HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4570 Amends ORD 4404
Amended by ORD 4595
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON I
ORDINANCE NO. 4570
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, V�IASHINGTON, AbIENDING
SECTIONS 4-31-11.2 .B.2 AND 4-31-11.2 .D.1 OF CHAPTER 31,
ZONING CODE, OF TITLE IV (BUILDING REGULATIONS) , OF
ORDINANCE NO. 4260 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON" BY ADDING THEATERS AS
A SECONDARY USE IN THE MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL (IM) ZONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS : �I
SECTION I. Section 4-31-11 .2 .B. 2 of Cha ter 31, Zonin I
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Code, of Title IV (Building Regulations) , of Ordinance No. 4260
entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton,
Washington" is hereby amended to read as follows :
4-31-11.2 .B.2 : Secondary Uses : The following uses are
permitted subject to the following conditions :
a. Offices : Administrative/headquarters office:
(1) . These offices shall be associated with a primary
permitted use on the same site or a contiguous site .
(2) . The office uses may be developed in conjunction
with, or subsequent to, the industrial use.
(3) . The office uses may serve the administrative needs
of employees company-wide including those employees located on
other sites .
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b. Theaters : Theaters
Location shall be limited to those parcels abutting a
Commercial Arterial (CA) Zone in the S .W. 41st/S .W. 43rd corridor.
The following uses are permitted in conjunction with a primary
permitted use when operated primarily for employees of the
industrial zone in which they are located and with consideration
given to community need (i .e. , suitable location) .
c . Eateries : Eating and drinking establishments :
(1) . No drive-through service .
(2) . Limited external signage .
(3) . No freestanding buildings .
d. Business : General business services .
e . Personal : Personal offices .
f . Parks And Trails : New neighborhood, community and
regional parks and trails and open space subject to:
(1) . Site plan approval .
(2) . Consistency with the City Comprehensive Parks,
Recreation and Open Space Master Plan and Trails Master Plan. �!
g. Finance: Financial institutions : �
(1) . No freestanding structures .
(2) . Single drive-up window in conjunction with a branch
operation.
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. Gas : Gaso e se ce stations sub 'ect to site lan
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approval .
i . Recreation: Recreation facilities subject to site plan
approval .
j . Retail Uses : Retail uses which are incidental to a
permitted primary use and occupy no more than thirty three percent
(330) of the gross floor area.
k. Community Facilities : The following development
standards, in addition to those in subsection D below, shall apply
to all uses having a "P" suffix designation. Where these standards
conflict with those generally applicable, these standards shall
apply:
(1) . Height :
(A) . Publicly owned structures housing such uses II
shall be permitted an additional fifteen feet (15 ' ) in height above
that otherwise permitted in the zone if "pitched roofs" , as defined
herein, are used for at least sixty percent (600) or more of the II
roof surface of both primary and accessory structures .
(B) . In addition, in zones where the maximum
permitted building height is less than seventy five feet (75 ' ) , the
maximum height of a publicly owned structure housing a public use
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may be increased as follows, up to a maximum height of seventy five �
feet (75 ' ) to the highest point of the building:
(i) When abutting a public street, one
additional foot of height for each additional one and one-half feet
(1 1/2 '.) of perimeter building setback beyond the minimum street
setback required at street level unless such setbacks are otherwise
discouraged (e.g. , inside the downtown core area in the CD Zone) ;
(ii) When abutting a common property line, one
additional foot of height for each additional two feet (2 ' ) of
perimeter building setback beyond the minimum required along a
common property line; and
(iii) On lots four (4) acres or greater, five
(5) additional feet of height for every one percent (lo) reduction
below a twenty percent (200) maximum lot area coverage by
buildings, for public amenities such as recreational facilities,
and/or landscaped open space areas, etc . , when these are open and
accessible to the public during the day or week. ,
SECTION II. Section 4-31-11 .2 .D. 1 of Chapter 31, Zoning
Code, of Title IV (Building Regulations) , of Ordinance No. 4260
entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton,
Washington" is hereby amended to reads as follows :
4-31-11.2 .D.i.b: Special Setback Requirement :
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(1) A fifty foot (50' ) wide setback, including a ten
foot (10' ) wide sight-obscuring landscaping strip and a six foot
(6' ) high solid fence, shall be required along the common property
line if an IM lot is adjacent to a lot designated residential on '
both the Ci.ty Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map.
(2) A twenty foot (20' ) setback, including a five foot
(5' ) wide landscaping strip and a solid six foot (6' ) high barrier,
shall be required along the property line if an IM lot is adjacent
to a lot designated for commercial, office or public/quasi-public
use on the City Comprehensive Plan.
(3) When a commercial use on an IM zoned property is
adjacent to or abutting a lot designated for commercial, office or
public/quasi-public use on the City Comprehensive Plan, the Special
Setback Requirements of section 4-31-11 .2 .D. l .b. (2) shall not
apply.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty (30) days after its publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this lg�-h day of December , 1995 .
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- Marilyn J. etersen, City Clerk
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 18th day of December , 1995 .
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Earl Clymer, M r
Approve s to form•
Lawrence J. War n, City Attorney �
Date of Publication: December 22, 1995
ORD.531 : 12/11/95 :as .
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