HomeMy WebLinkAbout1389 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO 1389
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Pasco establishing
a policy for allowing improvements to planting strips within
the City of Pasco.
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need to establish guidelines for
improvements within planting strip areas; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of these guidelines will allow city staff and
city residents to have a clearer understanding of what improvements are
allowable; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is dedicated to providing a more aesthetically
plea sing community; N OW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO-
Section 1. When any property owner desires to improve or alter a planting
strip abutting his/her property, a no charge permit shall first be obtained from
the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Section 2. Property owners are to be encouraged to first meet and confer
with the Director of Parks and Recreation, or his designate, regarding
permissible and desirable improvements to parking strips prior to submitting a
specific request for an improvement.
Section 3. When an application for a permit is submitted, such permit
shall be issued if the property owner desires to plant grass, approved shrubs or
trees, or desires to place tree bark mulch in his/her planting strip area.
Section 4. Any other improvements or changes which are proposed for a
planting strip outside of the limits of Section 2 above,shall be viewed
individually on the merits of the case relating to aesthetics and the degree of
compatibility with adjacent properties The Director of Parks and Recreation,
or his designate, will accept requests for variations from the S'ection 2
requirement and shall review each such request on its merits with other city
departments, most particularly with the City Engineer, the Building Inspector,
and the Director of Community Development. Upon this review, the Director of
Parks and Recreation, or his designate, shall then notify the affected property
owner concerning whether or not the variance is to be granted. A charge not to
exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be assessed for the submittal. of an
application for a variance under this Section 4 requirement.
Section 5. In the event a property owner's request for a variance is
denied by the Director of Parks and Recreation on the basis of a staff review,
the property owner shall have the right to appeal the matter to the City Council
to review the application for the variance. The City Council's decision on the
matter shall be final.
,r
ells, City Clerk
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco this
Pecember , 1980.
1 day of
E A Snider, Mayor Pro Tern
APPROVED AS TO FORM.
Dennis J.J. De elice, City Attorney