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ORDINANCE NO. /d3.5"
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles establishing
standards for street widths and the regulation of
building in and along mapped. streets.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
ANGELES as follows:
Section 1. The attached Exhibit "1" is hereby adopted as
the Mapped Street Ordinance for the City of Port Angeles.
Section 2. The attached Exhibit "A" is hereby adopted as
the official map of the City of Port Angeles, showing the loca-
tion of the streets established by law as public streets.
Section 3. The Clerk of the City of Port Angeles is hereby
directed to record said map with the County Auditor, and the Clerk'
is directed to certify on behalf of the City Council that the map
designated as Exhibit "A" is the official established map of the
City of Port Angeles.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles and
approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council held on
the 4% day of ,� �, , 196%.
Attest:
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Approved as to form:
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MAPPED STREETS
PORT ANGELES
I, B. B. McNeece, City Clerk of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, do hereby certify that the hereto attached
Ordinance No. 1635, establishing standards for street
widths and the regulation of building in and along mapped
streets, is a true and correct copy said ordinance
passed by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the
Counsil held on the 4th day of January, 1968.
WITNESS my hand and Official Seal this 9th day of January,
1968.
City Clerk of the City of
Port Angeles, Washington
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MAPPED STREET ORDINANCE
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CITY OF PORT ANGELES
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THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. .PURPOSE An ordinance enabling Port Angeles to pare-
serve the integrity of its comprehensive plan by establishing stan-
dards for street widths according to functional classification of
streets, regulation of building in and along mapped streets, as
requisite in the interest of health, safety, morals and general
welfare.
Section 2. AUTHORITY In accordance with the Laws of Washington
1935, as provided for in RCW 35.63.080 through 35.63.110 and RCW
35.78, the City Council of Port Angeles enacts the following ordin-
ance to carry out the following provisions:
(1) To integrate through the police power the authority express-
ed in RCW 35.63; RCW 35.78; RCW 58.12 and 58.16 to secure continuity
between planning and land development.
(2) To facilitate the adequate provision of transportation.
(3) To lessen traffic congestion and accidents.
(4) To permit recommendation and adoption of plans in part or
in whole by functional subdivision of the subject matter.
(5) To provide for adoption and enforcement of coordinated plans
as part of a comprehensive plan for the advantageous development of
the municipality.
(6) To establish official maps for the whole or any portion of
the muncipality and to regulate and restrict the erection, construc-
tion, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings and
structures or land as provided for in the state statutes and more
specifically enumerated and in greater detail in RCW Section 35.63.
Section 36 DEFINITIONS
(1) Board The Board of Adjustment, an independent board created
under the zoning ordinance of the City to handle appeals and hard-
ship cases, and having the same jurisdiction in the administration
and enforcement of the Mapped - Street Ordinance, as designated there-
in, in respect to review of the decisions and interpretations of
the Mapped- Street Ordinance made by the City Engineer, the granting
of special property uses, and the determination of variances based
upon the finding of fact that hardship exists.
(2) City Council The chief legislative body of the City:.
(3) Commission The city planning commission.
(4) Functional Classification of Streets Includes the following:
(al Minor Access Streets Land service streets, including
those plublic ways which are generally (1) limited to providing
access to abutting property, (2) tributary to the higher type traffic -
ways, (3) 1esigned to discourage fast; heavy and through traffic
volumes.
(b) Collector or Feeder Access Streets Slightly wider than
service streets and public ways, primarily providing access to abut-
ting property, but also designed to distribute traffic from minor
access streets to the arterial trafficway system, including the
principal entrance streets of a residential development, grid streets,
and streets for circulation within development areas.
(c) Secondary Arterials Routes designed (1) to serve
secondary points of traffic interest within the community; (2) to
carry through, fast traffic, and for moderately heavy traffic between
neighborhoods, commercial and industrial districts; (3) to provide
communication with outlying districts in the same degree; and (4)
serve to distribute traffic between major arterials and the access
streets; generally two or more traffic lanes.
(d) Major Arterials Public way arteries which connect the
focal points of traffic interest within the urban area; designed to
carry maximum traffic volumes, consisting generally of more than
two traffic lanes; provide communication between communities and
outlying areas; arteries having relatively higher traffic volume,
compared with lesser streets to justify median strips, left -turn
lanes and /or lanes for acceleration and deceleration.
Amendment of the functional classification by the addition of
new types and /or changing the definition may be made by resolution
to this ordinance; basic types shall be in accordance with RCW 35078
as amended.
(5) Official Map Certain maps designated to show the location,
size and dimension, together with reports relating thereto, of land
areas deemed to be necessary for future public use, and a summary
of certain provisions of the comprehensive plan or portions thereof,
by establishing the limits and outside lines of land areas and per-
mitted uses of areas of land being contemplated for use as sites
for such future public improvements.
(6) Plot Plan Scale drawings, showing the actual dimensions
of the lot to be built upon and showing the size, the use and
location of existing and proposed buildings to be erected thereon.
(7) Street or Streets Relates to and includes streets, avenues,
boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys and other trafficways.
Section 4 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF MAJOR TRAFFICWAYS The Council,
in compliance with the provisions of RCW 35.63.110 (Sec. 6, Laws,
1935, Rem.Rev.Stat.Sec.9322 -6) has prepared a comprehensive plan of
major trafficways.
Section 5 ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION It shall be the duty of
the city engineer to interpret, administer and enforce the provisions
of this ordinance; issue permits for the use of land, erection, con-
struction, reconstruction, alteration and repair of any building
and /or structure or part thereof; he shall require that each applica-
tion for a building permit shall include a plot plan of the land,
specifications for and intended use of the proposed building; he
shall issue permits for such uses that he finds conforms in all
respects with the provisions of this ordinance; and he shall keep
careful record of such applications and plot plans in the office of
the city engineer.
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Section 6. MUNICIPAL PROCEDURE Any person, firm, or corporation,
proposing to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, or use
any location, site, parcel of land, buildings and /or structures,
shall make application to the building inspector for a building
permit, who shall refer the application to the city engineer for
the purpose of establishing that the proposed use shall be in
accordance with the provisions contained herein.
Section 7. STANDARDS Existing or anticipated traffic volume and
the function shall be the basic criteria for determining the classi-
fication of any street. Determination of the classification shall
be made by the planning commission in cooperation with the Depart-
ment of Public Uorks and the city engineer's office.
The uniform design standards provided for in RCW 35.78 and as
prescribed by the city engineer, as may be subsequently amended,
shall be the basis for all determinations.
A. Minimum standards of width for advanced planning, which shall
apply to all subdividing of streets as defined and enumerated in
Section 3 shall be as follows:
Right -of -Way Curb-to-Curb
(1) Minor Access Streets 60 feet 34 feet
(2) Collector or Feeder Access Streets 70 feet 40 feet
(3) Secondary Arterials 70 feet 44 feet
(4) Major Arterials 80 feet 54 feet
B. Minimum standards of width which shall apply to all remedial
planning, i.e., redevelopment of established streets, shall be as
follows:
Right -of -Way Curb -to -Curb
(1) Secondary Arterials 60 feet 40 feet
(2) Major Arterials 70 feet 44 feet
(3) A one -way couplet may serve as a
major arterial, in which case each
leg of the couplet would conform
to these minimum standards 70 feet 40 feet
Section 8. PLATTING OF STREET LINES BY PLANNING COMMISSION The
planning commission has adopted a comprehensive plan which includes
a major street plan. The commission shall have the power to make
or cause to be made, from time to time, surveys for the exact
locating of the lines of new, extended, widened, or narrowed streets
in the whole or in any portion of the municipality and its environs,
and to make and certify to the city council a plat or plats of the
area or areas thus surveyed, on which are indicated the locations
of the lines recommended by the commission as the planned or mapped
lines of future streets, street extensions, street widenings. or
street narrowings.
The making or certifying of a plat by the commission shall not
in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening
or establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any
land for street purposes.
Section 9. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICIAL MAP After the commission
duly adopts a comprehensive plan which includes a major street plan,
and shall have certified a copy of such comprehensive plan to the
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city council of the municipality, said city council may establish an
official map of the municipality showing the location of the streets
of the whole or of any part or parts of the muncipality theretofore
existing and established by law as public streets.
Such official map shall also show the location of the lines of
streets on plats of subdivisions which shall have been approved by
the planning commission of the municipality. Such official map
shall also show the location of the lines of private streets on
plats of subdivisions which, previous to the establishment of the
official map shall have been approved under and in accordance with
the provisions of earlier laws and ordinances. The city council
shall certify the fact of the establishment of the official map
to the County Auditor for official recording.
Section 10. OFFICIAL MAP ADDITIONS AND CHANGES In the event
that the official map established under Section 9 of this ordinance
does not include the whole of the municipality, the city council
may add to the official reap by placing thereon, from time to time,
the lines of the streets which, at the date of the establishment of
the official map, existed and were established by law as public
streets in other part or parts of the municipality or had been
approved as streets, public or private, in such other part or
parts of the municipality under earlier provisions. The City
council may also add to the official map by placing thereon, from
time to time, thelines of streets in accordance with the plat of
any subdivision which shall have been approved by the planning
commission. The city council may make, from time to time, other
additions to or modifications of the official map by placing
thereon the lines of planned new streets or street extensions,
widening, narrowings, or vacations; provided, however, that before
taking any such action, the city council shall hold a public hearing
thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given not
less that 5 days previous to the time fixed therefor by one publi-
cation in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality
and, in so far as their addresses appear in the county records, by
mail to the record owners of lands on or abutting which the propos-
ed street lines are located; and provided further that such proposed
addition to or modification of the official map shall be submitted
to the planning commission for its consideration.
Any street line location certified by the planning commission
to the city council, as authorized by Section 1 of this ordinance
s hall be deemed approved by the city council whithout further sub-
mission thereof to said city council. The placing of any street
or street line upon the official map shall not in and of itself
constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment
of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for street
purposes. Amending actions shall be effected by resolution.
Section 11. REGULATION OF BUILDINGS IN BED OF MAPPED STREETS
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the official map, no
permit shall be issued for any building or structure or part there-
of on any land located between the mapped lines of any street as
shown on the official map, except as specified in this section.
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The Board of Adjustment or the planning commission shall have
the power upon an appeal filed with it by the owner of any such land,
to authorize the grant of a permit for a building or structure or
part thereof within arysuch mapped- street location in any case in
which such board or commission finds, upon the evidence and argu-
ments presented to it upon such appeal,
(a) that the property of the appellant of which such mapped -
street location forms a part will not yield a reasonable return to
the owner unless such permit be granted, or
(b) that, balancing the interest of the city in preserving the
integrity of the official map and the interest of the owner in the
use and benefits of his property,the grant of such permit is requir-
ed by considerations of justice and equity. Before taking any such
action, the Board of Adjustment or planning commission shall hold
a hearing thereon, at least 5 days notice of the time and place of
which shall be given to the appellant by mail at the address speci-
fied by the appellant in his appeal petition.
In the event that the board or the commission decides to autho-
rize a building permit, it shall have the power to specify the
exact location, ground area, height and other details and conditions
of extent and character, and also the duration of the building,
structure, or part thereof to be permitted and a waiver must be
obtained from the owner as required in Section 12.
Section 12. ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION OF BUILDING SETBACK LINES
ALONG BEDS OF MAPPED- STREETS For the purpose of encouraging reason-
able densities, providing for the safety and general welfare, the
regulation of building setbacks as provided in the zoning ordinance
shall prevail along mapped - streets, except that along those streets
of functional classification to accommodate additional volumes of
traffic than expected on minor streets, an increase in building
set back line on each side of the street shall be established and
maintained as follows:
(1) Collector or feeder access streets . . additional 5 feet
(2) Secondary arterials . . . additional 10 feet
(3) Major arterials . . . additional 15 feet
(4) Where a one -way couplet serves as a major arterial, the
additional setback shall be 5 feet.
For the purpose of preserving the integrity of the comprehensive
plan and official map as provided for in preceding sections, no
permit shall be issued for any building or structure or part there-
of between the setback lines and street lines except as provided
below:
The Board of Adjustment or planning commission shall have appeal
functions in this matter similar to those described in Section 11
to candle individual harships of a unique nature. In instances
where the street program is not contemplated for a considerable
time, the board or commissionmay also permit construction between
the building setback line and street right -of -way line, provided
the owner files a waiver of claims of damage for the removal of any
structures that may be in the restricted area when the street is
constructed or widened.
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Section 13. MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS IN STREETS: BUILDINGS NOT ON
MAPPED- STREETS Excepting in streets existing and established by
law as public streets at the date of the establishment of the
official map, no public water facilities, sewer, or other public
utility or improvement shall be constructed after said date in any
street until such street is duly placed on the official map.
No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless
a street giving access to such proposed building existed and was
established by law as a public street at the time of the establish-
ment of the official map or shall have been duly placed on the
official map in accordance with the provisions in Section 9 and 10
of this ordinance; provided, however, that the applicant for such
permit may appeal to the Board of Adjustment or the planning com-
mission for hearing upon such appeal, notice of which shall be
given as provided in Section 11 of this ordinance.
The board or the commission shall have the authority to authorize
a permit, subject to such conditions as the board or commission may
impose, where the circumstances of the case do not require the
proposed building to be related to existing streets or to streets
as shown on the official map and where the permit would not tend to
distort or increase the difficulty of carrying out the official map
or comprehensive plan of the municipality.
Section 14. STREETS TO BE WIDENED ON THE OFFICIAL MAP The follow-
ing is a list of existing streets that are designated as streets to
be widened:
Location
1. Mt.Angeles Rd.- Lauridsen to City Limits
2. Union - Wabash to East Street
3. Park St. - Wabash to East Street
4. Park Ave. - East St. to Mt.Angeles Rd°.
5. Grant Ave. - East St. to Mt.Angeles Rd.
6. East St. - Park Ave. to Leighton Ave.
7. Macdougal - Craig Ave. to So.City limits
8. Rhodes Rd. - Mill Rd. to Albert St.
9. Mill Rd. - Ahlvers Rd. to So. City Limits
10..Viewcrest - Laurel to Park Headquarters
11. Grace St. - Park Ave. to Ahlvers Rd.
12. Maple St.- Grants.Addn.
13. Regent St. - Hector to Viewcrest Ave.
14. Orcas Ave. - Laurel to Tax Lots
15. Lopez Ave. - Laurel to Tax Lots
16. Whidby Ave. - Laurel to Eunice St.
17. Vashon Ave. - Laurel to Tax Lots
18. Laurel St. -- Viewcrest to Lauridsen
19. Park Ave. - Valley to Albert St.
20. Cherry St. - Park Ave. to Highway 101
21. Oak St. - Hancock Ave. to Lauridsen
22. Lincoln St. - Park Ave. to Lauridsen
23. Chase St. - Park Ave. to Lauridsen
24. Peabody St. - Park to Lauridsen
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25. Motor Ave. - Laurel to Cherry St. 60'
26. Dolan Ave. - Laurel to Cherry St. 601_
27. Hancock Ave. - Laurel to Cherry St. 601
28. Fogarty Ave. - Valley to Laurel St. 60'
29. Forest Ave. - Cherry to Valley St. 60'
30. Columbus Ave. - Cherry to Valley St. 60'
31. Forest Ave. - Laurel to Oak St. 601
32. Columbus Ave. - Laurel to Oak St. 601
33. Pine St. - Boulevard to US 101 70'
34. Bean Rd.- Lauridsen to US 101 50'
35. Fairmont Ave. - Lauridsen to US 101 70'
36. Euclid Ave. - Glenwood to US 101 70'
37. Olympus Ave. - Mt.Angeles Rd. to East St. 60'
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•3:. San Juan Ave. - Laurel St. to Lincoln St. 70'
41.40. "C" St. - Boulevard to Glenwood 70'
44.4i. Spruce St. - Fairmont to "C" St. 70'
43.4a. 16th St. - "B" to "C" 701
4.4.4*. Glenwood - E c id to "C" St. 70'
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Section 15. NEW RIG S -OF -WAY REQUIRED ON THE OFFICIAL MAP The
following is a list of new rights -of -way required in the City:
Future
Location Right -off -Way
1. 4th St. - "M" to Owen Ave. 70'
2. Milwaukee R/W - "N" St. west to City Limits 801
3. "Q" St. - Lauridsen to 18th St. 801
4. "P" St. - 18th to Milwaukee R/W 80'
5. "0" St. - 12th to Milwaukee R/W 80'
6. 10th St. - Suburban Lot 55 to Milwaukee R/W 70'
7. Lauridsen Blvd. - "M" St. to Suburban Lot 185 100'
8. Euclid Ave. -- Lauridsen to Glenwood 70'
9. Hazel Ave. - "C" St. to Bean Rd. 70'
10. Maple St. - Bean Rd. to "C" St. 701
11. "C" St. - Hwy 101 to Glenwood St. 701
12. Glenwood St. - Bean Rd. to Euclid Ave. 701 1 f�v•
13. Lopez Ave. - Vine to Albert St.,projection ,
14. Vashon Ave. - Vine to Albert St., projection M'60
15. Laurel St. - Ahlvers Rd to Viewcrest Ave. 70'
16. "A" Ave. - Albert to City Limits 60'
17. "B" Ave. - Albert to City Limits 60'
18. "C" Ave. - Albert to City Limits 601
19. Albert St. - "A" Ave. to City Limits 60'
20. Eunice St. - "A" Ave. to City Limits 60'
21. Frances St. - "A" Ave. to City Limits 60'
22. On East City Limits from "A" Ave. to "C" Ave. 601
23. Victoria St. - Francis east to City Limits 70'
24. Intersection of Peabody St. & 3rd St. Southeast to
Lauridsen & Race 100'
25. 5th St. thru Lot 16, 17 Blk 3 of Cresthaven 70'
26. White's Creek Gulch - First St. southerly to Lauridsen 1001
27. Spruce St. - Bean Rd. to Fairmont Ave. I 70'
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Section 16. ARTERIAL EXTENSIONS IN COUNTY ON OFFICIAL MAP The
following is a list of arterial extensions in the County;
Minimum R/W
1. Milwaukee R/W from western city limits westward
to lower Elwha Rd. 80V
2. "Q" St. from Lauridsen southward to Hwy 112 801
3. Hwy 112 - George St. to Gerard St. 1001
Section 17. PENALTIES Whenever any person or persons, firm or
firms, or one or more corporations have violated or failed to comply
with the provisions herein contained, they shall be subject to a
fine in any sum not to exceed $300.00, or imprisonment in the city
jail for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both, such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction
for each day of each violation, for such offense or failure to com-
ply with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 18. CONFLICT The provisions of this ordinance shall pre-
vail in the event they conflict with the provisions of the city zon-
ing regulations, and shall not prevail when in conflict with the
provisions of the city building code,
Section 19. VALIDITY In the event any section, subsection, para-
graph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared
unconstitutional or invalid for any reasons, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 20. EFFECTIVE DATE The provisions of this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect 5 days from and after its passage,
approval, and legal publication of additions to the official map
which is made a part of this ordinance now or henceforth, as pro-
vided by law.
Section 21. SHORT TITLE OF ORDINANCE This ordinance, which
shall include the comprehensive plans as defined herein, shall
hereafter be known as the "Mapped- Street Ordinance ".
Passed this 1_14 day of Il aj,"` kk (,-�'A , 19_62.
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