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CITY OF REN�TON. WASHING f ON
ORDINANCE NO. 3936 '
AN URDINANCE OF THE CI-fY OF RENTON. WASHINGTON
AMENDING CHAP fER 7 UF fITLE IV (BUILDING
REGULAI�IONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 EN7I�TLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF �T HE CITY OF
RENTON" RELATING �O MANUFAC fURING PARK
(M-P) ZONE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Existing Section 4-730 of Chapter 7 of Title IV
(Building Regulations) of Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the
City of Renton" is hereby amended by substituting the following section:
Section 4-730: Manufacturing Park (M-P) District.
(A) PURPOSE AND IN�TEN�T:
The purpose of the 'M-P' Zone is to provide for a wide variety of industrial.
transportation, service and office activities which meet high operational,
development and environmental standards. Compatible personal service and retail
uses which are supportive of industrial areas are also permitted. Standards for
scale, buffers, outdoor activities and external impacts are set forth to ensure high
quality air, water, light. and sound environments, adequate traffic circulation. and
compatible land uses. The 'M-P' Zone is intended to implement the
Manufacturing Park/Multiple Option, Manufacturing Park/Multiple Option -
Office/Light Industry, and Manufacturing Park/Multiple Option - Industry
designations of the Comprehensive Plan. The principal zoning category for areas
so designated on the Comprehensive Plan should be 'M-P'.
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(B) USES:
In the Manufacturing Park Zone (M-P). the following and similar uses are I
permitted. The Building and Zoning Department may determine that any other
use is similar in general character to the following specific uses and is in keeping
with the intent of this zone. Upon such administrative determination, the subject
use shall become a principal, accessory or conditional use, whichever is
appropriate. Unless indicated by the text, definitions of the uses listed in this
zone are consistent with the descriptions in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual.
(1) Principal Uses: ln the M-P Zone, the following principal uses are permitted:
(a) Manufacturing, processing, assembling and product servicing of:
1. Articles, products or merchandise from previously prepared
natural or synthetic materials;
2. Articles, products or merchandise from previously prepared
ferrous or alloyed metals;
3. Food and kindred products.
(b) Transportation. communication and utility services:
Warehousing and storage, express delivery and hauling activities
with limited cargo handling at a central terminal, utility distribution
activities and support facilities, and communication services.
(c) Services:
1. All manner of business, professional, research and
development, health, legal, educational, social, cultural and
other services;
2. Personal, recreational. and repair services, motion picture
theaters, and similar recreational and entertainment
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facilities, subject to the provisions of Section 4-730 (C)(2);
3. Day care facilities.
(d) Offices: All manner of administrative, professional, medical,
financial and business offices.
(e) Wholesale trade.
(f) Retail trade subject to the provisions of Section 4-730(C)(2).
(g) Recycling collection centers provided that they are located outside
of any required setback or landscaping area.
(2) Accessory Uses: In the M-P 7_one the following uses are allowed where
subordinate and incidental to a permitted use:
(a) Detached buildings or structures which are ordinarily associated
with a permitted use;
(b) Outside storage of materials, products or containers subject to the
limitations and screening provisions of Section 730(C)(7);
(c) A security building of less than one hundred (100) square feet
located within a required yard but outside of required landscaped
areas;
(d) One residence per establishment for security or maintenance
personnel and family. provided that mobile homes and travel trailers
are not permitted;
(e) Retail sales incidental to a permitted use;
(f) Repair services ordinarily associated with a permitted use.
(g) Drive-up "will call" windows.
(h) Storage of petroleum or natural gas or any of their by-products,
provided that the total storage capacity is less than twenty-five
thousand (25,000) gallons or other applicable unit of ineasure, and
that storage of such products is placed underground.
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(i) Recycling collection stations, provided that they are located outside
of any required setback or landscaping area.
(3) Conditional Uses: In the M-P Zone the following uses may be allowed by
Conditional Use Permit as provided in Section 4-748 of the Zoning Code.
(a) Gasoline service stations provided that all activities except fuel
sales are conducted entirely within an enclosed building.
(b) �fruck terminals and associated warehousing facilities.
(c) Outdoor storage exceeding twenty (20) feet in height;
(d) Outdoor above ground storage of up to ten thousand (1 U,000) gallons
of the accessory storage of petroleum or natural gas or any of their
by-products permitted in Section 4-730(B)(2)(h) above.
(e) Any permitted use whose activities, including manufacturing and
storage, are predominantly conducted out-of-doors rather than
completely enclosed within a building.
(f) Additional uses as identified in Section 4-748(D)1.
(4) Prohibited Uses: In the M-P Zone the following uses are prohibited:
(a) Residential uses EXCEPT for a security or maintenance personnel
residence as provided in Section 730(B)(2)(d);
(b) Automobile, motorcycle, truck, boat, mobile home, trailer, and
recreational vehicle sales and rental establishments.
(c) Automobile, motorcycle, truck, boat, mobile home, trailer, and
recreational vehicle repair, service and storage activities, EXCEPT
gasoline service stations or as incidental to a permitted use.
(d) Refining, manufacture or bulk storage of petroleum, or any of its
by-products.
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(e) Salvage, wrecking and disposal activities conducted out-of-doors.
(f) All other uses not included in Sections 730(B)(1) through 730(B)(3).
(C) DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: In the M-P Zone the following development
standards shall apply, EXCEPT as otherwise provided in Section 4-730.
(1) Site Plan Approval: Site plan approval shall be required for all
developments within the M-P Zone. A building site plan shall be filed and
approved in accordance with the City Code prior to issuance of any building
permits. Each building or other development permit issued shall be in
conformance with the approved site plan.
(2) Standards for Retail and Selected Service Uses: For those service and retail
uses identified in Sections 4-73U(B)(1)(c)2 and (B)(1)(f), the following
standards shall a 1 :
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(a) The design of structures, including signs. shall be generally
consistent in character with surrounding uses. No drive-up windows
shall be permitted.
(b) No exterior display of inerchandise designed to be viewed from the
public right-of-way shall be permitted.
' (c) In order to avoid the negative impacts of strip commercial
' development:
1. Retail or service uses shall be developed as part of larger.
planned commercial, office or industrial complexes having
common architectural or landscaping themes. A retail or
' service use shall not stand alone, UNLESS such use has a
gross floor area greater than twenty-five thousand (25,000)
square feet.
'L. Uirect arterial access to individual uses shall occur only when
alternative access to local or collector streets or
consolidated access with adjacent uses is not feasible.
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3. Roof signs shall be prohibited.
(3) Lot Area: The minimum lot area permitted in the M-P Zone shall be
thirty-five thousand (35.000) square feet.
(4) Setbacks:
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sixty (60) feet from any street or highway property line.
(b) Other Yards: All buildings or structures shall be located a minimum
of twenty (2U) feet from any property line which does not abut a
street or highway.
(c) Railroad Spur Track: 1 he required setbacks shall not apply along
the portion of a building or structure contiguous to a railroad spur
track.
(d) Adiacent to Residential Lots: Whenever a proposed use in the M-P
zone shares a common property line with a lot designated
Residential on both the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map. the
minimum setback contiguous to the common property line shall be
fifty (50) feet. Whenever an adjacent lot contains a residential use
and either the Comprehensive Plan or Zoning designation or both is
something other than Residential, then the appropriate setback and
landscaping adjacent to the residential lot shall be determined by
site plan approval. A site plan decision to require more than the
minimum setback and landscaping shall consider the long term
viability of the residential use, the presence of other residential
uses in the surrounding area, and such other indications of stability
as owner-occupancy and housing condition.
(e) Use of Setback Areas: All required setback areas shall be
unoccupied and unobstructed EXCEPT for off-street parking and
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loading, driveways, entrance roads, a gatehouse or guardhouse,
water pits, lawn sprinklers, walkways, landscaping, ordinary and
necessary utility service facilities, utility poles, lighting fixtures.
identifying and direction signs, underground installations accessory
to any permitted use, and railroads.
(f) Flexible Setbacks: With site plan approval and subject to applicable
Building and Fire Codes. one of the side setbacks (not adjacent to a
public street or residential use, as defined in Section 730(C)(4)(d)
above) may be reduced or eliminated if the total of both side
setbacks is at least forty (40) feet; and the rear setback not
adjacent to a public street may be reduced or eliminated if the front
setback is increased accordingly. The site plan decision shall
bebased on a finding that, with reduced setbacks, the architectural
design, building orientation, circulation, noise and glare of the
proposed project will be compatible with adjacent uses.
(5) Height:
(a) In the M-P Zone. no height limit is established, provided that all
required setback areas on the periphery of the lot shall be increased
one (1) additional foot for each foot in building height above
forty-five (45) feet.
(b) Gatehouses or guardhouses shall not exceed twelve (12) feet in
height.
(6) Landscapinq:
(a) Setback Areas: A landscaped strip a minimum of twenty (2U) feet in
width shall be provided adjacent to all street or highway
right-of-way lines; and a landscaped strip a minimum of ten (10)
feet in width shall be provided adjacent to interior side lot lines
within the re uired front setback.
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(b) Adjacent to Residential Lots: Whenever a proposed use in the M-P
zone shares a common property line with a lot that is designated
Residential on both the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map, a
landscaped strip a minimum of ten (lU) feet in width consisting of
evergreen shrubs or trees a minimum of five (5) feet in height shall
be provided adjacent to the common property line and shall be
planted prior to occupancy of any portion of the site.
(c) All areas of a site not covered by buildings, structures, or paved
surfaces shall be landscaped. Required landscape areas shall not be
used for off-street parking and loading. Areas of a site set aside for
future development may be hydroseeded.
(d) Flexible Landscapinq Areas: With site plan approval, the perimeter
landscaping strips required by Section 73U (C)(6)(a) above may be
reduced in width u� to fifty (5U) percent if the equivalent square
footage of landscaping is provided elsewhere within the site. Site
plan approval shall be based on a finding that the alternative
landscaping arrangement provides buffering and site amenities
equalto or better than that which would be achieved by strict
application of the Code. The relocated landscaping shall not be
located within the rear setback of the site.
(7) Outside Storaqe:
(a) Outside storage or display of materials, products and containers is
permitted within the buildable area of a site, provided that the
storage area is screened from all adjacent property lines by an
existing structure, a wall or view-obscuring fence at least six (6)
feet but not more than ten (10) feet in height, or as required by the
Bulk Storage Ordinance, 5ection 4-734.
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(b) Whenever outside storage exceeds fifty (SO) percent of the buildable
area of a site, storage shall be considered the principal use of the
site and shall be subject to the Conditional Use requirements of
Section 4-730 (B)(3)(e).
(8) Refuse: No refuse, trash, rubbish or other waste material shall be dumped,
placed or allowed to remain outside a permanent building, EXCEPT in
non-flammable, covered or enclosed containers, which shall be screened by
fence or landscaping. No refuse shall be stacked higher than the screening
fence or landscaping.
(9) Parkinq and Loadinq:
(a) See Chapter 22, 7itle 1V of the City Code.
(b) All uses requiring deliveries or shipments shall provide a minimum
of one off-street loading space and one additional loading space for
each seventy thousand (70.000) square feet of gross floor area over
six thousand (6000) square feet.
(c) The minimum area for each off-street loading space, excluding area
for maneuvering, shall be two hundred and fifty (250) square feet.
(d) At no time shall any part of a vehicle be allowed to extend into a
public right-of-way while the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded.
All loading and unloading maneuvers shall be conducted on private
property.
(e) Uff-street loading spaces shall not interfere with the use of
required off-street parking areas.
(lU) Environmental Performance Standards: I he following minimum standards
shall be met by all activities within the M-P Zone. For all activities which
may produce objectionable or otherwise prohibited conditions, the property
owner or leasee shall furnish design specifications or other scientific
evidence of compliance with these standards. ',
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(a) Noise: See Title VIII, Chapter lI. Noise Level Regulations.
(b) Smoke:
1. Visible grey smoke (or dust, dirt, fly ash or airborne solids)
shall not be emitted from any source at a density or opacity
greater than twenty percent (20°6) for more than three (3)
minutes in any hour, as per Regulation 1 of the Puget Sound
Air Pollution Control Agency.
2. The provisions applicable to visible grey smoke shall also
apply to visible smoke of a different color but with an
equivalent apparent opacity.
(c) Odorous Gases and Matter: No emissions of odorous gases and other
odorous matter shall be permitted in quantities which are
unreasonably offensive beyond the exterior property lines of the lot
or site.
(d) Toxic Gases and Matter: No emissions of toxic gases or matter shall
be permitted in quantities damaging to health, animals, vegetation,
or property or which cause any excessive soiling beyond exterior
property lines of the lot or site.
(e) Vibration: No vibration shall be permitted to exceed 0.003 of one
(1) inch displacement or 0.03 (g) peak acceleration, whichever is
greater, as measured at any point outside the property lines of the
lot or site. This shall apply in the frequency range of zero to five
thousand (0-5U00) cycles per second. Shock absorbers or similar
mounting shall be allowed to permit compliance with this
specification.
(g) Glare and Heat: No glare and heat from any source shall be
permitted to be unreasonably objectionable beyond the exterior
property lines of a lot or site.
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(11) Signs: 5ee Chapter 19. title IV of the City Code.
(12) E3ulk Storaqe: See Section 4-734 of the City Code.
(13) Excavation, Grade and Fill: See Chapter 23, �itle IV of the City Code.
SECl�ION lI: �This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and
approval and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1 hth day of
September, 1985.
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Maxine E. Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 16th day of September.
1985.
Approved as to form:
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Lawrence J. Warr , City Attorney Barbara Y. Shinpoch, Mayor
Date of Publication: September 20, 1985 �
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