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ORDINANCE NO. 3124
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON RELATED TO INTERIM LAND USE REGULATIONS IN THE
VICINITY OF 6TH AND 10TH STREETS AND HOWARD STREET AND DISCOVERY
WAY; RE-ENACTING AND EXTENDING ORDINANCES 3116 AND 3111 (WHICH
AMEND CHAPTERS 17.18 AND 17.20 OF THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL
CODE) FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX-MONTH PERIOD OR UNTIL THE CITY
FINISHES THE PROCESS OF CODE REVIEW AND AMENDMENT RELATING TO
ZONING IN THE AFFECTED AREA
RECITALS
A. The City Council enacted Ordinance 3111 on July 7, 2014, adopting interim standards for
the affected area. These interim regulations expire January 8, 2015.
B. On September 15, 2014, Council enacted Ordinance 3116. This ordinance amended
Ordinance 3111 as it related to office uses in the affected area. It did not extend the
effective date of Ordinance 3111.
C. On September 18, 2014, the City of Port Townsend was awarded a CERB Planning Grant
to conduct an economic feasibility study on the Howard Street Corridor. One of the pre-
contract requirements is for the City to have a consultant selected and on contract. The
City solicited proposals, and selected E.D. Hovee & Company LLC to conduct the study.
The overall strategy with this project is to complete the economic feasibility study and then
re-apply to CERB for a Prospective Development grant/loan. Our Prospective
Development application would focus on funding construction of stormwater facilities for
the corridor.
D. The Hovee Study will not be completed until late February or early March, 2015. In order
to fully analyze the results of the study and incorporate those results into permanent
regulations, and extension of the effective date of the interim regulations is necessary.
E. RCW 35A.63.220 relating to Code cities like Port Townsend and 36.70A.390, a section of
the Growth Management Act (Ch. 36.70), authorizes the City to adopt interim regulations
to preserve the status quo while new plans or regulations are considered and prepared.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,WASHINGTON,
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. Because of the need to integrate the results of the Hovee Study into
permanent regulations, the City Council finds that a six-month extension to the interim
regulations adopted by Ordinance 3111 as amended by Ordinance 3116 is necessary.
Ordinance 3124
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Section 2. Extension and Reenactment. For the reasons set forth in the Recitals (above),
which are hereby approved, those provisions enacted by Ordinance 3111 (July 7, 2014), as
amended by Ordinance 3116 (September 15, 2014), are hereby re-imposed, re-enacted, extended
and continued in existence for an additional six months from the effective date of Ordinance
3111 (July 8, 2015), or until regulations relating to standards for the affected area are adopted by
the City Council, whichever is sooner. All other provisions of Ordinance 3111 as amended by
Ordinance 3116 shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
should be held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance.
Section 4. Vested Rights; Development and Re-development. This Ordinance does not
affect any existing vested rights.
Section 5. Publication. This Ordinance shall be published by an approved summary
consisting of the title.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
five days after its publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular
meeting thereof, held this 8"' day of December, 2014.
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David King
Mayor
Attest: Approved as to Form:
Joanna Sanders, CMC Steven L. Gross
City Clerk City Attorney