HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2287 - TMC Title 18 "Zoning Code" - Crisis Diverson Facility and Diversion Interim Services Facility / Convalescent Nursing Home, Outpatient Medical Clinic and Hospital
Cover page to Ordinance 2287
The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page.
Ordinance 2287 was amended or repealed by the following ordinances.
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1 23532, 3, 4, 52741
23327-16, 20-312500
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3 267817, 18, 19 2443
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City of Tukwila
Washington
Ordinance No.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING VARIOUS ORDINANCES, AS CODIFIED AT
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 18, "ZONING CODE," TO INCORPORATE
DEFINITIONS OF DIVERSION FACILITY AND DIVERSION INTERIM SERVICES
FACILITY; TO CLARIFY DEFINITIONS OF CONVALESCENT NURSING HOME,
OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CLINIC AND HOSPITAL; TO DELETE THE
DEFINITION OF SANITARIUM; AND TO UPDATE THE ZONING CODE AND ITS
PROVISIONS FOR SUCH USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in October 2007, the King County Council passed Motion 12598, adopting the
Mental Illness and Drug Dependency (MIDD) Action Plan, whose goal was "to prevent and
reduce chronic homelessness and prevent and reduce unnecessary involvement in the criminal
justice and emergency medical systems, and promote recovery for persons with disability
mental illness or drug dependency by implementing a full continuum of treatment, housing
and case management services and
WHEREAS, in November 2007, the King County Council adopted Ordmance No. 15949,
which increased King County's sales tax by one -tenth of a percent. The funds raised by the sales
tax increase are intended to pay for the programs outlined in the MIDD Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, one of the strategies of the MIDD Action Plan is the funding and operation of a
crisis diversion program in King County, which will be available to individuals who are in
mental illness and/ or chemical dependency crisis; and
WHEREAS, King County has noted the importance of a crisis diversion program in order to
provide services and treatment for people suffering from mental illness and /or chemical
dependency; and
WHEREAS, King County's Crisis Diversion Program will accept individuals from hospitals,
emergency rooms, ambulances and police agencies throughout King County; and
WHEREAS, King County has stated that 50 percent of the individuals using the Crisis
Diversion Program will be Police diversions from throughout King County; and
WHEREAS, King County has noted the importance of a centralized location for these
facilities so that police agencies throughout King County are able to easily transport individuals
to and from the facilities; and
WHEREAS, in August 2009, King County issued a request for proposal soliciting proposals
from third parties to operate a crisis diversion facility and a crisis diversion interim service
facility; both facilities are part of the Crisis Diversion Program; and
WHEREAS, the City's Zoning Code does not address the operation of crisis diversion
facilities or crisis diversion interim service facilities; and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2009, the Tukwila City Council passed Ordinance No. 2248,
which adopted a six -month moratorium on the acceptance and processing of applications to
establish and operate crisis diversion and crisis diversion interim service facilities within the
City in order to allow City staff time to study the County's proposed plans and develop a
process for siting these facilities within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila filed two public records requests with King County for all
documents related to the development of the Crisis Diversion Program, crisis diversion facilities
and crisis diversion interim service facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila also filed public records request with the cities of Seattle
and Bellevue for information regarding the Crisis Diversion Program; and
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WHEREAS, as result of these public records requests, City staff reviewed over 1,000 pages
of documents regarding the MIDD plan and the Crisis Diversion Program. These documents
provided considerable background regarding the proposed program; and
WHEREAS, City staff met with King County staff on October 21, 2010 to be briefed on the
County's proposed program; and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2010, the City Council held a public hearing on its adopted
moratorium and heard testimony from King County employees and members of the MIDD
Oversight Committee on the importance of the proposed Crisis Diversion Program and related
facilities; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2009, City staff met with King County staff to further discuss
issues associated with the County's proposed Crisis Diversion Program; and
WHEREAS, on November 19, 2009, City staff attended the monthly meeting of the MIDD
Oversight Committee in order to gain more information about the needs of the County's
proposed program; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2009, Tukwila staff, along with staff from the cities of Burien,
SeaTac, Renton and Seattle, met with King County to discuss the proposed Crisis Diversion
Program and related facilities; and
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2010, City staff met with the King County Executive's Office
to further discuss the County's proposed program; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2010, the City of Tukwila hosted a meeting with south King
County cities and the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office to further discuss to the
County's proposed crisis diversion services program; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2010, City staff again met with the King County's Executive's
Office to further discuss the County's proposed program; and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2010, City staff attended the January meeting of the MIDD
Oversight Committee to continue to learn about the County's Crisis Diversion Program; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accommodate King County's Crisis Diversion Program,
while also ensuring compliance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and King County
Countywide Planning Policies; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Code of the City of Tukwila establishes permit processes for various
uses and the City wishes to expand those procedures to include crisis diversion facilities and
crisis diversion interim facilities; and
WHEREAS, given the unique nature of crisis diversion facilities, it is important to clarify the
definitions of hospital, outpatient medical facilities and nursing homes; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council shares King County's concerns that people with
mental illness and /or chemical dependency issues should not be criminalized or stigmatized
because of their current state; and
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2010, the Director of Community Development determined the
proposed code changes do not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment
and issued a Determination of Non Significance; and
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2010, as required by the Growth Management Act, the City
filed notice with the Washington State Department of Commerce that the City intended to
modify its Zoning Code; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2010, City staff attended the February meeting of the MIDD
Oversight Committee to gain information on needs of the County's proposed Crisis Diversion
Program; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2010, the City Council, utilizing the Council's authority under
TMC Section 18.80.020, referred the proposed code changes to the Tukwila Planning
Commission for their review, consideration and recommendation; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2010, the Tukwila Planning Commission, following public
notice, held a public hearing to receive testimony concerning amending the Zoning Code and
adopted a motion recommending the proposed changes; and
WHEREAS, at the February 25, 2010 Tukwila Planning Commission meeting, the Planning
Commission received and reviewed a staff report dated February 18, 2010, which evaluated the
proposed crisis diversion facility and crisis diversion interim service facility location criteria
against the characteristics of various Tukwila neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2010, the Community Affairs and Parks Committee of the Tukwila
City Council considered the proposed code change recommended by the Tukwila Planning
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Commission and forwarded the proposed changes to the City Council for review and
consideration; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2010, King County re- released portions of the RFP soliciting
vendors to respond to King County's requests to operate a crisis diversion facility in King
County; the RFP included additional information, clarifying and changing the needs of the
proposed facilities; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2010, the Tukwila City Council was briefed on King County's
Crisis Diversion Program and the proposed code changes recommended by the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, King County has provided clarity to the City regarding the need for transit
near crisis diversion facilities and crisis diversion interim service facilities; and
WHEREAS, on April 12, 2010, the Tukwila City Council, following public notice, held a
public hearing to receive testimony concerning the recommendations of the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, given the important nature of these facilities and to ensure the City Council has
needed information regarding the operation of crisis diversion facilities and crisis diversion
interim service facilities, the City Council continued the public hearing to the May 3 and
May 17, 2010 Tukwila City Council meetings; and
WHEREAS, during the public hearing, the City Council heard testimony from providers
with specific knowledge of the operation of crisis diversion programs. These providers testified
that these crisis diversion facilities should not be placed in crowded, commercial areas, that the
crisis diversion facility would not be a compelled facility, and that police would be called if a
police diversion wishes to leave the facility against the advice of staff; and
WHEREAS, on May 3, 2010, pursuant to its authority under TMC Section 18.80.060, the City
Council indicated a desire to modify the proposal forwarded by the Planning Commission and
made a motion requesting that City staff examine the West Valley Highway area of the City to
determine if the area met King County's criteria; and
WHEREAS, West Valley Highway was specifically called out as a desired route to have
access from in King County's RFP; and
WHEREAS, the West Valley Highway area has easy access to Interstate 5, Interstate 405,
and State Route 167; and
WHEREAS, the West Valley Highway area has the needed mass transit, as outlined by King
County staff; and
WHEREAS, the West Valley Highway area meets all of the location criteria established by
King County for these facilities; and
WHEREAS, the 24 -hour nature of crisis diversion facilities makes these facilities
incompatible with residentially -zoned neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the area proposed for the Crisis Diversion Program is zoned commercial /light
industrial, in which permanent residential uses are excluded from the zoning; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council has reviewed the staff report with supporting
attachments, dated February 18, 2010, and the recommendation of the Planning Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the SEPA Responsible Official has issued an addendum to the February 12,
2010 Determination of Non Significance; and
WHEREAS, the Tukwila City Council has reviewed a revised staff report dated May 12,
2010; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Definition Added. A new definition is added to TMC Chapter 18.06 to read as
follows:
"Diversion facility" is a facility that provides community crisis services, which diverts
people from jails, hospitals or other treatment options due to mental illness or chemical
dependency, including those facilities licensed as crisis stabilization units by the State of
Washingon.
Section 2. Definition Added. A new definition is added to TMC Chapter 18.06 to read as
follows:
"Diversion interim services facility" is a facility that provides interim or respite services,
such as temporary shelter, medical mental health treatment, case management or other support
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options such as transportation arrangements for patients who are referred to such a facility
from a diversion facility.
Section 3. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section
18.06.150, is amended to read as follows:
"Outpatient medical clinic" means a building designed and used for the medical, dental
and surgical diagnosis and treatment of patients under the care of doctors and nurses and /or
practitioners and does not include overnight care facilities. This category does not include
diversion facility or diversion interim services facility.
Section 4. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 1976 §13, as codified at TMC Section
18.06.173, is amended to read as follows:
"Convalescent /nursing home" means a residential facility, such as a hospice, offering 24-
hour skilled nursing care for patients suffering from an illness, or receiving care for chronic
conditions, mental or physical disabilities or alcohol or drug detoxification, excluding
correctional facilities. Care may include in- patient administration of special diets, bedside
nursing care and treatment by a physician or psychiatrist. The stay in a convalescent /nursing
home is in excess of 24 consecutive hours. This category does not include diversion facility or
diversion interim services facility.
Section 5. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section
18.06.435, is amended to read as follows:
"Hospital" means a building requiring a license pursuant to Chapter 70.41 RCW and
used for the medical and surgical diagnosis, treatment and housing of persons under the care of
doctors and nurses. Rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes, diversion facility/
diversion interim services facility and outpatient medical clinics are not included.
Section 6. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section
18.06.700, is amended to delete the definition for "Sanitarium."
Section 7. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2097 §9, 1986 §5, 1976 §28, 1971 §7, 1830
§5, 1814 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.16.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.16.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Mixed -Use
Office District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the Tukwila
Municipal Code.
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Beauty or barber shops.
3. Bicycle repair shops.
4. Billiard or pool rooms.
5. Brew pubs.
6. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
7. Computer software development and similar uses.
8. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
9. Daycare centers.
10. Dwelling one detached single family dwelling per existing lot.
11. Dwelling multi- family units above office and retail uses.
12. Dwelling senior citizen housing as a freestanding use subject to additional
requirements.
13. Financial, banking, mortgage and other services.
14. Fraternal organizations.
15. Laundries:
a. self service
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
16. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
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17. Medical and dental laboratories.
18. Offices, when such offices occupy no more than the first two stories of the building
or basement and floor above, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
19. Public parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds, but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
20. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
21. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
22. Restaurants, including cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant.
23. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
24. Retail sales as part of a planned mixed -use development, where at least 50% of gross
leasable floor area development is for office use; no auto oriented retail sales (e.g., drive -ins,
service stations).
25. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
26. Shelters.
27. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
28. Telephone exchanges.
29. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 8. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §6, 1865 §16, 1830 §6 and 1758 §1, as
codified at TMC Section 18.16.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.16.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Mixed -Use
Office District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by TMC
Chapter 18.64, Conditional Use Permits:
1. Bed and Breakfast lodging.
2. Cemeteries and crematories.
3. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
4. Colleges and universities.
5. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than 12 patients.
6. Electrical substation distribution.
7. Fire and police stations.
8. Hospitals.
9. Park and -ride lots.
10. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
11. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
12. Schools, preschool, elementary, junior or senior high schools (public), and equivalent
private schools.
Section 9. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2097 §9, 1986 §5, 1976 §28, 1971 §7, 1830
§5, 1814 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.18.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.18.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Office
District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the Tukwila Municipal
Code:
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1. Beauty or barber shops.
2. Bicycle repair shops.
3. Brew pubs.
4. Computer software development and similar uses.
5. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
6. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
7. Daycare centers.
8. Dwelling one detached single family dwelling per existing lot.
9. Financial, banking, mortgage other services.
10. Fraternal organizations.
11. Laundries:
a. self service
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
12. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
13. Medical and dental laboratories.
14. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
15. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses, or commercial recreation.
16. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
17. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
18. Restaurants, including cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant.
19. Retail sales, as part of a planned mixed -use development where at least 50% of gross
leasable floor area development is for office use; no auto oriented retail sales (e.g., drive -ins,
service stations).
20. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
21. Shelters.
22. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
23. Telephone exchanges.
24. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 10. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §7, 1976 §33, 1865 §19, 1830 §9 and
1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.18.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.18.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Office District,
subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by TMC Section 18.18.64,
Conditional Use Permits:
1. Cemeteries and crematories.
2. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
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3. Colleges and universities.
4. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than 12 patients.
5. Electrical substations distribution.
6. Fire and police stations.
7. Hospitals.
8. Park and -ride lots.
9. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
10. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
11. Schools, preschool, elementary, junior or senior high schools (public), and equivalent
private schools.
Section 11. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2097 §12, 1976 §36 and 1758 §1, as
codified at TMC Section 18.20.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.20.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Residential
Commercial Center District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Beauty or barber shops.
3. Bicycle repair shops.
4. Computer software development and similar uses.
5. Daycare centers.
6. Dwelling one detached single family dwelling per existing lot.
7. Dwelling multi- family units above office and retail uses.
8. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
9. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
10. Laundries:
a. self service
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
11. Offices, when such offices occupy no more than the first two stories of the building
or basement and floor above, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
12. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
13. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
14. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
15. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
16. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
17. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 12. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2097 §13, 1976 §40, 1954 §1, 1830 §11,
1814 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.22.020, are amended to read as follows:
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18.22.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the
Neighborhood Commercial Center District, subject to compliance with all other applicable
requirements of the Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
3. Beauty or barber shops.
4. Bicycle repair shops.
5. Brew pubs.
6. Bus stations.
7. Businesses that include a retail component in conjunction with their manufacturing
operation and meeting this chapter's other performance standards. These businesses may
manufacture, process, assemble and /or package the following:
a. foods, including but not limited to baked goods, beverages, candy, canned or
preserved foods, dairy products and by products, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (no
slaughtering);
b. pharmaceuticals and related products such as cosmetics and drugs;
c. bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass, ink, paints,
paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood;
d. electronic, mechanical, or precision instruments;
e. other manufacturing and assembly of a similar light industrial character;
f. industries involved with etching, lithography, printing, and publishing, meeting
the City's performance standards and offering their services to the local populace on a walk -in
basis;
g. businesses that service and repair the above products, that are entirely enclosed
within a building, offering their services to the local populace on a walk -in basis and meeting
the City's performance standards.
8. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
9. Computer software development and similar uses.
10. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
11. Day care centers.
12. Dwelling one detached single family dwelling per existing lot.
13. Dwelling multi- family units above office and retail uses.
14. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
15. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
16. Fraternal organizations.
17. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
18. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
19. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
20. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
21. Offices, when such offices occupy no more than the first two stories of the building,
or basement and floor above, or three stories, in the Urban Redevelopment Area along Tukwila
International Boulevard, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
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e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
22. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
23. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
24. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
25. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
26. Restaurants, including cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant.
27. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
28. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
29. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
30. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
31. Telephone exchanges.
32. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this Code.
33. Wholesale or retail sales offices or sample rooms, with less than 50% storage or
warehousing.
34. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 13. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2021 §2, 1986 §7, 1971 §10, 1865 §27, 1830
§14, 1814 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.24.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.24.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Regional
Commercial District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
3. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
4. Beauty or barber shops.
5. Bicycle repair shops.
6. Billiard or pool rooms.
7. Brew pubs.
8. Businesses that include a retail component in conjunction with their manufacturing
operation and meeting this chapter's other performance standards. These businesses may
manufacture, process, assemble and /or package the following: foods, including, but not limited
to baked goods, beverages, candy, canned or preserved foods, dairy products and byproducts,
frozen foods, instant foods and meats (no slaughtering).
9. Bus stations.
10. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
11. Commercial laundries.
12. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
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b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
13. Computer software development and similar uses.
14. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
15. Convention facilities.
16. Daycare centers.
17. Dwelling multi- family units on a lot that does not front on Tukwila International
Boulevard South, subject to the HDR requirements of TMC Section 18.50.083, Maximum
Building Length, and TMC Section 18.52.060, 2 -4, Recreation Space Requirements.
18. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
19. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
20. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
21. Fraternal organizations.
22. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
23. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
24. Hotels.
25. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
26. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
27. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
28. Manufacturing, processing and/or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
29. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
30. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
31. Medical and dental laboratories.
32. Mortician and funeral homes.
33. Motels.
34. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
35. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
36. Planned shopping center (mall).
37. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
38. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
39. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
40. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
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41. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
42. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
43. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
44. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
45. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
46. Self- storage facilities.
47. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
48. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
49. Taverns, nightclubs.
50. Telephone exchanges.
51. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
52. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
53. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 14. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §10, 1974 §3, 1865 §28, 1830 §15 and
1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.24.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.24.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Regional
Commercial District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by
TMC Chapter 18.64, Conditional Use Permits:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Animals shelters and kennels, subject to all additional State and local regulations
(less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than 12 patients.
7. Drive -in theaters.
8. Electrical substations distribution.
9. Fire and police stations.
10. Hospitals.
11. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
12. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
13. Park and -ride lots.
14. Pawnbrokers.
15. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
16. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
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17. Schools, preschool, elementary, junior or senior high schools (public), and equivalent
private schools.
Section 15. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2021 §3, 1986 §8, 1971 §11, 1830 §17, 1814
§2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.26.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.26.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Regional
Commercial Mixed Use District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of
the Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
3. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
4. Beauty or barber shops.
5. Bicycle repair shops.
6. Billiard or pool rooms.
7. Brew pubs.
8. Businesses that include a retail component in conjunction with their manufacturing
operation and meeting this chapter's other performance standards. These businesses may
manufacture, process, assemble and /or package foods, including, but not limited to baked
goods, beverages, candy, canned or preserved foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen
foods, instant foods and meats (no slaughtering).
9. Bus stations.
10. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
11. Commercial laundries.
12. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
13. Computer software development and similar uses.
14. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
15. Convention facilities.
16. Daycare centers.
17. Dwelling multi- family units above office and retail uses.
18. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
19. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
20. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
21. Fraternal organizations.
22. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
23. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
24. Hotels.
25. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
26. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
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27. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
28. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
29. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
30. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
31. Medical and dental laboratories.
32. Mortician and funeral homes.
33. Motels.
34. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
35. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
36. Planned shopping center (mall).
37. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
38. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
39. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
40. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
41. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
42. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
43. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
44. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
45. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
46. Self- storage facilities.
47. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
48. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
49. Taverns, nightclubs.
50. Telephone exchanges.
51. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
52. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
53. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district;
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
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Section 16. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §11, 1974 §4, 1865 §32, 1830 §18,
and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.26.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.26.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Regional
Commercial Mixed -Use District, subject to the requirements, procedures, and conditions
established by the Conditional Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Animals shelters and kennels, subject to all additional State and local regulations
(less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than twelve patients.
7. Drive -in theaters.
8. Electrical substations distribution.
9. Fire and police stations.
10. Hospitals.
11. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
12. Park and -ride lots.
13. Pawnbrokers.
14. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
15. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
16. Schools, preschool, elementary, junior or senior high schools (public), and equivalent
private schools.
Section 17. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 2084 §2, as codified at TMC Section
18.28.020, is amended to read as follows:
18.28.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Tukwila
Urban Center District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
2. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers nor sale of used parts allowed.
3. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
4. Beauty or barber shops.
5. Bicycle repair shops.
6. Billiard or pool rooms.
7. Brew pubs.
8. Bus stations.
9. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
10. Commercial laundries.
11. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
12. Computer software development and similar uses.
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13. Contractor storage yards.
14. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
15. Convention facilities.
16. Daycare centers.
17. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
18. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
19. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
20. Fraternal organizations.
21. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
22. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
23. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
24. Hotels.
25. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing, and
publishing.
26. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
27. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
28. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
29. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of foods, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (except fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved foods,
dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (no slaughtering).
30. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
31. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
32. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
33. Medical and dental laboratories.
34. Mortician and funeral homes.
35. Motels.
36. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
37. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
38. Pawnbrokers
39. Planned shopping center (mall).
40. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
41 Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
42. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor) athletic or health clubs.
43. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
44. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
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45. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
46. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through;
b. sit down;
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant.
47. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
48. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
49. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
50. Self- storage facilities.
51. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
52. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
53. Taverns, nightclubs.
54. Telephone exchanges.
55. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
56. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
57. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 18. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §12, 2097 §15 and 2084 §2, as
codified at TMC Section 18.28.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.28.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Tukwila Urban
Center District, subject to the requirements, procedures, and conditions established by the
Conditional Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Bed and Breakfast lodging; must be located on property adjacent to and not greater
than 500 feet from the Green River, Tukwila Pond or Minkler Pond.
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than 12 patients.
7. Dwelling multi- family units (maximum 22.0 units /acre except senior citizen
housing which is allowed to 100 units/ acre, as a mixed -use development that is non industrial
in nature); must be located on property adjacent to and not greater than 500 feet from the Green
River, Tukwila Pond or Minkler Pond.
8. Indoor animal shelters and kernels, subject to all additional State and local
regulations (less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
9. Transit oriented development housing (which is allowed to 65 units/ acre as a
mixed -use development that is non industrial in nature); must be located on property adjacent
to and not greater than one quarter mile from the Sounder Commuter Rail/ Amtrak Station
property.
10. Drive -in theaters.
11. Electrical substations distribution.
12. Fire and police stations.
13. Hospitals.
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14. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
15. Park and -ride lots.
16. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
17. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
18. Schools, preschool, elementary, junior or high schools, and equivalent private
schools.
Section 19. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2097 §16 and 2084 §2, as codified at
TMC Section 18.28.050, are amended to read as follows:
18.28.050 Unclassified Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Tukwila Urban
Center District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by TMC
Chapter 18.66, Unclassified Use Permits:
1. Airports, landing fields and heliports (except emergency sites).
2. Essential public facilities, except those uses listed separately in any of the districts
established by this title.
3. Hydroelectric and private utility power generating plants.
4. Landfills and excavations which the responsible official, acting pursuant to the State
Environmental Policy Act, determines are significant environmental actions.
5. Mass transit facilities.
Section 20. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2021 §5, 1986 §10, 1974 §6, 1971 §13, 1830
§23, 1814 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.30.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.30.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Commercial
Light Industrial District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially -zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel; or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.30.020.1.a shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
3. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
4. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
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5. Beauty or barber shops.
6. Bicycle repair shops.
7. Billiard or pool rooms.
8. Brew pubs.
9. Bus stations.
10. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
11. Commercial laundries.
12. Commercial parking; provided it is:
a. located within a structure having substantial ground -floor retail or commercial
activities and designed such that the pedestrian and commercial environments are not
negatively impacted by the parking use; or
b. located at least 175 feet from adjacent arterial streets and behind a building that,
combined with appropriate Type III landscaping, provides effective visual screening from
adjacent streets.
13. Computer software development and similar uses.
14. Contractor storage yards.
15. Convention facilities.
16. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than 12 patients.
17. Daycare centers.
18. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
19. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
20. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
21. Fraternal organizations.
22. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
23. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
24. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
25. Hotels.
26. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
27. Internet data/ telecommunication centers.
28. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
29. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
30. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of electrical or mechanical
equipment, vehicles and machines, including, but not limited to, heavy and light machinery,
tools, airplanes, boats or other transportation vehicles and equipment.
31. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of foods, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (except fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved foods,
dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (no slaughtering).
32. Manufacturing, processing and/or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
33. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
34. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and/or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
35. Medical and dental laboratories.
36. Mortician and funeral homes.
37. Motels.
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38. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police
d. stations
e. professional
f. administrative
g. business, such as travel, real estate
h. commercial
39. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
40. Pawnbrokers.
41. Planned shopping center (mall).
42. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
43 Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
44. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor) athletic or health clubs.
45. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
46. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
47. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
48. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
49. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
50. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
51. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
52. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
53. Salvage and wrecking operations that are entirely enclosed within a building.
54. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
55. Self- storage facilities.
56. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
57. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
58. Taverns, nightclubs.
59. Telephone exchanges.
60. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
61. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
62. Truck terminals.
63. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
64. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district;
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
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Section 21. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §13, 1865 §36, 1830 §24 and 1758 §1,
as codified at TMC Section 18.30.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.30.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Commercial
Light Industrial District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by
the Conditional Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Animals shelters and kennels, subject to all additional State and local regulations
(less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Convalescent and nursing homes for more than 12 patients.
7. Drive -in theaters.
8. Electrical substations distribution.
9. Fire and police stations.
10. Hospitals.
11. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling chemicals, light metals, plastics,
solvents, soaps, wood, coal, glass, enamels, textiles, fabrics, plaster, agricultural products or
animal products (no rendering or slaughtering).
12. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of previously manufactured metals,
such as iron and steel fabrication; steel production by electric arc melting, argon oxygen
refining, and consumable electrode melting; and similar heavy industrial uses.
13. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
14. Park and -ride lots.
15. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations, and towers.
16. Recreation facilities (commercial outdoor), including golf courses, golf driving
ranges, fairgrounds, animal race tracks, sports fields.
17. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
18. Rock crushing, asphalt or concrete batching or mixing, stone cutting, brick
manufacture, marble work and the assembly of products from the above materials.
Section 22. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 1991 §5, 1976 §53, and 1758 §1, as
codified at TMC Section 18.30.050, are amended to read as follows:
18.30.050 Unclassified Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Commercial/
Light Industrial District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established in
TMC Chapter 18.66, Unclassified Use Permits.
1. Airports, landing fields and heliports (except emergency sites).
2. Cement manufacturing.
3. Essential public facilities, except those uses listed separately in any of the districts
established by this title.
4. Hydro electric and private utility power generating plants.
5. Landfills and excavations which the responsible official, acting pursuant to the State
Environmental Policy Act, determines are significant environmental actions.
6. Removal and processing of sand, gravel, rock, peat, black soil and other natural
deposits, together with associated structures.
7. Mass transit facilities.
8. Diversion facilities and diversion interim service facilities, provided they are located
south of Strander Boulevard.
Section 23. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2021 §6, 1986 §11, 1974 §7, 1971 §14, 1814
§2, 1774 §1 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.32.020, are amended to read as follows:
18.32.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Light
Industrial District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the Tukwila
Municipal Code:
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1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools, and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel; or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.32.020.1.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
3. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
4. Beauty or barber shops.
5. Bicycle repair shops.
6. Billiard or pool rooms.
7. Brew pubs.
8. Bus stations.
9. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
10. Commercial laundries.
11. Commercial parking subject to TMC Chapter 18.56, Off Street Parking and Loading
Regulations.
12. Computer software development and similar uses.
13. Contractor storage yards.
14. Convention facilities.
15. Daycare centers.
16. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
17. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
18. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
19. Fraternal organizations.
20. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
21. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
22. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
23. Hotels.
24. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
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25. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
26. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
27. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
28. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
29. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of electrical or mechanical
equipment, vehicles and machines, including, but not limited to, heavy and light machinery,
tools, airplanes, boats or other transportation vehicles and equipment.
30. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
31. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
32. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tiles and woods.
33. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
34. Medical and dental laboratories.
35. Mortician and funeral homes.
36. Motels.
37. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
38. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
39. Pawnbrokers.
40. Planned shopping center (Mall).
41. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
42. Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
43. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor) athletic or health clubs.
44. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
45. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
46. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
47. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
48. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
49. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
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50. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, and automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
51. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
52. Salvage and wrecking operations that are entirely enclosed within a building.
53. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
54. Self- storage facilities.
55. Storage (outdoors) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
56. Taverns, nightclubs.
57. Telephone exchanges.
58. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
59. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
60. Truck terminals.
61. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
62. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 24. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §14, 1865 §38 and 1758 §1, as
codified at TMC Section 18.32.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.32.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Light Industrial
District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by the Conditional
Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Animals shelters and kennels, subject to all additional State and local regulations
(less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Drive -in theaters.
7. Electrical substations distribution.
8. Fire and police stations.
9. Hospitals.
10. Manufacturing, processing and/or assembling chemicals, light metals, plastics,
solvents, soaps, wood, coal, glass, enamels, textiles, fabrics, plaster, agricultural products or
animal products (no rendering or slaughtering).
11. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of previously manufactured metals,
such as iron and steel fabrication; steel production by electric arc melting, argon oxygen
refining, and consumable electrode melting; and similar heavy industrial uses.
12. Park and -ride lots.
13. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
14. Recreation facilities (commercial outdoor), including golf courses, golf driving
ranges, fairgrounds, animal race tracks, sports fields.
15. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
16. Rock crushing, asphalt or concrete batching or mixing, stone cutting, brick
manufacture, marble work, and the assembly of products from the above materials.
Section 25. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2021 §7, 1986 §12, 1974 §8, 1971 §15, 1814
§2, 1774 §2 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.34.020, are amended to read as follows:
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18.34.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Heavy
Industrial District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the Tukwila
Municipal Code:
1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially -zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel, or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.34.020.1.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
3. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
4. Beauty or barber shops.
5 Bicycle repair shops.
6. Billiard or pool rooms.
7. Brew pubs.
8. Bus stations.
9. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
10. Commercial laundries.
11. Commercial parking subject to TMC Chapter 18.56, Off Street Parking and Loading
Regulations.
12. Computer software development and similar uses.
13. Contractor storage yards.
14. Convention facilities.
15. Daycare centers.
16. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
17. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
18. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
19. Fraternal organizations.
20. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
21. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
22. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
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23. Hotels.
24. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing, and
publishing.
25. Internet data/ telecommunication centers.
26. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
27. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
28. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling chemicals, light metals, plastics,
solvents, soaps, wood, coal, glass, enamels, textiles, fabrics, plaster, agricultural products or
animal products (no rendering or slaughtering).
29. Manufacturing, processing and or assembling of electrical or mechanical
equipment, vehicles and machines, including, but not limited to, heavy and light machinery,
tools, airplanes, boats or other transportation vehicles and equipment.
30. Manufacturing, processing and/or assembling of previously manufactured metals,
such as iron and steel fabrication; steel production by electric arc melting, argon oxygen
refining, and consumable electrode melting; and similar heavy industrial uses.
31. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
32. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
33. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
34. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
35. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
36. Medical and dental laboratories.
37. Mortician and funeral homes.
38. Motels.
39. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
40. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
41. Pawnbrokers.
42. Planned shopping center (mall).
43. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
44. Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
45. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
46. Religious facility with an assembly area less than 750 square feet.
47. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
48. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
49. Restaurants, including:
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a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
50. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment, and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
51. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
52. Rock crushing, asphalt or concrete batching or mixing, stone cutting, brick
manufacture, marble work, and the assembly of products from the above materials.
53. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
54. Salvage and wrecking operations.
55. Schools and studios for education or self improvement.
56. Self- storage facilities.
57. Storage (outdoor) of materials is permitted up to a height of 20 feet with a front yard
setback of 25 feet, and to a height of 50 feet with a front yard setback of 100 feet; security
required.
58. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
59. Taverns, nightclubs.
60. Telephone exchanges.
61. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
62. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
63. Truck terminals.
64. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
65. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 26. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §15, 1865 §40 and 1758 §1, as
codified at TMC Section 18.34.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.34.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Heavy Industrial
District, subject to the requirements, procedures and conditions established by the Conditional
Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Amusement parks.
2. Animals shelters and kennels, subject to all additional State and local regulations
(less than four cats or dogs does not need a permit).
3. Cemeteries and crematories.
4. Religious facility with an assembly area greater than 750 square feet and community
center buildings.
5. Colleges and universities.
6. Drive -in theaters.
7. Electrical substations distribution.
8. Fire and police stations.
9. Hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities (off -site) subject to compliance with
State siting criteria (RCW 70.105; see TMC Chapter 21.08).
10. Hospitals.
11. Park and -ride lots.
12. Radio, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
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13. Recreation facilities (commercial outdoor), including golf courses, golf driving
ranges, fairgrounds, animal race tracks, sports fields.
14. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
Section 27. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2235 §6, 2021 §8, 1986 §13, 1974 §9, 1954
§2, 1814 §2, 1774 §3 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.36.020, are amended to read as
follows:
18.36.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the
Manufacturing Industrial Center /Light Industrial District, subject to compliance with all other
applicable requirements of the Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially -zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel; or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.36.020.1.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
3. Beauty or barber shops.
4. Bicycle repair shops.
5. Brew pubs.
6. Bus stations.
7. Commercial laundries.
8. Contractors storage yards.
9. Daycare centers.
10. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
11. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
12. Hotels.
13. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
14. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
15. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
16. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
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17. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of electrical or mechanical
equipment, vehicles and machines, including, but not limited to, heavy and light machinery,
tools, airplanes, boats or other transportation vehicles and equipment.
18. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
19. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
20. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
21. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
22. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
23. Motels.
24. Offices including, but not limited to software development and similar uses,
financial services, schools and studios for education or self- improvement less than 20,000 square
feet. This category does not include outpatient medical and dental clinics.
25. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
26. Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
27. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor) athletic or health clubs.
28. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
29. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
30. Research and development facilities.
31. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
32. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
33. Salvage and wrecking operations which are entirely enclosed within a building.
34. Self- storage facilities.
35. Storage (outdoor) of materials is permitted up to a height of 20 feet with a front yard
setback of 25 feet and to a height of 50 feet with a front yard setback of 100 feet; security
required.
36. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
37. Taverns, nightclubs.
38. Telephone exchanges.
39. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
40. Truck terminals.
41. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
42. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
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Section 28. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2235 §7, 2021 §9, 1986 §14, 1974 §10, 1971
§16, 1814 §2, 1774 §4 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.32.020, are amended to read as
follows:
18.38.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the
Manufacturing Industrial Center Heavy Industrial District, subject to compliance with all
other applicable requirements of the Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel; or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.38.020.1.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
3. Beauty or barber shops.
4. Bicycle repair shops.
5. Brew pubs.
6. Bus stations.
7. Computer software development and similar uses.
8. Contractor storage yards.
9. Daycare centers.
10. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
11. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
12. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
13. Heavy metal processes such as smelting, blast furnaces, drop forging or drop
hammering.
14. Hotels.
15. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
16. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
17. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
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18. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
19. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling chemicals, light metals, plastics,
solvents, soaps, wood, coal, glass, enamels, textiles, fabrics, plaster, agricultural products or
animal products (no rendering or slaughtering).
20. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of previously manufactured metals,
such as iron and steel fabrication; steel production by electric arc melting, argon oxygen refining
and consumable electrode melting; and similar heavy industrial uses.
21. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling previously prepared metals,
including, but not limited to, stamping, dyeing, shearing or punching of metal, engraving,
galvanizing and hand forging.
22. Manufacturing, processing and /or assembling of electrical or mechanical
equipment, vehicles and machines, including, but not limited to, heavy and light machinery,
tools, airplanes, boats or other transportation vehicles and equipment.
23. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
24. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
25. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials,
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
26. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices and recording equipment.
27. Motels.
28. Offices; must be associated with another permitted uses (e.g., administrative offices
for a manufacturing company present within the MIC).
29. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
30. Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
31. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
32. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
33. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
34. Research and development facilities.
35. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
36. Rock crushing, asphalt or concrete batching or mixing, stone cutting, brick
manufacture, marble work, and the assembly of products from the above materials.
37. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
38. Salvage and wrecking operations.
39. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
40. Self- storage facilities.
41. Storage (outdoor) of materials is permitted up to a height of 20 feet with a front yard
setback of 25 feet, and to a height of 50 feet with a front yard setback of 100 feet; security
required.
42. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
43. Taverns, nightclubs.
44. Telephone exchanges.
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45. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
46. Truck terminals.
47. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
48. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 29. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2135 §17, 2028 §2, 1865 §44 and 1758 §1,
as codified at TMC Section 18.38.040, are amended to read as follows:
18.38.040 Conditional Uses. The following uses may be allowed within the Manufacturing
Industrial Center /Heavy Industrial District, subject to the requirements, procedures and
conditions established by the Conditional Use Permits chapter of this title:
1. Colleges and universities.
2. Electrical substations distribution.
3. Fire and police stations.
4. Hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities (off -site) subject to compliance with
State siting criteria (RCW 70.105; see TMC Chapter 21.08).
5. Offices not associated with other permitted uses and excluding medical/ dental
clinics, subject to the following location and size restrictions:
a. New office developments:
(1) New office developments shall not exceed 100,000 square feet of gross floor
area per lot that was legally established prior to 09/20/2003.
(2) No new offices shall be allowed on lots that abut the Duwamish River and
are north of the turning basin. The parcels that are ineligible for stand -alone office uses are
shown in Figure 18 -12.
b. An existing office development established prior to 12/11/1995 (the effective
date of the Comprehensive Plan) that exceeds the maximum size limitations, may be recognized
as a conforming Conditional Use under the provisions of this code. An existing office
development established prior to 12 -11 -1995 (the effective date of the Comprehensive Plan) may
convert to a stand -alone office use subject to the provisions of this code.
6. Park and -ride lots.
7. Radios, television, microwave or observation stations and towers.
8. Recreation facilities (public), including, but not limited to, sports fields, community
centers and golf courses.
9. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods and similar items; limited to uses of a type and size
that clearly intend to serve other permitted uses and /or the employees of those uses.
Section 30. Ordinances Amended. Ordinance Nos. 2235 §8, 2097 §17, 2021 §10, 1986 §15,
1974 §11, 1971 §17, 1830 §25, 1814 §2, 1774 §5 and 1758 §1, as codified at TMC Section 18.40.020,
are amended to read as follows:
18.40.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Tukwila
Valley South District, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCM or
TUC zone districts or any other residentially zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
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(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel, or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.40.020.1.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
2. Animal veterinary, including associated temporary indoor boarding; access to an
arterial required.
3. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
4. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
5. Beauty or barber shops.
6. Bicycle repair shops.
7. Billiard or pool rooms.
8. Brew pubs.
9. Bus stations.
10. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
11. Commercial laundries.
12. Commercial parking, subject to TMC Chapter 18.56, Off Street Parking and Loading
Regulations.
13. Computer software development and similar uses.
14. Contractor's storage yards.
15. Convalescent and nursing homes for not more than twelve patients.
16. Convention facilities.
17. Daycare centers.
18. Dwelling one detached single family unit per existing lot (includes factory built or
modular home that meets UBC).
19. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
20. Farming and farm related activities.
21. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
22. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
23. Fraternal organizations.
24. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
25. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
26. Heavy equipment repair and salvage.
27. Hotels.
28. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
29. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
30. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
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c. tailor, dyeing
31. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
32. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and byproducts, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
33. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
34. Manufacturing, processing, and/or packaging previously prepared materials
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
35. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices and recording equipment.
36. Medical and dental laboratories.
37. Mortician and funeral homes.
38. Motels.
39. Offices, including:
a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
40. Pawnbrokers.
41. Planned shopping center (mall).
42. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
43. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
44 Railroad tracks (including lead, spur, loading or storage).
45. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
46. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
47. Religious facility with an assembly area of less than 750 square feet.
48. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
49. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
50. Research and development facilities.
51. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through;
b. sit down;
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant.
52. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
53. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
54. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
55. Salvage and wrecking operations that are entirely enclosed within a building.
56. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
57. Self- storage facilities.
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58. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter; and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
59. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
60. Taverns, nightclubs.
61. Telephone exchanges.
62. Theaters, excluding adult entertainment establishments, as defined by this code.
63. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
64. Truck terminals.
65. Warehouse storage and /or wholesale distribution facilities.
66. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district;
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 31. Ordinance Amended. Ordinance No. 2251, as codified at TMC Section 18.41.020,
is amended to read as follows:
18.41.020 Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted outright within the Tukwila
South Overlay district, subject to compliance with all other applicable requirements of the
Tukwila Municipal Code:
1. Adult daycare.
2. Adult entertainment establishments are permitted, subject to the following location
restrictions:
a. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed within the following
distances from the following specified uses, areas or zones, whether such uses, areas or zones
are located within or outside the City limits:
(1) In or within 1,000 feet of any LDR, MDR, HDR, MUO, 0, NCC, RC, RCC,
RCM or TUC zone districts or any other residentially zoned property;
(2) In or within one -half mile of:
(a) Public or private school with curricula equivalent to elementary, junior or
senior high schools, or any facility owned or operated by such schools; and
(b) Care centers, preschools, nursery schools or other child care facilities;
(3) In or within 1,000 feet of:
(a) public park, trail or public recreational facility; or
(b) church, temple, synagogue or chapel; or
(c) public library.
b. The distances specified in TMC Section 18.41.020.2.a. shall be measured by
following a straight line from the nearest point of the property parcel upon, which the proposed
use is to be located, to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary
line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
c. No adult entertainment establishment shall be allowed to locate within 1,000 feet
of an existing adult entertainment establishment. The distance specified in this section shall be
measured by following a straight line between the nearest points of public entry into each
establishment.
3. Amusement parks.
4. Automobile, recreational vehicles or travel trailer sales rooms and travel trailer or
used car sales lots. No dismantling of cars or travel trailers or sale of used parts allowed.
5. Automotive services:
a. gas, outside pumps allowed
b. washing
c. body and engine repair shops (enclosed within a building)
6. Beauty or barber shops.
7. Bed and breakfast lodging.
8. Bicycle repair shops.
9. Billiard or pool rooms.
10. Brew pubs.
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11. Bus stations.
12. Cabinet shops or carpenter shops employing less than five people.
13. Colleges and universities.
14. Computer software development and similar uses.
15. Continuing care retirement facility.
16. Convalescent and nursing homes.
17. Convention facilities.
18. Daycare centers.
19. Dwelling (allowed after residential design manual with criteria for approval is
adopted by ordinance):
a. one detached single family unit per lot
b. multi- family
c. multi- family units above office and retail space
d. senior citizen housing
20. Electrical substation and distribution.
21. Extended -stay hotel /motel.
22. Farming and farm related activities.
23. Financial:
a. banking
b. mortgage
c. other services
24. Fire and police stations.
25. Fix -it, radio or television repair shops /rental shops.
26. Fraternal organizations.
27. Frozen food lockers for individual or family use.
28. Greenhouses or nurseries (commercial).
29. Hospitals.
30. Hotels.
31. Industries involved with etching, film processing, lithography, printing and
publishing.
32. Internet data /telecommunication centers.
33. Laundries:
a. self -serve
b. dry cleaning
c. tailor, dyeing
d. commercial
34. Libraries, museums or art galleries (public).
35. Manufacturing, processing and /or packaging of food, including, but not limited to,
baked goods, beverages (including fermenting and distilling), candy, canned or preserved
foods, dairy products and by products, frozen foods, instant foods and meats (provided that no
slaughtering is permitted).
36. Manufacturing, processing and or packaging pharmaceuticals and related products,
such as cosmetics and drugs.
37. Manufacturing, processing, and /or packaging previously prepared materials
including, but not limited to, bags, brooms, brushes, canvas, clay, clothing, fur, furniture, glass,
ink, paint, paper, plastics, rubber, tile and wood.
38. Manufacturing, processing, assembling, packaging and /or repairing electronic,
mechanical or precision instruments such as medical and dental equipment, photographic
goods, measurement and control devices, and recording equipment.
39. Medical and dental laboratories.
40. Motels.
41. Movie theaters with three or fewer screens.
42. Neighborhood stormwater detention and treatment facilities.
43. Offices, including:
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a. outpatient medical clinic
b. dental
c. government excluding fire and police stations
d. professional
e. administrative
f. business, such as travel, real estate
g. commercial
44. Pawnbrokers.
45. Planned shopping center (mall) up to 500,000 square feet.
46. Plumbing shops (no tin work or outside storage).
47. Parks, trails, picnic areas and playgrounds (public), but not including amusement
parks, golf courses or commercial recreation.
48. Private stable.
49. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), athletic or health clubs.
50. Recreation facilities (commercial indoor), including bowling alleys, skating rinks,
shooting ranges.
51. Religious facility with an assembly area of less than 750 square feet.
52. Rental of vehicles not requiring a commercial driver's license (including
automobiles, sport utility vehicles, mini -vans, recreational vehicles, cargo vans and certain
trucks).
53. Rental of commercial trucks and fleet rentals requiring a commercial driver's license.
54. Research and development facilities.
55. Restaurants, including:
a. drive through
b. sit down
c. cocktail lounges in conjunction with a restaurant
56. Retail sales of health and beauty aids, prescription drugs, food, hardware, notions,
crafts and craft supplies, housewares, consumer electronics, photo equipment and film
processing, books, magazines, stationery, clothing, shoes, flowers, plants, pets, jewelry, gifts,
recreation equipment and sporting goods, and similar items.
57. Retail sales of furniture, appliances, automobile parts and accessories, liquor,
lumber /building materials, lawn and garden supplies, farm supplies.
58. Sales and rental of heavy machinery and equipment subject to landscaping
requirements of the Landscape, Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter
of this title.
59. Schools and studios for education or self- improvement.
60. Self- storage facilities.
61. Sewage lift stations.
62. Storage (outdoor) of materials allowed to be manufactured or handled within
facilities conforming to uses under this chapter, and screened pursuant to the Landscape,
Recreation, Recycling /Solid Waste Space Requirements chapter of this title.
63. Studios art, photography, music, voice and dance.
64. Taverns, nightclubs.
65. Telephone exchanges.
66. Theaters for live performances only, not including adult entertainment
establishments.
67. Tow truck operations, subject to all additional State and local regulations.
68. Water pump station.
69. Vehicle storage (no customers onsite, does not include park- and -fly operations).
70. Other uses not specifically listed in this title, which the Director determines to be:
a. similar in nature to and compatible with other uses permitted outright within
this district; and
b. consistent with the stated purpose of this district; and
c. consistent with the policies of the Tukwila Comprehensive Plan.
Section 32. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance or its application to any person or situation should be held to be invalid or
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unconstitutional for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of
this ordinance or its application to any other person or situation.
Section 33. Effective Date. This ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published in the
official newspaper of the City, and shall take effect and be in full force five days after passage
and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a
Regular Meeting thereof this 17 T/ day of m Cit 2010.
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ATTEST/ AUTHENTICATED:
Christy O'Flahe CMC, City Cled
APPROVED AS TO •RM BY:
Offic,e-oilhe ity A erney
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aggerton,
Filed with the City Clerk: S- 6
Passed by the City Council: 9
Published: /0
Effective Date:
Ordinance Number: D 2 r7
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SUMMARY OF
Ordinance No. 2287
City of Tukwila, Washington
On May 17, 2010 the City Council of the City of Tukwila, Washington, adopted
Ordinance No. 2287, the main points of which are summarized by its title as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING VARIOUS ORDINANCES, AS CODIFIED AT
TUKWILA MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 18, "ZONING CODE," TO INCORPORATE
DEFINITIONS OF DIVERSION FACILITY AND DIVERSION INTERIM SERVICES
FACILITY; TO CLARIFY DEFINITIONS OF CONVALESCENT NURSING HOME,
OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CLINIC AND HOSPITAL; TO DELETE THE
DEFINITION OF SANITARIUM; AND TO UPDATE THE ZONING CODE AND ITS
PROVISIONS FOR SUCH USES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The full text of this ordinance will be mailed upon request.
Approved by the City Council at a Regular Meeting thereof on May 17, 2010.
Published Seattle Times: May 20, 2010
d /)1 -i i
Christy O'Flal CMC, City Clerk