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Home My WebLink About4658 Ordinance - Amending PMC Chapter 25.95 Creating Downtown Pasco Overlay District (CPA2022-013)ORDINANCE NO.4658 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, TO ESTABLISH DOWNTOWN LAND USE AND AMEND THE PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 25.95 "CENTRAL BUSINESS OVERLAY DISTRICT", RELATED TO 2022 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCKET AND THE DOWNTOWN PASCO MASTER PLAN. WHEREAS, the Downtown Pasco Master Plan was adopted in January 2022 and included strategies to improve the quality of life and business environment through identifying strategic investments, policies, and implementation steps to help foster a thriving Downtown; and WHEREAS, Economic Development Policy 4-C of the 2018-2038 Pasco Comprehensive Plan seeks to pursue the ongoing revitalization of Downtown Pasco including incentivizing development in the Central Business District, and following the Main Street approach; and WHEREAS, the creation of the Downtown Pasco Overlay District establishes the necessary framework to carry out the recommendations of the Downtown Pasco Master Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Chapter 25.95 entitled "Central Business Overlay District" of the Pasco Municipal Code shall be and hereby is amended and shall read as follows: Chapter 25.95 CENTRAL BUSINES8 DOWNTOWN PASCO OVERLAY DISTRICT Sections: 25.95.010 Purpose. 25.95.012 Obiectives. 25.95.020 Applicability. 25.95.030 Use in combination. 25.95.040 Prohibited uses. 25.95.050 Development standards. 25.95.010 Purpose. Ordinance — Est Downtown Land Use & Amending PMC 25.95 - 1 The puKpose of the Downtown Pasco Overlay District is to encoura Je infill development, redevelopment, and re -investment in areas with existing infrastructure investments as a means of achieving balanced growth, efficient land use and cost-effective delivery of public services. The Downtown Pasco Overlay District shall enhance and reflect Pasco's history, people, and culture. [Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.010.] 25.95.012 Objectives. The obiectives of the Downtown Pasco Overlay District are: (1) Provide development regulations and design standard_ s that are tailored to the Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods that align with the Downtown Pasco Master Plan Vision. (2) Accommodate :growth within the downtown area by encouraging, and facilitating new development on vacant, byl2assed and underutilized land within areas that already have infrastructure, utilities, and public facilities. (3) Allow and encourage a mixed -use pattern of development in the downtown area. 4 Create a balanced distribution of land uses including shol2s, workplaces, civic buildings, entertainment uses, and residences that satisfy market_ demand within the downtown area. (5) Provide an environment that promotes safe pedestrian access and connections between developments, more pedestrian -scale amenities, and an identifiable downtown core area. 25.95.020 Applicability. ._ _ _. The Downtown Overlay District shall apply to those lands within or abutting ro )erties within 300 feet as illustrated below: Ordinance — Est Downtown Land Use & Amending PMC 25.95 - 2 IN Courk �* z 4' Br n 5t rn 'a Marie St Avc"a Octave St z lenry St to a Mar a ' t t _ _sue St W Part St on Nix T� iN vaster iz St = 's 7A \ram >1 ,W B St (A E [Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.020.] 25.95.030 Use in combination. This chapter shall be used in addition to and in combination with all other district and development regulations contained in this title as they apply to the lands Ordinance — Est Downtown Land Use & Amending PMC 25.95 - 3 described in PMC 25.95.020. The requirements of this chapter shall take precedence over the requirements of the underlying district regulations. [Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.030.] 25.95.040 Prohibited uses. Evidence received by the Planning Commission demonstrated that certain land uses make the central business area of the City, as defined in PMC 25.95.020, less desirable or attractive to the public due to a demonstrated history of and contribution to general public disorder, loitering, nuisance and other acts detrimental to the public image of the area. Certain other uses do not encourage the grouping of complementary and compatible uses as envisioned by the Comprehensive Plan. The following listed uses, for reasons explained above, inhibit new business growth, contribute to business loss and decline of property values, inhibit convenient access to desired businesses, do not foster the complementary grouping of businesses, or perpetuate a public image which is undesirable or unattractive and detrimental to public and private investment in business areas, and therefore are prohibited as follows: (1) Community service facilities level two as defined in PMC 25.15.050 are prohibited in all districts within the geographic area described in PMC 25.95.020. [Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.040.] 25.95.050 Development standards. In all other respects the underlying standards of the applicable zoning districts shall apply to land uses with the eentfal business Downtown Pasco Overlay District ever -lay distfie4. (1) The Downtown Pasco Overlay District shall be exempt from the following: (a) Off -Street Parking requirements of PMC 25.185. b Density threshold requirements of PMC 25.215.015. [Ord. 3514 § 8, 2001; Code 1970 § 25.45.050.] Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance. Section 3. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance, including scrivener's errors Ordinance — Est Downtown Land Use & Amending PMC 25.95 - 4 or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or numbering or referencing of Ordinances or their sections and subsections. Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect five (5) days after approval, passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 17th day of April, 2023. --� Blanc a Barajas Mayor ATTEST: �t& ('j, �V—� Debra Barham, CMC City Clerk Published: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ordinance — Est Downtown Land Use & Amending PMC 25.95 - 5