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
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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
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