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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3637 Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 5 (,, --3 -7 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE AND ZONING AMENDING CERTAIN SECTION OF PMC CHAPTER 25.58 DEALING WITH LANDSCAPING AND BUILDING DESIGN. WHEREAS, cities have the responsibility to regulate and control the physical development within their borders and ensure 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 reviewed the Planning Commission's recommendations, and has determined that to further the purpose 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 PMC Section 25.58.060 (D) & (E) are hereby amended to read as follows: (D) All areas within six (6) feet of a primary structure excluding sidewalks, loading ramps or emergency ramps shall be considered "landscape areas" and-,A4R shall meet the general requirements outlined herein. Landscaping shall be required of in all parking areas based on a percentage of the gross parking area. The parking area to landscape area ratios are as follows: 1-50 Spaces = 8% of the area. 51-99 Spaces = 10% of the area. 100+ Spaces = 12% of the area. Each parking space shall be considered as two hundred (200) square feet. Parking lots and the accompanying landscaping shall be configured so that no parking space is more than seventy-five (75) feet from a landscaped area. (E) Road Frontage: (1) The area adjacent to all public road frontages shall be landscaped to include a buffer area of ten (10) feet on arterials and five (5) feet on local access streets. The landscaped buffer areas along private streets shall be at least five (5) feet. Q Landscaped buffer areas on commercial properties adjacent to or across a public or private street or alley from residentially zoned properties must be a minimum of 15 feet in width. Landscaping in the unused portion of the right-of-way shall match the established landscaping pattern and theme for the street. If no landscapin g pattern exists the applicable provisions of this Chapter and Chapter 25.76 shall VZIL, (F) Pedestrian Walkways: (1) Walkways shall be landscaped their entire length. Trees shall be a minimum of three (3) feet from sidewalks and curbs at the time of planting, except where tree wells are utilized. Section 2. That PMC Section 25.58.080 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25.58.080 Building Standards. The following design standards shall apply to all buildings in the 1-182 Corridor Overlay District to provide for and eneewage require architectural amenities be incorporated into all building designs. Building designs should must incorporate architectural features and detailing to create visual interest. (A) All buildings within a multi-building complex must achieve unity of design through the use of similar architectural elements, such as roof form, exterior building design and materials, colors and window patterns. (B) All new buildings shall have exterior walls that are constructed of one or more of the following materials: wood, brick, stucco, block, glass, composite materials and shall have textured, embossed, sculpted or painted finishes. Exterior walls nray must include more than two of the following architectural features; columns, pilasters, belt courses, brackets, arches, decorative molding, quoins and similar architectural features. (C) All new retail buildings shall have windows, doors or display areas that cover 25% of the first floor frontage wall area (walls that face frontage streets). Structures in residential zones are not required to have a minimum amount of glass or display area. (D) Pedestrian entries for all structures shall be visible from the frontage street, driveways and off-street parking areas. Pedestrian entries should must be emphasized through landscaped entry approaches consistent with the building design and theme, by the use of modulation to emphasize indentation or protrusion of that portion of the building containing the entrance, or by the inclusion of porte-cochere or other covered entry methods. (E) Signage affixed to the building must be no higher than the roofline of the building. (F) No heating, air conditioning, electrical or other mechanical equipment shall be installed on a roof slope that faces a public street. All equipment installed on the roof must be screened from the street level by a solid, non-reflective barrier that incorporates the buildings architectural style. Section 3. That PMC Section 25.58.090 is hereby amended to read as follows: 25.58.090 Screening Standards. (A) Refuse containers shall be screened from view by a 100% sight obscuring fence, wall or structure that is a minimum of six (6) feet high. (B) All equipment, material or goods not housed or stored within the primary structure shall be within a 100% sight obscuring fence,wall or structure. (C) Fencing material shall consist of wood, brick, block, glass, vinyl or--stucco, wrought iron or similarly appearing composite material. When sight-obscuring fencing is required, a combination of materials may be used, however, razor wire, barbed or other type of security wires of any kind are prohibited. (D) Fencing shall be a maximum of six (6) feet high except as provided herein. (E) Gas meters, electric service boxes and other mechanical equipment shall be screened from public view by obscuring fence,walls or planting materials. (F) Outdoor garden sales areas, associated with retail buildings, shall be enclosed with an enclosure other than chain link or other wire fencing material. Enclosures of ag rden sales areas must incorporate false walls in the fencing design that match or complement the architectural features of the main building walls. (G) All truck loading and unloading areas and receiving docks adjacent to or across a public or private street or alley from a residential zoning district must be screened with a solid masonry wall matching the architecture of the building. The wail shall be set at the back of the 15 foot landscaped buffer required in Section 25.58.060 (E) (2) and said wall must be 10 feet in height as measured from the final grade of the landscaped berm required in Section 25.58.090(H). (H) The 15 foot landscaped buffer required in 25.58.060 (E)(2) shall be graded with a 14 percent slope creating a berm that terminates in the screening wall required in Section 25.58.090(G). Every 40 lineal feet of this buffer area shall contain a grouping of three (3) Austrian pine trees pinus nigra or equal approved by the Community Development Department. Said pine trees or approved equals must be six (6) to eight (8) feet in height planting and be capable of proving an opaque screen above the screening wall when mature. The intervening areas shall contain at least two deciduous trees approved by the Community Development Department, 2" caliper or greater, that will reach a height of 25 feet or more when mature. At least 60 shrubs shall be planted for every 100 lineal feet of buffer area. The 15 foot buffer shall also include shrubs in a sufficient number such that 50 percent of the buffer area will be covered with shrubs within a 5 year period. Shrub varieties shall be approved by the Community Development Department and must be varieties that are adapted to the soils and climate of Pasco. Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage and publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting, November 17, 2003. C ichael L. a ison •I Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sandy L. enworthy Leland B. Kerr Deputy City Clerk City Attorney