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CITY OF RENTON� WASHINGTON 3722
Amended by Ordinance No. 3955,
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ORDINANCE NO. 3937
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON� WASHINGTON
AMENDING CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE IV (BUILDING
REGULATIONS) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
RENTON" RELATING TO OFFICE PARK ZONE (O-P)
THE CI�1�Y COUNCIL OF T�HE CITY OF RE:NI"ON, WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS �OLLOWS:
SEC�TION I: Existing 5ection 4-71fi 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 4-718: Office Park District (O-P).
(A) Purpose and Intent: The Office Park Zone (O-P) is established to provide areas
appropriate for professional, administrative, and business offices, certain
manufacturing activities, and supportive services in a campus-like setting. These
� districts ma serve as em lo ment centers for the surroundin communit . Hi h
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I quality operational, development and environmental standards are required. This
zoning classification is generally limited to areas designated as Office/Office
Park and Manufacturing Park/Multiple Option - Office in the Comprehensive Plan
and is intended specifically to implement these designations. Generally, areas so
designated should be zoned O-P.
(B) Uses•
In the Office Park Zone (O-P), the following and similar uses are 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.
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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: In the O-P Zone the following principal uses are permitted:
(a) Administrative and professional offices;
(b) Medical and dental offices and clinics;
(c) Financial offices such as banks, savings and loan institutions;
(d) Schools and studios for art, crafts, photography. dance and music;
(e) Business and professional services;
(f) Research and development;
(g) Educational, cultural, and social activities;
(h) Manufacturing. processing, assembling, product servicing,
wholesaling, warehousing and storage of articles, products or
merchandise from previously prepared natural or synthetic
materials, or ferrous or alloyed metals.
(i) Day care facilities.
(2) Accessorv Uses: In the O-P Zone the following uses are allowed where
incidental to a permitted use:
(a) Parking garages;
(b) Recreational facilities;
(c) Retail sales of products or merchandise produced as a permitted use;
(d) Repair activities ordinarily associated with a permitted use.
(e) Storage of petroleum or natural gas or any of their by-products.
provided that the total storage capacity is less than ten thousand
(10,000) gallons or other applicable unit of ineasure. and that
storage of such products is placed underground.
(3) Conditional Uses: In the O-P Zone the following uses and their accessory
uses may be allowed by conditional use permit as provided in Section 4-748
of the City Code:
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(a) Churches;
(b) Heliports;
(c) Personal, recreational, and repair services, and retail uses, subject
to the standards of Section 4-71E1(C)('L).
(d) Additional uses as identified in Section 4-748(D)l.
(4) Prohibited Uses: In the O-P Zone the following uses are prohibited:
(a) Residential uses;
(b) Automobile, motorcycle, truck, boat, mobile home, trailer, and
recreational vehicle sales, rental, repair, service and
storageactivities, EXCEPT repair and maintenance may be
permitted if incidental to a permitted use;
(c) Any outdoor storage or display of materials or products;
(d) All other uses not included in Section 718(B)(1) through 718(B)(3).
(C) Development Standards: In the O-P Lone the following development standards
shall apply, except as otherwise provided by this Section.
(1) Site Plan Approval: Site plan approval shall be required for all
developments within the U-P Lone. 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 Section 4-718(B)(3)(c), the following standards shall apply:
(a) The design of structures, including signs, shall be generally
consistent in character with surrounding uses. No drive-up windows
or outside automobile service shall be permitted.
(b) No exterior display of inerchandise shall be permitted.
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(c) In order to avoid the negative impacts of strip commercial
development:
1. Retail or selected service uses shall be developed as part of
larger, planned commercial, office or industrial complexes
having common architectural or landscaping themes. Such
retail or service uses shall not stand alone and shall not
occupy more than fifty percent (50°6) of a jointly developed
building complex.
'L. Direct 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.
3. Roof signs shall be prohibited. Free-standing signs shall not
exceed ten (10) feet in height and shall be located at least
, twenty (20) feet from any property line. EXCEPT for
entrance and exit signs.
(3) Setbacks:
(a) Streets: All buildings and structures shall be located a minimum of
sixty (60) feet or twenty (20) percent of the lot depth, whichever is
less, from any public street or highway property line. In any case, if
the adjacent public street is a major or secondary arterial, the
setback shall be at least thirty (30) feet.
(b) Other Yards: All buildings and structures shall be located a
minimum of twenty ('LO) feet or fifteen (15) percent of the lot width,
whichever is less, from any property line which does not abut a
public street or highway.
(c) Adiacent to Larqe Structures: The required yard setbacks adjacent
to any building or structure with a building footprint greater than
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twenty-five thousand (25,U00) square feet shall be increased one (1)
foot for each additional two thousand (2,000) square feet of building
footprint, up to a maximum of one hundred (100) feet abutting
public streets, and sixty (60) feet in other yards.
(d) Ad')acent to Residential Lots: Whenever a proposed use in the O-P
Zone shares a common property line with a lot that is designated
any residential use on both the City of Renton 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
loading, driveways, entrance roads. lawn sprinklers, walkways,
landscaping, ordinary and necessary utility service facilities, utility
poles. lighting fixtures, identifying and direction signs and
underground installations accessory to any permitted use.
(f) Flexible setbacks: With site plan approval and subject to applicable
Building and Fire Codes, one of the side setbacks (not adjacent to a
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public street or residential use, as defined in Section 718 (C)(3)(d))
may be reduced or eliminated if the total width of both side
setbacks is at least twice the width of the minimum setback
specified in Section 718 (C)(S)(b) above; and the rear setback not
adjacent to a public street may be reduced or eliminated if the
frontsetback is increased accordingly. 7he site plan decision shall
be based on a finding that, with reduced setbacks, the architectural
design, building orientation, circulation, noise and glare of the
proposed pro�ect will be compatible with ad�acent uses and with the
purpose and intent of the O-P zone.
(4) Heiaht: Building heights in the O-P Zone shall be established with
consideration to adjacent land uses and shall be determined as follows:
{a) Adjacent to Sinqle Family/Low Density Multi-family Uses: No
height limit shall be required provided that for each one (1) foot of
building height there shall be provided one (1) foot of yard setback
' on the periphery of the site where the office park use is adjacent to
a single family or low density multiple family use located on a lot
designated Single Family or Low Density Multi-family on the City
of Renton Comprehensive Plan and Loning Map.
(b) Adiacent to All Other Uses: No height limit shall be required
I provided that all required yard setbacks adjacent to such other uses
shall be increased one (1) foot for each additional one (1) foot of
height above forty-five (45) feet.
(c) These setback/height requirements cannot be modified by
application under the P.U.D. process.
(5) Landscapinq:
(a) There shall be a minimum landscaped setback of twenty (20) feet �
from all public street or highway rights-of-way.
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(b) There shall be a minimum landscaped setback of ten (10) feet or
one-half the required building setback, whichever is less, from all
other property lines.
(c) A minimum of twenty (20) percent of the site shall be retained in
landscaped open space. A maximum of one-half (1/2) of this
requirement may be on the roofs of structures provided employees
and the public have access to the area. A maximum of seventy-five
(75) percent of this requirement may be within the required
perimeter landscaping. 1 he twenty (20) percent minimum
landscaping requirement may not be reduced if a site is developed as
a P.U.D.
(d) All areas not covered by buildings, structures or paved surfaces shall
be landscaped. Areas set aside for future development on a lot may
be hydroseeded.
(e) Where parking lots are adjacent to one another, perimeter
landscaping shall not be required.
f Any wall surface greater than thirty (30) feet in width lacking
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windows or doors shall be softened by landscaping or architectural
features, such as change of texture or wall modulation. Such
landscaping shall include trees over six (6) feet in height placed no
more than thirty (30) feet on center or in clusters.
(g) With site plan approval, the perimeter landscaping setbacks required
by Section 718(C)(5)(a) and (b) above may be reduced in width up to
fifty (50) 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 equal to or better than that which
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would be achieved by strict application of the Code. The relocated
landsca in shall not be located within the rear setback of the site.
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(6) 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 containers or dumpsters, which shall be screened by
fences or landscaping. No refuse shall be stacked higher than the screening
fence or landscaping.
(7) Parkinq/Circulation: Parking and circulation standards required shall be as
follows:
(a) Access: The principal access shall be from an arterial or collector
street and shall be oriented to the least traveled street whenever
two or more such arterials or collectors abut the site.
(b) Parkinq/Circulation: Parking and circulation areas along a common
lot line with a residential use located on a lot designated as a
residential use on both the City of Renton Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning Map shall be allowed only if a ten (10) foot wide
sight-obscuring landscaping strip and a six (6) foot high solid fence
are provided along the common boundary line.
(c) Parkinq and �oadinq:
1. See Chapter 22, Title IV of the City Code.
2. All loading docks and roll-up doors shall be located at the
rear of buildings or screened so that they are not visible from
any point along the abutting public right-of-way.
3. 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.
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(8) Environmental Performance Standards: The following minimum standards
shall be met by all activities within the O-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.
(a) Noise: See Title VIII. Chapter II, Noise Level Regulations.
(b) Smoke�
1. Visible grey smoke shall not be emitted from any source in a
greater density of grey than that described as No. 1 on
Ringlemann Chart.
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) Dust, Dirt, Fly Ash or Air-borne Solids: No observable dust. dirt,
fly ash or air-borne solids shall be emitted.
(d) Odorous Gases and Matter: No odorous gases or matter in a
quantity sufficient to evoke a response from the average person
beyond the exterior property lines shall be emitted.
(e) Toxic Gases and Matter: No emissions of toxic gases or matter shall
be permitted.
(f) Vibration: No vibration shall be permitted to exceed 0.003 of one
(1) inch displacement of 0.03 (g) peak acceleration, whichever is
greater, as measured at any point outside the property lines of the
lot or site. l�his shall apply in the frequency range of zero to five
thousand (0-500U) cycles per second. Shock absorbers or similar
mounting shall be allowed to permit compliance with this
specification.
(g) Glare and Heat:
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1. No glare and heat from any source shall be permitted to be
unreasonably objectionable beyond the exterior property lines
of a lot or site.
2. All exterior or wall mounted lighting fixtures shall be
directed away from public streets or rights-of-way. Exterior
lighting fixtures shall be equipped with hoods or reflectors
such that direct light rays extend no more than ten (10) feet
beyond the nearest property line.
(9) Siqns: See Chapter 19, Title IV of the City Code.
SECTION II: This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and
approval and thirty days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16th 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. War�fi, City Attorney Barbara Y. S''hinpoch. Mayor
Date of Publication: September 20, 1985
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