HomeMy WebLinkAbout3118ORDINANCE NO. 3118
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amending
Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan by adding new
policies and objectives to the Land Use Element, the Transportation
Element, the Conservation Element, and the Capital Facilities Element
to support specific land use decisions, particularly in the Harbor
Planning Area, and by making two Land Use Map changes along the
harbor shoreline and in the Port Angeles downtown area.
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles adopted its present Comprehensive Plan on June
28, 1994, by Ordinance 2818; and
WHEREAS, the City has established a process for amending the Comprehensive Plan
by Ordinance 2858 and Chapter 18.04 of the Port Angeles Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, SEPA review of the proposed amendments was completed on May 22,
2002; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a public hearing, has considered the Planning
Commission's recommendations, and has entered its findings and conclusions addressing elements
set forth in PAMC 18.04.060 and in support of adopting the proposed 2002 Comprehensive Plan
amendment; and
WHEREAS, the proposed 2002 Comprehensive Plan amendment has been determined
to be consistent with the Port Angeles Comprehensive Plan, the Clallam County -Wide Planning
Policy, the Growth Management Act, and the public health, safety, and welfare;
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has mandated a comprehensive review of City and
County Comprehensive Plans adopted under the Growth Management Act, and the State Office of
Community Development provided the City of Port Angeles grant funds to update the City's
Comprehensive Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES
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DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map are
hereby amended by extending the commercial land use designation west from the downtown to
include the area roughly bounded by Marine Drive on the north, Cedar Street on the west, and the
2/3 alley on the south, as set forth in the revised maps attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and Exhibit
Section 2. Ordinance 2818 and the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map are hereby
amended by properly relocating the commercial land use designation of an area roughly forty -five
acres in size, including portions of Outlots 5, 6, and 7 on Ediz Hook and including uplands south
of the Ediz Hook Road and adjacent tidelands and submerged lands, as set forth in the revised maps
attached hereto as Exhibit `B" and Exhibit "C ".
Section 3. Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan are hereby
amended by amending the Commercial Policies and Objectives section of the Land Use Element to
read as follows:
V. LAND -USE ELEMENTS
General Comments
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
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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
3evelopment 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
ncluding but not limited to duplexes, townhomes, condominiums, apartments and planned
residential developments at a density up to 15 units per net acre.
Nigh 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
s 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.
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.
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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.
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,
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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.
To have a community of viable districts and neighborhoods with a variety of residential
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.
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Commercial Goals and Policies
Goal
O. 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.
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.
3. The City should vacate rights -of -way to facilitate retention of existing businesses
and location of new businesses where land assembly is necessary to achieve the
desired urban design of the City.
Objectives
1. The City will work with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to develop a cultural
center and marina for large pleasure boats located in Port Angeles Harbor.
2. The City will develop an Ediz Hook master plan that designates land uses,
improves public access to shorelines, abates deteriorating structures, and allows
for expanded recreational and commercial uses.
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.
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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 Comprehensive Plan commercial area designations 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..
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.
4. The City should work with the Port Angeles Downtown Association to develop
urban design review guidelines that facilitate architectural elements /features
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which should encourage complimentary and aesthetically pleasing new
development in the Central Business District (CBD).
Objectives
L The City will assist the Chamber of Commerce and the Port Angeles Downtown
Association in developing an historic underground walking tour activity focused
on Laurel Street.
2. The City will assist the Chamber of Commerce and the Port Angeles Downtown
Association in developing a waterfront promenade along the Downtown
waterfront.
3. The City will encourage community events such as holiday ceremonies, town
gatherings, arts and crafts displays, and special business activities such as a
Farmers' Market during the tourist season, particularly in the Downtown area
and on Laurel Street.
4. The City will dvvclop consider various parking options n
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mitigate parking impacts from the Gateway Project
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[ ndustrial Goals and Policies
Goal
5. 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.
3. The William R. Fairchild International Airport should be considered an essential
public facility as referenced in Appendix B (Clallam County -Wide Planning
Process).
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Section 4.
[NDUSTRIAL POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES
Goals
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.
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.
6. The City should discourage the siting of incompatible uses adjacent to the
William R. Fairchild International Airport recognizing the need to coordinate
airport related uses and other existing land uses that are already established in
the vicinity.
Objectives
1. The City will develop an industrial marine (IM) zone for shoreline uses similar
to the upland industrial park (IP) zone which allows for mixed commercial and
industrial uses.
2. The City will establish a Harbor Study committee comprised of private and
public stakeholders in harbor uses and activities to review and revise the Harbor
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Resource Management Plan, considering changes that have occurred in the past
12 years and visions that now seem possible.
section 5.
open Space Goals, Policies, and Objectives
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.
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.
Objectives
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.
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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.
Obj ectives
1. The City will establish standards for development of trails which minimize the
impact on designated open spaces.
2. The City will support development of a public golf course.
3. The City will develop an Ediz Hook master plan that designates land uses,
improves public access to shorelines, abates deteriorating structures, and allows
for expanded recreational and commercial uses.
Section 6. Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan are hereby
amended by amending the Policies and Objectives section of the Transportation Element to read as
follows:
VI. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT
General Comments
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,
bikeways, 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.
4. A multimodal transportation center 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
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.
Objectives
1. The City will be an active partner in the development of the Olympic Discovery
Trail which passes through and along key parts of its park, street, pedestrian,
and nonmotorized transportation systems and facilities. The City's Circulation
Plan acknowledges that such a regional trail system serves many functions.
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2. The City will work with the property owner to assure completion of the
Waterfront Trail through the former Rayonier Mill site.
3. The City will incorporate bicycle friendly amenities including bike path
development and maintenance, signage, and storage into new transportation
facility improvements.
4. The City will encourage public streetscape improvements such as street trees,
seasonal displays, and pedestrian amenities through a comprehensive
development and maintenance plan.
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.
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8. The City shall coordinate with the State Department of Transportation, Clallam
County, and the Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization
transportation planning efforts. This includes recognition of SR 101 and SR
117, along with the connecting roadways of Front, Lincoln, Railroad, Oak, and
First Streets to and from the ferry landings and along Front Street and Marine
Drive and First Street between SR 101 and SR 117, as transportation facilities
of statewide significance which are declared essential public facilities under
Growth Management Act. Review of potential impacts these facilities and LOS
standards will be incorporated with future updates to the City's Comprehensive
Plan as required by the Act.
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. These plans, as
adopted and hereafter amended, are incorporated herein.
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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.
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.
4. 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.
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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.
8. 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.
10. The City will update transportation policies to refocus circulation
patterns, street improvements, essential state highways, truck routing, and
traffic controls throughout the City.
Section 7. Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan are hereby
amended by amending the Policies and Objectives section of the Capital Facilities Element to read
as follows:
IX. CONSERVATION ELEMENT
General Comments
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.
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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.
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.
4. 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.
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.
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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.
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.
11. The City will participate in various watershed planning and salmon
recovery efforts. The City will incorporate appropriate measures for the
protection of habitat for listed or threatened species under the Federal
Endangered Species Act when providing public services and
administering land use and development regulations.
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.
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Goal
D.
2. The City should encourage the development and implementation of
environmental, historical, and cultural awareness programs which focus on local
and regional issues.
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.
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.
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Objective
1. The City will develop a Shoreline Master Program that is consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan and the Shoreline Management Act.
2. The City will develop an Ediz Hook master plan that designates land
uses, improves public access to shorelines, abates deteriorating
structures, and allows for expanded recreational and commercial uses.
Section 8. Ordinance 2818 as amended and the Comprehensive Plan are hereby
amended by amending the Policies and Objectives section of the Capital Facilities Element to read
as follows:
X. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT
General Comments
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 in -depth 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.
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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 Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map, and a financial
feasibility analysis.
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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
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
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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. At the time Comprehensive Plans for the City and County are reviewed,
one representative each from the Port Angeles School District No. 121,
Clallam County, and the City of Port Angeles will meet to consider
possible recommendations for amendment of policies affecting school
facilities.
2. The Capital Facilities Plan will be updated on an annual basis and
should implement the goals, policies, and objectives of the
Comprehensive Plan.
3. The City will develop a schedule for preparation and adoption of each
required comprehensive service and facilities plan.
4. The City will study the development of a seasonal or permanent ice
skating rink facility.
5. The City will establish a review process with a more comprehensive
analysis of Capital facilities Plan projects to address new mandates for
environmental protection such as the Endangered species Act, extension
of urban services into the Urban Growth Area and new residential areas
within the City, and preservation and maintenance of service levels
impacted by changes such as the Elwha Dam removal, landfill closure,
and aging facilities.
Goal
B. To provide urban streets and utilities at minimum levels of service for all city residents
and the general public.
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.
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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 Uniform Fire Code)
Commercial: per Uniform Fire Code
Industrial: per Uniform Fire Code
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 118 volts (120 volt base)
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
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.
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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.
If capacity is inadequate to house students at the established level of service
standards (LOS) and adequate school funding is not available, then the demand
for new facilities will be reduced (e.g. through year round use of schools or by
matching grade band enrollment to facility capacities) or the level of service
standards will be reduced to keep both schools and housing development
affordable to the majority of Port Angeles School District residents. Imposition
of Growth Management Act impact fees on or denial of new development will
not be used as a measure to prevent further degradation of school services,
unless the reduced level of service standards are deemed unacceptable to Port
Angeles School District No. 121, Clallam County, and the City of Port Angeles.
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.
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.
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Police: 677 persons per one officer
Fire: 4 minute response time or residential sprinkler 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.
Objective
1. The City will revise its development regulations as necessary to preserve
the right -of -way within an identified US 101 corridor.
Section 9. The Comprehensive Plan amendments set forth in this Ordinance shall be
ncorporated into the Comprehensive Plan as kept on file with the City Clerk.
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Section 10. Severability. If any provisions of this Ordinance, or its application to any
person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Ordinance, or application of the
provisions of the Ordinance to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
Section 11 - Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect five days after the date of
publication by summary.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
ouncil held on the 17th day of June, 2002.
ATTEST:
Becky J. Up '. , Ci' Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Craig D. Kntson, City Attorney
PUBLISHED: June 23, 2002
By Summary
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Summary of Ordinance Adopted by the
Port Angeles City Council
on June 17, 2002
Ordinance No. 3118
This Ordinance of the City of Port Angeles, Washington, amends Ordinance 2818 as amended
and the Comprehensive Plan by adding new policies and objectives to the Land Use Element,
the Transportation Element, the Conservation Element, and the Capital Facilities Element to
support specific land use decisions, particularly in the Harbor Planning Area, and by making
two Land Use Map changes along the harbor shoreline and in the Port Angeles downtown area.
The full text of the Ordinance is 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. This Ordinance shall
take effect five days following the date of its publication by summary.
Becky J. Upton
City Clerk
Publish: June 23, 2002