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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4011 Ordinance ORDINANCE NO401 I AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ZONING AND AMENDING PMC TITLE 25 BY INCLUDING CONTRACTOR PLANTS AND STORAGE YARDS IN CHAPTER 25.46. WHEREAS, cities have the responsibility to regulate and control physical development within their borders and to ensure 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 zoning regulations are designed to increase the security of home life and preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens and visitors of the Pasco Urban Area; and, WHEREAS, the C-3 District (PMC 25.46)permits the location of wholesale businesses, heavy machinery sales and service, lumber yards and landscaping storage businesses; and, WHEREAS, contractor facilities are similar in nature and operation to a number of permitted uses within the C-3 District; and, WHEREAS, although not listed as a permitted use in the C-3 District, contractor facilities and storage yards have been licensed by the City in C-3 Districts since the 1970's; and, WHEREAS, the Special Permit process enables the City to apply mitigation measures which may be necessary to preserve and create a more favorable environment for citizens in residential neighborhoods adjacent to C-3 Districts, and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on May 19, 2011 and following an opportunity for public comment made a recommendation that the City Council amend PMC 25.46 by including contractor plants and yards as a permitted and conditional use depending on the distance of a site from a residential district; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that to further the purposes of maintaining a quality 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 Section 25.46.020 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 25.46.020 PERMITTED USES. The following uses shall be permitted in the C-3 district: (1) All uses permitted in the C-1 business district; (2) Service stations; (3) Laundry; (4) Express office; (5) Wholesale business; (6) Heavy machinery sales and service; (7) Warehouse; (8) Landscape gardening and storage area for equipment and materials; (9) Automobile sales and service; (10) Mobile home and trailer sales and service; (11) Lumber sales business; (12) Veterinarian clinics for household pets(including indoor boarding facilities); and (13) Parking lots within 500 feet of a C-2 district boundary provided, such lots are paved and the development complies with the landscape and fencing requirements of the C-1 district, as enumerated in subsection 25.42.020(13); and (14) Contactor's plant or storage yard provided such plant or yard is more than 300 from a residential district. Section 2. That Chapter 25.46.040 of the Pasco Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 25.46.040 PERMITTED CONDITIONAL USES. The following uses may be permitted in the C-3 district upon approval of a Special Permit as provided for in Chapter 25.86: (1) Veterinarian clinics for livestock, including outdoor treatment facilities, provided all boarding or overnight holding of animals occurs indoors; (2) Auto body shops; and (3) Parking lots; and (4) Contractor's plant or storage yard within 300 feet of a residential district. Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after passage and publication as required by law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, at its regular meeting of ,jQtj,1 -2 ` , 2011. r Matt Watkins Mayor ATT: .q , APPROVE O FORM: De ra L. Clark s Leland B. Kerr City Clerk City Attorney 2