HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 3750CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 3750
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 4-711 OF TITLE IV
(BUILDING REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628
ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF RENTON" AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION
RELATING TO BUSINESS DISTRICT (B-1) ZONE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I; Existing Section 4-711 of Title IV (Building
Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General
Ordinances of the City of Renton" is hereby repealed and a new
section enacted as follows:
Section 4-711 B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT:
(A) PURPOSE AND INTENT: The purpose of the Business District
Zone (B-1) is to provide for retail sales of products of every type
and description, a wide variety of personal and professional
services to clients and/or customers at the business location, and
all manner of recreation or entertainment uses. The B-1 Business
District provides for conditional approval, after public hearing, of
retail or entertainment uses involving storage and recreation
outside of an enclosed structure. Prohibited from the B-1 Business
District are uses which involve the bulk storage of products, or the
exterior storage of products in a manner which would be construed as
bulk storage except that the minimum area requirements are not
exceeded, manufacturing uses or activities as a principal use.
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(B) USES: In the Business District Zone (B-1), the following
and similar uses are permitted. The Building and Zoning Department
may determine that any other use is similar in general character to
the following specific uses and is in keeping with the intent of
this zone. Upon such administrative determination the subject use
shall become a principal, accessory or conditional use whichever is
appropriate.
(1) Principal Uses:
a. Retail Sales:
1. Apparel and accessories.
2. Automotive and marine accessories.
3. Garden supplies: Small trees, shrubs,
flowers and light supplies and tools within
an enclosed building.
4. Grocery stores.
5. Dry goods.
6. Department and variety stores.
7. Eating and drinking establishments.
8. Furniture and home furnishings.
9. Auto, boat and motorcycle sales.
b. Offices:
1. Professional offices such as lawyers,
doctors and dentists.
2. Personal offices such as real estate,
insurance and architects.
3. All types of business offices.
c. Services:
1. Boarding and lodging houses.
2. Bus terminals, taxi headquarters not
including exterior parking of commercial
vehicles.
3. Business services: duplicating and
blueprinting, steno and employment.
4. Car washes.
5. Churches.
6. Commercial day care,
7. Funeral homes.
8. Governmental services and facilities,
excluding utility facilities.
9. Hotels and motels.
10. Libraries, museums, art galleries.
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11. Indoor public assembly: motion picture
theaters and theatrical production
theaters, sports arenas, auditoriums and
exhibition halls (except school
f acilities).
12, Parking lots and garages,
13« Parks and open space.
14. Personal services such as barber shop,
beauty parlor.
15. Pet shop and grooming,
16. Professional and business schools.
17. Rental services not involving exterior
storage,
18. Repair service facilities without outside
storage: watch, T.V., electrical,
upholstery,
19. Veterinary offices.
20. Auto repair,
d. Residential:
Residential dwelling units when located in a
mixed use building of commercial and residential
uses. No residential uses are allowed on the
first floor.
(2) Accessory Uses: In the Business District (B-1), the
following uses are allowed where incidental to a permitted
use and shall not exceed thirty-three (33) percent of the
gross floor area:
a. Apparel, fabric and leather goods fabrication.
b. Food preparation.
c. Handcrafting products.
d. Storage of products in conjunction with retail sales.
(3) Conditional Uses: In the Business District (B-1), the
following uses and their accessory uses may be allowed by
Conditional Use Permit as provided in Section 4-748,
a. Aircraft transportation: Heliports.
b. Communications broadcast and relay towers.
c. Convalescent and nursing homes.
d. Gasoline service stations.
e. Group homes.
f. Heights exceeding ninety-five (95) feet, See Section
4-711 (E), special conditional use requirements.
g. Horticultural nurseries; trees, shrubs, ground cover,
flowers and related supplies,
h. Hospitals.
i. Outdoor recreation or entertainment uses,
j, Park'n Ride lots.
k. Private utilities.
1. Recycling centers and drop or collection centers.
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m. Rental service facilities with outside storage.
o. Self service storage facilities contained entirely
within one building,
p. Special schools: technical and industrial processes.
(C) PROHIBITED USES: In the Business District (B-1) Zone, the
following uses are prohibited:
(1) Bulk storage of products, or the exterior storage of
products in a manner which would be construed as bulk
storage except for the fact they do not exceed the minimum
area requirements of Section 4-734.
(2) Manufacturing activities.
(3) Travel trailers or recreational vehicles for habitation.
(4) All other uses.
(D) DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: In the Business District (B-1) the
following development standards shall apply, EXCEPT as otherwise
provided in this ordinance:
(1) Setbacks: Setbacks in the B-1 Zone shall be required as
follows EXCEPT for the downtown area defined in Section
4-715 (a):
a. Front Yard: A minimum of ten (10) feet.
Maximum
Building
b. Street Setback: Height Setback
Less than
40 feet 10 feet
40 feet -
80 feet 20 feet
Over 80
feet 30 feet
c. Rear and Side Yards: None shall be required
EXCEPT in the landscaping section below.
(2) Height:
a. General:
1. A maximum of ninety-five (95) feet.
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b. Special Height Allowances:
1. Heights may exceed the maximum height under
Conditional Use Permit.
2, When a building is adjacent to a
residential lot zoned G-1, R-1 or R-2 on
the City of Renton Zoning Map and
designated as single family or low density
multiple family on the City of Renton
Comprehensive Plan, the building may exceed
the height allowed in the adjacent
residential zone by a maximum of twenty
(20) feet.
(3) Lot Coverage: Lot coverage for buildings are listed
below, but do not pertain to the downtown area defined in
Section 4-715(a):
a. Lot coverage for buildings shall not exceed
sixty-five percent (65%) of the total lot area.
b. Lot coverage may be increased up to seventy-five
percent (75%) of the total lot area if parking
is provided within the building or within a
parking garage.
(4) Parking: See Chapter 22, Title IV of the City Code.
(5) Signs: See Chapter 19, Title IV of the City Code.
(6) Landscaping: Landscaping along areas abutting public
streets shall have a minimum landscaping strip of ten (10)
feet, EXCEPT for the downtown area as defined in Section
4-715 (a).
a. Lot Line Requirements:
1. Fronting Public Streets: A minimum of ten
(10) feet.
2. Special requirements: If the B-1 lot is
adjacent to a residential lot designated
Residential on the City of Renton
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map, then
there shall be a fifteen (15) foot
landscaped strip or a five (5) foot wide
sight obscuring landscaped strip and a
solid six (6) foot high barrier used along
the common boundary.
(7) Utilities: All on-site utility surface mounted equipment
shall be screened from public view.
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(8) Roof-top Equipment: All operating equipment located on
the roof of any building shall be enclosed so as to be
shielded from view, EXCEPT for telecommunication
equipment,
(9) Outdoor Storage:
a, Permitted outdoor storage must be screened from
adjacent properties and public rights-of-way.
b. Materials covered by buildings with roofs but
without sides shall be considered outside
storage and subject to the screening provisions
of this section.
(10) Refuse: All garbage, refuse or dumpsters contained within
specified areas shall be screened, EXCEPT for access
points, by a fence or landscaping or some combination
thereof.
(E) CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR EXCESS HEIGHT: In
consideration of a request for Conditional Use Permit for a building
height in excess of ninety-five (95) feet the Hearing Examiner shall
consider the following factors in addition to the criteria in
Section 4-748, among all other relevant information.
(1) Location Criteria: Proximity of arterial streets which
have sufficient capacity to accommodate traffic generated
by the development. Developments are encouraged to locate
in areas served by transit.
(2) Comprehensive Plan: The proposed use shall be compatible
with the general purpose, goals, objectives and standards
of the Comprehensive Plan, the Zoning Ordinance and any
other plan, program, map or ordinance of the City of
Renton,
(3) Effect on Adjacent Properties: Buildings in excess of
ninety-five (95) feet in height at the proposed location
shall not result in substantial or undue adverse effects
on adjacent property. When a building in excess of
ninety-five (95) feet in height is adjacent to a multiple
family lot zoned R-3 or R-4 on the City of Renton Zoning
Map and Medium Density Multi-family or High Density
Multi-family on the City of Renton Comprehensive Plan,
then setbacks shall be equivalent to the requirements of
the adjacent residential zone.
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(4) Building Height and Bulk:
a. Buildings near public open spaces should permit
visual access and, where feasible, physical
access to the public open space.
b. Whenever practicable, buildings should be
oriented to minimize the shadows they cause on
publicly accessible open spaces.
(5) Light and Glare: Due consideration shall be given to
mitigation of light and glare impacts upon streets, major
public facilities, and major public open spaces.
SECTION II: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such portion shall be deemed to be a separate, distinct and an
independent provision and such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
SECTION III: This Ordinance shall be in effect upon its
passage, approval and thirty (30) days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 26th day of September
1983.
Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 26th day of September 1983.
Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Date of Publication: September 30, 1983 (Summary Form)
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