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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3331• • ORDINANCE Na 3 3 31 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revising Title 16 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Subdivisions. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO HEREBY ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Ordinance 3280, as amended, and Chapter 16.04 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending PAMC 16.04.070( B) 3, 4, and 5 to read as follows: 16.04.070 Preliminary Short Plat - Design Standards. B. Lot Design. 3. The minimum lot width is the horizontal distance between side lot lines measured at the front setback line, provided the average horizontal distance between side lot lines must also meet or exceed the minimum lot width required, and, point bctwecn the front and rcar yard setback lines, shall be as required by the Zoning Code as now enacted or hereafter amended. 4. The front lot line shall be the boundary of a lot which abuts a street. On a panhandleTflagerrefergleg lot, the front lot line and setbacks shall be determined during the short subdivision process, or, if not determined during short subdivision review, shall be determined by the Community and Economic Development Director. 5. a. Panhandle, flag, or doglcg lots may be permitted if the original parcel has insufficient frontage width to rcasonably provide each new lot with the minimum lot width as required by Title 17 for the underlying zone. criteria: i. The panhandle shall have a minimum width of twenty feet and shall serve no more than one lot. ii. The required lot area width and depth shall not include any portion of the panhandle. apti,i ation g piopertics. b. Each such panhandle, lot shall meet the following iii. Dead -end access streets and /or driveways in excess of 150 feet in length shall be provided with a turn- around which has a minimum 90 -foot diameter asphaltic concrete street or an alternative approved by the City consistent with the Urban Services Ordinance and the Uniform Fire Code, except that an all - weather gravel surface section may be approved for turn- arounds which are anticipated to be temporary due to the future extension of the roadway. • Section 2. Ordinance 3140, as amended, and Chapter 16.04 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending PAMC 16.04.140(E) to read as follows: 16.04.140 Final Short Plat - Improvements - Required. E. Minimum street improvement cross - section standard as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan, the Urban Services Ordinance, and the Urban Services Standards and Guidelines: 1. Improvements to Local Access Streets: a. In the RS -9 and RMD RS -11 zones, local access streets that front or will provide access from the nearest fully improved City street to newly created lots shall be improved to a minimum of 20 -foot wide asphaltic concrete street with no on- street parking, drainage swales (ditches) as needed, and one all weather surface 4 -foot wide path (8 -foot wide path when an adopted bicycle route) for pedestrian traffic, which path shall be separated from the street by a ditch. All dead -end City streets in excess of 150 feet in length shall be asphaltic concrete paved and provided with a turn - around consistent with the Urban Services Ordinance, the Urban Services Standards and Guidelines, and the Uniform Fire Code. b. In the RS -7 zone, local access streets that front or will provide access from the nearest fully improved City street to newly created lots shall be improved to a minimum of 20 -foot wide asphaltic concrete street with one 3 -foot wide shoulder, and one 6 -foot wide shoulder for pedestrian traffic. All dead -end City streets in excess of 150 feet in length shall be asphaltic concrete paved and provided with a turn- around consistent with the Urban Services Ordinance, the Urban Services Standards and Guidelines, and the Uniform Fire Code. 2. Improvements to Arterial Streets: a. In the RS -9 and *MD RS -11 zones, arterial streets that front or will provide access to the lots or parcels being developed shall be improved to the minimum of 24- foot wide asphaltic concrete street with no on- street parking, drainage swales (ditches) as needed, and one all weather surface 4 -foot wide path (8 -foot wide path when an adopted bicycle route) for pedestrian traffic, which path shall be separated from the street by a ditch. b. In the RS -7 zone, arterial streets that front or will provide access to the lots or parcels being developed shall be improved to the minimum City arterial street improvement standards. 3. EXCEPTION: The Public Works & Utilities Department shall require the minimum standard to be increased to match the immediately adjoining City street when the immediately adjoining City street is more fully developed than the minimum standard. This exception shall not apply to short plats when the City finds that there will be an economic and physical hardship in relocating public utilities and there will be no increase in the number of lots within a subject short plat. Section 3. Ordinance 3155, as amended, and Chapter 16.08 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code are hereby amended by amending PAMC 16.08.030 to read as follows: -2- • 16.08.030 - Definitions. A. ACCESS STREET - A street with the main function of providing access to adjacent properties or for local traffic. B. BUFFER STRIP - An area or strip of land located and planted with trees and shrubs to provide a screen between conflicting land uses. (Parks, playgrounds and the site of public buildings are sometimes used as a buffer.) C. COLLECTOR ARTERIAL STREET - A street which provides for movement within the smaller areas which are often definable neighborhoods and may be bound by higher class (minor or principal) arterials. Collector arterials serve very little "through traffic" but serve a high portion of local traffic requiring direct access to abutting land uses. D. COMMISSION - The City of Port Angeles Planning Commission. E. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OR DEPARTMENT - The City of Port Angeles Community Development Department. F. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - A Comprehensive Plan adopted by the Council in compliance with the Growth Management Act of 1990 and which indicates the general locations recommended for residential, commercial, and industrial land uses or zones and for streets, parks, public buildings, and other public improvements. The Comprehensive Plan includes all its Appendices and individual comprehensive service and facility plans such as the Capital Facilities Plan, the Comprehensive Water Plan and the Comprehensive Parks Plan. G. COUNCIL - Port Angeles City Council. H. CROSSWALK -WAY - A right -of -way dedicated to public use, ten feet or more in width, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties. I. CUL -DE -SAC - (Court or Dead End Street) - A short street having one end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turn- around. J. DEDICATION - The deliberate appropriation of land by an owner for public uses, reserving to the owner no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public uses to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by the owner by the presentment for filing of a final subdivision plat showing the dedication thereon. Acceptance of the dedication by the City shall be evidenced by the approval of such final subdivision plat. K. DESIRED URBAN DESIGN OF THE CITY - The land use pattern and street system as described by the Comprehensive Plan land use map and policies, the zoning map and regulations, the subdivision regulations, and the Urban Services Standards and Guidelines. L. EASEMENT - A grant by the property owner of the use of a strip of land by the public, a corporation, or persons for specific purposes. M. FINAL PLAT - The final drawing of the subdivision and dedication prepared for filing for record with the County Auditor and containing all elements and requirements set forth in this Chapter. N. IMPROVEMENTS - Streets, with or without curb or gutter, sidewalks, crosswalk - ways, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street trees, power and other appropriate items. O. LOT - A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development. P. LOT FRONT - Unless otherwise specified on a plat, the narrow width of a lot which abuts a public street shall be considered the front of said lot. -3- • • Q. MINOR ARTERIAL STREET - A street which provides for movement within the large sub -parts prescribed by principal arterials. Minor arterials may also serve "through traffic" but provide much more direct service to abutting land uses than principal arterials. R. OWNER - A person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi - public corporation, or any combination thereof. S. PANHANDLE LOT - A lot which has its primary legal access from the street through a narrow strip of land called the panhandle. 871'. PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (PRD) - A planned residential development is a site specific development which has been approved by the City Council under the provisions of Chapter 17.19 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. It may include a subdivision of land in which residential lots are designed in clusters of individual lots with park and open space areas between clusters and in which lots may be below the minimum lot widths and lot areas required by the Zoning Code. TA]. PRELIMINARY PLAT - An approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks, and other elements of the subdivision consistent with the requirements of this Chapter. 1 V. PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL STREET - A street which provides for movement across and between large sub -parts of an urban region and serve predominantly "through trips" with minimum direct service to abutting land uses. ¥W. STREET - A right -of -way, dedicated to public use, which provides vehicular and pedestrian access to adjacent properties. 'X. SKETCH - A drawing showing proposed lot - layout, building line setbacks and proposed locations and width of streets, width and area of each lot, sanitary and storm drainage. Y. SUBDIVIDER - DEVELOPER - A person who undertakes the subdividing or the resubdividing of a lot, tract or parcel of land into two or more lots or other divisions of land for the purpose, immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or development, including all changes in street or lot lines. ¥:Z. SUBDIVISION - The division or redivision of land into five or more lots, tracts, parcels, sites, or division for the purpose of sale, lease, or transfer of ownership. Section 4 - Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are authorized to make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of the scrivener's /clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any references thereto. Section 5 - Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstances, are held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected. -4- • Section 6 - Effective Date. This Ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifically delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum. This ordinance shall take effect five days following the date of its publication by summary. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15j-j day of April, 2008. ATTEST: . Becky J. Ion, Ssty Cler APPROVED AS TO FORM: Y. William E. Bloor, City Attorney PUBLISHED: April 20 , 2008 By Summary G:\Legal_ Backup \ORDINANCES &RESOLUTIONS \ORDINANCES.2008 \14 - Chapter 16 PAMC Subdivisions 030608.wpd Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on April 15, 2008 Ordinance No. 3328 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Title 11 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Streets and Sidewalks. Ordinance No. 3329 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Title 14 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Signs. Ordinance No. 3330 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Title 15 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Clearing, Grading, Filling and Drainage Regulations. Ordinance No. 3331 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Title 16 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Subdivisions. Ordinance No. 3332 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, revises Title 17 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code relating to Zoning. The full texts of the Ordinances are available at City Hall in the City Clerk's office or will be mailed upon request. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These Ordinances shall take effect five days following the date of publication by summary. Becky J. Upton, CMC City Clerk Publish: April 20, 2008