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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3603 Ordinance ORDINANCE N0,3003 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning amending PMC Title 25 dealing with front yard set backs. WHEREAS, cities have the responsibility to regulate and control the physical development within their borders and insure the public health, safety and welfare are maintained; and, WHEREAS, the City of Pasco has zoning regulations that encourage orderly growth and development of the City; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that to further the purposes of comprehensive planning and to maintain and protect the welfare of the community, it is necessary to amend PMC Title 25, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Chapter 25.74 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to include a new subsection 25.74.030 (2) (f) to read as follows: 25.74.030 YARDS. (1) VARIABLE YARD REQUIREMENTS. The City Council, on recommendation of the Planning Commission, and after a public hearing held by the Planning Commission, may establish a building line along certain streets throughout certain zones or throughout certain natural areas, other than the setback requirements as established herein, when it is found that to do so will protect public health, welfare and safety; (2) FRONT YARD. Where any front yard is required, no building, structure, satellite dish, stationary play equipment or clothes lines shall be hereafter erected, altered, or placed so that any portion thereof shall be nearer to the front property line than the distance indicated by the depth of the required front yard, except: (a) Eaves, cornices, belt courses, and similar ornamentation may project over a front yard not more than two feet; (b) An open or enclosed porch shall be considered part of a building in the determination of the front yard setback and lot coverage; (c) Where two contiguous corner lots, or two lots separated only by an alley, form the entire frontage between two parallel streets and there is erected a solid six foot fence, permitted accessory buildings may be located not closer than five (5) feet from the property line along the street on which there is a solid six foot fence. This reduced setback shall not apply to garages or accessory buildings higher than ten (10) feet. (d) Where two contiguous corner lots form the entire frontage between two parallel streets, the front yard along the common flanking X � street shall be reduced to fifteen feet. This reduction shall not apply to garages that are accessed from the flanking street. (d) Within the R-S-20, R-S-12, R-S-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and RFAH-1/ 1-A districts, where the front yard of a lawfully existing structure is less than that required for the district in which the structure is located, alteration or enlargement of said structure may be permitted, but shall not further reduce the existing front yard dimension or be located closer than fifteen feet from the front property line, whichever is the most restrictive; (e) Within the R-S-20, R-S-12, R-S-1, R-1, R-2, R-3 and RFA- 1/ 1-A districts, where the front yards provided for lawfully existing structures upon the majority of lots within the same block front and on the same side of the street are of less depth than required by the applicable district regulation, the minimum front yard requirement for the remaining unoccupied lots within the same block front and on the same side of the street shall be reduced to a depth not less than the average front yard dimension provided by said existing structures, but in no case shall the front yard depth be less than fifteen feet. (f) Handicapped access ramps may encroach within the front yard set back of all residential zoning districts, provided such ramps are built to the Washington State Building Code standards. The ramps must also be constructed and finished to complement the dwelling with respect to finishes and construction materials and must be built in a workmanlike manner. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after passage and publication as required by law. PA$SED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting of 2003. Michael B. Garrision Mayor �1 A E APPROVED A `O�RLM: Catherine D. Seaman Lelend B. Kerr Deputy City Clerk City Attorney 2