HomeMy WebLinkAbout5435ORDINANCE NO. 5435
AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, Washington, for the 2021 Comprehensive Plan
Amendment docket to amend the Zoning code for consistency with
the Charleston Area -wide Planning Study in the District Center Core
zone.
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton adopted a Comprehensive Plan on May 18,
2016, by Ordinance No. 5299, hereinafter referred to as the "Comprehensive Plan;" and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act ("GMA") requires
internal consistency among comprehensive plan elements and applicable regional plans; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton adopted a Zoning Code on May 18, 2016, by
Ordinance No. 5301 hereinafter referred to as the "Zoning Code;" and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton has established a procedure and criteria for
approval for amending City proposed text amendments in the Zoning Code in Title 20.18 of the
BMC. This procedure supports Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code amendments to be
processed concurrently; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a workshop on the 2021
Comprehensive Plan amendments and associated Zoning Code changes proposal on March 15,
2021; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2021, the public was notified by a legal advertisement in
the Kitsap Sun of the opportunity to make comment and participate in the public hearing by the
Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2021, the Washington State Department of Commerce was
notified of the City's Comprehensive Plan Amendment docket for 2021; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 2021, a QED Determination of Nonsignificance was
issued for amendment docket items with a 14-day comment period; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2021, the Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on the 2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendment Docket, and the Planning Commission
recommended the City Council adopt amendments as presented here in this ordinances and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2021, the public was notified by a legal advertisement
in the Kitsap Sun of the opportunity to make comment and participate in the public hearing by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2021 the City Council conducted a public hearing
and considered all testimony prior to their decision; and
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WHEREAS, on the October 20, 2021 the City Council adopted Ordinance No.
5434 which amended the City's Comprehensive Plan and those amendments require Zoning
Code text change; and
WHEREAS, the proposal meets requirements of the GMA; and
WHEREAS, the proposal is consistent with Kitsap County Countywide Planning
Policies ("KCCPP"); NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings and Recitals Inco��o�ated. The findings and recitals set
forth above are hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2. Section 20.70.040 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Conditional Uses" is hereby added to read as follows.
20.70.040 CONDITIONAL USES.
The following Conditional Uses mawpermitted in the Charleston District Center,
provided a conditional use permit is approved pursuant to BMC 20.58.020 subject to the
corresponding conditions:
(a) Mobile Vending Unit. provided:
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1 ) A Mobile Vending Unit is defined as any motorized or non -motorized
vehicle, trailer, or other device located on private prope , designed to be portable and not
permanently attached to the around from which food or other retail items are vended, serve
offered for sale.
(2) No smoke, obnoxious odors, dust, li hL kil 6lare, vibration, noise exceeding
levels permissible per BMC 6.32, or other environmental impacts or pollution shall be detectable
off site.
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3) Weekdays between the hours of lOPM and 7AM all equipments
merchandise food -trucks and other materials associated with the use shall be removed from the
site. Alternative proposals for leaving Mobile Vending Units over -night may be considered by
the Director only in cases where Mobile Vending Units are completely self-contained, secured,
and do not require disassembly for transport to another location.
(4) Mobile Vending Units are responsible for the proper disposal of waste and
trash associated with the operation. At a minimum, Mobile Vending Units shall remove all
generated waste and trash from their approved location at the end of each day., or as needed to
maintain the public health and safety. No liquid waste or grease is to be disposed of in tree pits,
storm drains, sanitary sewers onto the sidewalks, streets or other public or private space. A
written waste management plan indicating_ plans for waste handling, sanitation, litter
collection/nrevention. recvcling, and daily cleanuu procedures shall be submitted with the use
permit application.
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(5) Minimum number of parkin stalls talls per BMC 20.48.080(1) shall be waived.
Any parking provided onsite shall conform to BMC 20.48, except that Mobile Vending Units
may request alternate site design proposals if accepted by the City.
(6) The Director may modify or waive design criteria per BMC 20.70.070 and
landscaping criteria per BMC 20.70.090.
(7) Conditions of Approval. Conditions such as site orientation, fencing,
buffering, parking location, lighting, access, hours of operation, and others may be imposed as a
condition of approval if it is found they are necessary to mitigate identifiable adverse impacts
and ensure compatibility with nearbyuses.
(8) Application Requirements. An application shall include all components
listed tier BMC 20.58.080(e). The Director may modify these requirements based on the sizc
scope and complexity of the project.
(b) Light Industrial Uses, provided:
(1) Conditional Use eli ig_bility is limited to existing properties fronting
Cambrian Avenue, Mead Avenue, and Wycoff Avenue; any property south of 6th Street
be eligible.
(2) No smoke, dust, light or glare, vibration, noi lse exceeding levels permissible
tier BMC 6.32. or other environmental impacts or pollution shall be detectable off site.
3) Indoor storage shall only be permitted as an
the permitted
.ed from mixed -use requirements per BMC 20.70.0601
;e utilized solely
SECTION 3. Section 20.70.080 of the Bremerton Municipal Code entitled
"Parking Kequirements" is hereby amended to read as follows:
20.70.080 PAP:K.ING REQUIREMENTS.
Parking shall meet the standards of Chapter 20.48 BMC U11. the following requirements.
For legally established existing buildings that comply with BMC 20.48.020(b) the parking will
be exempt from the following requirements.
(a) For nonresidential uses, the minimum parking requirement is one (1) space per
employee.
(b) On -site parking for nonresidential uses shall not exceed four (4) spaces per one
thousand (1,000) square feet of floor area.
(c) On -site parking shall be to the rear or side of buildings and shall not occupy more
than fifty (50) percent of the site frontage facing the arterial street(s). The site frontage includes
the area between the right-of-way and front building wall which applies to the entire length of
the property regardless of building width. Corner lots have two (2) site frontages as they are
positioned on two (2) street frontages.
(d) All efforts shall be taken to avoid placing parking on street corners. Parking located
between the building frontage and street corners shall be fully screened as follows:
(1) A four (4) foot tall decorative wall within the front yard landscaping area
that fully screens the parking areas. The wall shall be located such that it blocks views of the
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parking from the right -of --way. For long spans of frontage (one hundred (100) feet or more), the
wall shall include modular articulation to add architectural variety.
(i) Alternate architectural features, shrubs may be substituted for the
wall, provided it is demonstrated that the shrubs/alternative will provide equal to or better visual
screening than the wall. Shrubs shall be a minimum of three (3) feet tall at time of installation
and shall be additional to the landscaping required in Chapter 20.50 BMC.
(ii) Openings and architectural features may be required within a wall
section in order to tie the wall feature into the architecture of the building and to provide
pedestrian access. The entry shall be the minimum necessary to accommodate a sidewalk that is
a minimum of five (5) feet in width, clearly marked, and distinguished from driving surfaces by
using decorative paving, stamped/stained concrete, or raised walkways with alternative materials
(such as brick, cobblestone, decorative pavers). Paint striping does not meet this requirement.
(e) Access to parking shall be provided per the following priority.
(1) First, from an alley if available; if an alley is not available, then from local
street;
(2) If neither is available, then from a nonprincipal arterial street;
(3) If none of the above are available then from a principal arterial street.
(f) Driveways providing access to parking shall be well marked.
(g) Existing nonresidential structures adding no more than ten (10) residential ui
existing nonresidential structures expanding up to twenty-five (251_percent of the
square footage of the building for any permitted use, shall be exempt from providing additional
)ff-street parking,, and exempt from substantial destruction requirements per BMC 20.54.070,
provided:
(1) Projects shall be located within the Charleston District Center
�2) Mixed -use requirements per BMC 20.70.060(h) are maintained;
(3) No existing onsite parkin or r required landscaping is removed,
SECTION 4. Co�rections. The City Clerk and codifiers of this ordinance are
authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance, including but not limited to, the
correction of scrivener, clerical, typographical, and spelling errors, references, ordinance
numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto
SECTION 5. Seyerability. If any provision of this ordinance is held invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remainder of this ordinance. Provided however, that if any provision of
this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional, then the provision in effect prior to the
effective date of this ordinance shall be in full force and effect for that individual provision as if
this ordinance had never been adopted.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force ten
(10) days from and after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council the -� day of .� � � �� 2021.
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Approved this
22'^a
KEVIN GORIVIAN, Council President
day of O essomr~oy e.5 , 2021.
GR�C� WHEELER, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
in /00'sw Int ml�l n '44 04400ON
ANGEL(A! HOOVER, City Clerk KYLIE FINNELL, City Attorney
PUBLISHED the ,� day of r� (�� , 2021.
EFFECTIVE the _ day of 1 - , 2021.
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