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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON W,�
ORDINANCE N0. 2963 ��� �`�`3�
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON , WASHINGT�N,
AMENDING SECTIONS 4-713 (H-1 HEAVY INDUSTRY
DISTRICT) OF TITLE IV (BUILDING REGULATIONS)
. OF ORDINANCE N0. 1628 ENTITLED "CODE OF GENERAL
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON" RELATING TO
PERMITTED, QUALIFIED AND PROHIBITED USES IN
HEAVY INDUSTRY DISTRICT, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN
FINDINGS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE STATE ENVIRON-
MENTAL POLICY ACT AND TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL
WELFARE.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS :
SECTION I : Existing Section 4-713 of Title IV (Building Regulations )
of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Renton" is hereby amended to' read as follows :
4-713 as amended:
FINDINGS AND PURPOSES RE H-1 HEAVY INDUSTRY DISTRICT : Upon
due investigation and comprehensive study, including public hearings ,
the Planning Commission and City Council have determined that certain
uses and activities heretofore permitted within a Heavy Industry Zone , or
subject to "special permits" ,or prohibited � if such use or activity was
accompanied by certain elements ., found to be detrimental , harmful, degrading
� or incompatible with the general development of adjoining and vicinal
properties ,no longer reflect currently held values of the community or
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currently recognized state of the/proper planning, development and
improvement of the community ; or that many of the heretofore permitted
uses and activities no longer exist , have become outdated or antiquated,
and many of such uses , heretofore permitted are no longer compatible with
the aims and purposes of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) .
The City hereby declares and re-�stablishes its firm commitment
to the principles of the State Environmental Policy Act , and to use all
practical means to improve , foster and promote the general welfare of its
citizens , and to attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the
environment without degradation, risk to health or safety , or other
undesirable and unintended consequences , and to use its best efforts of
restoring and maintaining environmental quality , and to impartially
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balance the social , economic and other requirements of present and
future generations to accomplish such purposes . It is further
determined that the City' s present industrial and manufacturing zoned
districts located within the Renton�Kent valley area are situated
within a marginal or somewhat substandard atmospheric strata and all
reasonable efforts should be pursued to prevent further or undue
degradation or deterioration of such cnnditions .
4-713 CA) PERMITTED USES :
(1) Any use permitted in Light Industry District (L-1)
(2 ) Boiler works , rags or paper storage , or storage facilities
for non-operating motor vehicles o� similar uses ; provided
that when unhoused such use and activity shall be surrounded I
by an eight foot (8 ' ) sight obscuring fence known herein as I
a structure , and such fence shall be maintained in a firm,
, neat and substantial condition. Any opening within the
, fenced area for purposes of ingress and egress shall be
e ui ed with a
q pp substantial , tight gate or door of the
, same height as the fence and shall be kept securely closed
whenever the establishment is not open for business . No
such use or activity shall be conducted or maintained
closer than five hundred feet (500 ' ) to the side lines of
any residential district , or two hundred fifty feet (250 ' )
to the side�'.lines of any manufacturing park district , nor
closer than three hundred feet (300 ' ) to the right-of-way
line of any State or Federal limited access highway.
Such uses and activities described in this subsection shall
be conducted entirely within the fenced premises ,nor shall
any such permitted products or items for storage be stored,
displaced or parked outside of any building or fenced area.
No burning shall be permitted unless a prior written ,
permit has been issued , upon proper application, by the I!
Fire Department of the City of Renton, or such other
governmental agency having jurisdiction thereover. Any
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such permit shall define the hours and places of
burning, together with such other conditions as may
be reasonable under the circumstances . The owner or
operator shall provide arid have in proper working I
order adequate fire extinguishers and other fire fighting
equipment so as to control any such burning. In case of
denial of such burning permit by the Fire Department,
the applicant shall have ten (10) days to appeal to
the City Council from the date of such denial.
(3) Assay.ing I
(4) Automobile manufacturing and/or assembly
(5) Boat building and repairing
(6) Breweries and distilleries
(7) Broom and brush manufacturing
(8) Candle manufacturing
(9) Celluloid or similar cellulose materials manufacture
(10) Chain and cable manufacturing
(11) Cooperage works
(12) Dog pound
(13) Dry kilns
(14) Emery cloth or sandpaper manufacture
(15) Enameling
(16) Exterminators or insect poisons manufacture
(17) Foundries
(13) Glass or glass products manufacture
(19) Hangars
(20) Ice manufacture
(21) Machinery manufacture I
(22) Heavy machine shops `
(23) Match ma.nufacture
(24) Paint manufacturing I
(25) Planer mill or wood working plant I
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(26 ) Plaster or w�llboard manufacturing
(27) Power, light or steam plant Ccentral �tation)
I {28) Printing ink manufacturing I
' (29 ) Railroad yards
(30 ) Rope manufacturing �
31 Shadd manufacturin I
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(32} Shae manufac�uring '
� {33) Soap manufacturing I
C34) Stable , commercial '
(35) Starch , glucose , or dextrase manufacturing
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t36 ) Steel or iron fabrica�ian
C37 ) Stoneware and earthenware manu�acturing �
(38? s�orage warehouses
I (39 ) Textile mi�ls
� t�0) Tobacco manufacturing :,"� � -
(41) Vege�able oil refining or s�arage
(42? Yeast glants
(43 ) Wholesale houses heavy equipment
(44) Metal recycling plant , operated by electric power
All af such manufac�uring or related activities shall be canducted so3ely '
within buildings unless a "special permi�" i� granted pursuan-� to Section li
4-722 (B) . All af the aforestated permit�ed uses and activities , and those I
similar there-�o , shall be conducted in full compliance wi�h al.l applicable
Federal , State , Regional and Local laws , rules and regulations whi.eh �elate
directly or indirectly to the main�erzance and impravement of environmental
qualities , toge�her with those s�andards and guidelines tha� may be
established from �ime to time by the City so a� to further impl.emen`t the
aims and goals af the State Envirarimental Policy Aet.
4-713 (A) (1) . '
The �ollowing uses and ac�ivities are hereby found to be
� incompatible with permitted uses in �hat they substan�ially irnpact the
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enviranment adversely, and are not in accord with the aims and purpases
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of the State Environmental Policy Act , or such uses have heretofore been
discontinued , abandoned or its industry displaced, to-wit :
(a) Carbon manufacturing
� (b) Feed and Cereal mill
Cc) Chemical , dyestuff and lamp black manufacturing
(d) Flour mills
(e) Lubricating grease manufacture or oil compounds
tf) Lumber or shingle mills
(g) Oxygen, oil cloth and linoleum manufacturing '
(h) Oil , shellac , varnish or turpentine manufacturing
(i) Paper box manufacturing
(j ) Rolling or blooming mill
(k) Rubber or caoutchouc manufacture from crude material
(1) Salt works
(m) Saw mills
(n) Shoe blacking manufacturing
(o) Stove polish manufacturing
Section 4-713 ($ ) I
The following uses and activities and others with similar
qualities , but not specifically enumerated, are hereby prohibited if
� such use or activit results in contributes to or affects sub 'ect
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' odor ,
premises _ or the environment , by excessive noise , or smoke ,/ dust , air
I polluting substances or contributors that may result in the degradation
of atmospheric quality , or the use of which may affect the quality, :productivity
and appea��.nce of adjoining or nearby waterways , streams or similar natural
resources: The City may, however, acting by and through its Planning I
Commission, issue a "special permit" pursuant to Section 4-722 (B) and
impose such additional terms and conditions as may reasonably be
necessary to protect the environmental quality and to r_equire 'compl.i:ance with
established
/standards governing such use and activity, including but not limiting it to
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those specified in "Bulk Storage Facilities" as set forth in Section 4. 734
and "Definitions" Section 4-702 , as amended ,
of the City Code or as same may hereafter be amended from time to time .
In case any standards relative to such activity or use have been
established by either State or Federal agencies having jurisdiction
thereover, and furthermore , if the City standards are more stringent or
extens�ve in regulating such use and activity , then in any such case ,
unless such agency has pre-empted the regulation of such use or activity,
then the more stringent City standards shall govern and apply.
(1) Brick , tile , or terra-cotta manufacture or storage
(2 ) Disinfecting manufacture
(3) Gas (illuminating or heating) storage
' (4) Petroleum storage , or any of its by-products , sha11 adhere
to the standards of the "Bulk Storage Facilities1° as set
forth in Section 4. 734 of the City' s Code and subject to
a "special permit" as set forth in Section 4-722 (B) of
the City' s Code.
(5 ) Soap and compound manufacture
(6 ) Tanning, Curing or storage of raw hides or skins
(7 ) Cement , lime , gypsum manufacture
(8) Concrete batching plant II
(9 ) Auto wrecking yard
4-713 (B) (1)
The following uses and activities are hereby found to be I
incompatible with permitted uses in that they substantially impact the �I
environment adversely , and are not in accord with the aims and purposes '
of the State Environmental Policy Act, or such uses have heretofore been
discontinued , abandoned or its industry displaced, to-wit:
Ca) Amonia, chorine or bleaching power and manufacturing
(b) Asphalt, manufacturing or refining
(c) Coke ovens
(d) Creosote treatment or manufacture
(e) Distillation of wood, coal and bones , or manufacture of
any of their by-products
(f) Explosives storage i
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i (g) Incineration, collection or reduction of garbage , offa�
dead animals and refuse , kelp reduction and the extraction
of its by-products
(h) Paper and pulp manufacture
(i) Refining or manufacture of petroleum or its by-products
(j ) Reducing or refining of aluminum, copper, tin or zinc
(k) Tar distillation or manufacture
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(1) Tar roofing or tar waterproofing manufacture
(m) Fat rendering
(n) Fertilizer or glue manufacture
(o) Stock yards
4-713 (C) REAR YARD: No rea� yard is required except where
the industrial district abuts on a non-industrial or manufacturing park
district without intervening street or alley , in which case a rear
yard of not less than twenty (20) feet is required.
4-713 (D) SIDEYARD: The minimum side yard setback shall be
twenty (20 ' ) feet unless otherwise specified in Section 4-713 (A) (2 ) .
4-713 (E) FRONT YARD : The minimum front yard setback shall ,
be sixty feet (60 ' ) unless specified otherwise in Section 4-713 (A) (2)
with the initial ten feet (10 ' ) contiguous to the public right-of-way
front
to be landscaped except for ingress and egrees areas . Such/yard setback
shall be used only for landscaping , parking and loading.
4-713 (F) OTHER OR SIMILAR USES : Any other uses or activities
which may be reasonably considered similar or related to the uses
permitted hereinabove may likewise be permitted upon approval of the
Planning Commission after applicati�n thereto , together with a full
description and disclosure of such proposed similar or related use .
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SECTION II : Any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed3 including existing Section 4-713 .
SECTION III : This ordinance shall be effective from and after its
passage , appraval and five days after its publication, unless otherwise
rovided f
p or hereinabove.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 8th day of Sept,. 1975 .
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Delores A. Mead , City �C7.erk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this sth day of : s�pt. 1975 .
r Garr�t , 'Ma or
App " ed as to form:
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Getard M. Shellan, City Attorney
Date of Publicat� -
lon: g 12-75
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