HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 18-056-CCBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County, Washington
ORDINANCE RELATING TO AN ORDINANCE No. 18-6111-111
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AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED
DEVELOPMENT CODE CHAPTER
23.12, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, Adequate accommodations have been made for agencies, individuals and interest
groups to be heard and the Planning Commission has thoroughly considered the testimony in the record,
and;
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent with adopted Comprehensive Plan goals,
objectives and policies, and do not create adverse impacts to offsite properties, and promote flexibility of
property use, and;
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have found that the proposal is consistent with
the general purpose and intent of the Grant County Comprehensive Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has found that, the UDC Amendment will serve
the public use and interest, and;
WHEREAS, Appropriate notice has been given to the Washington State Department of Commerce
Growth Management Services in accordance with RCW 36.70A.106, and;
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments are consistent with the applicable portions of RCW
36.70B, and;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on May 2, 2018 and found the
changes to be consistent with prudent operating procedure for the Grant County, and;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED THAT the Grant County Board of
Commissioners, ADOPT the following amendments (attached) to GCC § 23.12; and
BE IT ALSO FURTHER ORDAINED that the effective time and date for these
amendments shall be 5:00 p.m. on the date of BOCC signature.
P 18-0072 - Ordinance
DATED this �%/ day of J V445-,2018.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Yea Nay Abstain GRANT COUN Y, WASHINGTON
Richard Stevens Chair
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P18-0072 - Ordinance
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Table 3
Density. Dimension and Oven Space standards for Rural Activity Center Zonink-Di sta icts
Development Standard
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Zoning District'
Rural Activity
Centers
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Minimum Lot Size Acres 7,8,9
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Lot Dimensions:
Depth to Width Ratio 23.12.070
4:1 unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Official
Minimum Lot Frontage(Feet)
50 feet along any County Road
Minimum. Setbaeks3,4,1, 24.
Front or Road (Feet)
203
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2()72c 24h
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Rear or Side (Feet)
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2sa
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Vision Clearance Triangle
23.12.110
Minimum 30 -feet by 30 -feet
Landscape Buffer Requirement
23.12.170
Multi -family residential, commercial, industrial and institutional land uses, parking lots, and as required in other
sections of this UDC, shall provide a landscaped buffer as set forth in GCC § 23.12.170.
Special Setback from AG and
MRO Zones (23-12-070(i))
A special setback for residential land uses and other especially sensitive land uses is required from the adjoining
resource Hand or use as set forth in GCC § 23.12.070(i).
Maximum Building Dimensions:
Building Height (Feet)6,15,16,18
23.12.070
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1%
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Building Coverage (%)
23.12.070
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Set -Aside Requirements:
Minimum Required Open Space
or Landscaped Area°l0 2'
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(Desert Aire; Ord. 02 -13I -CC (part) 9/02; Ord. 03 -89 -CC (part) 6/03; Ord_ 06 -156 -CC, 05/06)
Chapter 23.12 30 June 2018 anxendments
1 .Notes for Tablas 1, 2 anti 3.
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3 1 _ Zoning District Legend:-
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Urban Growth Area Zoning Districts:
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URl = Urban Residential I UR2 = Urban Residential 2 UR3 = Urban Residential 3
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UR4 = Urban Residential UCI = Urban Commercial I UC2 = Urban Commercial 2
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UHI = Urban Heavy Industrial ULI = Urban. Light Industrial OSR = Open Space/Recreation
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PF = Public Facility UR = Urban Reserve AP = Grant County International Airport
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Rural Lands, Resource Lands, and Special and. Overlay Zoning Districts:
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RRI = Rural Residential 1 RR2 = Rural Residential 2 RR3 = Rural Residential 3
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RRem= Rural Remote RUR = Rural Urban Reserve AG = Agriculture
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OSC = Open Space Conservation POS = Public Open. Space MRO = Mineral Resource Overlay
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ASO = Airport Safety Overlay AO = Aerospace Overlay MPR = Master Planned Resort
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MPI = Master Planned Industrial
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Rural Activity Center Zoning Districts:
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RVR1= Rural Village Residential I RVR2 = Rural Village Residential 2 RVC = Rural Village Commercial
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RVI = Rural Village industrial RVOSC= Rural Village Open Space Conservation
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RC — Rural Cozumunity ASC = Agricultural Service Center RD = Recreational Development
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SD1 = Shoreline Development 1 SD2 = Shoreline Development 2 S133 = Shoreline Development 3
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S134 = Shoreline Development 4 RGC = Rural General Commercial RNC = Rural Neighborhood Commercial
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RFC = Rural Freeway Commercial RHI = Rural Heavy Industrial RLI Rural Light industrial
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RRC = Rural Recreational Commercial
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"MY' is a Master Plan. All density, dimensional, setback, and set-aside standards for Master Planner Resorts shall be established in approved Master
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Plans. The maximum density within, an MPR may be modified as part of a Master Pian or Plan Amendment to allow flexibility within the MPR so long
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as the total development density is consistent with the general provisions of the Comprehensive Plan and the underlying zoning district.
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Setbacks shall be measured as specified in GCC § 23.12.070(b). Additional or special setbacks may be specified for particular land uses in GCC § 23.08,
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a. Lots used for storage and sale of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, soil sterilants and fumigants; fifty (50) feet on all property lines.
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Fences are exempt from setback requirements, except when impairing safe sight lines at intersections as determined by the County Engineer. Setbacks
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do not apply to mail boxes, wells, pump houses, bus shelters, septic systems and draindelds, landscaping, utility poles, pedestals, manholes, and vaults,
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and other items approved by the Administrative Official, except when impairing safe sight lines at intersections as determined by County Engineer.
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The front setback for temporary roadside stands for the display and: sale of agricultural products, where permitted, shall be ten (10) feet.
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Setbacks may be waived, at the discretion of the County Engineer, when the presence of property lines, topography, or other restrictions make it
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unreasonable to construct a structure without encroaching into the setback.
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Height may be further limited within areas designated as Airport Safety Overlay (ASO) zoning districts (see GCC § 23.04.645).
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Chapter23.12 31 Tune 2018 amendments
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I Notes for Tables .I, 2 and 3 (Continued)_
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3 7. A lot size of less than the minimum lot size identified in Tables 2 and 3 above shall be considered clustering (where permitted) and shall be subject to the
4 requirements of GCC § 23.12.075.
5 8. Minimum lot sizes may be specified for particular land uses in GCC § 23.08, including, but not limited to.
6 a. Animal clinics, hospitals, kennels, cemeteries and training schools; five (5) acres;
7 b_ Mining, mineral extraction and mineral processing, in a MRO zoning district; five (5) acres;
8 c. Commercial feed lots, including hog ranches maintaining more than twenty (20) mature head of hogs; ten (10) acres;
9 d. Slaughter, packing and rendering facilities; two (2) acres; and
10 e. Lots used for storage and sale of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, soil sterilants and fiiraigants; ten (10) acres_
11 9_ Clustering of lots is permitted only in the following zones: Urban Residential I (URI); Urban Residential 2 (UR2); Rural. Residential 1 (RRI); Rural
12 Residential 2 (RR2), Rural Residential 3 (MU); Rural Remote (RR.em); Shoreline Development 1(SD 1); and Agriculture (AG). The maximum number of
13 dwelling units per clustered development is set forth. in Table 4 of this section_
14 10. Side setbacks shall be increased to fifteen (15) feet for the side yard abutting a road or street on corner lots.
15 11_ The minimum rear or side setbacks shall be ten (10) feet if the site containing the proposed use is adjacent to any parcel zoned residential. The setbacks
16 may be reduced to five (5) feet for accessory structures, including accessory dwelling units_
17 12_ For comer lots, side setbacks shall be increased to thirty-five (35) feet for the side yard abutting a County Arterial Road or twenty-five (25) feet for the
18 side yard abutting any other County Road. Side and rear setbacks shall be increase from ten (10) feet to twenty (20) feet if the site containing the
19 proposed use is adjacent to any parcel zoned residential.
20 13. 'Ihe front setback for service station fueling pump islands, including canopies, may be reduced to fifteen (15) feet. Signs, as permitted under this UDC,
21 may be within five (5) feet of the right-of-way margin.
22 14. For comer lots, side setbacks shall be increased to forty (40) feet for the side yard abutting a County Road. Rear setback for RHI and RLI zones shall be
23 fifteen (15) feet. Side and rear setbacks shall be increase from ten (10) feet to fifty (5 0) feet if the site containing the proposed use is adjacent to any
24 parcel zoned residential.
25 15. Unless otherwise set forth in a Subarea Plan.
26 16. Height limitations shall generally not apply to accessory projections such as steeples or spires on places of religious assembly, elevator shaft housings,
27 water towers, or chimneys, except as may be limited within the ASO zoning district or a condition of permit approval; provided that the accessory
28 projection is not intended for occupancy, and that it is removed not less than twenty (20) feet from any adjoining lot line_
29 17. The maximum building height shall not exceed forty five (45) feet, except than an additional one foot increase in height is allowed for each one foot
30 increase in the required setbacks up to eighty (80) feet in height_
31 18. Structures used for the storage of materials for agricultural activities arc exempt from the maximum building height restrictions, except as may be
32 limited within the ASO zoning district or a condition of permit approval.
33 19..A s set forth in the Grant County Airport Master Plan.
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1 20. "AMP" refers to the Grant County Airport Master Plan, prepared by TRA Airport Consulting in association with CII2M Bill, and adopted March 28,
2 1994, by the Port of Moses Lake Commissioners.
3 21. Required only for parcels greater than one (1) acre in size.
4 22. Accessory structures shall have a minimum setback in the RVRI and RVR2 zones of 25 feet from the Front. or Road -
5 22a The rear and side setback shall be five (5) feet except that the rear setback shall be zero (0) feet when abutting an open space common area recorded on a
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plat or binding site plan
22b The rear and side setback shall be five (5) feet for the development commonly known. as Quincy Valley Golf Course in. the White Trail community (RC)
zoning district and Potholes Golf and Camping condominium Recreational Vehicle Park in the Rural Community (RC) zoning District.
22c The front yard setback for those areas known as the North and South Crescent Sar Recreation Vehicle Parks shall be two (2) feet for the location of any
(Residential) building and/or structures.
23_ Rear minimum setbacks for RVRI and RVR2 shall be 10 feet; except when the rear is abutting a common/ or open space area approved in the Desert
Aire Planned Unit Development where the minium setback shall be 5 feet. All side setbacks in RVRI and RVR2 shall be 5 feet.
23a The rear and side setback shall be zero (0) feet for the park model trailer development at the Crescent Bar Recreational Development.
24. External architectural features with no living area such as cornices, eaves, sills, gutters, awnings, sunshades and other similar features shall not project
into required setbacks more than one third the distance of the required setback or a maximum of two (2) feet whichever is less; furthermore, no
projection shall be permitted which impairs safe sight lines at intersections as determined by the County Engineer. Chimneys and features requiring a
foundation and/or ground support are considered apart of the structure or building and are not allowed to project into the required setback.
24a The rear and side setback shall be five (5) feet for the development commonly known as Rimrock Cove in the Shoreline Development 3 (SD3) zoning
district except that the rear setback shall be zero (0) feet when abutting an open space common area.
24b The front setback shall be 10 feet for the development commonly known as Rimrock Cove in the Shoreline Development (SD3) zoning district.
25_ The rear and side setback shall be five (5) feet for the development commonly known as Sunland Estates in the Shoreline Development 4 (SD4) zoning
district
26. Except land divisions within the Agricultural zone that have no residential development capacity and is recorded on the face of the plat_
(Ord. 02 -131 -CC, (part) 9142; Ord. 03 -89 -CC, (part) 6103; Desert Aire zoning ordinance, Setbacks in the urban. lands 02-3466; Ord. 06 -156 -CC, 05106)
26a The front or road setback shall be five (5) feet for the development commonly known as Quincy Valley Golf Course in the White Trail community (RC)
zoning district_ (Ord. 04 -001 -CC)
Chapter 23.12 33 Tune 2013 amendments