 1792 shall not impair or
effect any act done, offense committed, or right accruing, accrued, or ac-
quired, or liability, penalty, fo~feiture or punishmen't incurred prior to
the time ~nis amendment takes effec't but the same may ~ enjoyed, asserted,
enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the s~nc extent as if this
amendment had not been passed.
ORDINANCE NO. 2297 (CON'T)
SECTION 7. Subsection "D" of Section 1601 of Ordinance No. 1792 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Private land annexed to the City of Bremerton after the effective
date of this ordinance shall be classified as Residential I district un-
less otherwise recommended by the Planning Commission and classified in
the ordinance of annexation. Subsequent changes shall be in accordance
with procedures specified in this ordinance.
SECTION 8. Partial invalidity. The invalidity of any portion of
this Ordln~nce shall not affect the validity of any other portion thereof
which can be given effect without such invalid part.
SECTION 9. Than an~Jemergency exists affecting the public peace,
health and safety of the City of Bremerton, and this Ordinance shall take
effect immediately following passage and publication.
APPROVED on first reading this 27th day of August, 1958.
PASSED and APfROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Qlerk in authentication of
such passage this 10th day of September, 1958.
ATTEST: : ~.~.' il)OI¥~STAD; -Mayor
E.H.r. McGOW~N, City Clerk