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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2818ORDINANCE NO. 2 818 AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles adopting a new Comprehensive Plan. WHEREAS the City of Port Angeles adopted its previous Comprehensive Plan on July 6, 1976 by Ordinance No. 1885; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA), Ch. 36.70A RCW, provides for the adoption of a new Comprehensive Plan by July 1, 1994; and WHEREAS the City's Growth Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, and Planning staff have been working on the new Comprehensive Plan over a four year period and have held public hearings concerning the same; and WHEREAS an environmental impact statement and addendum have been prepared pursuant to the Washington State Environment Policy Act (SEPA), Ch. 43.21C RCW; and WHEREAS the Planning Commission has transmitted a copy of its recommendations for the adoption of said Comprehensive Plan to the City Council, and the City Council has held public hearings, has considered the Commission's recommendations, and has incorporated its own revisions; and WHEREAS the City Council has entered its findings and conclusions in support of adopting the new Comprehensive Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The new Comprehensive Plan for the City of Port Angeles, which is attached to this Ordinance and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted. Section 2. A copy of said Comprehensive Plan shall be kept on file with the City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection. iF Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect five days after publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 28 t h day of June , 1994. ATTEST: APP ED AS TO FORM: Craig D. % utson, City Attorney PUBLISHED: J u l y 1, 19 9 4 (By Summary) 'etA MA OR THE .............................................................................................. ADOPTED JUNE 28, 1994 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ii LIST OF FIGURES v LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF APPENDIXES vii I. INTRODUCTION 1 Compliance with the State Growth Management Act 1 Purpose of the Comprehensive Plan 1 Development of the Comprehensive Plan and Public Participation 3 Organization and Requirements of the Comprehensive Plan 5 Requirements for the Land Use Element 5 Requirements for the Housing Element 7 Requirements for the Capital Facilities Element 8 Requirements for the Utilities Element 9 Requirements for the Transportation Element 9 Requirements for Siting Public Facilities 11 Use of the Comprehensive Plan 12 II. COMMUNITY PROFILE 13 History of the City 13 Current Characteristics of the City 15 Location 15 Air 15 Water 15 Wildlife 17 Natural Resources 18 Noise 18 Population 19 Land Use 19 Housing 24 Transportation 24 ii Urban Services 27 Economic Development 31 III. DEFINITIONS 32 General Comments 32 Definitions of Terms 32 IV. GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENT 39 General Comments 39 Goals, Policies, and Objective 39 V. LAND -USE ELEMENT 45 General Comments 45 Low Density Residential 45 Medium Density Residential 45 High Density Residential 45 Commercial 47 Industrial 47 Open Space 47 Land Use Map Goal, Policies, and Objective 47 Residential Goals and Policies 48 Commercial Goals and Policies 49 Industrial Goals and Policies 51 Open Space Goals, Policies, and Objective 52 VI. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 55 General Comments 55 Goals, Policies, and Objectives 55 VII. UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES ELEMENT 61 General Comments 61 Goals, Policies, and Objectives 61 VIII. HOUSING ELEMENT 65 General Comments 65 Goals, Policies, and Objectives 65 iii I IX. CONSERVATION ELEMENT 68 General Comments Goals, Policies, and Objectives X. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT General Comments Goals, Policies, and Objectives XI. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT General Comments Goals and Policies iv 68 68 73 73 74 81 81 81 LIST OF FIGURES Figure No. Description Page No. 1 Comprehensive Plan Chart 2 2 Vicinity Map 16 3 Planning Areas Map 20 4 Existing Land Use Acres 22 5 Vacant/Developed Acres 23 6 Zoning /Existing Land Use Acres 25 7 Streets Map 26 8 Parks and Recreation Map 28 9 Urban Growth Area Map 40 10 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map 46 11 Circulation Plan Map 56 v r LIST OF TABLES Table No. Description Page No. 1 Land Use Requirements 6 2 Housing Requirements 7 3 Capital Facilities Requirements 20 4 Utilities Requirements 8 5 Transportation Requirements 10 -11 6 Public Facilities Requirements 11 -12 7 Population Forecast 19 vi LIST OF APPENDICES A Environmental Impact Statement and Addendum B County -Wide Planning Policy C Clallam County Housing Needs Assessment D Public Survey and Response Summaries E Capital Facilities Plan vii I I. INTRODUCTION "The best community . . . is that which provides the best environment for the experience of living." John Ormsbee Simonds Compliance with the State Growth Management Act In 1990 the Washington State Legislature enacted the State Growth Management Act (GMA), which requires all cities and counties subject to the Act to develop and adopt comprehensive plans and implementing ordinances that will regulate and guide future growth and development. In accordance with the Act, each county must also establish independent urban growth areas capable of containing future growth projected for cities, and other urban areas, for the next 20 years. To ensure compatibility between various comprehensive plans, the cities, county, and other affected agencies cooperatively developed a set of county -wide planning policies to guide this process. To ensure orderly development, the City of Port Angeles agreed to work with the County in the development of comprehensive plan goals and policies for the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area (UGA). The Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan has been developed to meet the requirements of the Growth Management Act and is consistent with the Clallam County -Wide Planning Policy. The following sections of this chapter will hopefully help users of this document better understand what a Comprehensive Plan is and how it relates to other rules and regulations of the City. Purpose of the Comprehensive Plan A City's Comprehensive Plan serves as the core of the land use controls which all other city plans, ordinances, and regulations must be in compliance with and support (See Figure 1). Prior to the passage of the State Growth Management Act, such compliance was considered desirable, but actual consistency was not required. GMA now makes such compliance a requirement. If subordinate planning or regulations, such as the City's Zoning Ordinance or Capital Facility Plan, are not consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, then those documents may be determined to be illegal and rendered invalid. 1 Subdivision Ordinance Compliance with the Comprehensive Plan Capital Facilities Plan Comprehensive Service & '7 Plan Facilities Plans Zoning Ordinance Figure 1 The Comprehensive Plan is the basis upon which local governmental decisions are to be made. It sets forth the City's goals and policies and visualizes directions the City will take over the next two decades. It is, therefore, important that the Comprehensive Plan truly reflect the goals and desires of the community. In order for that to take place, it is vital that citizens take an active role in determining the quality, context, and vision incorporated within this Comprehensive Plan. A community is a diverse and heterogeneous grouping of people. Individually, each of us has a set of treasured values. Together, we give the community a set of shared values. In a community, individual values often clash and indeed must confront each other if the shared values of the community are to develop. Good planning uncovers the values we share as a community and uses the shared values to guide development of the Comprehensive Plan. No plan can be expected to last for all time. Times change, conditions change, and what we value in our community changes. Even though this Comprehensive Plan covers a 20 -year period, it must be reviewed at least every ten years and can be amended every year. This allows the City to adjust 2 the Comprehensive Plan as conditions, needs, and desires of the community change. Through the on -going development of this Comprehensive Plan, the City of the Port Angeles reaffirms that it is the rightful goal of the people of our community to take an active role, sharing the work and responsibility involved in determining the character, quality, and destiny of this community. Development of the Comprehensive Plan and Public Participation In early 1990, the City decided to begin the task of updating and revising the City's 1976 Comprehensive Plan. In the spring of 1990, a ten member citizen advisory committee was appointed by the City Council to begin the process. As a result of the Growth Management Act, the City expanded the focus of the citizen committee to include all of the requirements of the Act and named it the Growth Management Advisory Committee (GMAC). To insure a revised comprehensive plan that reflects the needs and desires of the community, the City began public input and participation at a very early stage. In the later months of 1990, the City conducted a "Citizen Survey on Planning Issues." This survey asked over a hundred questions on a variety of issues and asked for a response to each; it also asked for general comments regarding the City and its future. The survey was conducted by the Washington State University and the results were printed in a final report in March, 1991. In January of 1991, five members of the GMAC were selected to serve on a ten member city /county citizen advisory committee, the City /County Urban Regional Boundary Committee ( CCURB). The CCURB had the task of developing a recommendation for the City's urban growth area boundary. Also in January of 1991 the City began participation in the Growth Management Steering Committee (GMSC), an inter - agency committee charged with various county -wide growth management related duties including the development of the County -Wide Planning Policy. In February of 1991 the GMAC conducted its first series of neighborhood workshops with the focus on identifying the present and future needs of the City. During the spring and summer months of 1991, the GMAC developed the GMA mandated Interim Environmentally Sensitive Areas Protection Ordinance and Interim Wetlands Protection Ordinance which were adopted in November, 1991. Through the winter months of 1991 the GMAC reviewed the results of the citizen survey and neighborhood workshops and developed a listing of all the suggested policies from the public as well as from the members of the GMAC. By the spring of 1992 the GMAC had divided the suggested policies into related subject groups which were then presented to the community through a second series of public workshops as well as to the Planning Commission for review and additional comments. At the same time, the CCURB was completing the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area Recommendation and sending it to the Planning 3 Commission and City Council for approval and recommendation to the County. As part of the GMAC's second series of workshops, the City conducted a second citizen survey with questions on neighborhoods and the preferred location of an alternate highway by -pass route; a place for additional suggested policies and comments was also provided. After reviewing the results of the workshops, the survey, and the work of the CCURB and the GMSC, the GMAC then began to develop their recommended goals and policies for the Draft Comprehensive Plan and its recommended Land Use Map. When the GMAC completed their proposed draft of the Comprehensive Plan, it was presented to the Planning Commission in October, 1992. The Planning Commission conducted its first public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan in October, 1992, and held four additional meetings before sending a recommendation on the Comprehensive Plan Goals and Policies on to the City Council on April 6, 1993. Before its final public hearing, the Planning Commission reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement completed for the Draft Comprehensive Plan in March, 1993. The Draft EIS looked at three alternative scenarios, the proposed action of the GMAC recommended Draft Comprehensive Plan, a strong Growth Management Act Regulation alternative, and a no action alternative. Each of these alternatives are described in the DEIS. The comment period for the DEIS ended on April 7, 1993, and on August 6, 1993, the Final Environmental Impact Statement was issued. The City Council held a public hearing on the Draft Goals and Policies and the DEIS on April 6, 1993. Up to this point the Draft Goals and Policies consisted of seven elements: Growth Management, Land Use, Transportation, Utilities and Public Services, Housing, Conservation, and Economic Development. The City Council then appointed the Capital Facilities Plan Committee which proceeded to develop the City's first Capital Facilities Plan under the Growth Management Act. At the same time the GMAC began developing draft goals and policies for the Capital Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan. Once the Capital Facilities Element and Plan were drafted, the GMAC reviewed all the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan to determine if any revisions were necessary in light of the new element and plan. In January, 1994, the GMAC presented the revised Draft Comprehensive Plan with the Capital Facilities Element (CFE) to the Planning Commission for a second series of public hearings. The Planning Commission then held 4 public hearings on the revised draft and CFE and on March 9, 1994 the Planning Commission amended the revised draft and CFE and sent it on to the City Council with a recommendation for adoption. On March 15 the City Council held a public hearing and a workshop on March 29 on the draft Plan and CFE, following which the Council directed the complete draft be sent to the State and other appropriate agencies for review and comment. Once the agency comments were received, the GMAC and Planning Commission both reviewed the comments and made recommendations to the City Council. On June 21, 1994, the City Council held its final public hearing on the draft Comprehensive Plan and 4 an addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Report and scheduled a final meeting for deliberation and adoption of the Plan for June 28, 1994. On June 28, 1994 the City Council discussed the draft Comprehensive Plan and the agency comments along with the recommendations from the GMAC, the Planning Commission, and staff and then adopted the Comprehensive Plan with some minor amendments. Organization and Requirements of the Comprehensive Plan The Comprehensive Plan is organized as an introduction, a community profile, a definition section a series of elements, and various appendixes including the Capital Facilities Plan, Housing Needs Assessment, and Environmental Impact Statement. Each element addresses a particular topic and contains a general comment section and one or more goals with various related policies and objectives. Some of the elements have an associated map or plan. The Growth Management Act requires that a comprehensive plan consist of a map or maps and descriptive text covering objectives, principles, and standards used to develop the comprehensive plan. The plan shall be an internally consistent document, and all elements shall be consistent with the future land use map. Each comprehensive plan shall include a plan, scheme, or design for each of the following: 1. Land Use Element, 2. Housing Element, 3. Capital Facilities Plan Element, 4. Utilities Element, and 5. Transportation Element. Additionally each plan shall contain a process for identifying and siting essential public facilities. This plan contains each of the required elements as well as three additional optional elements, a conservation element, an economic development element, and a growth management element. Each of the elements have been developed to be consistent with the Growth Management Act and to reflect the needs and desires of the City of Port Angeles and its citizens. Following are the minimum requirements for the various elements as listed in the State of Washington Administrative Code (WAC). Included with the requirements for each mandated element is a table which shows how this comprehensive plan meets these requirements. 1. Requirements for the Land Use Element This element shall contain at least the following features: A. Designation of the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of 5 the uses of land, where appropriate, for agriculture, timber production, housing, commerce, industry, recreation, open spaces, public utilities, public facilities, and other land uses (WAC 365- 195 -305 1, a). B. Population densities, building intensities, and estimates of future population growth (WAC 365 -195 -305 1, b). C. Provisions for protection of the quality and quantity of ground water used for public water supplies (WAC 365- 195 -305 1, c). D. Where applicable, a review of drainage, flooding, and storm -water run-off in the area covered by the plan and nearby jurisdictions, and guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse those discharges that pollute waters of the state, including Puget Sound or waters entering Puget Sound (WAC 365- 195 -305 1, d). GMA Requirements for the Land Use Element 1A Land Use Text 45 -48 1A Land Use Map 46 1B Community Profile Text 19 1B Appendix A II -68 -74 1B Land Use Text 45 -48 1B Land Use Map 46 1C Conservation Goals, Policies and Objectives 68 -71 1D Conservation Goals, Policies and Objectives 68 -71 1D Appendix A II -130 -132 1D Appendix E 78 Table 1 6 ir 2. Requirements for the Housing Element This element shall contain at least the following features: A. An inventory and analysis of existing and projected housing needs (WAC 365 -195- 310 1, a). B. A statement of the goals, policies, and objectives for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing (WAC 365 - 195 -310 1, b). C. Identification of sufficient land for housing, including, but not limited to, government- assisted housing, housing for low- income families, manufactured housing, multifamily housing, and group homes and foster care facilities (WAC 365- 195 -310 1, c). D. Adequate provisions for existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the community (WAC 365 -195 -310 1, d). GMA Requirements for the Housing Element 2A Community Profile Text 24 2A Appendix A II -68 -74 2A Appendix C 41 -51 2B Housing Goals, Policies and Objectives 65 -67 2C Land Use Text 45 -48 2C Land Use Map 46 2C Appendix A II -68 -74 2D Housing Goals, Policies and Objectives 65 -67 2D Land Use Map 46 Table 2 7 3. Requirements for the Capital Facilities Element This element shall contain at least the following features: A. An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by public entities showing the locations and capacities of the capital facilities (WAC 365- 195 -315 1, a). B. A forecast of the future needs for such capital facilities (WAC 365 -195 -315 1, b). C. The proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new capital facilities (WAC 365 - 195 -315 1, c). D. At least a six -year plan that will finance such capital facilities within projected funding capacities and clearly identifies sources of public money for such purposes (WAC 365 -195 -315 1, d). E. A requirement to reassess the land use element if probable funding falls short of meeting existing needs and to ensure that the land use element, capital facilities plan element, and financing plan within the capital facilities plan element are coordinated and consistent (WAC 365 -195 -315 1, e). GMA Requirements for the Capital Facilities Element ... ............................... requiremen in the Comprehensive< 3A Appendix E 35 -39 3A Appendix E 63 -96 3B Appendix A II- 101 -140 3C Appendix A II- 101 -140 3D Appendix E 99 -101 3E Capital Facilities Goals and Policies 76 Table 3 8 4. Requirements for the Utilities Element This element shall contain at least the following features: The general location, proposed location, and capacity of all existing and proposed utilities, including, but not limited to, electrical lines, telecommunication lines, and natural gas lines (WAC 365 -195 -320 1). GMA Requirements for the Utilities Element 4 Capital Facilities Goals, Policies and Objectives 74 -75 4 Appendix E 63 -96 Table 4 5. Requirements for the Transportation Element This element shall contain at least the following features: A. Land use assumptions used in estimating travel (WAC 365- 195 -325 1, a). B. Facilities and services needs including: 1) An inventory of air, water, and land transportation facilities and services, including transit alignments, to define existing capital facilities and travel levels as a basis for future planning; 2) Level of service standards for all arterial streets and transit routes to serve as a gauge to judge performance of the system. These standards should be regionally coordinated; 3) Specific actions and requirements for bringing into compliance any facilities or services that are below an established level of service standard; 4) Forecasts of traffic for at least ten years based on the adopted land use plan to provide information on the location, timing, and capacity needs of future growth; and 9 5) Identification of system expansion needs and transportation system management needs to meet current and future demands (WAC 365- 195 -325 1, b). C. Finance, including: 1) An analysis of funding capability to judge needs against probable funding resources; 2) A multi -year financing plan based on the needs identified in the comprehensive plan, the appropriate parts of which shall serve as the basis for the six-year street, road, or transit program required by RCW 35.77.010 for cities, RCW 36.81.121 for counties, and RCW 35.58.2795 for public transportation systems; and 3) If probable funding falls short of meeting identified needs, a discussion of how additional funding will be raised or how land use assumptions will be reassessed to ensure that level of service standards will be met (WAC 365- 195 -325 1, c). D. Intergovernmental coordination efforts, including an assessment of the impacts of the transportation systems of adjacent jurisdictions (WAC 365 -195 -325 1, d). E. Demand - management strategies (WAC 365 -195 -325 1, e). GMA Requirements for the Transportation Element 5A Appendix A 11 -84 -91 5A Appendix E 63 -96 5B Capital Facilities Goals, Policies and Objectives 74 -77 5B Transportation Goals, Policies and Objectives 55 -60 5B Appendix A II -84 -91 5B Appendix E 63 -96 10 5C Capital Facilities Goals, Policies and Objectives 74 -76 5C Appendix E 99 -101 5D Transportation Goals, Policies and Objectives 55 -60 5E Transportation Goals, Policies and Objectives 59 Table 5 6. Requirements for Siting Public Facilities The Comprehensive Plan shall be consistent with the following: A. Essential public facilities include those facilities that are typically difficult to site such as, airports, state education facilities, state or regional transportation facilities, solid waste handling facilities, and in- patient facilities including substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, and group homes (WAC 365- 195 -340 1, a). B. The office of financial management shall maintain a list of those essential state public facilities that are required or likely to be built within the next six years. Facilities may be added to this list at any time (WAC 365 -195 -340 1, b). C. No local comprehensive plan may preclude the siting of essential public facilities. GMA Requirements for Siting Public Facilities 6A Definitions 33 6B NA 11 tit facl ....................... ........................ ....................... ........................ ....................... 6C Capital Facilities Goals, Policies and Objectives 79 Table 6 Use of the Comprehensive Plan The Comprehensive Plan is designed to be used by the public as a way for citizens to learn the long - range goals and policies of the City, as a base upon which City officials make land use and other decisions, and as a tool which City staff uses to insure the desirable development of the City. The Plan's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS, Appendix A) is designed as a programmatic EIS and may be used as a phased reviewed environmental document for any plans, ordinances, programs, or development projects that are consistent with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. Any project proposed in the City will have to show that it is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. If it is not, it cannot be approved unless the Comprehensive Plan is amended and additional environmental review is completed. 12 II. COMMUNITY PROFILE History of the City "The people are the City." Shakespeare The City of Port Angeles has long been the primary urban center of the North Olympic Peninsula. The earliest residents of the area were Native Americans such as the S'Klallam ( "Strong People ") and Makah Indian tribes, who were sustained by the region's abundant natural resources. These same natural resources - the naturally protected deep -water harbor, abundant coniferous forests, prolific wildlife and marine resources, and an overall natural beauty also attracted the first non - natives to the area and continue today to encourage visitors and new residents alike from all walks of life. Known variously as "Old Dungeness," "False Dungeness," "Cherbourg," and "Port Angelos," settlement was intermittent and sporadic throughout the early history of the City. In 1862 (due largely to the efforts of one man: Victor Smith, the "Father of Port Angeles "), President Abraham Lincoln signed an executive order setting aside 3,520 acres of land on the site as a U.S. Government Lighthouse and Military Reservation. Soon after, Port Angeles was established as the "Second National City" for the nation, and the original townsite layout has endured to this day. Patterned after the plan of Cincinnati, Ohio (substituting the Harbor for the Ohio River), the streets are arranged and named the same: Front, First, Second, etc. and at right angles to these are Tumwater, Cedar, Pine, Valley, Cherry, Oak, Laurel, Vine, and Race. While the City has benefitted greatly from that original planning with its grid -pattern street layout, various challenges were also created such as utility service provision and circulatory problems, due to the topography of the land. Seven different streams, with associated ravines, travel through the community running south -to -north as they wend their way to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. They are: Dry Creek, Tumwater Creek, Valley Creek, Peabody Creek, Ennis/White's Creek, Lee's Creek, and Morse Creek. Despite such early planning, major settlement did not take place within the City until 1887 with the arrival of the Puget Sound Cooperative Colony. A social experiment in communal living the Colony 13 contributed greatly to the expansion of Port Angeles. Although short-lived, this settlement near the mouth of Ennis Creek built a sawmill, lathe -mill, and shipyard; constructed a 58 -foot propeller -driven schooner, "The Angeles;" started the first newspaper in town (The Model Commonwealth); and built the first schoolhouse, office building, and a City Opera House, in addition to founding four different churches in Port Angeles. The Colony was largely disbanded by 1889 due to internal disputes, but many of the colonists stayed and blended with the rest of the thriving community. By 1890, the City population had soared to over 3,000 people, and the Government Reserve established 28 years earlier had become a bottleneck to progress, completely restricting further development of the City since it could not legally be homesteaded. The result was a "land rush" onto the federal property as citizens took matters into their own hands as "Reserve Jumpers" that 4th of July, moving en masse onto the reserve, platting lots, and establishing homesteads. Eventually, forced to recognize this matter officially, Congress conceded ownership to the squatters and opened the Reserve for sale to the public. 1890 was also notable as the year Port Angeles was officially incorporated as a City in the newly established State of Washington, and that same year it also became the County Seat of Clallam County. Thereafter, the City grew more slowly and developed much as did other small towns in the Pacific Northwest. Gone were the early pretensions of becoming a great seaport or Second National City patterned after Washington, D.C. Instead, sustained largely by lumber and fishing industries, Port Angeles became a classic American small town and the center of urban life on the North Olympic Peninsula. Over the past forty years, except for a few periods of more rapid growth in the 1920's and 30's, the City has grown at a fairly stable rate of approximately 1 per cent per year, to its present population of 18,270. The City has used zoning to coordinate development and growth since the 1930's, and in the early 1960's made a determined effort to improve planning efforts through development of a "701" master plan along with a new zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance. In 1976 the City again reviewed its planning goals and process and adopted the 1976 Comprehensive Plan, which is the immediate predecessor of this Comprehensive Plan. Even before the State passed the Growth Management Act of 1990, requiring cities and counties to revise or adopt comprehensive plans, the City of Port Angeles had decided it was time to revise the existing Comprehensive Plan and had already begun that process when the Act established new requirements for comprehensive plans. In response, the City has continued to move forward consistent with the Growth Management Act meeting all of its requirements, including the mandated completion dates. 14 1 Current Characteristics of the City An essential part of developing goals and setting directions for the future lies in reviewing the past and evaluating the present. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared by the consulting firm of Nancy A. Ryan and Company for the Draft Comprehensive Plan takes an indepth look at the physical, social, and economic aspects of Port Angeles. The following descriptions are intended to provide the users of this document a general view of the community. For a more detailed analysis, one should refer to the DEIS. Location The City of Port Angeles is located in Clallam County on the northern coast of Washington's Olympic Peninsula (See Figure 2). It is less than three hours driving time from Seattle or Olympia and sits at the base of the Olympic Mountains overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca with one of the deepest naturally protected harbors on the West Coast. Immediately to the north is the coastal marine environment of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. To the south are the pristine alpine wilderness areas of the Olympic National Park, to the east is the semi -arid climate of the Sequim - Dungeness Valley, and within two hours time to the west is the Hoh Rain Forest and the beaches and rugged beauty of the Pacific Coast. Air The circulation of air around the Olympic Mountains and through the Strait of Juan de Fuca results in mostly easterly or westerly winds in the vicinity of Port Angeles. Highest winds are generally associated with intense winter storms and may be from either an easterly or westerly direction. On most summer afternoons, a moderate to fresh westerly breeze can be expected. Wind velocity and direction vary with the season. Winds from the west predominate and are strongest during the summer, averaging about 14 miles per hour. Winds from the south and east occur more frequently during the winter with an average velocity of about 9 miles per hour. Water Port Angeles is located in the Port Angeles watershed which drains 65,000 acres (101.5 square miles). The topography of the immediate Port Angeles area is characterized by a gradually descending slope from the Olympic Mountains north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Steep hillsides and bluffs of 50 to 150 feet in elevation mark the northern edge of the slope. This region is segmented by streams which flow from the mountains toward the strait and have formed V- shaped ravines that are much lower in elevation than the surrounding areas. The ravines contain the following major creeks which pass through the community to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Port Angeles Harbor; Dry Creek, Tumwater Creek, Valley Creek, Peabody Creek, Ennis/White's Creek, Lee's Creek, and Morse Creek. The Elwha River is located just west of the City. 15 NEAH Steed BAY of VICTORIA • ✓op' U , - SEOUI M FORKS el EVERETT 1 _J • 1 r r� 1 r! "� Olympic Notional Park r-' ,rte - ----- 1 r - - - 1 1' 1 1 ,___r - ,.. _ 1 SEATTLE ABERDEEN OLYMPIA OD Vicinity Map FIGURE 2 TACOMA Wildlife The marine wetlands are primarily Marine Intertidal Beaches or Marine Intertidal Aquatic Beds. There are a few Estuarine Subtidal Open Water wetlands (the log ponds) near the shoreline at the Daishowa and K -ply mills and various Class II, III, and IV freshwater wetlands scattered through the City. Identification and classification of all fish and wildlife habitats within the City has not been developed. However, the presence of the wooded ravines with a water source provide areas of riparian habitat. Riparian areas help provide most of the food, cover, spawning, breeding, and rearing for a wide variety of wildlife species. Trees and other plant which shade streams help keep water cool while stabilizing banks and providing food (leaves, twigs, etc) for insects that fish eat. Trees also provide cover for wildlife. When trees die and fall into the streams, the logs create small dams and pools that offer fish rearing habitat and cover from predators. Logs that remain on land provide cover for wildlife. Wildlife from the ravines typically make use of surrounding properties and undeveloped lands for foraging. Within the general area, the Washington State Department of Wildlife (Priority Habitats and Species program) has indicated that there are specific Eagle and Pileated Woodpecker habitats. Due to an agreement with the Department of Wildlife, the location of these habitats is not immediately available. The locations have been reviewed and considered as part of this analysis. The location of other less sensitive species has been identified in the DEIS. In particular, there are two areas that harbor seals use for haulout. One is near the Rayonier Mill and the other is at the base of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles Harbor. The Department of Wildlife maps identify an area along the Harbor side of Ediz Hook that has "regular large concentrations" of shorebirds. The bluff along the shoreline also provides a special and valuable habitat for shorebirds. Within the Olympic National Park, Roosevelt Elk roam the slopes of the mountains. Other wildlife include black bears, cougars, coyotes, beavers, minks, raccoons, otters, wolves, eagles, hawks, ravens, and grouse. The residence of the endangered spotted owl occurs within, but is not limited to, the national forest. All of the creeks are used for fish habitat, but most have barriers which limit val.migration. Dry Creek is used by Coho, Cutthroat and possibly Steelhead. Tumwater Creek provides anadromous use by Coho, Cutthroat, and Steelhead well upstream of the City limits. Valley Creek may be used by sea run Cutthroat and Steelhead, and some Coho return to the lower reaches of Peabody Creek. However, these runs 17 and Steelhead, and some Coho return to the lower reaches of Peabody Creek. However, these runs are not felt to be self - sustaining. Some of the ravines, such as the White's Creek and Ennis Creek ravines, are recognized by the State as sustaining significant populations of resident fish and potentially having salmon runs restored, once downstream impediments are removed. The resident fish currently present in Ennis Creek are Coho, Cutthroat, resident and sea run Steelhead. The fish migrate up to 4.9 miles from the Port Angeles Harbor. White's Creek, which joins Ennis Creek contains Coho, Steelhead, sea run Cutthroat up to Front Street. Natural Resources There are very limited forest areas, and no mineral lands located within the City. Those that do exist are discussed in the DEIS. Diverse scenic resources are abundant in Port Angeles. Notable visual elements include the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Ediz Hook, Vancouver Island, San Juan Islands, Mt. Baker, Hurricane Ridge, and the Olympic National Park. There are numerous public and private panoramic views of both the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Hurricane Ridge from various places in the city. Of special note are the views along the bluffs to the west, east, and above Port Angeles Harbor. The Ocean View Cemetery at the west edge of town provides unobstructed views northward and along the coastline. The beaches and beach front trail along the shoreline also offer spectacular views of Ediz Hook, the Strait, and distant Vancouver Island. Ediz Hook has superlative views of the ocean, mountains, waterfront, and City. Exceptional views are also available from the roads around Lincoln School and Port Angeles High School, the City Hall area, and Lauridsen Boulevard. The vegetated creek ravines offer wooded open space that provides attractive views. Other open space amenities includes wetlands, steep slopes, marshes, hilltops, and even open fields. Noise The primary sources of noise in Port Angeles are the airport, industrial activities at the mills, the Port Angeles Harbor, vehicular traffic, and construction activities. The ambient noise levels within the City of Port Angeles would be expected to vary depending on location within the City. In 1986, a Noise Compatibility Planning Study was conducted for the Fairchild International Airport under the guidelines of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The Planning Study included analyses of both existing and projected noise levels associated with the aviation traffic. The mills along the waterfront are a source of noise and are in a difficult place to provide noise attenuation. Since the mills are visible from many residential areas on the hill to the south, these residences can be expected to receive the greatest noise impacts. 18 T Higher noise levels are allowed for motor vehicles operations on public roads. Warning sirens and temporary construction equipment are generally exempt from the noise regulations. Traffic levels would be expected to be highest along Highway 101, First Street, Front Street, Lincoln, Lauridsen Boulevard, Race Street, Tumwater Truck Route, and Marine Drive. Population The population for the City of Port Angeles in 1993 was 18,270, this is an increase of 3 per cent over the 1990 population of 17,710. The population for Clallam County in 1993 was 61,400, which means approximately 30 per cent of the County's population resides within the city limits of Port Angeles. growth rates. The State Office of Financial Management has projected a 5 per cent growth rate over the next 20 years for Clallam County, this along with a linear projection for Port Angeles is illustrated in Table 7. Note, the City has already exceeded projected Population Projections Population 199© 00 . Qtt t ll0 Port Angeles 17,710 18,197 18,382 18,743 19,053 19176 Clallam Co. 56.464 57,754 58,246 58,753 59,189 59,312 Table 7 Land Use The City of Port Angeles contains 9.5 square miles or 6,070 acres of land, 26 miles of marine shoreline including Ediz Hook, a 4 mile sand spit and 17 miles of streams. There are residential areas, industrial areas which include 3 large pulp, paper and wood product mills (ITT Rayonier, Daishowa America, and K -Ply), and commercial areas with a fairly well defined Central Business District (CBD). Community facilities include 10 public school facilities (including a college), a 126 - bed hospital, 1 public library, 1 fire station, 1 police station, 27 park facilities, 1 private golf course, 3 cultural centers (Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Arthur D. Fiero Marine Lab, and the Clallam County Historical Society Museum), the William R. Fairchild International Airport, 2 ferry terminals (Coho Ferry and Victoria Rapid Transit), a 16.1 acre boat haven (housing approximately 563 boats), and public boat yard for repair and maintenance. The Comprehensive Plan divides the City into 5 planning areas. For the purpose of description, the individual planning areas are identified as the Harbor, Northwest, Southwest, North Central, and South Central planning areas. These areas are located on Figure 3 and are described as follows. 19 1 1•1111•111. 11 1 'at —ssislo" IT• ■•••• 1/11113. 1 4113.1•0 MI MIMI MA 1 z 0 — c E c cr, 0 0' CN 0 a. cu Ln The Harbor planning area contains the Coast Guard Station, the Port and Salmon Club boat ramps, Ediz Hook Park, and Daishowa Mill on Ediz Hook. The historic downtown and waterfront are also essential parts of this subarea. The boat haven marina, log export terminal, the K -Ply mill, the Coho Ferry terminal, City Pier, and Rayonier Mill line the waterfront. Entertainment activities (movie theater, bookstores, antique shops, galleries, and restaurants) abound within the pedestrian oriented central business district. The Northwest planning area covers the western edge of town lying beyond Tumwater Creek and north of the airport. This area is comprised largely of older homes. There is a commercial area serving the residents along C Street. A pocket of industrial/commercial activities are located along the Tumwater Truck Route/Highway 101 junction. This area of town has limited access because of the Tumwater Creek ravine and the bluffs. It also has the largest segment of undeveloped residential land within the current City limits. The Southwest planning area includes Fairchild International Airport, the Clallam County Fairgrounds and Lincoln Park. Industrial development is located at the airport industrial park. A few homes lie within the City limits along Lower Elwha Road, but otherwise this planning area contains predominantly industrial and park (recreation) land uses. The North Central planning area is the older more dense portion of town. It is an area divided by Valley, Peabody and Ennis/White's Creek ravines. It contains all of the municipal buildings and Clallam County building and courthouse. The commercial uses along Lincoln Street provide community shopping opportunities. Recreation is provided by a number of parks and the Peninsula Public Golf Course. Much of the city's multifamily housing is within this planning area. The South Central planning area is the area of town with newer homes, on larger lots. This is where the street pattern changes from traditional blocks to cul -de -sacs. Many views of Port Angeles Harbor and the Strait of Juan de Fuca are available. The Port Angeles High School lies within this planning area. The Olympic National Park Headquarters and Visitors Center is along the Heart of the Hills Road. At the eastern edge of this subarea is the Peninsula Community College. The DEIS provides a detailed analysis of the existing use and supply of land in the City as well as a comparison of population/growth projection methods used for determining future land use needs represented in the Land Use Element. Again, for an indepth analysis of these issues, one should refer to DEIS. For the purpose of this description, the following figures show how the land within the city is currently used, how it is zoned, and a comparison of the two. Figure 4 shows the number of acres and the percent of the City's land that is actually used for residential, commercial, industrial, and public uses or contain significant physical features. Figure 5 shows the current number of vacant acres (those located in identified critical areas and those which are not and therefore considered buildable) and developed acres in each of the City's 21 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 1.000r 0.500 0.000 ACREAGE BY TYPE OF LANDUSE (within City limits) Residential (M i Industrial (SF) Commercial Public LAND USE Developed ACRES RESIDENTIAL 1 DU /Lot 2 -4 OUslLat • % • 5+ DUa /Lot Total 11 TOTAL it 22001 451 1001 21 701 1 24301 411 ACRES COMMERCIAL PUBLIC TOTAL General Auto Related Total Publle1Physieal 1 • % • % • % • % 2001 41 1501 31 5501 71 14401 201 ACRES INDUSTRIAL TOTAL TOTAL Light • % 5101 101 Heavy • 3451 FIGURE 4 Total • % • 7' 11551 171 50751 1001 ACREAGE BY TYPE OF ZONING (within City limits) 3.500 j l 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 1.000 0.500 0.000 Residential (MF) 1 Industri al Commercial ZONES Eig Developed Vacant — in a CA ® Vacant — buildable (SF) Public I ACRES COMMERCIAL REIoETrTIAL R5 -7 I R I RTP 1 Ii Iii 1 Tani Tor Tar • % % • 1 1L ' • 1L • • 1 1L • • ' % VACANT - r1 Circe /Areas 1 511 ' 31 1721 111 ft 21 221 '11 2501 51 8 VACANT - Nampa 1 771 41 •181 431 21 41 31 121 71 61 5021 17 1 VACANT - lapl 1 1241 21 71 31 5041 131 ell 31 71 4 341 171 7501 71 25 iDEVELOPED 1 1 0001 m I MO 151 491 931 16/1 631 22211 73 TOTAL 1 SDI 9721 101 461 1' 20 31 304191 5o1 PCIUSTRIAL TOTAL AGES VACANT -,A CANNA Ames I VACANT - WIMP. { VACANT - tar IDEVELOPED 1 TOTAL U Y -0 1 Tor • % 1 • 1 % i • 871 '01 1931 111 1001 201 401 61 2351 301 2421 5011 701 344 1 6461 141 5081 121111181821211111818221 1211111818221 1L • % • 2801 201 31271 301 9031 ' 5 2171 151 141 11 '521 12 411 4971 351 3771 311 '055 1 21 591 9351 651 6271 501 .4461 73 101 14251 211 '2001 201 51001 1001 FIGURE 5 COMMERCIAL AGES OC I CIO I ACO 1 cap 1 Tar • 1 % I -1 % 1 • 1 % I • 1 TL • ' 7< VACANT - .1 CANa0 Aims 1 01 01 01 01 9I 51 11 31 101 2 VACANT - Naom 1s 11 31 71 41 31 21 31 131 151 4 VACANT - tar 1--�— t 1 31 71 41 121 61 el 151 201 5 DEVELOPED 1 311 971 1521 90? •791 941 341 651 3901 44 TOTAL 1 321 11 1901 31 t011 3I 401 11 4221 7 PCIUSTRIAL TOTAL AGES VACANT -,A CANNA Ames I VACANT - WIMP. { VACANT - tar IDEVELOPED 1 TOTAL U Y -0 1 Tor • % 1 • 1 % i • 871 '01 1931 111 1001 201 401 61 2351 301 2421 5011 701 344 1 6461 141 5081 121111181821211111818221 1211111818221 1L • % • 2801 201 31271 301 9031 ' 5 2171 151 141 11 '521 12 411 4971 351 3771 311 '055 1 21 591 9351 651 6271 501 .4461 73 101 14251 211 '2001 201 51001 1001 FIGURE 5 zoning districts. Figure 6 compares the current amount of land zoned for residential, commercial, industrial and public uses with the amount of land currently used for those same purposes, regardless of the land's zoning. Housing In 1990, 7,553 dwelling units were located in Port Angeles. By 1992 the dwelling units had increased by 422 units (or 5.6 %) to a total of 7,975 dwelling units. IONOVAMMEM Historically, from 1980 to 1990 the total dwelling units increased from 7288 to 7553. However, more remarkable is the shift that took place toward more multifamily units and mobile homes. Between 1980 and 1990, single family units (not including mobile homes) grew at a rate of 6 percent (or and average annual rate of 0.6 percent). Mobile home units grew at a rate of 23 percent from 1980 to 1990 (or and average annual rate of 2.3 percent). Multifamily units grew at a rate of 12 percent from 1980 to 1990 (or an average annual rate of 1.2 percent). This suggests that the cost of housing and the general reduction in household size may have placed the demand on smaller and less expensive units. While the multifamily housing growth percentage is significant, the total inventory of dwelling units is still predominated by single family residences. Transportation The road network in the City of Port Angeles is characterized by a grid pattern that is oriented east - west (parallel to the waterfront) and north- south. This pattern shifts slightly south of Lauridsen Blvd. where the streets shift to match the platting pattern established by the County before the City boundaries were expanded. The regular geometry of this pattern is generally retained, except where the topography of the foot hills, the deep ravines or the bluffs along the Straight of Juan de Fuca cause the road realignment. The street pattern is shown on Figure 7. The street grades are moderate in most areas, as they adapt to the topography which goes up from the waterfront and gently undulates as the foothills flatten to meet the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The most unique characteristic of the street network is the way it is interrupted by several deep ravines which bisect the east -west street network resulting in a limited number of streets that run continuously from one end of the City to the other. There is one regional route through the City (State Route 101). There is one designated truck route in the City that runs from east to west along the Front/First Street couplet to Tumwater Truck Route (State Route 117) and along Tumwater Truck Route south to SR 101. 24 / I ,1•••••••• ,111, 1 1•••••••••• 0 46•••• 1 ,1..1.1.1.1.1.1.1, co N 17 c fiiiIiIi, .9•11•91/1111••••••M•••••• •■ 1 11 •1111 •11 •111111 •1111 •1 11111 •1 1 •11 •1 1 •11 •/ 1 •11 •1 1/ 1 •1 1 •11 •11 • 1 •••••••••••••••••••••••• 111111111111111111 /111111111111111 / 1 / 11111 / 1 / 11111111 / /11.11111/ 111111111 / 111/1.1/1111111 /111 /111/ /1111/1 166•44■6■•••••••••••••••■4164 !) C7 117 N LC) r- t1. O CO N r 0 (sPuesnoyl) S31r1OV V .13 a. To c..1 •au Z E c EN'c U °.. W N a : m 2 Z fnCD O g c� co --I W Cn a: ►1 /1* NI °1 ]•■••• Oh Ki N W co Z The difference between the totals reflects 1,025 acres of vacant land. FIGURE 6 T 1 The City of Port Angeles is served by Clallam Transit, the Public Transit Benefit Area Agency that serves the Clallam County with a combination of scheduled and para - transit services. Most routes circulate within the City, but their main function is to move people between Port Angeles and other smaller cities on the Peninsula. The Port of Port Angeles is responsible for the port operations along the waterfront, including ownership of the Black Ball Ferry Terminal, the boat haven, and other properties supporting water related industry, and at the Fairchild International Airport including the Airport Industrial Park. The William R. Fairchild International Airport is located southwest of the central city and serves a combination of commercial and private aviation demands in the region. Total enplanements have nearly tripled since 1983 with the most significant increase in the late 1980's. There has been a slow but steady increase in the enplanements that originate or end in Port Angeles. Because of its international status, this airport has a unique market for passengers traveling between Canada and the United States. With a full time U.S. and Immigration staff, regional airlines serving Victoria stop in Port Angeles for clearance to avoid the congestion and delay at SeaTac. Air Cargo is an ever increasing component of airport operations with a 58 percent increase in air freight tonnage in the past 10 years. The two runway airport is well situated to serve increased volume because the long runways remaining from this original military airfield can serve the trend to larger aircraft. Urban Services The Port Angeles Police Department currently provides police protection within the city limits of Port Angeles and operates PENCOM, the emergency dispatch for eastern Clallam County. The police headquarters are located at City Hall. The Department has 51.5 personnel, of which 27 are sworn officers. The Port Angeles Fire Department currently provides fire and Medic 1 protection within the city limits of Port Angeles. The headquarters are located at 5th and Laurel Streets. The department has 24 full -time personnel, of which 19 are fire fighters, seven of which maintain paramedic certification, and all are emergency medical technicians. The City Parks and Recreation Department maintains over 194 acres of park land, 14 playground equipment sites, 13 baseball and/or softball fields, 9 football fields and/or soccer fields, 12 tennis courts, and an indoor pool. The City also provides excellent general recreation and senior activity programs and is currently constructing a new Senior /Community Center. A review of the parks and recreation facilities is included in the DEIS, and the location of the facilities is shown on Figure 8. The City of Port Angeles water service area includes the land within the city boundaries, Clallam County P.U.D. No. 1, 50 residential and 28 commercial accounts, and one government account outside the city limits. In the City's 1986 Water Comprehensive Plan, the future service area limits was from Morse Creek to the 27 T Elwha River and bordered on the south by the Olympic National Park. The current water supply for the City is from the Elwha River. The Elwha River Ranney Well System with a minimum yield of 11 million gallons was constructed in 1987. This source provides for domestic and commercial and some industrial needs of the City. There is also a separate industrial water supply line for the mills. The source is a small diversion dam on the Elwha River approximately eight miles from the city limits. There are five retention/detention facilities within the city: Gund Plaza, Lincoln Park, 10th and "M" Street, "N" Street, and Big Boy Pond. These are primarily on the western end of town. All five are open ponds, whether constructed facilities or natural undeveloped depressions. Lincoln Park is the only one of the five ponds having a flow control structure. No maintenance is regularly performed on these five facilities. Two retention/detention facilities are maintained by others: The National Park Service and Gund Plaza are maintained by Bonneville Power Administration. The City maintains all public storm sewers and culverts. The City maintains the WSDOT conduits and culverts along Highway 101 within the city limits. The City has only limited legal access to all of the built or natural drainage courses throughout the city. Public access is available for some of the sites and areas. Sanitary or combined sewers serve approximately 3,700 acres in Port Angeles. The city has mostly 8 -inch local sanitary sewers and even some small 6 -inch. However, the city's original collection system was designed as a combined sewer system with storm water. This occurs primarily in old downtown in an area approximately bounded by the waterfront on the north, Valley Street on the west, Peabody Street on the east and 6th Street on the south. There were no storm sewers in the city until the 1960's. The existing storm sewer system grew in bits and pieces as individual renovation projects and LIDs responded to local problems. The storm sewers themselves are small do to the steep terrain of the city. The existing storm sewers run in the north/south "short block" orientation picking up catch basins which happen to be at the east/west "long block" intersections. The storm sewers do not pick up mid -block catch basins or individual lot connections. Only the west end of town near the airport and tributary to Pumping Station 1 was the system designed as truly separate sanitary sewer. In summary, the old downtown has combined sewers and the rest of the city has varying degrees of partially separated sewers. REgTPOOMS' The sewage collection system has 10 pumping stations. Eight are operated and maintained by the City, with Rayonier and Daishowa mills each having one private pump. Three of the City's stations are along the main interceptor leading to the treatment plant. The existing interceptor system was constructed in 1969 for the purpose of eliminating six major and numerous minor outfalls of raw sewage into Port Angeles Harbor. These outfalls are now used 29 for the combined sewer overflows. Overflows occur during high intensity storm conditions because of the hydraulic limitations of the interceptor system. The treatment plant is located on a 3.5 acre site on the eastern city limit of Port Angeles and just east of the Rayonier mill. The treatment plant will be completed in April 1994 to provide secondary level treatment of sewage. The $21,000,000 project was expanded to accommodate 10.6 million gallons peak capacity per day of sewage. In the future, the City intends to construct a pumping station and an underground combined wastewater storage tank to reduce the combined sewer overflow, replace the outfall diffuser, and develop sludge disposal alternatives. Solid waste services are provided by the Solid Waste Utility through the Port Angeles Public Works Department. Refuse collection is mandatory for the residents of Port Angeles. The City of Port Angeles also has a policy of not accepting quantities of out -of- county waste at the Port Angeles landfill. The City of Port Angeles owns and operates the Port Angeles landfill. This site provides disposal services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers throughout Clallam County. In addition to disposal, a recycling program is conducted at the landfill site. White goods, aluminum, glass, cardboard, newsprint, catalogues, magazines, used oil, and used car and truck batteries are the primary target materials. Port Angeles City Light is the electric power provider within the city limits. Clallam County P.U.D. is the electric power provider for the unincorporated areas surrounding Port Angeles. However, there are several areas outside the City that City Light serves. These include an area near the Peninsula Golf Course, homes south of the City along Mount Angeles Road, west of the airport and the Fairmont Trailer Park. The power used by both Port Angeles City Light and Clallam County P.U.D. is delivered by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) via its transmission lines. The PUD has one substation within the PAUGA at Monroe Street. There are 8 electrical substations within the City of Port Angeles. The Port Angeles School District Number 121 serves the City of Port Angeles and its surrounding community. The District operates six elementary schools, two middle schools (grades 6 -8), and one high school. There is also a small alterative high school program. Since 1988, two new classroom positions were added at each middle school, along with a two -room portable classroom building, due to enrollment growth. Within the City of Port Angeles there are three elementary schools; these are Franklin Elementary, Hamilton Elementary, and Jefferson Elementary. Stevens Middle School and Port Angeles High School provide secondary education. The Peninsula Community College is a two -year, Associate of Arts degree college, located within the City of Port Angeles. The campus is located at the east edge of the city. 30 The Peninsula College has also increased its enrollment from programs such as Running Start and timber worker retraining. The college also has two special extension programs with Western Washington University (WWU) and Washington State University (WSU), that lead to either a Human Services bachelor's degree (from WWU) or a Criminal Justice bachelor's degree (from WSU). There is also the potential that WWU will offer a program leading to an Environmental Sciences bachelor's degree. The college currently employs 45 full -time and 75 to 100 part-time faculty and 66 persons as staff and administration on the Port Angeles campus. Economic Development Clallam County and the City of Port Angeles are rich in natural resources. The Olympic Peninsula has proved to be one of the country's most productive timber growing areas, while the Strait of Juan de Fuca has provided the area with a vast fishery. In the past, the area's natural resources provided the majority of jobs in the area. The three largest manufacturing firms in Clallam County are all located in Port Angeles (Rayonier, Daishowa, and K -Ply Plywood). These three companies have a current employment of approximately 1,000 people. Major shipments of forest products to Japan, Korea, and China have historically provided a strong market, bolstering the log export segment of the local economy. Export and old growth harvesting are expected to be reduced significantly in coming years due to various government restrictions. In light of the recent developments in the timber and fishery industries, it is important for Port Angeles to develop and improve its other economic resources, such as tourism and manufacturing. Port Angeles is part of a major international tourist route. The presence of the Olympic National Park with over three million visitors a year, the ferry terminal and service to Victoria and Vancouver Island which carries approximately 500,000 passengers per year, combined with the local freshwater and ocean sport fishing brings a steady flow of tourists to the City, creating an important economic resource. In general, the local economy appears to be relatively stable despite much uncertainty in the timber harvesting and log exports. Growth in the retirement community has been continuing, and tourism is expanding rapidly. The forest products industry will most likely stabilize at a lower level of activity. 31 III. DEFINITIONS General Comments "Alice had not the slightest idea what longitude was, or latitude either but she thought they were nice grand words to say." Lewis Carroll The following definitions are for terms which are used in the document and are provided for clarification purposes in the interpretation and implementation of the various goals and policies. Definitions of Terms Adequate Public Facilities: Affordable Housing: Accessory Residential Unit: Available Public Facilities: "Adequate Public Facilities" means facilities which have the capacity to serve development without decreasing levels of service below locally established minimums. "Affordable housing" means the adequacy of the community's housing stock to fulfill the housing needs of all economic segments of the population. "Accessory residential unit" means a residential unit which is subordinate in area, extent, or purpose to a principal residential unit and is located on the same zoning lot as the principal residential unit. "Available Public Facilities" means that facilities or services are in place or that a financial commitment is in place to provide the facilities or services within a specified time. City: "City" means the City of Port Angeles, Washington. Community Services: Concurrency: "Community services" means cultural, social and recreational services necessary to enhance the quality of life, such as libraries, parks and recreation services, fine arts, and festivals. "Concurrency" means that adequate public facilities are available when the impacts of development occur. This definition includes the two concepts of "adequate public facilities" and of "available public facilities" as defined above. 32 1 Consistency: "Consistency" means that no feature of a plan or regulation is incompatible with any other feature of a plan or regulation. Consistency is indicative of a capacity for orderly integration or operation with other elements in a system. County: "County" means Clallam County, Washington. District: Development: "District" means a portion of a planning area which is defined by the primary uses located in that portion of the planning area. "Development" means any activity which would alter the elevation of the land, remove or destroy plant life, cause structures of any kind to be installed, erected, or removed, divide land into two or more parcels, or any use or extension of the use of the land. Development Rights: "Development rights" means a broad range of less- than -fee- simple - ownership interests. Domestic Water System: "Domestic water system" means any system providing a supply of potable water which is deemed adequate pursuant to RCW 19.27.097 for the intended use of a development. Emergency Services: "Emergency services" means services which are a City responsibility and consists of provisions for police, fire, emergency medical and disaster services. Essential Public Facilities: "Essential public facilities" means public capital facilities of a county -wide or state -wide nature which are typically difficult to site. Essential public facilities include the following: * Airports * Hazardous waste facilites * State education facilities * State or regional transportation facilities * State and local correctional facilities * Solid waste handling facilities * In- patient facilities including - substance abuse facilities - mental health facilities - group homes 33 Facility: "Facility" means something designed, built, installed or utilized for the specific purpose of providing a service. Financial Commitment: Growth Management Act: Level of Service: Medical Services: Neighborhood: Planning Area: Public Capital Facilities: "Financial commitment" means that sources of public or private funds or combinations thereof have been identified which will be sufficient to finance public facilities necessary to support development and that there is reasonable assurance that such funds will be timely put to that end. "Growth Management Act" and "Act" means the Growth Management Act as enacted in Chapter 17, Laws of 1990 1st ex. sess., and chapter 32, Laws of 1991 sp. sess., state of Washington. "Level of Service" means an established minimum capacity of public facilities or services that must be provided per unit of demand or other appropriate measure of need. "Medical services" means licensed professional medical services and retail services directly related to medical services, such as hospitals, physicians' clinics, and pharmacies. "Neighborhood" means an area located within a district where people live, which is defined by the primary type and /or density of the residential units located in that particular area of the district. "Planning Area" means a large geographical area of the City which is defined by physical characteristics and boundaries. "Public Capital Facilities" means existing, new or expanded physical facilities which are owned, licensed or sanctioned by a public entity, are large in size and serve a county -wide or statewide population. Public capital facilities of a county- wide or state -wide nature may include but are not limited to the following: * Airports * State educational facilities * State and federal transportation facilities * Regional transportation facilities * State correctional facilities 34 Public Services: Public Facilities: Regional Transportation Plan: Regional Transportation Planning Organization: Residential Services: Sanitary Sewer Systems: * Local correctional facilities * Solid waste handling, disposal and storage facilities * In- patient facilities including: - abuse facilities - mental health facilities - group homes * National, state and regional parks and recreational facilities * Marine terminals * Libraries * Fairgrounds * Hospitals * County courthouse "Public services" includes fire protection and suppression, law enforcement, public health, education, recreation, environmental protection, and other governmental services. "Public facilities" includes streets, roads, highways, sidewalks, street and road lighting systems, traffic signals, domestic water systems, storm and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreational facilities, and schools. "Regional transportation plan" means the transportation plan for the regional designated transportation system which is produced by the regional transportation planning organization. "Regional transportation planning organization (RTPO)" means the voluntary organization conforming to RCW 47.80.020, consisting of local governments within a region containing one or more counties which have common transportation interests. "Residential services" shall mean the providing of residential care on a daily or live -in basis including special needs housing such as group homes, adult -care homes and day- care facilities. "Sanitary sewer systems" means all facilities, including approved on -site disposal facilities, used in the collection, transmission, storage, treatment, or discharge of any 35 Scattered Site Housing: waterborne waste, whether domestic in origin or a combination of domestic, commercial, or industrial waste. "Scattered site housing" means smaller scale, publicly assisted housing new construction and conversion which is dispersed throughout the community as opposed to high density, public housing "projects" concentrated on one large site or in one area of the City. School District: "School District" means the Port Angeles School District No. 121. Service: "Service" means the supplying or providing of utilities, commodities, accommodations and/or activities. Shall: "Shall" means the statement is mandatory, and the action so stated is required to be done without discretion by decision - makers. The use of "shall" in a statement indicates that the action is imperative and ministerial. Should: Solid Waste Handling Facility: Social Services: Transfer of Development Rights: "Should" means the statement ought to be done, but the action so stated is not required to be done by decision - makers. The use of "should" in a statement indicates that discretion may be used in deciding whether or not to take action. The use of "should" is intended to give decision - makers discretion in matters where exceptions are warranted by such factors as physical hardships and special circumstances or when funding must be taken into consideration. "Solid waste handling facility" means any facility for the transfer or ultimate disposal of solid waste, including land fills and municipal incinerators. "Social services" means those services necessary to support life and health, such as food banks, hospices, home health, congregate care, and day care services. "Transfer of development rights" means the conveyance of development rights by deed, easement, or other legal instrument to another parcel of land and the recording of that conveyance. 36 Transportation Facilities: "Transportation facilities" includes capital facilities related to air, water, or land transportation. Transportation Systems Management: Urban Growth: "Transportation systems management (TSM)" means the use of low capital expenditures to increase the capacity of the transportation system. TSM strategies include but are not limited to signalization, channelization, and bus turnouts. "Urban growth" refers to growth that makes intensive use of land for the location of buildings, structures, and impermeable surfaces to such a degree as to be incompatible with the primary use of the land for the production of food, other agricultural products, or fiber, or the extraction of mineral resources. When allowed to spread over wide areas, urban growth typically requires urban governmental services. "Characterized by urban growth" refers to land having urban growth located on it, or to land located in relationship to an area with urban growth on it as to be appropriate for urban growth. Urban Growth Area: "Urban growth area" means those areas designated by the County pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110. Urban Services: Utilities: "Urban services" or "urban governmental services" means services that are normally available in an urban environment which include provisions for sanitary waste systems, solid waste disposal systems, water systems, urban roads and pedestrian facilities, transit systems, stormwater systems, police and fire and emergency services systems, electrical and communication systems, school and health care facilities, and neighborhood and/or community parks. "Utilities ", "utility services ", and "public utilities" means enterprises or facilities serving the public by means of an integrated system of collection, transmission, distribution, and processing facilities through more or less permanent physical connections between the plant of the serving entity and the premises of the customer. Included are systems for the delivery of natural gas, electricity, telecommunications services, and water, and for the disposal of sewage. Will "Will" means the statement is an action decision - makers intend to do to implement plan goals and policies. The use 37 of "will" in a statement indicates that the outcome can be measured. 38 1- 1 IV. GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENT WASHINGTON "Successful communities depend upon progressive improvement and the appreciation of land values. This can only be achieved by sound, long range, and comprehensive planning" Joseph P. Taravella General Comments This Comprehensive Plan has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the State Growth Management Act. The City has met all of the Act's required deadlines for compliance and has participated with Clallam County, the City of Forks, the City of Sequim, the Tribes and various other agencies in the development of a County -Wide Planning Policy. Early in the planning process the City agreed with the County to address only areas within the current city limits in the City's Comprehensive Plan and to work with the County on a Joint Comprehensive Plan for the Urban Growth Area. On April 13, 1993, the Board of Clallam County Commissioners adopted an Interim Port Angeles Urban Growth Area (see Figure 9). When completed, the Joint Comprehensive Plan for the Port Angeles Urban Growth Area will identify land use designations and locations. The following goals and policies are included in the Comprehensive Plan to insure continued compliance with the Growth Management Act and compatibility with the County's Comprehensive Plan outside of the PAUGA. Goals, Policies, and Objective Goal A. To manage growth in a responsible manner that is beneficial to the community as a whole, is sensitive to the rights and needs of individuals and is consistent with the State of Washington's Growth Management Act. Policies 1. In all its actions and to the extent consistent with the provisions of this comprehensive plan, the City shall strive to implement the following goals of the State Growth Management Act: a. Urban growth. 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In7Mm_: 1 1Il1l a1 MIMlltiM h11; opal e E.IE ... 117 1 in .1 11.....atimi...:1:111114: ... ......._ „,„ trit'l: we sonit...44:: Is 1 It ir,, 4: e - r....-...o.• A41 OrallIMPL d '11‘4111P1,11111tagEri ;17.11CIMENIPICrEMIllog 1:2,1111Iiii■-mliengli a • 1-21:i;r1,111:11111117 IN1=6!* i1111110,1.11111:111rellIFV7 m al xi ..401 11111.11/-111111:1.611, thh, / •11111111bwri ,qpr. IPH pir MIZIZIZIMIL b. Reduce sprawl. Reduce the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low - density development. c. Transportation. Encourage efficient multimodal transportation systems that are based on regional priorities and coordinated with county and city comprehensive plans. d. Housing. Encourage the availability of affordable housing to all economic segments of the population. Promote a variety of residential densities and housing types, and encourage preservation of existing housing stock. e. Economic development. Encourage economic development throughout the region that is consistent with adopted comprehensive plans, promote economic opportunity, especially for unemployed and for disadvantaged persons, and encourage growth in areas experiencing insufficient economic growth, all within the capacities of the region's natural resources, public services and public facilities. f. Property rights. Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation having been made. The property rights of landowners shall be protected from arbitrary and discriminatory actions. g. Permits. Applications for both state and local government permits should be processed in a timely and fair manner to ensure predictability. h. Natural resource industries. Maintain and enhance natural resource -based industries, including productive timber, agricultural, and fisheries industries. i. Open space and recreation. Encourage the retention of open space and development of recreational opportunities, conserve fish and wildlife habitat, increase access to natural resource lands and water, and develop parks. j. Environment. Protect the environment and enhance the state's high quality of life, including air and water quality, and the availability of water. k. Citizen participation and coordination. Encourage the involvement of citizens in the planning process and ensure coordination between communities and jurisdictions to reconcile conflicts. Public facilities and services. Ensure that those public facilities and services necessary to support development shall be adequate to serve the development at the time the development is available for occupancy and use without decreasing current service levels below locally established minimum 41 standards. m. Historic preservation. Identify and encourage the preservation of lands, sites and structures that have historical or archaeological significance. 2. The Port Angeles Urban Growth Area (PAUGA) should be established based at a minimum upon land use demand as determined by the Clallam County 20 -year population forecast for Clallam County and specified sub - areas, so long as the county -wide forecast is not less than the most recent forecasts available from the State Office of Financial Management. 3. The City shall work with the County to develop an annexation plan which allows the annexation of land characterized by urban development and which is consistent with the extension of services and the land development policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Capital Facilities Plan. 4. The City should work with the County to ensure appropriate techniques for managing future growth consistent with the urban density, such as a minimum density within the PAUGA and a maximum density outside the PAUGA. A range of densities should be provided by the City for lands within the PAUGA, including some lands for relatively low density single - family development and some lands at a range of densities both allowing and encouraging multi - family development. 5. Urban services/facilities shall be provided consistent with the Capital Facilities Element. 6. The City should work with the County and other service providers to determine the appropriate levels of service for such facilities and services and to ensure consistency between service provision within the City, the PAUGA, and the County. 7 The City's preferred policy is to recognize a density of one unit per acre as urban/suburban and to use this density as the demarcation between urban and rural for purposes of establishing or amending the PAUGA; however, the City will continue to discuss this issue with the County with the goal of arriving at a consistent City /County policy prior to finalization of the UGA. 8. The PAUGA should include areas characterized by urban growth adjacent to the existing City boundaries and should take into account the area's physical features. 9. Land designated for commercial or industrial uses which encourage adjacent urban development shall be located within the PAUGA. 10. The amount of acreage designated for commercial, industrial, or other non- 42 1 residential uses within the PAUGA shall be based upon the Land Use Element and Economic Development Element in the City's Comprehensive Plan. 11. The PAUGA should be established to avoid critical areas, unless addressed as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, and to exclude resource lands. 12. Urban services to be provided within the PAUGA should include, at a minimum, sanitary sewer systems, solid waste collection/disposal systems, water systems, urban roads and pedestrian facilities, street cleaning services, transit systems, stormwater systems, police and fire and emergency services systems, electrical and communication systems, school and health care facilities, and neighborhood and/or community parks. 13. The City should be the ultimate provider of urban services within the City limits and the PAUGA for those services the City provides except to the extent otherwise provided in a UGA Urban Services and Development Agreement that is reached pursuant to the County -Wide Planning Policy. 14. Urban services /facilities for which the City is the ultimate provider should be provided and constructed to meet the design and construction standards of the City. 15. The City or service provider should demonstrate the financial capability for continued operation of the facility following construction. 16. Regulations to protect critical areas which occur within the PAUGA should be developed to ensure protection of such areas. 17. All development regulations shall be promulgated with due regard for private property rights in order to avoid regulatory takings or violation of due process and to protect property rights of landowners from arbitrary and discriminatory actions. Goal B. To ensure the orderly transition of land within the PAUGA into the City of Port Angeles. Policies 1. Annexation of land which is outside the established boundaries of the PAUGA shall not be allowed. 2. Annexation of land from within the established boundaries of the PAUGA shall be in accordance with the established Annexation Policies of the City. 43 3. Annexation of land which is not adjacent to and/or contiguous with the established City Limits boundary-line shall not be allowed. 4. At the time of annexation, the City shall appropriately classify and zone such land, based upon the City Comprehensive Land Use Map and the City Comprehensive Plan. Thereafter, the provisions, restrictions, and requirements of City Ordinance #1709, The Port Angeles Zoning Code, shall apply to development of the annexed area. 5. Annexation and development of land shall be consistent with the orderly extension of urban services/facilities and in accordance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and capital facility planning. 6. No annexation of land shall be allowed in which existing development cannot meet the established concurrency requirements of the City within six years from the time of annexation. 7. No annexation of land shall be allowed which results in decreased minimum standards for City streets, water service, sewer service, and/or electrical service provided to existing residents of the City. 8. No annexation of land should be allowed which results in decreased minimum standards for City solid waste collection, stormwater management programs, emergency services and/or telecommunication services provided to existing residents of the City. 9. Annexation boundaries should be drawn to eliminate boundary, interjurisdictional, and service problems. 10. Necessary rights -of -way and easements should be obtained prior to or at the time of annexation. Objective 1. The City will continue its efforts to comply in a timely manner with the requirements of the State Growth Management Act. 44 I V. LAND -USE ELEMENT "If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner ?" General Comments Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. The Land Use Element establishes City policy regarding how land may be developed. This element and its Land Use Map establishes the following six comprehensive plan land use categories: Low Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, High Density Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Open Space. These land use categories are described below and located on the Land Use Map (See Figure 10). Low Density Residential (Up to 9 Units per Net Acre) The Land Use Map identifies three separate categories of residential development. The first is Low Density Residential which allows an overall residential density of a project or property to range up to 9 units per net acre. The high majority of residentially designated property in the City will be of this designation. It is intended for the development of single family homes. It also allows for the development of duplexes and planned residential developments in accordance with the underlying zoning. Medium Density Residential (Up to 15 Units per Net Acre) The primary intent of this designation is for the development of multiple residential unit projects including but not limited to duplexes, townhomes, condominiums, apartments and planned residential developments at a density up to 15 units per net acre. High Density Residential (Up to 43 Units per Net Acre) The primary intent of this designation is for development at a density up to 43 units per net acre and is intended for areas where a higher concentration of residents is compatible with the surrounding area and uses. Condominiums, apartments, and planned residential developments are the types of building designs appropriate for this category. 45 I GURE I Commercial The Land Use Map contains one commercial category, thus providing maximum flexibility to the City's Zoning Ordinance in regulating the types of commercial uses and their permitted locations. Industrial The Land Use Map also designates only one industrial category, thus again providing maximum flexibility to the City's Zoning Ordinance in regulating the types of industrial uses and their permitted locations. Open Space The Open Space category includes areas of the City that contain unique or major physical features, such as marine shorelines, bluffs, ravines, major streams, wetlands, critical wildlife habitat, and other natural areas deemed of significant importance to the community. This category also includes park and recreational uses. The development of natural open space areas shall be limited to only that which is necessary and does not degrade the significance of the area. Land Use Map Goal, Policies, and Objective Goal A To guide current and future development within the City in a manner that provides certainty to its citizens about future land use and the flexibility necessary to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. Policies 1. The Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map should be used as a conceptual guide for determining current and long range zoning and other land use decisions. The map's land use designations are intended to show areas where general land use types are allowed. The area between land use designations should be considered an imprecise margin in order to provide flexibility in determining the boundary of such areas. When determining appropriate zoning designations for an area near a margin, the goals, policies and objectives of the Land Use Element should take precedence. 2. All land use decisions and approvals made by the City Council and/or any of its appointed Commissions, Boards or Committees should be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and its land use map. 47 Objective 1. The City will review and revise as necessary the existing Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, and other development regulations to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. Residential Goals and Policies Goal B. To have a community where residential development and use of the land are done in a manner that is compatible with the environment, the characteristics of the use and the users, and the desired urban design of the City. Policies 1. Urban services shall be available for all residential areas as required by the Capital Facilities Element concurrency policy. 2. Single family lots should be of reasonable shape and should have access provided by an alley or by a local access street or a collector arterial. 3. All residential developments should be designed with the provisions of fire protection and service vehicle access as key factors in street design and circulation pattern. For efficient circulation, rights -of -way should be obtained and improvements made to further the grid street pattern of the City. Cul -de -sacs may be permitted when designed as an integral part of the major grid street pattern of the City. 4. All residential developments should be encouraged to preserve and capitalize on existing unusual, unique, and interesting natural, historic, archaeological, and/or cultural features, should preserve and utilize natural vegetation, should utilize and preserve scenic views, should maximize southern exposures and solar efficiency, should offer protection from prevailing winds, and should be designed to minimize energy use. 5. Planned Unit Development and Planned Residential Development techniques should emphasize the overall density of the development rather than individual lots or dwelling units. Goal C. To have a community of viable districts and neighborhoods with a variety of residential 48 opportunities for personal interaction, fulfillment and enjoyment, attractive to people of all ages, characteristics and interests. Policies 1. Residential land should be developed on the district and neighborhood concept. Although such districts may be composed primarily of residential uses of a uniform density, a healthy, viable district should be composed of residential uses of varying densities which may be augmented by subordinate and compatible uses. Single family and multi - family homes, parks and open- spaces, schools, churches, day care and residential services, home occupations, and district shopping areas are all legitimate components of district development and enhancement. A neighborhood should be primarily composed of low, medium, or high density housing. 2. Medium and high density housing should be located in areas of the community most suitable for such uses, based on existing services, public facilities, and transportation. 3. Medium and high density housing should be served by arterial streets of sufficient size in order to satisfy traffic demand and to lessen neighborhood traffic congestion. 4. Medium and high density housing could be a transitional use between different land uses, provided such other uses would not adversely impact the residential nature of the housing. 5. Medium and high density housing policies should apply to mobile home parks. 6. Manufactured homes that meet current state regulations should be treated as any other housing for land use purposes. Commercial Goals and Policies Goal D. To create and maintain a healthy and diverse commercial sector for a balanced and stable local economy. Policies 1. The City should encourage new and existing commercial developments and businesses which are consistent with the goals and policies of this Comprehensive Plan. 49 2. Public uses such as government offices, public service buildings, and other public and quasi- public facilities and services may be allowed in commercially designated areas. Goal E. To provide shopping opportunities which meet the needs of all City residents and visitors in safe, usable shopping areas that are compatible with the surrounding area and uses, the environment, and the desired urban design of the City. Policies 1. Urban services shall be available for all commercial areas as required by the Capital Facilities Element concurrency policy. 2. New commercial developments should occur only where urban services are adequate to accommodate them. These developments should follow a cluster configuration rather than a strip pattern. 3. Commercial development should buffer its impacts on adjacent residential uses. Where commercial development is adjacent to residential uses, the commercial development should incorporate elements in the site design to soften the impacts on the residential uses. 4. Service access should be distinct from parking areas and separated from pedestrian areas wherever and whenever possible to accommodate pedestrian and vehicular traffic. 5. Commercial development outside the Highway 101 corridor should not be in a strip pattern. 6. New commercial areas should not be located along the alternate local crosstown route or the crosstown truck route. 7. District shopping areas should be located at the intersections of arterial streets of sufficient size to satisfy traffic demand and at the boundaries of neighborhoods so that more than one neighborhood may be served. 8. District shopping area uses should be allowed in residentially designated areas as long as they are in accordance with the planning area/district/neighborhood land use concept and as long as they do not encourage traffic from outside the district or increase traffic congestion within residential neighborhoods.. 50 Goal F. To provide a pleasant, safe, and attractive shopping environment in the traditional downtown waterfront area which provides a wide variety of shopping, dining, entertainment, and housing opportunities for visitors and residents alike. Policies 1. Commercial development in the traditional downtown should reemphasize its waterfront location and historic heritage, should be oriented to pedestrians and tourists, and should provide maximum enjoyment of the environment and public amenities as well as protection from adverse weather conditions. 2. The City should continue to promote improvements to the traditional downtown area, through beautification projects and in cooperation with downtown business merchants. 3. Residential uses should be encouraged for the downtown area as part of a mixed -use development concept. Industrial Goals and Policies Goal G. To create and maintain a healthy and diverse industrial sector for a balanced and stable local economy. Policies 1. The City should promote a cooperative intergovernmental plan for comprehensive development of industrial infrastructure and amenities to attract and support light and heavy industry. 2. Office and commercial uses may be allowed in specific designated industrial areas. Goal H. To provide opportunities for industrial development in a manner which efficiently uses the community's various attributes and natural resources, has minimal impact on the environment, and contributes to the City's quality of life. 51 Policies 1. Urban services shall be available for all industrial areas as required by the Capital Facilities Element concurrency policy. 2. Infrastructure which makes sites attractive and ready to develop, including transportation facilities and utilities, should be available at industrial parks. Industrial development should be encouraged to follow industrial park design concepts. 3. Industrial areas should buffer their impact to mitigate nuisance and hazardous characteristics such as noise, particulate matter in the air, water or odor pollution, or objectionable visual material. 4. Industrial activity should be located in two major areas: adjacent to the harbor and around the airport. 5. Because they are hazardous to the community and detrimental to the general environment of the area petroleum refineries, liquified natural gas and liquified petroleum gas facilities, energy facilities, energy plants and their associated facilities and associated transmission facilities, as defined in Chapter 80.50 RCW, should not be permitted outside the heavy industrial use area and without conditional use review. Open Space Goals, Policies, and Objective Goal To create open space for relief within the urban landscape, to retain natural landscapes, to preserve fish and wildlife habitat, and to provide natural corridors which connect wildlife habitats. Policies 1. The City should further public interest by designating open spaces to preserve unique or major physical features, such as marine shorelines, bluffs, ravines, streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat and other environmentally sensitive areas deemed of significant importance to the community. 2. The City shall limit the use of and access to such natural areas to only that which does not degrade the significance of the area and which protects the rights of property owners. 52 I- 3. Wooded areas serve a functional purpose in climate, noise, light, habitat, and pollution control and should be preserved as part of the urban landscape. 4. The City shall discourage intensive recreational uses and impervious surfaces in sensitive open space areas. Objective 1. The City will develop a program of land banking, transfer of development rights, or other innovative techniques which preserve open spaces. Goal J. To encourage the development of parks and recreational opportunities for all residents of the City and to increase access to natural areas in a manner that minimizes impact. Policies 1. The City shall include all City -owned parks in its designated open spaces and establish development standards that discourage conversion of open spaces. 2. Development and planning of parks and recreational facilities should follow a comprehensive service and facility plan consistent with the Capital Facilities Element. 3. Public parks and recreational facilities should be equitably distributed throughout the City to afford access to all residents. 4. Every effort should be made to consolidate and utilize land donated for public use which provides common open space, public buildings, parks, and recreational opportunities. 5. The City should preserve and maintain unique or major physical features contained within the boundaries of City parks and recreational areas for access and enjoyment by residents of the community. 6. The City should cooperate with the County and other jurisdictions in planning, funding, constructing, and managing multi - purpose recreation and transportation trails which link together various areas of the City, the Urban Growth Area, and other areas of the County and region. 53 Objective 1. The City will establish standards for development of trails which minimize the impact on designated open spaces. 54 T VI. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT General Comments "You can't get there from here." Anonymous The intent of the Transportation Element is to define in a comprehensive manner how traffic is to be routed from one portion of the community to another in the most efficient, economical, and compatible manner. The City's Circulation Plan in accordance with the Statewide National Functional Classification System identifies the City's principal arterial streets, minor arterial streets, and collectors with the remaining streets classified as locals (See Figure 11). Goals, Policies, and Objectives Goal A. To develop a coordinated, multimodal transportation system which serves all areas of the city and all types of users in a safe, economical, and efficient manner. Policies 1. Pedestrian and bicycle paths, bike racks, storage facilities, drinking fountains, and benches should be an integral part of the circulation system. 2. The safety of non - motorized modes of transportation should be a primary consideration in the circulation system. Adequate sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle paths, and handicapped access should be provided. 3. The collector arterial streets and local access streets should serve primarily local traffic with special emphasis on safety for pedestrian traffic. A multimodal transportation center should include but not be limited to public transit, commercial bus, taxi, ferry, and airport shuttle services and should be located in or near the downtown core and public transportation system. 5. The City should consider securing rights to the use of air space where it may be 55 IMP 1.011. MM. 1; OMMO11■111. MONK> 0. 2 CIRCULATION For more detailed map see 1200 scale map of City of Port Angeles Planning Deportment if valuable to the community. 6. Planning for transportation services and facilities (including public streets, bikeways, pedestrian walkways, and public and private air, marine and land transit services and facilities) shall be performed consistent with the goals and policies of the Capital Facilities Element. Goal B. To improve circulation patterns across and within the community. Policies 1. Traffic flow modifications such as signalization, signing, parking restrictions, channelization, and one -way couplets should be made before physical alterations are made to existing streets. 2. The City should divert crosstown truck traffic around the downtown area. 3. The City should facilitate the development of a crosstown truck route with improvements which provide full access to Highway 117 to and from Highway 101 and improvements to the Lauridsen Boulevard Bridge over Peabody Creek and the intersections of Lauridsen Boulevard at Race Street and Highway 101. 4. The City should facilitate an additional route for local crosstown traffic along Lauridsen Boulevard across White's Creek ultimately connecting with Highway 101. 5. In association with these two proposed crosstown routes the City should require adequate mitigation measures to reduce any negative impacts on existing land uses, including buffer areas, pedestrian sidewalks and crossings, bikeways, and reduced speeds. 6. The City should facilitate the development of an alternate local crosstown route with improvements which provide full access at Highway 101 and Highway 117 (the Tumwater Truck Route). Improvements should be made to the intersections of Lauridsen Boulevard at Lincoln and Peabody Streets. Improvements should be made to the Lauridsen Boulevard bridge over Peabody Creek. Improvement should be made for the development of a crossing over White's Creek. 7 Alternate local crosstown route and crosstown truck route improvements should be given a high priority in capital facility planning. 8. The City should coordinate with the County's and the Peninsula Regional 57 Transportation Planning Organization's transportation planning efforts. 9. Traffic circulation to and from the airport and around associated industrial areas should be improved. 10. The City should complete the arterial circulation system for westside development. 11. New arterial streets, local access streets, and alleys should be designed and constructed to conform to the Statewide National Functional Classification System for Federal Aid Systems, WSDOT, and Transportation Improvement Board minimum design standards and standards as adopted by the City. 12. Arterial street rights -of -way should be acquired by the City in advance of the time of development in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan's Circulation Plan Map. 13. Principal, minor, and collector arterial streets should be located on the edge of district boundaries wherever possible. 14. Off - street parking should be sufficient and accessible within business and residential areas to ensure that the traffic flow of the street is not impaired. 15. Road improvements should provide for alternate modes of transportation. 16. Parking requirements should make allowances for shared parking facilities. 17. The City should assist the public transit system by providing convenient access between neighborhoods, residential, commercial, and industrial areas and between major community facilities. 18. Police and fire protection should be a key factor in residential subdivision street designs and circulation patterns. 19. The development of the City's comprehensive service and facilities plan for streets, bikeways, pedestrian walkways, and the overall transportation system, and regional transportation plans should all be consistent. Objectives 1. Secondary and primary arterials will be designed with an appropriate balance for moving through traffic and providing local access to uses that front on these arterials. In commercially zoned areas, policies for consolidating access and providing for joint access and maintenance of driveways would be considered. 58 T 2. The City will develop a variety of funding techniques available for new development projects to provide mitigation for transportation impacts resulting from new development or redevelopment. The funding techniques could include but are not limited to developer provided right -of -way and partial improvement to the street along the frontage of their property, establishing a road development or trip end fee, use of latecomers agreements, waivers of protest to the formation of LID's and bonding. The intent would be to match the technique to the development circumstance in order for the City to fund the transportation improvements that ensure concurrency. Whichever approaches are taken, they must be equitable and proportional to the level of impact. 3. The City will develop road improvement design standards which will include accommodation for pedestrians and non - motorized transportation. Pedestrian facilities design will be appropriate for the safety, volume and character of non- motorized/pedestrian traffic in each neighborhood or district. The City will phase the implementation of the alternate local crosstown route and crosstown truck route in a west to east progression. 5. A study to evaluate options for easterly access across Whites and Ennis Creeks in the vicinity of Golf Course Road will be prepared. 6. The City will consider a variety of traffic management alternatives to increase the existing street system capacity and implement appropriate options as feasible. Such alternatives may include: a. Remove parking at controlled intersections to provide auxiliary turn lanes to increase capacity; b. Remove parking during selected periods of the day (i.e., noon and PM peak hour) to create additional through land capacity; c. Modify signal timing to respond to seasonal and/or daily peak traffic periods to favor major flows and expand the number of signals that are coordinated as part of a system. 7. The City will coordinate with the County, RTPO, and State and Federal agencies in the study of a possible future US 101 corridor including the Heart of the Hills Parkway and Coastal Corridor concepts. East of Race Street, the alternate local crosstown route (along Lauridsen Boulevard) will not be considered as a future US 101 corridor. 59 The City will implement street improvements planned to provide access to and improve circulation around the south side of the airport along Lauridsen Boulevard and Airport Road and the west side of the airport along Milwaukee Drive to Lower Elwha Road. 9. The City will establish a task force to develop a City -wide bikeway master plan. VII. UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES ELEMENT General Comments "The public must and will be served" William Penn The Utilities and Public Services Element identifies and addresses the various services that make a community a safe and desirable place to live. It also establishes policies that define which services are the responsibility of the City to provide and which should be provided by the community as a whole. Goals, Policies, and Objectives Goal A. To provide or allow the opportunity for services and facilities which enhance the quality of life for Port Angeles citizens of all ages, characteristics, needs, and interests. Policies 1. Public facilities should be equitably distributed across the City's planning areas. 2. Public facilities shall contain provisions for citizens with disabilities and should be constructed according to accepted standards. 3. Social services providing home care should be located in residential neighborhoods in a manner that maintains the character of the immediate neighborhood. 4. Comprehensive service and facility plans shall be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and should be implemented through applicable land use approvals and construction permits. Goal B. To support services and facilities through different levels of participation in cooperation with other public or private agencies. 61 Policies 1. The City should be the "primary responsible agency" and should take the lead in cooperation with other governmental entities to provide: * utility and emergency services (water, sewer, electrical, stormwater, police, fire and emergency medical response services) * transportation infrastructure, including trails and sidewalks and * parks and recreation 2. The City should participate as a "financial partner" to support essential programs and services including: * youth recreation programs and facilities * library facilities * senior programs * low and moderate income housing programs * facilities for senior programs * utility assistance for low income households and * social and public health services. 3. As a "supporter," the City should promote and cooperate in providing programs and services including: * library programs such as information and assistance * affordable housing information and referral * economic and business development services * tourism information and services * schools and community learning * fine arts * community recreation * public and private youth, family and senior services * telecommunications and * crime prevention programs. 4. The City should develop and use public facilities cooperatively, in the promotion of social and community services. Goal C. To provide safe, clean, usable, and attractive public facilities which enhance the cultural, educational, economic, recreational, and environmental attributes of the City. 62 Policies 1. Industrial diversification should be supported by the development of urban services. 2. All new utility services should be underground. 3. Where possible, new utilities should be located in alleys. 4. Major parks and large open spaces should provide for a variety of outdoor activities and be located to take advantage of natural processes (such as wetlands and tidal actions) and unusual landscape features (such as cliffs and bluffs). 5. The City park and recreation system should provide a variety of settings and activities suitable to people of all ages, characteristics, and interests. 6. The City should place special emphasis on the recreational needs of the youth of the community. Objectives 1. When development warrants, the City will coordinate the efforts for a new fire station to the west with the Port of Port Angeles at Fairchild International Airport and a new station to the east with Fire District No. 2. 2. The City will develop and implement maintenance programs for all public facilities under its jurisdiction. Goal D. To provide utility services in an efficient and cost - effective manner. Policies 1. Urban services should be designed for the maximum planned density and/or land use intensity of a given area as designated on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map. 2. The City should provide urban services only in areas that are logical extensions of areas which are currently served by such services or needed to implement a specific goal of the Comprehensive Plan. The City should not extend urban services outside the City without annexation. 4. The City shall promote energy conservation and recycling efforts throughout the 63 community. The City's own practices shall serve as a model. 5. The City should promote the joint use of transportation rights -of -way and utility corridors. 6. The City should promote coordination between road construction and utility installation. 7 The City should allow for simultaneous processing of all development permits. 8. The City should promote coordination among adjacent planning jurisdictions to encourage consistency between each jurisdiction's utility plans and standards and the development of a coordinated process for siting utility facilities. 9. The City should identify lands useful for public purposes, such as utility corridors, landfills, sewage treatment facilities, recreation, schools, and other public uses. 10. Planning for utility services shall be consistent with the goals and policies of the Capital Facilities Element. 11. New development should be served by sanitary sewers. Obj ectives 1. The City will develop a phased plan for the extension of urban services. 2. The City will institute a program to promote water and energy conservation techniques in new development. 3. The City will work with the County on the development of a regional watershed management plan for the Port Angeles Regional Watershed. 4. Recycling programs will be used to reduce solid waste disposal. 64 VIII. HOUSING ELEMENT FOR S General Comments "And homeless near a thousand homes I stood" William Wordsworth The City recognizes the extreme importance of available clean, safe, and affordable housing in the community. In April of 1991, a Housing Needs Assessment Study was conducted for the Port Angeles area as part of a larger two county study. This report is included with the Comprehensive Plan as Appendix C. The results of this study and public comments greatly influenced the development of the following goals and policies which strive to improve the quality, affordability, and availability of housing for all segments of the community. Goals, Policies, and Objectives Goal A. To improve the variety, quality, availability, and affordability of housing opportunities in the City of Port Angeles. Policies The City should expand the residential land use options in the Zoning Code by classifying residential zones by allowed density rather than by housing types. 2. Residential uses should be allowed in all non - industrial zones, including commercial and office zones. 3 The retention and development of safe and attractive mobile home parks should be encouraged. The City should develop a program to improve substandard housing in the City of Port Angeles. 5. The City should plan for sufficient urban services to support future housing in a variety of allowable densities. 65 6. Accessory residential units should be allowed in certain residential zones, upon approval of a Conditional Use Permit. 7 The City should promote acceptance of low and moderate income housing through public information programs. 8. The City should consider the effect of impact fees on the affordability of housing prior to establishing such impact fees. 9. In State and Federal publicly assisted housing under current contracts, the City should require property owners who demolish, substantially rehabilitate, change the use of residential property, or remove use restrictions developments to provide relocation assistance to those tenants displaced as provided for in sections 49 and 50 of the Growth Management Act (See RCW 59.18.440 and .450). Goal B. To participate with Clallam County and other entities in programs to increase the availability and affordability of public assisted housing and rental units as well as other affordable housing opportunities. Policies 1. The City should participate in a county -wide housing task force comprised of representatives from government, financial institutions, business, construction, real estate, non -profit housing entities, and other citizens interested in housing issues. A major goal of the task force should be coordinating efforts to provide affordable housing, encouraging rapid review of low and moderate income housing projects throughout the County, and promoting public education and awareness regarding the need for and nature of affordable housing. 2. The City should cooperate with the county -wide housing task force and other agencies in assembling packages of publicly owned land which could be used for low and moderate income housing and for shelter or transitional housing. 3. The City, in cooperation with the County, should promote innovative housing techniques and should explore creative regulatory programs for the purpose of creating affordable housing opportunities. Such programs may include the transfer of development rights into high density receiving zones, density bonuses and regulation allowances for guaranteed low and moderate income housing projects, planned unit developments, and high density detached single family residential developments. 66 1 4. The City should invite the Clallam County Housing Authority to participate in a variety of affordable housing opportunities. 5. The City should seek representation on the Clallam County Housing Authority and non -profit housing organizations. 6. Adequate low and moderate income housing opportunities should be provided within the Port Angeles Planning Area. 7 A scattered site housing construction program should be promoted. 8. The City should support affordable housing by developing utility cost savings programs. 9. The City should help support the provision of transitional and temporary housing for the homeless and/or displaced families. Objectives 1. The City will work with the housing task force to determine that the supply of land will be sufficient for all housing needs including but not limited to government- assisted housing, housing for low- income families, manufactured housing, multifamily housing, group homes, foster -care facilities, and single -room occupancies (SRO). 2. The City will reference the Clallam County Housing Needs Study and subsequent analyses that update the information in evaluating the type, amount, and location of needed housing. 67 IX. CONSERVATION ELEMENT General Comments "We need the tonic of wildness." John Muir The Conservation Element establishes the importance of quality of life to the people of Port Angeles. A clean, healthy, and diverse natural environment along with a variety of historical and cultural amenities are critical elements of a high quality community. Goals, Policies, and Objectives Goal A. To create and maintain a community with a high quality of life where the land is used in a manner that is compatible with the area's unique physical features, its natural, historical, archaeological, and cultural amenities, and the overall environment. Policies 1. The City should require all development, including the location and design of all structures and open space areas, to be compatible with the unique physical features and natural amenities of the land and complement the environment in which it is placed, while recognizing the rights of private ownership. 2. The City should promote compatibility between the land and its use by regulating the intensity of the land use. 3. The City should adopt development criteria which promote the use of innovative design techniques to provide for the use of the land in a manner compatible with any unique physical features or valuable natural, historical, and/or cultural amenities. Goal B. To protect and enhance the area's unique physical features, its natural, historical, archaeological, and cultural amenities, and the overall environment. 68 Policies 1. The City should further the public interest by protecting and enhancing the area's unique physical features, valuable natural historical, archaeological, and cultural amenities, and the overall environment, while recognizing the rights of private ownership. 2. The City should maintain and preserve its unique physical features and natural amenities, such as creeks, streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, ravines, bluffs, shorelines, and fish and wildlife habitats. 3. The City should protect and enhance the characteristics of its unique residential neighborhoods. Building density should decrease as natural constraints increase. 5. The City shall establish minimum standards for development of properties which contain or adjoin critical areas for the purpose of protecting such areas and enhancing their natural functions. 6. The City should regulate site design, preparation, and development to avoid or minimize damage to wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas. 7 Recognizing the functions and values of wetlands, the City should strive to achieve no net loss of wetlands. 8. The City should preserve uniquely featured lands which still exist in their natural states and which are notable for their aesthetic, scenic, historic, or ecological features and should prohibit any private or public development which would destroy such qualities, while recognizing the rights of private ownership. 9. The City should promote public access to the shoreline, while preserving a healthy shoreline environment. 10. The City should enhance and preserve the quality of its air and water as two of its unique physical features. 11. The City should protect its air and water quality by minimizing potential new pollution from new and existing sources. 12. The City shall develop and implement a plan to improve water quality which includes measures to reduce and minimize stormwater pollutants and combined sewer overflow pollutant discharges. 69 13. The City should use regionally consistent requirements for industrial and commercial sewer discharge pretreatment and require new indirect dischargers to locate where appropriate sewer service can be made available. 14. The City should maintain and enhance the quality of water resources through the regulation of clearing, grading, dumping, discharging, and draining and the provision of flood and erosion control measures and regulations to protect wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas. 15. Through the retention of existing vegetation, the City should protect water quality and prevent erosion. 16. The City should designate open space areas to preserve major or unique physical features and/or to serve as natural greenbelts and wildlife corridors. 17. The City should identify and preserve significant public scenic view corridors. 18. The City should encourage identification, preservation, and restoration of sites and structures that have historical or cultural significance. 19. The City should give precedence to long -term environmental impacts and benefits over short-term environmental impacts and benefits. 20. The City should promote and utilize environment enhancing conservation practices such as waste recycling and energy conservation and should encourage the development and use of alternative forms of energy and transportation. 21. The City should coordinate its environmental regulations with County, State, and Federal regulations to simplify the permitting process and to reduce associated costs to the land user. Objectives 1. The City will work closely with State agencies on further development of regulations and coordinated enforcement of air quality standards. 2. The City will adopt and enforce adequate regulations designed to maintain and enhance water quality. 3. The City will identify and implement site specific requirements for individual development proposals to mitigate any negative impacts created by the development, particularly to an area identified as an environmentally sensitive area. 70 4. The City will adopt and enforce regulations which require all new development to provide adequate stormwater retention/detention facilities necessary to protect water quality. 5. The City will complete an inventory and identification of areas identified as Habitats of Local Importance to assure that important habitat connections are not severed. 6. The City will complete an inventory and identification of wetlands. 7 The City will encourage clustering of residential development where necessary to protect environmentally sensitive areas, or to avoid hazardous areas, or to preserve open space areas. 8. The City will develop a stormwater management Plan. 9. The City will develop guidelines to evaluate new development that occurs near scenic resources. 10. The City will establish regulations that allow the preservation of identified historically significant buildings/sites. Goal C. To promote community awareness of the importance of environmental, historical and cultural amenities, the responsible use of such resources, and the use of the land with minimal impact on its unique physical features, its natural, historical and cultural amenities, and the overall environment. Policies 1. The City should inform the public concerning the long -term benefits of protecting and improving the quality of the region's air, land, and water. 2. The City should encourage the development and implementation of environmental, historical, and cultural awareness programs which focus on local and regional issues. Goal D. To preserve and enhance the City's shoreline, its natural landscape, and flora and fauna and to minimize conflicts with present and planned uses in a manner consistent with the State Shoreline Management Act. 71 Policies 1. Shoreline areas should be preserved for future generations by restricting or prohibiting development that would interfere with the shoreline ecology or irretrievably damage shoreline resources. 2. Where possible, riparian vegetation in shoreline areas and on tributary streams which affect shoreline resources should be maintained and restored. 3. Where possible, techniques to rehabitate degraded shorelines for the purpose of shoreline stabilization and habitat enhancement should be employed. 4. Where possible, aquatic habitats including shellfish habitat, and important marine vegetation should be preserved and protected. 5. Development patterns and densities on lands adjacent to shorelines should be compatible with shoreline uses and resources and reinforce the policies of the Shoreline Management Act and the City's Shoreline Master Program. 6. Where possible, urban service facilities located in shoreline areas should utilize common utility corridors. 7 Adequate shoreline area for water - oriented commercial and industrial development should be designated based on the Land Use Element. 8. Shoreline uses and activities should be located to avoid environmentally sensitive and ecologically valuable areas and to insure the preservation and protection of shoreline natural areas and resources. 9. Where possible, utility facilities and rights -of -way should be located outside of the shoreline area. 10. Shoreline ecology and resources should be protected when locating utilities in shoreline areas. Objective 1. The City will develop a Shoreline Master Program that is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the Shoreline Management Act. 72 T X. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT General Comments "For you never miss the water till the well runs thy." Rowland Howard The Capital Facilities Element consists of two parts. The first part is the listing of goals and policies regarding the City's provision of urban services and its planning of capital improvements. The second part is the Annual Capital Facilities Plan which is adopted separately from the Comprehensive Plan but is included as part of the Plan as an attachment. The Comprehensive Plan defines urban services in its definition section which includes a listing of the following services and facilities which should be available in an urban environment: * Surface transportation facilities; * Water facilities; * Sewer facilities; * Stormwater facilities; * Solid waste facilities; * Parks and recreational facilities; * Emergency services (police, fire and medical response); * Public service buildings; * Public schools facilities; and * Regional facilities (libraries, corrections, and mass transit). The following goals and policies provide guidance on how these services and facilities should be provided. This includes the establishment of minimum levels of service standards for each service. The policies also call for the development of individual comprehensive service and facility plans which take an indepth look at the current status of each service and the projected future demand for each service and which include a financial feasibility analysis on the costs of providing each service. The Capital Facilities Plan is a six -year plan which establishes how, where, and when the City will develop the facilities necessary to provide its various services. 73 Goals, Policies, and Objectives Goal A. To provide and maintain safe and financially feasible urban services and capital facilities at or above stated levels of service to all City residents and the general public. Policies 1. The Comprehensive Plan shall establish general level of service standards for each urban utility and service. Such standards shall be used to determine the impacts of development. 2. The City should, at a minimum, ensure the continuation of established level of service standards for all urban utilities and services to the extent and in the manner provided herein. 3. The City shall develop individual comprehensive service and facility plans for the following utilities and/or services: * streets, bikeways and pedestrian walkways, * water system, * sanitary sewer system, * electrical system, * parks and recreation services, and * emergency services (police, fire, and medical response). 4. The City should co- operate with the appropriate private and/or public agencies to develop individual comprehensive service and facility plans for each of the following utilities and/or services: * telecommunications, * schools, * transportation (air, marine and public transit), and * solid waste collection and disposal. 5. Comprehensive service and facility plans shall be consistent with the general level of service standards established in the Comprehensive Plan and shall establish detailed level of service standards which, at a minimum, meet all local, state and federal health and safety requirements. Each plan may also establish desired level of service standards and shall include an inventory of current facilities, measurements of current and future service capacities, the determination of future service and facility improvements necessary to serve the twenty year vision of the 74 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, and a financial feasibility analysis. 6. The comprehensive service and facility plan for streets, bikeways, and pedestrian walkways shall also include specific actions and requirements for bringing into compliance any street facilities that fall below the required level of service, including demand management strategies which encourage reduced reliance on single occupant vehicle trips and encourage use of alternate modes of transportation such as the bicycles, walkways, and transit riding with incentive programs for and from local businesses. 7. The comprehensive service and facilities plan for streets, bikeways, and pedestrian walkways should include a future US 101 corridor to meet long -term local and regional transportation needs. 8. Each comprehensive service and facility plan shall be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, the County -Wide Planning Policy, and the State Growth Management Act. 9. The City shall require concurrency at the time of development for the following utilities and services: * streets, * water service, * sanitary sewer service, and * electrical service. 10. The City should require the following utilities and services at the time of development: * solid waste collection, * stormwater management, * telecommunications service, and * emergency services (police, fire and emergency medical response). 11. The City should require the following services and facilities within six years from the time of development: * parks and recreation services and facilities, and * transit system. 12. The City shall adopt an annual Capital Facilities Plan consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and State Growth Management Act. The Capital Facilities Plan's financing schedule may be corrected, updated, or modified without being 75 considered as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, following a public hearing before the City Council. 13. If projected funding fails for a capital project listed as funded in the City's approved Capital Facilities Plan and development permits have been issued reliant upon that capital project for concurrency, the City shall take necessary actions to minimize further degradation of the impacted service or facility. This may include one or any combination of the following actions: a) reduce the level of service standard, b) increase funding by increasing revenues, c) reduce demand by revising the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and/or Zoning Map, and/or d) reduce demand by reducing consumption (i.e., conservation). Objectives 1. The City will establish a seven - member task force for the purpose of reviewing the issue of school concurrency. a. The School Concurrency Task Force will be constituted as follows: one representative from the Port Angeles School District, one representative from Clallam County government, one City Councilmember, one Planning Commissioner, one representative from the development community, and two citizens at large who have an interest in the school concurrency issue. b. The School Concurrency Task Force will submit a written report by January 31, 1995, to the City Council setting forth its findings and recommendation on the issue of school concurrency, including findings that reflect the consensus of the task force, as well as minority findings if the recommendation is not unanimous. c. The formation of the School Concurrency Task Force will be conducted by a three- member committee of the City Council. Goal B. To provide urban streets and utilities at minimum levels of service for all city residents and the general public. 76 Policies 1. All arterial streets shall function at an average daily level of service of D or better. 2. Development on all arterial streets and any other streets identified as school walking routes shall include pedestrian sidewalks. 3. The City shall not approve any development that is not served with water service at or greater than the following level of service standards at the time of development: Single family units: 2 gallons per minute @ 30 psi (fire -1000 gallons per minute @ 20 psi) Multi - family units: 1 gallon per minute @ 30 psi (fire per ISO guidelines) Commercial: per ISO guidelines Industrial: per ISO guidelines 4. The City shall not approve any development that is not served with sewer service at or greater than a level of service standard of 300 gallons per day per person at the time of development. 5. The City shall not approve any development that is not served with electrical service at or greater than a level of service standard of 120/220 volts per service at the time of development. 6. The City should not approve any development that increases a site's post - development stormwater run -off beyond that allowed by the Stormwater Management Manual for the Puget Sound Basin as adopted by the City. 7. The City should not approve any development that cannot be served with telecommunications service at or greater than the following level of service standards at the time of development: Telephone Residential: 1 service per unit Commercial: 1 service per business Industrial: 1 service per business 77 Cable Television Residential: 1 service per unit Commercial: 0 service per business Industrial: 0 service per business Objective 1. The City will develop and adopt design standards for street, water, sewer, and stormwater facilities. Goal C. To provide urban services at minimum levels of service for all city residents and the general public. Policies 1. The Port Angeles School District should develop a capital facilities plan, which the City will consider for inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan. The capital facilities plan should contain at least a six -year plan for public financing of such facilities as may be necessary to provide adequate public schools at or greater than the following level of service standards in order to meet anticipated increases in student enrollment, which may be anticipated based on the School District's projected enrollment figures and residential growth as provided for in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan: High School: 125 square feet of permanent, appropriate educational space per student, Middle School: 104 square feet of permanent, appropriate educational space per student, and Elementary School: 100 square feet of permanent, appropriate educational space per student. 2. The City should not approve any development that will not be served with adequate transit service as determined in the comprehensive service and facilities plan for transportation within six years from the time of development. 3. The City should not approve any development that will not be served at or greater than a city -wide level of service standard of 9 acres of parks per 1,000 population within six years from the time of development. 78 4. The City should not approve any development that will not be served at or less than the following level of service standards at the time of development. Police: 677 persons per one officer Fire: 4 minute response time or residential sprinlder system installation 5. The City should not approve any development that will not be served with solid waste collection service at or less than a city -wide level of service standard of 400 pick up accounts per 1000 population within six years from the time of development. 6. The City shall participate with the County in the development, maintenance, and implementation of a regional solid waste plan which addresses collection, disposal, and recycling of solid waste. 7. The City should consider the cumulative effect of development on the City's need for adequate public service buildings. Goal D. To participate with the County, State, and Federal governments as well as other public agencies to provide adequate regional public services. Policies 1. The City should cooperate with the County and the community's health care providers to ensure quality health care facilities within the City that serve the region as a whole. 2. The City should cooperate with the County in planning regional library facilities within the City. 3. The City should cooperate with the County in planning for adequate correctional facilities. 4. Essential public facilities of a county -wide or state -wide nature must meet existing state laws and regulations requiring specific siting and permit requirements consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. 79 Objectives 1. The Capital Facilities Plan will be updated on an annual basis and should implement the goals, policies, and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. 2. The City will develop a schedule for preparation and adoption of each required comprehensive service and facilities plan. 3. The City will revise its development regulations as necessary to preserve the right -of -way within an identified US 101 corridor. 80 I XI. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT " 'A fair day's wages for a fair day's work': it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing." Thomas Carlyle General Comments The intent of the Economic Development Element is to benefit the community through the diversification and strengthening of the local economy. The following policies address a variety of subjects, some stand on their own, while others require coordination with other elements of the Comprehensive Plan. Goals and Policies Goal A. To create and maintain a balanced and stable local economy with full employment and emphasis on strengthening the community's traditional natural resource related industries as well as diversifying the overall economic base. Policies 1. The City of Port Angeles should remain a major economic center on the North Olympic Peninsula, meeting regional and local needs. 2. The City should promote the retention of employment in all sectors of the local economy. 3. The City should promote long -term economic stability by encouraging businesses and industries to invest in modernization and environmentally sound technology. 4. The City should promote the diversification of the community's economic base by encouraging the location, retention, and expansion of both timber and non - timber related businesses. This could include various types of manufacturing businesses such as value -added natural resource related products, computer related products, and technical devices and components and other businesses such as research and development, retirement, tourism, retail trade, marine, and ecology related enterprises. 5. The City should promote the location, retention, and expansion of small and medium 81 f sized businesses which access their markets and suppliers through telecommunications and available shipping and transit. 6. The City should promote in the traditional downtown retail, dining, and entertainment oriented activities that are attractive to both tourists and local residents. 7. The City should develop sufficient utilities, improve traffic circulation, and identify environmental constraints in the airport industrial area in cooperation with other governmental agencies. 8. The City should encourage training and educational opportunities which strengthen and increase the variety of skills available in the work force. 9. The City should promote the motivation and availability of the community's work force as a major economic development strength. 10. The City shall encourage inter jurisdictional discussion and cooperation with other governmental agencies to foster the economic development of the region. 11. The City should work with other community organizations in developing an effective business assistance program directed toward the commercial business owner. Goal B. To have a healthy local economy that co- exists with the community's high quality of life through the protection, enhancement, and use of the community's natural, historical, and cultural amenities. Policies 1. The City should promote the region's quality of environment and available natural resources as factors in attracting and retaining business, industry, and individual enterprises. The City should promote the community's quality public school system and its diversity of other educational opportunities as factors in attracting and retaining business and industry. 3. The City should encourage the enhancement of the existing two year community college through such means as the expansion of its technical curriculum and additional four year degree opportunities. 82 T 4. The City should promote development of planned office, business, and industrial parks, while conserving unique physical features of the land and maintaining compatibility with other land uses in the surrounding area. 5. The City should encourage the availability of housing that meets the needs of the entire spectrum of the community's work force. 6. The City should preserve and promote its historic and cultural properties as a measure of its quality of life. 83 APPENDIX A Environmental Impact Statement and Addendum Appendix "A" is available in a separate binder at the City Planning Department, 321 East Fifth Street, Port Angeles, Wash. APPENDIX B County-Wide Planning Policy Summaries of Ordinances Adopted by the Port Angeles City Council on June 28, 1994 Ordinance No. 2818 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles adopts a new Comprehensive Plan. Ordinance No. 2819 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles revises rates for wastewater service and amends Chapter VI of Ordinance No. 2394, as amended, and Chapter 13.65 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. Ordinance No. 2820 This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles revises water rates and amends Ordinance No. 2181, as amended, and Chapter 13.44 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code. 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 after the date of publication of these summaries. Publish: July 1, 1994 Becky J. Upton City Clerk T 11