HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4349 Amends ORD 3927, 3941,
3599, 3904, 3905, 3645
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CITY OF REN'I'ON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE N0. 4349
AN �RDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTQI�, AMENDI.NG
SECTION 4-31-4 OF CHAPTER 31, ZONING CODE, OF TITLE IV
(BUILDING REGULATIONS) , OF ORDINANCE NO. �260 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF TSE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON" AMENDING THE G-1 GENERAL ZONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. SEction 4-31-4 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 read as follows :
4-31-4 : G-1 GENERAL ZONE:
A. Purpose: The General Zone (G-1) is established to
provide and pr.otect suitable environments for low density single- ��,
family .residential dwellings, and limited farming uses associated
with the residential use. It is further intended to protect open
space, critical areas and resource areas, provide separation
between urban uses and prohibit the development of incompatible
uses that are detrimental to the residential or open space
environment. This zoning classification may be permitted in an
area designated as low density single-family residential or
community separator in the Camprehensive Plan.
B. Uses : In the General Zone (G-1) the following uses
are permitted and prohibited:
1 . Principal Uses :
a. One single-family dwelling.
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b. Growing and harvesting crops for noncommercial
use, except as provided in this ordinanee.
c. Raising livestock and small animals for
noncommercial purposes .
d. Neighborhood parks .
e. Public and private golf courses .
f . Hobby kennel: A maximum of eight (8) adult I
dogs or cats may be permitted after satisfaction of the
requirements in section 4-31-37 .C. 1 .a.
2 . Accessory uses :
a. Animals : The following types of animals shall
be permitted in this zone provided: 1) the animal owner either
lives on the property where an animal is kept or has arranged with
a . tenant to care for the animal(s ) ; and 2 ) that the keeping of '
animals �must� meet .the conditions of section 4-31-37 .B.
( 1) Livestock: A minimum of one acre of
pasturage per large animal shall be provided for grazing, except
when a farm management plan has been adopted based on the King
County Conservation District's farm conservation planning and ,
practice standards showing that adequate pasturage to support a
larger number of animals is available.
(2 ) A maximum of twenty (20) small farm
animals may be permitted outright on one acre. �
(3) Large farm animals : A maximum of four (4)
goats, sheep, and similar sized animals may be permitted outright
on one acre.
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{4) Only one of these options, together with ',
the allotment of small animals, may be permitted outright on one I
acre.
(5) Beekeeping, provided that all colonies are
registered with the Washington State Department of Agriculture in
accordance with apiary law, RCW 15 . 60 . 030.
b. Buildings : One of the following options for
accessory buildings are permitted in G-1 General Zones as to ''
supports for the residential activity:
( 1 ) On parcels at least 5 acres in size, a i
maximum of two (2 ) detached buildings and/or structures, up to a
maximum of seven hundred twenty (720) square feet for each
building, such as are o.rdinarily associated with single-family
dwellings; or
(2 ) On parcels at least one acre in size, one
detached building or structure up to a maximum of one thousand I
( 1, 000) square feet for each building, such as is ordinarily
associated with single-family dwellings; or
(3) The lot coverage of the residential
structure, along with all accessory buildings, shall not exceed the
maximum lot coverage of this zoning district.
(4) One barn or stable up to a maximum of two
thousand (2, 000) square feet provided the lot is a minimum of one
acre, and the lot width is a minimum of one hundred forty feet
( 140 ' ) .
b. Home occupations when approved by the Board of I'
Public Works .
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c. Day care for a maximum of si ( ) p
d. Recycling collection stations, provided the
following conditions have been complied with:
( 1) The collection station is accessory to a
public or quasi-public use.
(2 ) The collection station is portable and
� temporary (not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days out of each
year) .
(3) The collection station is not located on
any public right-of-way unless a right-of-way permit is granted by
the Board of Public Works . I
(4) The property owners or managers shall keep
the .°area -sur.rounding the recycling collection station maintained
and c.lean of debris .
3 . Conditional Uses : In the General Zone (G-1) the
following uses and their accessory uses may be allowed by I
conditional use permits as provided in section 4-31-36 of this '�
code:
a. Schools, both private and public. ,
b. Group homes .
c. Public and quasi-public buildings essential to
the physical and economic welfare of an area, such as fire
stations, electrical substations, telephone exchanges and community
and regional parks . Buildings shall conform to and harmonize with ;
the surrounding buildings as to the type of architecture, setback I
and landscaping.
Da -care for seven 7 or more ersons .
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e. Churches .
f. Recycling collection station in conjunction ,
with an approved public or quasi-public use when the collection
station is utilized for more than ninety (90) days per calendar
year.
g. Kennels as provided in section 4-31-37 .C.2 .
h. Commercial horse and pony boarding, riding
stables, and schools on a minimum of five (5) acres . A minimum of
one acre per animal for the first five (5) horses or ponies and
one-half ( 1/2 ) for each additional ariimal .
4 . Pro.hibited Uses : In the General Zone (G-1) the ;
following uses ar-e prohibit.ed: � �`
' a. Travel trailers, recreatio.na.l vehicles or
mobile homes used for habitation.. �
b. Agricultural processing or packing facilities,
feedlots, meatpacking and slaughter houses .
c. Dumping or storage of nonagricultural solid or
liquid wastes, pesticides, fertilizers, trash, rubbish or other ,
noxious materials .
d. Dumping or discharge of solid or liquid
agricultural wastes into wetlands, surface drainage systems, lakes
and streams . �'
e. Processing of forest products .
C. Development Standards : In the General Zone (G-1 ) the
following development standards shall apply: III
1 . Dwelling Unit Density and Lot Area: The dwelling
unit density in the G-1 zone shall not exceed one dwelling unit per
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acre (including areas dedicated for public purposes) . The lot area
shall not be less than thirty-five thousand (35, 000) square feet.
2 . Lot Width:
a. A minimum of seventy-five feet (75 ' ) for an
interior lot and eighty-five feet (85 ' ) for corner lots .
b. A minimum of one hundred forty feet ( 140 ' ) for
lots used for growing crops or the raising of animals .
3 . Lot Depth: a minimum of eighty-five feet (85 ' ) .
4 . Setbacks :
a. Front Yard: A minimum depth of twenty feet
(20 � ) •
b.. Rear Yard: A minimum depth of twenty-five
�feet (25' ) . �
c. Side .Yards : �
( 1) Interior Lots : A minimum depth � of five
feet (5 ' ) . ,
(2 ) Corner Lots: The side yard along a '
street shall not be less than twenty-feet (20 ' ) in width, except on
previously platted lots which are fifty feet (50 ' ) or less in �
width, in which case the side yard shall be not less than ten feet
( 10 ' ) by one foot ( 1 ' ) up to a maximum of twenty feet (20 ' ) .
5 . Special Setbacks :
a. Detached accessory buildings shall have a �
minimum of three feet (3 ' } side and rear yard setback, a minimum of
six feet ( 6 ' ) setback from residences, and shall not be allowed
within required front or side yards along streets .
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b. Barns and stables must be located a minimum of
fifty feet (50 ' ) from any property line. i
6 . Height:
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a. The height of a dwelling or structure shall not
exceed thirty-five feet ( 35 ' ) .
b. Accessory buildings and/or structures shall not
exceed fifteen feet ( 15 ' ) in height. I
c. Barns shall not exceed thirty-five feet (35 ' )
in height.
7 . Lot coverage: The maximum area covered by buildings
shall not exceed fifteen percent ( 15�) of the total area, except
that .in .the case .of a pre-existing platted l.ot less than one acre
in area the maximum_ lot coverage shall not exceed thirty-five
percent (35�} .of the total area.
8 . Per.formanee .Standards :
a. Property owners conducting farming activities
on parcels larger than one acre shall prepare and implement farm
management plans approved by the King County Conservation District
to control potential pollution and environmental degradation from I,
farm livestock or agricultural chemicals . The farm management plan
shall, at a minimum, include provisions for removal or composting
of animal wastes and storage, or use of agricultural chemicals .
b. To reduce water quality degradation from animal �
wastes, reduce bank collapse from trampling, and encourage
retention of vegetation on banks and shorelines, livestock access
to stream banks and wetland buffer areas shall be prohibited by
fencing, at a distance established in the farm management plan and
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consistent with other applicable regulations . Where entrance ramps
to streams and rivers for livestock watering are permitted, they
shall be constructed according to standards established by the King
County Conservation District.
c. In areas with impermeable soils or within
aquifer protection areas, alternative systems for on-site sewage
disposal may be required consistent with the guidelines of the �
Seattle-King County Health Department. Provision for on-going
maintenance to assure proper functioning of on-site systems shall
be made.
d. In areas where septic systems presently exist,
remediation of the on-site sewage disposal system may be r.equired
to assure .�proper functioning of disposal systems and eliminate or
�prevent •contamination o.f surface or groundwater. I
e. On=site septic systems and agricultural waste
storage shall be flood-proofed to or elevated above the flood
protection elevation. New on-site sewage disposal systems shall be
located outside the limits of the floodplain to the extent
feasible. Sewage disposal and storage of agricultural wastes is
� prohibited in the floodway. �
9 . Clustering: Where lots or parcels are constrained
by critical or resource lands, lots may be clustered as provided by
the Zoning or Subdivision Code.
10 . Parking: See Chapter 14, Title IV, of the City
Code.
11 . Signs : See Chapter 20, Title IV, of the City
Code. '
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12 . Pre-Existing Plats: Nothing herein contained shall
be deemed to prohibit the construction of a single-family dwelling �
and its accessory buildings on a pre-existing platted lot with less
area than herein required. Such structures shall comply with the
setback requirements of this chapter.
D. Those areas heretofore or hereafter annexed to the City
for which no zoning classification has been fixed or determined by I�
ordinances shall be zoned General Zone (G-1) . I
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage, approval, and thirty days after its publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 4th day of May , 1992 .
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Marilyn etersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 4th day of May , 1992 •
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Ea Clymer, Mayor
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Approv as to
Lawrence J. War n, City Attorney
Date of Publication: May 8, 1992 __
ORD.225-3/2/92-as . "
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Amends ORD's 3927, 3941,
3599, 3905, 3904, 3645
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE N0. 4349
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING
SECTION 4-31-4 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" AMENDING THE G-1 GENERAL ZONE.
SECTION I. This ordinance establishes a General Zone (G-1)
within the City of Renton, states the permitted uses, accessory
uses, conditional uses and prohibit�d uses within that zone. The
ordinance further establishes development standards, lot coverage
requirements and performance standards .
SECTION II. A full :text of this or.dinance will be mailed,
without charge, upon r�equest to the City Clerk.
Date of Publication: May 8 , 1992
ORD. 235-4/22/9�2-as .
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