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ORDINANCE NO. )1;ei
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 13 and Section 14 of
Ordinance No. 1167 of the City of Port Angeles, entitled: "AN
ORDINANCE to regulate and restrict the location and use of build-
ings and the use of land within the City of Port Angeles; to
limit the heighth of buildings; to prescribe building lines and
the size of yards; and for these purposes divide the City into
districts; provide penalties and repealing any ordinances in con-
flict herewith ".
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DO ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. That Section 13 of said Ordinance No. 1167
be amended to read as follows:
Section 13. General Provisions:
(a) Non -zoned Portions: All portions of the City
of Port Angeles not zoned into specified districts are
hereby zoned and classified and subject to the provi-
sions and restrictions of a first classAdistrict, sub-
ject, however, to the right to petition the City Council
to include said non -zoned portion in the zoning plan or
reclassified district.
(b) Public Hearing on Conditional Use, Applications
and Variances.
Any person desiring to establish on any prem-
ises a conditional use or variance from the terms of
this ordinance shall file a written application, to-
gether with a filing fee of Ten Dollars (010.00) with
the Building Inspector, who shall transmit such appli-
cation to the City Planning Commission. The Planning
Commission shall fix a date of hearing on said applica-
tion and shall at least ten (10) days prior to such date
of hearing cause to be posted in conspicuous places
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within 400 feet of the proposed conditional use or vari-
ance a minimum of two (2) placards, each containing a
notice advising the public of the following information:
the proposed conditional use or variance, the time and
place of the hearing. The owners of property within 400
feet of the premises on which it is proposed to estab-
lish the conditional use or variance, may,'not later
than the day prior to the hearing, file with the City
Clerk a written protest, which must contain the legal
description of the property owned by each protestant,
and the City Clerk shall on the same day advise the
Planning Commission, through its Chairman, of the pro-
tests so filed. The Planning Commission shall on the
date set, or on such date as the hearing may be con-
tinued, conduct a public hearing to determine the ob-
jections to said conditional use or variance, if any.
Such public hearing shall be conducted by not less than
a quorum of the Planning Commission. The Planning
Commission shall after said hearing refer its recommenda-
tion to the City Council for final action. The decision
of the City Council on the application shall be filed
with the City Clerk and by him transmitted to the
Building Inspector.
Section 2. That Section 14 of said Ordinance No. 1167
be amended to read as follows:
Section 14. Enforcement and Appeals:
(a) It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector
to enforce this ordinance. It shall also be the duty of
the Fire Chief to assist the Building Inspector in en-
forcing the provisions herein contained in so far as it
relates to the use of completed buildings or parts there-
of. It shall also be the duty of the Building Inspector
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to see that all building permits shall comply with the
terms and conditions of this ordinance and all applica-
tions for permits shall be accompanied by a plan drawn
to scale showing the actual dimension of the lot to be
built upon, the size, use and locations of existing
buildings, and buildings to be erected, and such other
information as may be necessary to provide for the en-
forcement of this ordinance.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation who violates,
disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or
who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions o f
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be fined in any sum not more than Fifty
Dollars ($50.00), or imprisoned in the City jail for a
term of not exceeding thirty (30) days, for each offense.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.
(c) Any party desiring to appeal from the decision
of the Planning commission or the ruling of the Building
Inspector shall file written notice of such appeal from
the decision with the City Clerk within ten (10) days
from the date of such decision, and the City Council
4 shall, at its next regular meeting, consider such appeal
and render a decision thereon.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and
(effect five (5) days after its passage, signing and lawful publi-
cation.
INTRODUCED February ab , 1954.
PASSED February % O p. , 1954.
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AT EST:
APPROVED AND SIGNED by the Mayor February % a 1954.
AP PROVED AS TO F ORM :
PUBLISI-IED
Mayor