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AGENDA
CITY OF PORT ANGELES
PLANNING COMMISSION
321 East Fifth Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362
June 24, 1998
7:00 p.m.
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CALL TO ORDER
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ROLL CALL
III.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Meeting of June 10,1998
IV.
PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEARINGS:
CONTINUED PUBLIC MEETING:
REZO~ Aee.L1CAIlO~B.EZ 98-04 - OJ.Y.MflC~EMOB..1AL
HO~SE.lJAL.JJ_elwe_e.o_G.e_oJ-9iana_and~~QI.ine_adJacenLto_Gb.amb.BIS
S1[e.e1: Request to rezone property designated CO, Commercial
Office, to PBP, Public Buildings and Parks, (Continued from 6/10/98)
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING:
SIB-EET VACAIIO~ PETITIO~S.J)lA8~k...QLYMPIC MEMORIAL
HO_SEJIALJ-ap.ortion of the aJJe_yJJ.etween Georgiana ancLGamlioe
dke.ctly west of Gbarnb_eLs~ (Continued from 6/10/98)
v. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
VI. STAFF REPORTS
VII. REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
PLANNING COMMISSION: Dean Reed, (CJlair), Mary Craver (Vice). Bob King, Cindy Souders. Linda Nutter. Fred Hewins, Paul Ziakin.
ST AFF: Brad Collins, Director, Sue Roberds Planning Specialist, David Sawyer. Senior Planner.
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All correspondence pertaining to a meeting or hearing item received by the Planning
Department at least one day prior to the scheduled meeting/ hearing will be provided to
Commission members at the meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE: Spokesmen for the proponents and opponents will be given an opportunity to
speak to the request. Information submitted should be factual, relevant and not merely duplication of a previous
presentation. A reasonable time (10 minutes) shall be allowed the spokesman; others shall be limited to short
supporting remarks (5 minutes). Other interested parties will be allowed to comment briefly (5 minutes each) or
make inquiries. The Chair may allow additional public testimony if the issue warrants it. Brief rebuttal (5 minutes)
for proponents and opponents will be heard separately and consecutively with presentation limited to their
spokesman. Rebuttal shall be limited to factual statements pertaining to previous testimony. Comments should
be directed to the Board, not the City Staff representatives present, unless directed to do so by the Chair.
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MINUTES
PLANNING COMMISSION
Port Angeles, Washington 98362
June 24, 1998
7:00p.m.
ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Linda Nutter, Fred Hewins, Mary Craver, Dean
Reed, Bob King, Paul Ziakin
Members Excused:
Cindy Souders
Staff Present:
Sue Roberds, David Sawyer, Dan McKeen, Gary
Kenworthy, Gale Turton
Public Present:
Bill Lindberg, Mike Glenn, Carl Miller
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Nutter moved to approve the June 10, 1998, minutes with the correction
that Commissioner Hewins was not present. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner King and passed 5 - 0, with Commissioner Hewins abstaining.
PUBLIC MEETING:
REZOlS"E APPLICATION~ZJ!8dl4 - OLYMPIC~M.ORIAL
H OS PIT AL,.hetwe.eniienrgiana_and_Caroline_adjac.enUQ_Chamhers.Btreet:
Request to rezone property designated CO, Commercial Office, to PBP,
Public Buildings and Parks.
Senior Planner David Sawyer reviewed the Planning Department's staff report recommending
approval of the proposed rezone. Commissioner Nutter apologized for not speaking sooner, and
stated that she has a relative who works for the hospital. She offered to stand down from the
proceedings if there were objections to her participation in the action due to an appearance of
fairness. There were no objections.
Chair Reed opened discussion and asked Planner Sawyer to explain the differences between the
City's Commercial Office (CO) zoning and the Public Buildings and Parks (PBP) zoning. Mr.
Sawyer summarized the comparison and noted that the PBP zone is a designation that is not only
placed on public buildings and park uses, but also identifies properties in the City which are
environmentally sensitive in some manner. In this particular instance, the Hospital's request for a
rezone to PBP is because the PBP zone allows for more development flexibility and is intended to
allow uses to blend with neighborhood properties. The proposed rezone is to facilitate the
construction of a kidney dialysis center which will require a building height of thirty feet (30'). The
CO zone is restricted to a height of thirty feet (30') whereas the PBP zone allows for up to fifty feet
(50') in height.
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Plasnning Commission Minutes - June 24, /998
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Following limited discussion, Commissioner King moved to recommend that the City Council
approve the rezone to PBP as proposed citing the following findings and conclusions:
Findings.:
Based on the infonnation provided in the public record including the application file, the staff report
and its attachments, comments received during the public comment period, and the Planning
Commission's deliberation, the City of Port Angeles Planning Commission hereby finds:
1, The applicant, Olympic Memorial Hospital, submitted an application for rezone to
the Planning Department on May 5, 1998. A Determination of Completeness was
issued on May 22, 1998. The public's written comment period ran from May 22,
1998, to June 3, 1998.
2. The proposal is to rezone 5Yz lots, approximately 38,500 s.f. of property, from CO
(Commercial, Office) to PBP (Public Buildings and Parks). (See Attachment A to
the Planning Department Staff Report for REZ 98-04 dated June 24, 1998.)
3.
The proposed rezone is part ofthe applicant's overall proposal to develop the subject
site (the area ofthe proposed rezone) with a 15,000 to 20,000 s.f. medical building.
The overall proposal includes this rezone request and a street vacation petition for
a portion of the Caroline/Georgiana alley adjacent to the subject lots.
4. The SEP A Responsible Official issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-
Significance for the proposal on June 8, 1998 (included as Attachment B to the
Planning Department Staff Report for REZ 98-04 dated June 24, 1998). The MDNS
comment period for the MDNS ran until June 23, 1998.
5. No written comments were received for either the rezone application or the MDNS.
6. The area of the proposed rezone is designated Commercial by the City's
Comprehensive Plan and is zoned Commercial, Office.
7. The properties adjacent to the subject site are designated by the City's
Comprehensive Plan as follows:
To the north:
To the south:
To the east:
To the west:
Commercial;
Commercial;
Commercial; and
Commercial.
8. The adjacent properties are zoned as follows:
To the north:
To the south:
To the east:
To the west:
co;
CO;
CO; and
CO.
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9. The area is level and is currently developed with two single-family residences and
a multi-unit structure. The adjacent properties are developed with the following uses:
To the north:
To the south:
To the east:
To the west:
medical offices~
single family residences;
single family residence; and
single family residences.
10. The Hospital is a publicly operated health facility.
Conclusions:
Based on the infonnation provided in the public record including the application file, the staff report
and its attachment, written comments received during the public comment period, the Planning
Commission's deliberation, and the above findings, the City of Port Angeles Planning Commission
hereby concludes:
A. The following Comprehensive Plan Policies are most relevant to the proposal, Land
Use Policies Al and A2, and DI and D2.
B.
The proposed rezone is consistent with Comprehensive Plan Policies A 1 and A2, and
Dl and D2.
C. The proposed rezone is in the public use and interest and is compatible with the
surrounding zoning and land uses.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner Hewins, and passed 6 - O.
PUBLIC HEARING:
STREET V ACAIlON ~EIITlnN - SIY~8dl2~OL YMPIC
MEMDJUAL Ho.SPIT AL,_a_p-ortioD-o.fJhe~le~dletween Georgiana_and
Camline_dir.ecll)Lw_esLo.f...Chamhers.
Planner Sawyer reviewed the Planning Department's staff report recommending denial of the
vacation. Chair Reed opened the public hearing.
Bill Lindberg, 319 South Peabody Street, represented the applicant. The purpose in requesting the
right-of-way vacation is to accommodate the construction of a kidney dialysis and therapy center.
Without the vacation, parking for the new use will occur on the lots south of the alley with the
structure on the north side of the alley. The proposal will allow the site to be combined. The
proposed site has been redesigned to allow for increased sight visibility down the alley to the east
as requested by the City's Police Department. Many options were considered in re-routing the alley
south to Georgiana Street from its current access onto Chambers. The current proposal provides a
thirty (30) foot buffer between the edge of the re-routed access and the adjacent property to the west.
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Carl Miller, 1023 Georgiana, a neighboring property owner, opposed the street vacation. He did
not object to the rezone or to the proposed use, however, he stated that the abandonment of the right-
of-way would not be in the neighborhood interest.
Gale Turton, Port Angeles Police Department, verified that the Department does not feel the
vacation of the right-of-way is in the public's interest. He provided a listing of 911 activity calls
for the area which indicated a high degree of nuisance calls. The proposal requires a ninety degree
turn south to Georgiana Street as the parking area would be in the location of the current access to
the east end of the alley. The currently unencumbered east/west ingress/egress method is desired.
Chair Reed closed the public hearing.
Following an inquiry by Chair Reed, Mr. Lindberg stated that he could redesign the site to address
the Police Department's concerns. His current design was to orient the structure in such a manner
that traffic from the site would not conflict with neighborhood uses to the west. He did not have
time following receipt of the Department's staff report to submit a new design that could be
discussed with staff prior to the meeting and was not opposed to a continuance during which time
an alternative plan could be reviewed. He responded to Commissioner Craver that the building will
not be over thirty-five (35) feet in height but is too large to design without the requested vacation.
Commissioner Nutter moved to re-open the public hearing and continue to July 8,1998. The
motion was seconded by Commissioner Craver and passed 6 - O.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
None.
STAFF REPORTS
None.
REPORTS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
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