HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4035Amends portions of Ordinance No.
3463, 3984
CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 4035
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
ADDING PROVISIONS FOR SMALL LOTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURING PARK (MP) ZONE AND AMENDING CERTAIN
PORTIONS OF SECTION -4-730 OF TITLE IV (BUILDING
REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RENTON" RELATING TO SETBACKS AND LANDSCAPING
IN THE MANUFACTURING PARK (MP) ZONE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Existing subsection (C)_ 3 of Section 4-730
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:
Section 4-730 (C) 3, as amended: Lot Area:
The minimum lot area permitted in the M -P zone shall
be 35,000 square feet except for lots existing as of December 1,
1986 which are smaller than 35,000 square feet or less than 300
feet in depth as measured perpendicular to an adjacent street. For
purposes of this ordinance, such pre-existing lots with less than the
minimum area are known as "small lot M -P". Certain small lot M -P
setbacks and landscaping provisions may apply. See Sections 4-730(C)
(4)(a) and (b) and 4-730(C)(6)(a). When properties which satisfy
the criteria for small lot M -P are contiguous and held in the same
ownership, then those lots must be developed as a single development
to the greatest extent possible. Before taking advantage of the
small lot M -P provisions, a property owner must exhaust all available
administrative or legal processees to aggregate the small lot M -P
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parcels to the minimum lot size of 35,000 square feet, if possible.
For example, if parcels of property within the same ownership are
separated by an alley or street, the property owner must first
apply for an alley or street vacation in an attempt to aggregate
the parcels. In no event will a piece of property be subdivided
to create lots to qualify for the small lot M -P criteria. The
public interest is served by taking all steps necessary and legally
permissible to encourage the further aggregation of lots that
qualify as small lot M -P lots such that the lots qualify for the
regular minimum M -P zoning areas of 35,000 square feet.
SECTION II:
Existing subsections_(C)'(4)(a) and (b) of
Section 4-730 of Title IV (Building Regulations) of Ordinance No.
1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton"
are hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4-730 (C)(4)(a), as amended: Streets:
All buildings or structures shall be located a minimum
of sixty (60) feet from any street or highway property line, except
from limited access highways where there shall be a minimum twenty (20)
foot setback. However, when any portion of a lot is shallow .(three
hundred [300]. feet or less in depth measured perpendicular to an
adjacent street), the above setback standard shall not apply. Within
such shallow portions of a lot, the setback from the street shall
vary, so that at each point along the street, the required setback
shall be twenty (20) percent of the lot dimension measured perpendicular
to the street at that point, provided that the minimum setback is at
least twenty (20) feet adjacent to arterial streets and ten (10)
feet adjacent to all other streets.
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Section 4-730(C)(4)(b), as amended: Other Yards:
All buildings or structures shall be located a minimum of
twenty (20) feet from all other property lines including limited
access highways. However, for pre-existing platted lots smaller than
the minimum lot area in the M -P zone, no setbacks are required from
such other property lines, provided that the total coverage shall not
exceed sixty-five (65) percent of the lot area on these small lots.
SECTION III:
Existing subsection (C)(6)(a) of. -Section
4-730 of Title IV (Building Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628
entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of Renton" i's. -hereby
amended as follows:
Section 4-730 (C)(6).(a)_, as.amended: Setback Areas:
A landscaped strip a minimum of twenty (20) feet in
width or one-half the required setback, whichever is less, shall be
provided adjacent to all street or highway right-of-way lines,
except limited access highways; and a landscaped strip a minimum
of ten (10) feet in width or one-half the required setback, whichever
is less, shall be provided adjacent to interior side lot lines within
the required front setback.
SECTION IV: This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage and approval and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 22nd day of December, 1986.
Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 22nd day of December, 1986.
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P.Aroved
as
/�tee orm: Barbara Y. Shinpo h, Mayor
Lawrence J. W rren, City Attorney
Date of Publication: December 26, 1986