HomeMy WebLinkAbout2300ORDINANCE NO. a3OO
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles
amending Article II, Ordinance No. 1709,
and amending Article IV, Section 4, of
of Ordinance No. 1709, relating to
Trailer Parks.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Article II, Ordinance No. 1709, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE II
RULES AND DEFINITIONS
Words and terms in this Article are included because of special
or particular meanings as they are used in these Regulations.
RULES
In the construction of these Zoning Regulations the rules and
definitions contained in this Section shall be observed and
applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise.
a. Words used in the present tense shall include the future;
words used in the singular shall include the plural, and the
plural shall include the singular.
b. The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary.
c. The word "may" is permissive.
d. The word "lot" shall include the words "piece" and "parcel ";
the word "building" includes all other structures of every
kind regardless of similarity to buildings; and the phrase
"used for" shall include the phrases "arranged for ",
"designed for ", "intended for ", "maintained for ", and
"occupied for ".
DEFINITIONS
Accessory Building or Use - one which:
a. is subordinate to, and serves a principal building or
principal use, and
b. is subordinate in area, extent or purpose to the principal
building or principal use served, and
c. is located on the same zoning lot as the principal building
or principal use served.
An accessory building or use includes, but is not limited to the
following:
a. a children's playhouse, garden house or private greenhouse.
b. a garage, carport or a building for storage incidental to a
permitted use.
c. incinerators incidental to a permitted use.
d. storage of goods used in or produced by manufacturing
activities, on the same zoning lot with such activities,
unless such storage is excluded by the district regulations.
e. offstreet motor vehicle parking areas and loading
facilities.
f. signs as permitted and regulated in each district in these
Regulations.
Alley - a public right of way which provides service access to
abutting property.
Apartment - a room, or a suite of two or more rooms in a multiple
dwelling, occupied or suitable for occupancy as a dwelling
unit for one family.
Billboard - (See definition of Outdoor Advertising Display, Sign
or Billboard).
Building, Accessory - (See "Accessory Building or Use ").
Building, Detached - a building surrounded by an open space on
the same lot as the principal building.
Building Line - front, side and rear building lines are the lines
on each zoning lot that delineate the area within which
construction of principal buildings is confined.
Building, Principal - the major building on a lot, the building
which houses the major use of the land and the structures on
a zoning lot.
Building, Residential - a building arranged, designed, used or
intended to be used for residential occupancy by one or more
families or lodgers.
Business Parking Lot and /or Structure - a commercial offstreet
parking lot or structure used exclusively for parking and /or
storage of vehicles.
Carport - an accessory building or an accessory portion of the
main building designed and used primarily for the shelter or
storage of vehicles. It is not an enclosed structure and it
does not contain a door which would allow vehicles to pass
into the structure: it is open on two or more sides.
Commission - the appointed Planning Commission.
Conditional Use Permit - a limited permission to locate a particu-
lar use at a particular location, and which limited permis-
sion is required to modify the controls stipulated by these
Regulations in such degree as to assure that the particular
use shall not prove detrimental to surrounding properties,
shall not be in conflict with the comprehensive plan and
shall not be contrary to the public interest.
Conditional Use - a use permitted in a zoning district but which
requires a special degree of control to make such use con-
sistent and compatible with other existing or permissible
uses in the same zone.
Conforming Building or Structure - a building that complies with
all sections of these Zoning Regulations or any amendment
thereto governing size, height, area, location on the lot,
for the zoning district in which such building or structure
is located.
Conforming Lot - a lot that contains the required width, depth
and square footage as specified in the zoning district in
which the lot is situated.
Conforming Use - a use that is listed as Permitted or Conditional
Use in the zoning district in which the use is situated.
Council - the City Council.
Club or Lodge, Private - a non - profit association of persons who
are bonafide members paying annual dues, which owns, hires
or leases a building, or portion thereof, the use of such
premises being restricted to members and their guests.
Dormitory - a residence hall providing sleeping rooms, with or
without eating facilities.
Dump - an area devoted to the disposal of refuse, including in-
cineration, reduction or dumping of ashes, garbage, combus-
tible or non - combustible refuse.
Duplex - a residential building containing two one - family dwellin
units within the four walls of the building.
Dwelling - a building, or portion thereof, but not an automobile
house trailer, designed or used exclusively for residential
occupancy, including one - family dwellings, two - family
dwellings and multi - family dwellings, but not including
hotels, motels or lodging houses.
Dwelling Unit - One or more rooms which are arranged, designed or
used as living quarters for one family only. Individual
bathrooms are not neces- sarily provided, but complete
single kitchen facilities, permanently installed, shall
always be included for each dwelling unit.
Dwelling, One - family - a building containing one dwelling unit
only.
Dwelling, Two - family - a building containing two dwelling units
only.
Dwelling, Multi - family - a building or a portion thereof contain-
ing three or more dwelling units.
Erected - construction of any building or structure or the struc-
tural alteration of a building or structure, the result of
which would be to change the exterior walls or roof or to
increase the floor area of the interior of the building or
structure.
Establishment, Business or Commercial - a place of business
carrying on an operation, the ownership and management of
which are separate and distinct from those of any other
place of business located on the same zoning lot.
Existing (pre- existing) - a use, lot or building that existed at
the time of the passage of these regulations.
Fence - that which is built, constructed or grown, or composed of
parts joined together of material in some definite manner in
which the prime purpose is to separate and divide,
partition, enclose or screen a parcel or parcels of land.
Garage, Private - a building or structure other than a portion of
the main building, enclosed on not less than three sides and
designed or used only for the shelter or storage of
vehicles, primarily only those vehicles belonging to the
occupants of the main building.
Garage, Public - a building or structure other than a private
garage, used for the care, repair or storage of automobiles,
or where motor vehicles are kept for remuneration, hire or
sale.
Height - total distance in feet from average ground elevation at
perimeter walls to top of sign or structure.
Home Occupation - is an occupation or business activity which re-
sults in a product or service and is conducted in whole or
in part in the dwelling unit, and is clearly subordinate to
the residential use of the property.
Hospital - an institution specializing in giving clinical, tem-
porary and emergency services of a medical or surgical
nature to human patients and licensed by Washington State
Law.
Hospital, Mental - (Including treatment of alcoholics) - an in-
stitution licensed by Washington State Agencies under
provisions of law to offer facilities, care and treatment
for cases of mental and nervous disorders and alcoholics.
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Sunk Yard - an open area where waste or scrap materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled
or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and
other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires and bottles. A dunk
yard includes an auto wrecking yard but does not include
uses established within enclosed buildings.
Kennel - a place where three (3) or more dogs or cats, four
months old or older, or any combination of dogs and cats,
are kept, whether by owners of the dogs and cats or by
persons providing facilities and care, whether for compensa-
tion or not. Provided that this shall not include house
pets.
Legal Building, Structure, Land Use - any building, structure or
use of the land that complies with all zoning requirements.
Lot - a lot is a zoning lot, except as the context shall indicate
a lot of record, in which case a lot is a "lot, of record ".
Lot, of Record - a parcel of land that is registered as a lot or
parcel of land in the records of the County Auditor.
Lot, Zoning - a single tract of land located within a single
block, which at the time of filing for a building permit, is
designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used,
developed or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or
control. A zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of
record.
Lot, Corner - a lot situated at the intersection of two or more
streets.
Lot, Reverse Corner - a corner lot in which the rear property
line coincides with the side property line of an abutting
lot.
Lot, Through - a lot having two opposite lot lines abutting pub-
lic streets which are usually more or less parallel to each
other; not a corner lot. Both lot lines abutting streets
shall be deemed front lot lines.
Lot Line, Front - that boundary of a lot which abuts a street.
Lot Line, Rear - that boundary of a lot which is most distant
from and is most nearly parallel to the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side - any boundary of a lot which is not front nor a
rear lot line.
Medical - Dental Building - a building or group of buildings de-
signed for the use of physicians and dentists and others
engaged professionally in such healing arts for humans as
are recognized by the laws of the State of Washington.
Motel - an establishment consisting of a group of living or
sleeping accommodations with bathroom, with or without
kitchen facilities, located on a single zoning lot and
designed for use by transient tourists.
Motor Freight Terminal - a building or area in which freight
brought by motor truck is assembled and /or stored for
routing intrastate and interstate shipment by motor truck.
Nonconforming Building or Structure - any building or structure
which does not conform with the lot area, yard, height or
lot coverage restrictions in these regulations, or is
designed or intended for a use that does not conform to the
use regulations for the district in which it is located,
either at the effective date of these regulations or as the
result of subsequent amendments to these regulations.
Nonconforming Use - any use of land, building or structure which
does not comply with all of these zoning regulations or of
any amendment hereto governing use for the zoning district
in which such use is situated.
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Noxious Matter - material capable of causing injury to living
organisms by chemical reaction, or is capable of causing
detrimental effects upon the physical or economic well -being
of individuals.
Offstreet Parking Space - an area of at least 10 feet in width
and 20 feet in length situated on territory other than a
public or private street, alley, highway or trafficway, and
used only for the storage of vehicles.
Outdoor Advertising Display, Sign or Billboard - any material of
any kind placed, painted or printed for outdoor advertising
purposes on or in the ground, or on any tree, wall, rock,
fence, building or structure.
Outdoor Advertising Structure - a structure of any kind erected
or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which
any outdoor advertising display, sign or billboard is or may
be placed.
Person - includes an individual, firm, partnership, association
or corporation.
Professional Offices - offices used as a place of business con-
ducted by persons engaged in recognized professions, and
others whose business activities consist chiefly of services
to the person as distinguished from the handling of
commodities.
Public Open Space - any public owned open area; parks, playground
playfields, beaches, waterways, parkways, boulevards,
streets, greenbelts.
Reclassification - a change in zoning boundaries upon the zoning
map which is an official part of these zoning regulations.
Recreation Facility or Area, Non - Commercial - a facility or area
for recreation purposes, such as a swimming pool, park,
tennis court, playground or other similar use operated and
maintained by a non - profit club or organization.
Residence - a building or structure, or portion thereof, which is
designed for and used to provide a place of abode for human
beings. The term "residence" includes the term "residential'
as referring to the type, or intended use, of a building.
Rest Home, Nursing Home, Home for the Elderly - a private home or
institution for the care of the aged or the infirm; a place
of rest and care for those suffering bodily disorders.
Roof - a structure covering any portion of a building or structur
including the projections beyond the walls or supports.
Service Station - an establishment which provides for the servici g
of motor vehicles and operations incidental thereto, limited
to the retail sale of petroleum products and automobile
accessories; automobile washing (not including auto laundry),
waxing and polishing of automobiles; tire changing and
repair (not including recapping); battery service, charging
and replacement (not including repair and rebuilding);
radiator cleaning and flushing (not including steam cleaning
and repair); installation of accessories; and the following
operations if conducted wholly within a building: lubrica-
tion of motor vehicles, brake servicing, wheel balancing,
the testing and replacement of carburetors, coils, con-
densers, fan belts, wiring, water hoses and similar parts.
Stable, Private - a detached accessory building in which only the
horses and cows owned by the occupants of the premises are
kept, and in which no horses and cows are kept for hire,
remuneration or sale.
Stand - a structure for the display and sale of products, with no
space for customers within the structure itself.
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Story - the space between the floor and the ceiling above said
floor. A basement shall be considered a story when more
than half of the basement height is above the finished lot
grade.
Street - a public right -of -way which affords a primary means of
access to abutting property.
Street Right -of -Way Line - the boundary line between a street and
abutting property.
Structure - anything constructed in the ground, or anything
erected which requires location on the ground or water, or
is attached to something hav- ing location on or in the
ground or water, but not including fences or walls used as
fences six feet or less in height.
Structural Alteration - any change, other than incidental repairs
which would prolong the life of the supporting members of a
building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Through Lot - (See "Lot, through ".)
Trailer, Automobile (Mobile Home, Vacation Trailer) - a vehicle
without motor power, designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle
and to be used for human habitation; including a trailer
coach and any self - propelled vehicle hav- ing a body
designed for, or converted to the same uses as an automobile
trailer without motor power.
Trailer Park, Trailer Court, Mobile Home Park - any premises on
which are parked one or more vehicles designed, intended,
arranged or used for living purposes, or any premises used
or held out for the purpose of supplying to the public a
space for one or more such vehicles, whether such vehicles
stand on wheels or rigid supports.
Use - the purpose or activity for which the land, or building
thereof, is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it
is occupied or maintained and shall include any manner of
performance of such activity with respect to the performance
standards of these zoning regulations.
Use, Principal - the main use of land or buildings as distinguished
from a subordinate or accessory use.
Utility Building or Structure - an installation to provide
utility service.
Variance - an adjustment in the application of the specific regu-
lations to a particular parcel of property which property,
because of special circumstances, applicable to it, is
deprived of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties
in the same vicinity and zone.
Yard - an open space on a zoning lot which is unoccupied and un-
obstructed from its lowest level to the sky, except as
otherwise permitted in the Permitted Intrusions in Required
Yards in these regulations. A yard extends along and at
right angles to a lot line to a depth or width specified in
the yard regulations for the zoning district in which such
zoning lot is located.
Yard, Front - extends along the full length of the front lot
line, between the two side lot lines and to the closest
building on the same lot, or to a distance designated in
zoning regulations.
Yard, Rear - extends along the full length of the rear lot line,
between the two side lot lines and to the closest principal
building on the same lot, or to a distance designated in
zoning regulations.
Yard, Side - extends along a side lot line from the front yard to
the rear yard, between the side lot line and to the closest
building on the same lot, or to a distance designated in
zoning regulations.
Zone - an area defined as to boundaries and location, and classi-
fied by the zoning regulations as available for certain
types of uses, and which other types of uses are excluded.
Zoning Lot - a single tract of land located within a single
block, which at the time of filing for a building permit, is
designated by its owner or developer, as a tract to be used,
developed or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or
control. A zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of
record.
Section 2. Article IV, Section 4 of Ordinance No.
1709 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4 RTP - RESIDENTIAL TRAILER PARK DISTRICT
Permitted Uses - Mobile homes.
Accessory Uses and Buildings
Propane fuel storage tanks
Shower and laundry rooms
Lavatories
Community recreation rooms
Playground equipment
Swimming pools, patios
Lights (overhead, outdoor)
Office (manager, owner)
Conditional Uses - Trailer supplies office.
Minimum Lot Area
4 acres for trailer park; 3,500 sq.ft. individual site.
Minimum Lot Width
400 feet for trailer park; 40 feet per individual site.
Minimum Yard Requirements
TRAILER PARK - No building, trailer, structure, cabana, car-
port shall be permitted closer than 30 feet to the
nearest public right -of -way, and no closer than 10 feet
to any property line of a trailer park.
INDIVIDUAL TRAILER SITES
Front: 14 feet to front property line of individual
site.
Rear: 10 feet to rear property line of individual
site.
Sides: 7 feet to side property line of individual
site.
Offstreet Parking Required - (See Arvicle V and Ordinance No.
1588.)
Signs Permitted
Signs no larger than 12 sq.ft., unlighted, one per trailer
park.
Signs no larger than 1 sq.ft., unlighted, one per individual
site.
TRAILERS
Trailers, mobile homes, vacation trailers and campers used for
residential purposes shall not be permitted for occupancy in the
City of Port Angeles except in approved Trailer Parks.
TRAILER PARKS
No person, company or corporation shall establish a new trailer
park or mobile home park or enlarge an existing trailer or mobile
home park within the city limits of Port Angeles without first
obtaining a permit for a trailer park from the Port Angeles
Planning Commission.
Permit Required
Fee for each Trailer Park permit shall be $50.
Fee for individual sites when permitted outside of transient
parks - $1.
Said Permit shall require the following:
1. A plot plan showing the location of the proposed
trailer park and all buildings, sanitary
facilities, playground- recreation area, utility
buildings, driveways and individual trailer sites,
including all dimensions of the trailer park
tract, each individual trailer site, parking
facilities and patio, and including plans and
specifications of all buildings shall be submitted
to the Planning Commission.
2. Approval of the Building Inspector, Fire Chief and
City Manager and Health Officer, regarding city
codes, ordinances and standards.
Minimum total land area required for a trailer park shall be
4 acres.
There shall be a ratio of 6000 sq.ft. total land area per
trailer. Said total land area ratio to include driveways,
toilet and laundry buildings, playground- recreation areas,
individual trailer sites and caretaker's quarters.
Each individual trailer site shall have a minimum lot area
of 3500 square feet and a minimum lot width of 40 feet.
A minimum of 10% of the total area of a trailer park shall
be reserved and shall be used solely and exclusively for a
playground- recreation area.
No building, trailer, structure, cabana, carport or solid
fence shall be permitted closer than 30 feet to any property
line that abuts a street or public right -of -way, and no
closer than 10 feet to any other property line.
In the interests of fire prevention there shall be a minimum
space of 14 feet between trailers, including cabanas.
Location
Trailer parks may be located upon approval of the Planning
Commission and by Conditional Permit from said Commission,
in any district in which multiple dwellings are permitted.
Each boundary of the park must be at least 200 feet from any
permanent residential building located outside the park,
unless separated therefrom by a natural or artificial
barrier, or unless a majority of the property owners
according to area within said 200 feet, consent in writing
to the establishment of the park.
Driveways, Walkways
All mobile home spaces shall abut upon a driveway of not
less than 25 feet in width, which shall have unobstructed
access to a public street or highway.
Walkways not less than two feet wide shall be provided from
the mobile home spaces to the service buildings.
All driveways and walkways within the park shall be lighted
at night with electric lamps of not less than 50 watts each,
spaced at intervals of not more than 100 feet.
Screening
Excepting the entrance - driveway, a screening of evergreen
trees or shrubs shall be maintained at a planting height of
5 feet and at a height of 12 feet at full growth, in the
front, side and rear yards of every trailer park.
Signs
Signs not to exceed 12 square feet shall be permitted. No
lighted signs of any kind shall be permitted. One sign per
trailer park.
Sanitation Facilities
Each trailer park shall be provided with toilets, baths, or
showers, slop sinks and other sanitation facilities which
shall conform to all City and State health rules and codes.
Water Supply
An adequate supply of pure water for drinking and domestic
purposes shall be supplied by pipes to all buildings and
mobile home spaces within the park to meet the requirements
of the park. Each mobile home space shall be provided with
a cold water tap at least four inches above the ground. An
adequate supply of hot water shall be provided at all times
in the service buildings for all bathing, washing, cleansing
and laundry facilities.
Laundry Facilities
Laundry facilities shall be provided with one single laundry
tray and one automatic or semi - automatic type washing
machine for each 10 mobile home spaces or any less number
thereof.
Service Buildings
Service buildings housing sanitation and laundry facilities
shall be permanent structures complying with all applicable
ordinances and statutes regulating buildings, electrical
installations and plumbing systems.
Service buildings housing sanitation facilities shall be
located not closer than 20 feet nor farther than 200 feet
from any mobile home space.
Sewage and Refuse Disposal
Waste from showers, bath tubs, flush toilets, urinals, lava-
tories, slop sinks and laundries in service and other
buildings and from each trailer within the park shall be
discharged into a public sewer system in compliance with
applicable ordinances or into a private sewer and disposal
plant or septic tank system of such construction and in such
manner as will present no health hazard.
Garbage Receptacles
Regulation garbage cans with tight- fitting covers shall be
provided in quantities to permit disposal of all garbage and
rubbish. Garbage cans may be located in groups not farther
than 100 feet from any mobile home space. The cans shall be
kept in sanitary condition at all times. Garbage and
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rubbish shall be collected and disposed of as frequently as
may be necessary to insure that individual garbage cans
shall not overflow.
Fire Protection
Every park shall be equipped at all times with fire extin-
guishing equipment in good working order, of such type, size
and number and so located within the park as to satisfy
applicable reasonable regulations of the fire department.
No open tires shall be permitted at any place which may
endanger life or property.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect as
provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
at a regular meeting of said Council held on the LSt; day of
�'[ 1 t►4_a_� , 1984.
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Mer'i A. Lannoye, CitylClerk
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Craig D. nutson, City Attorney
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MEMORANDUM
April 27, 1984
TO: City Council
FROM: City Attorney
RE: Amendment to City Gymnasium Ordinance
ISSUE: Should the City Gymnasium Ordinance be amended to permit
professional and /or semi - professional events in the City
Gymnasium?
BACKGROUND: John Marsh, Director of Parks & Recreation, has
requested the City Attorney's Office to draft a simple amendment
to the City Gymnasium Ordinance to allow for such activities as
boxing or wrestling, provided that the activity is permitted in
compliance with the procedures set forth in said Ordinance. The
proposed amendment has been considered by the Parks, Recreation &
Beautification Commission.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Director of Parks and
Recreation and by the Parks, Recreation & Beautification
Commission that the City Council adopt the proposed amendment to
the City Gymnasium Ordinance to permit professional and /or semi-
professional events. (See attachment.)
Craig D. Knutson
City Attorney
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Attachment