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ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY/CODE INTERPRETATION
ADMINISTRATIVE
POLICY/CODE
INTERPRETATION #: CI-126
MUNICIPAL
CODE SECTIONS: 4-2-080 Conditions Associated with Zoning Use Tables
REFERENCE: ORD 5759
SUBJECT: Helipads in the UC Zone
BACKGROUND: In 2015, the City of Renton adopted a new Comprehensive Plan and
corresponding text amendments to Title IV, Development Regulations.
The 2015 Comprehensive Plan merged the zones formerly known as
Urban Center – North 1 (UC-N1) and Urban Center – North 2 (UC-N2).
Prior to the 2015 Title IV text amendments, helipads (commercial or
private) were permitted under a Hearing Examiner Conditional Use
Permit (CUP) within the UC-N2 zone.
In order to maintain helipads as a permitted use within the former
boundaries of UC-N2, Condition #78 (shown below) was added to RMC 4-
2-080, Conditions Associated with Zoning Use Tables, and applied to the
use “Helipads” in the new Urban Center (UC) zone column within RMC 4-
2-060, Zoning Use Tables – Uses Allowed in Zoning Designations.
“Condition #78. Specified use(s) are permitted in locations that are both
west of Logan Avenue and east of the Cedar River.”
Condition #78 was crafted based on the zoning map in effect prior to the
2015 Comprehensive Plan adoption. A portion of that zoning map is
shown below wherein UC-N2 is identified by a light blue shading and UC-
N1 in a darker shade of blue (no map symbol shown).
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In the map above, Logan Avenue North appears to extend to I-405.
However, as shown in the portion of COR Maps below, North Park Drive
commences at the terminus of Park Avenue North, which eliminates
some properties from the described boundaries of Condition #78.
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DECISION: Amend Condition #78 to better reflect the boundaries of the former UC-
N2 zone.
JUSTIFICATION: Condition #78 inadvertently removed helipads as a use allowed within
the boundaries of the former UC-N2 zone via a Hearing Examiner CUP,
which was neither disclosed to the public nor the intent of staff.
ADMINISTRATOR
APPROVAL: _______________________________________
C. E. “Chip” Vincent
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 19, 2017
APPEAL
PROCESS: To appeal this determination, a written appeal--accompanied by the
required filing fee--must be filed with the City's Hearing Examiner (1055
South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057, 425-430-6515) no more than 14
days from the date of this decision. Your submittal should explain the
basis for the appeal. Section 4-8-110 of the Renton Municipal Code
provides further information on the appeal process.
DISCLAIMER: Excerpts from the Renton Municipal Code shown below may not contain the most
recently codified text. In such instances, code amendments implemented through this
Administrative Code Interpretation shall be construed to affect the current code and past/future
Administrative Code Interpretations not yet codified in the same manner as shown below.
Should any conflicts result the Administrator shall determine the effective code.
CODE
AMENDMENTS
NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT
DETERMINATIONS: 4-2-080 Conditions Associated with Zoning Use Tables
Condition #78. Specified use(s) are permitted in locations that are south
of Gene Coulon Memorial Park, north of North Park Drive or both west of
Logan Avenue and east of the Cedar River.
STAFF CONTACT: Paul Hintz, x7436