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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-18 Special Minutes - Zoning Ordinance ReviewJanuary 18, 1982 TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL 7:00 P.M. ZONING REVIEW CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Review Comments of City Attorney Sec. 18.02 Sec. 18.04 Sec. 18.06 Pages 6, 7, 8, 9. Sec. 18.06.150 Page 11. No change. No change. M I N U T E S 3Sb9 City Hall Council Chambers MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT COUNCILMAN HILL ACT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING IN THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT VAN DUSEN. MOTION CARRIED. Chairman Hill called the Zoning Review Meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. EDGAR D. BAUCH, LIONEL C. BOHRER, JOE DUFFIE, MABEL J. HARRIS, GEORGE D. HILL. OFFICIALS IN MAYOR FRANK E. TODD, CITY ATTORNEY LARRY E. HARD, PLANNING ATTENDANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BRAD COLLINS, PLANNERS FRED SATTERSTROM AND CAROLINE BERRY. City Attorney Hard said there are a number of editorial changes, typographical corrections, some new definitions have been added, and there are additions of permitted or non permitted uses. The discussions will be focused on substantive changes. Definitions. Addition of 18.06.150 Building permit; 18.06.410 Landscaping or landscaped areas; 18.06.580 Open space; 18.06.610 Planned mixed -use development; 18.06.620 Planned residential development; 18.06.820 Substantial construction; 18.06.990 Zone, overlay. City Attorney Hard said phrases were used in the zoning code that make_ the definitions necessary. Councilman Bohrer suggested that Section 18.06.150 Building permit, read: "A permit for construction in accordance with specific approved plans that are on file with the Planning Department." Councilman Bohrer asked if shopping center has been defined? City Attorney Hard said that should be a matter for the City Council to consider. Planning Director Brad Collins said they have tried to find out the concerns regarding shopping centers. There are three alternatives in defining shopping centers. One is to accept what we have which correlates shopping center with the concept of a mall in that if it does not have some kind of a mall involved in it then it is not classified as a shopping center. That is what is currently in the language. That does not include shopping center type of operations such as Parkway Plaza which involves no mall but which may be a concentrated retail activity under singular control or ownership. A second alternative is to define two types of shopping centers. One which is a concentrated retail activity center under singular ownership that does not have a mall and one that does have a mall being the second type of shopping center. We get into problems when we start talking about parking requirements for shopping centers, we do not know whether to apply the shopping center parking requirement to Parkway Plaza type of developments or only to developments that have malls in them. That distinction may be necessary in terms of trying to define what requirements we have of a concentrated retail activity center that does not include a mall. That is the second alternative, to come up with the expanded or two definitions of shopping centers, two different types of distinctively recognizable shopping centers. The third alternative would be to go in the other direction which is what the old zoning code had which was to correlate shopping center with planned business center and only deal with something of a regional scale. The staff's point of view is that is not the direction we want to go, we would either like to keep the concept we have of shopping center being tied to a mall concept or to identify lesser types of shopping centers which still may be required to have greater parking requirements or other types of zoning issues attached to them which does not include a mall. Staff did not come up with three alternative languages because we did not know how the Council felt about the issue. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ZONING REVIEW January 18, 1982 Page 2 Sec. 18.06.150 Page 11, cont. Sec. 18.06.990, Zone, overlay, pg.23 Sec. 18.06.270, Family, pg. 13 Sec. 18.06.340, Pg. 14, Line 21. Sec. 18.26.020, Line 24, pg. 46. Line 26, pg. 47. Line 20, Pg. 47. 3S6S Councilman Harris said the names, shopping center and shopping mall, indicate two different types of shopping areas. Brad Collins said the type of use would determine the parking; the mall type requires 5.5 parking, the shopping center that does not include a mall would be 2.5. The mall type is covered shopping that encourages more leisurely shopping. Cris Crumbaugh, audience, said the present code says 2.5 for strict commercial if it is not in the C -P district. Southcenter is C -P so it is 5.5. He said he would encourage not to require 5.5 in small commercial developments. Brad Collins said staff is not dissatisfied with the way the present code reads, but they understand the attorney's concerns that we did have problems with shopping centers that may be recognized as shopping centers by the public or private developers that do not qualify as shopping centers because they do not have a mall attached to them. That may create some confusion. Cris Crumbaugh, audience, said if you have a shopping mall that is less than 300,000 square feet the parking would be 5.5. Brad Collins said the current code does not set parking requirements according to the uses. It sets them according to the zoning dis- trict. If you are in a C -P zone then you are dealing with a retail operation and it would be 5.5. If you are not in a C -P it does not matter whether you have a shopping center mall, you are only required to have 2.5 parking requirement. In the new zoning ord- inance we proposed to identify the parking requirements for the activity as opposed to the zone that it is in. So, if you have a shopping center it still requires the same amount of parking whether it is in C -M zone or C -P zone or C -2 zone or M -2 zone. The type of zone it is in does not really make sense as to what kind of parking is required, it is the activity itself. COUNCIL PRESIDENT VAN DUSEN ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT 8:00 P.M. Discussion continued regarding the parking in shopping centers and malls. MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT THE PARKING ISSUE BE REFERRED TO STAFF AND THEY COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 1 WITH SUGGESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER UNRESOLVED ISSUES. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY BOHRER, TO DELETE THE LAST SENTENCE OF SECTION 18.06.990. MOTION CARRIED. City Attorney Hard suggested that Section 18.06.270, Line 2, Page 13, read: "Family. One person or two or more legally related.." MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY BAUCH, THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S AMENDED DEFINITION OF FAMILY AS NOTED ON PAGE 9 OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LETTER. MOTION CARRIED. Councilman Bauch asked if last word of sentence should be "walls" or "malls Mr. Collins said it should be "malls." MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY DUFFIE, THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT THE NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED. Brad Collins said this line should read: "Administrative, professional and business offices provide that no..." Delete word "total." MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED CHANGES BE INCORPORATED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED. Brad Collins suggested Line 20, Page 47, read: "Single family dwellings and multiple family dwellings, pursuant...." COUNCILMAN PHELPS ARRIVED AT THE MEETING AT 8:30 P.M. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ZONING REVIEW January 18, 1982 Page 3 Sec. 18.26.040 Sec. 18.28 No change. Ch. 18.38.030 Line 15, pg. 61. Ch. 18.40 Ch. 18.42 Ch. 18.44, pg. 70 RECESS 9:30 9:35 P.M. Sec. 18.44.112 Shoreline zone, Pg. 74 and 75 map on back of pg. 75. 3 S66 MOVED BY HARRIS, SECONDED BY PHELPS, THAT SECTION 18.26.040 CONDITIONAL USES BE MOVED FROM CONDITIONAL USES CATEGORY TO A PRINCIPAL USE CATEGORY. MOTION CARRIED. Ch. 18.30 Councilman Bauch recommended that "tourist cabins" be removed. Pg. 55, Line 3. MOVED BY BAUCH, SECONDED BY BOHRER, THAT THE WORDS "TOURIST CABINS" BE DELETED FROM PAGE 55, LINE 3, AND IT BE ADDED IN THE DEFINITION OF MOTELS, LINE 20, PAGE 54. MOTION CARRIED. Chap. 18.34 Chairman Hill said this chapter could be discussed when Council has the definition of shopping mall from staff. Brad Collins said this line has been rewritten to read: "Service and repair activities which are entirely enclosed within a building," in order to be consistent. No change. No change Larry Hard, City Attorney explained the changes that have been made. The purpose and definition have been changed to make it clearer. 18.44.010, pg. 70. Larry Hard, City Attorney, said this section should read: "Purpose and definition. The purpose of this zone is to implement the Shoreline Management Act of 1971, as amended (referred to in this Chapter as "Shoreline Act and regulations thereunder (referred to in this Chapter as "Shoreline REgulations"), and to provide for the regulation of development which affect those areas as codified in the Washington Administrative Code. Sec. 18.44.110, pg.73 Larry Hard suggested the following change should be made: "There shall be no disruption of existing trees or vegetation within the River Environment unless necessary for public safety or flood control; or if allowed as part of an approved Shoreline substantive development." This change makes the meaning clearer. Chairman Hill called for a recess of 5 minutes. The meeting was. called back to order by Chairman Hill, with Council Members present as previously listed. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT LARRY HARD'S RECOMMENDATION ON SECTION 18.44.110 (4), LINES 20 22, PAGE 73. MOTION CARRIED. Larry Hard explained the map on back of Page 75. It indicates river environment to be 40 feet, low impact environment to be 60 feet and high impact environment to be 100 feet. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE RIVER ENVIRONMENT BE 50 FEET FROM THE HIGH WATER MARK BACK AND SECTION 18.44.114 BE CHANGED ACCORDINGLY AND THE CHANGE BE MADE IN DEFINITIONS WHERE IT APPEARS. MOTION CARRIED, WITH VAN DUSEN, PHELPS, AND HILL VOTING NO. Brad Collins indicated some of the building that have been built using the 40' as the river environment. MOVED BY DUFFIE, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE ISSUE BE RECONSIDERED. MOTION CARRIED. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY HARRIS, THAT THE RIVER ENVIRONMENT BE 50' FROM THE HIGH WATER MARK BACK AND SECTION 18.44.114 BE CHANGED ACCORDINGLY AND THE CHANGE BE MADE IN DEFINITIONS WHERE IT APPEARS. MOTION FAILED. Chairman Hill said the river environment would remain 40 feet and low impact environment 60 feet. TUKWILA CITY COUNCIL ZONING REVIEW January 18, 1982 Page 4 ADJOURNMENT 10:05 P.M. MOVED BY BOHRER, SECONDED BY VAN DUSEN, THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED. The next meeting discussion will begin on Page 77, Section 18.44. 0 11� A/ Ch irman George D. Iii T1 Noma Booher, Recording Secretary 356 7