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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3247 Related to Affordable Housing; Amending PTMC Chapters 17.08, 17.16, and 17.34 Ordinance 3247 Page 1 of 2 ORDINANCE NO. 3247 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AMENDING CHAPTERS 17.08, 17.16, AND 17.34 OF THE PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE, AMENDING REGULATIONS RELATED TO MODULATION, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, COTTAGE HOUSING, TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ALLOWED IN THE R-IV ZONING DISTRICT AND THE DEFINTION OF FAMILY WHEREAS, The City of Port Townsend is facing a shortage of housing options and the City Council seeks to minimize the barriers to develop additional housing; and WHEREAS, in 2017 the City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Housing forwarded several recommendations for code amendments related to housing to City Council for their consideration; and WHEREAS, at a City Council Business meeting on April 2, 2018, a motion was passed tasking the Planning Commission to review potential changes to PTMC Chapters 17 and 19; and WHEREAS, Planning staff provided notice of intent to adopt the proposed development regulation amendments to the State Department of Commerce for review and comment prior to the adoption of this ordinance (RCW 36.70A.106). Expedited review was requested and granted. No substantive comments were received from DOC prior to the adoption of this ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after timely notice, held a public hearing to accept public testimony on this matter on December 30, 2019 and recommended to the City Council that PTMC Chapter 20.04 be amended as proposed; and WHEREAS, the City Council held an open record public hearing on March 16, 2020, and has considered public comments and written submittals, and considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission: NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as follows: Section 1. Amendments. 1. Section 17.08.030 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is amended as set forth in substantially the same form as in Exhibit A. 2. Section 17.16.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is amended as set forth in substantially the same form as in Exhibit B. 3. Table 17.16.020 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is amended as set forth in substantially the same form as in Exhibit C. Ordinance 3247 Page 2 of 2 4. Table 17.16.030 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code are amended as set forth in substantially the same form as in Exhibit D. 5. Section 17.34.030 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code is amended as set forth in substantially the same form as in Exhibit E. Section 2 Severability. If any sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance should be held to be invalid or 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 or work of this ordinance. Section 3. °l ransinittal to 1 cpq 1ncnt of Commerce. The City Clerk shall transmit a copy of this Ordinance to the State Department of Commerce (DOC) within ten (10) days of adoption of this ordinance. Section 4. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Chapter 1.01.015 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code, staff and the Code Reviser are authorized to update and incorporate changes adopted in the Port Townsend Municipal Code. Staff and the Code Reviser are further authorized to make non-substantive edits related to numbering, grammar, spelling, and formatting consistent with this Ordinance. Section 5m. Effective Date,This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 5 days following its publication in the manner provided by law ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 6t" day of April 2020. Michelle Sandoval Mayor Attest: Approved as to Form: ........: .... ....... ........ ............... n ,.,.,.. . .. .... .._._.... ..._.________ .,,,,,.. Joanna Sanders, MMC l lcidi ClreenVwC_ ad City Clerk City Attorney Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page I af10 Exhibit A 17.08.030 E through H. "Electric vehicle infrastructure" means structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations. "Electrical distribution substation" means an assembly of equipment designed to receive energy from a high voltage distribution supply system, to convert it to a form suitable for local distribution and to distribute the energy to feeders through switching equipment designed to protect the service from the effects of faults. "Emergency repair" means work necessary to prevent destruction or dilapidation of real property or appurtenances thereto immediately threatened or damaged by fire, flood, earthquake or other disaster, or to correct an unsafe condition. "Emergency shelter"means a facility that provides housing for individuals and families in the event of a declared emergency or an immediately hazardous situation as determined by local, state or federal governments. Emergency shelters organized by the American Red Cross to provide disaster relief shall be permitted outright in all zoning districts. "Engineering design standards" is synonymous with "engineering standards" and means the city's engineering, design and construction standards and specifications governing the construction of public and private improvements serving developments. The city's engineering design standards include standards for streets and roads and other transportation facilities in accordance with PTMC Title 12, standards for water, sewer and stormwater improvements in accordance with PTMC Title 13, and the public works engineering design standards manual. "Equipment enclosure," as used in Chapter 17.78 PTMC, Personal Wireless Service Facilities, means a structure, shelter, cabinet, box or vault designed for and used to house and protect the electronic equipment necessary and/or desirable for processing wireless communication signals and data, including any provisions for mechanical cooling equipment, air conditioning, ventilation, or back-up power supplies or emergency generators. "Equipment rental service, commercial" means a business which rents or leases equipment for personal or household use, including but not limited to power and hand tools, yard and garden equipment, or party supplies such as dishware, glassware, and folding tables and chairs. This does not include rental of furniture or appliances, which is classified under "Furniture, home furnishings, and appliance stores." It also does not include rental or leasing of portable toilets, heavy equipment like bulldozers, or similar services to the construction trades. These are classified as light manufacturing uses. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 2 of]0 "Essential public facilities" means public facilities and privately owned or operated facilities serving a public purpose. The term includes essential public facilities of statewide significance listed in RCW 36.70A.200, and locally defined essential public facilities listed in the countywide planning policy for Jefferson County, Policy No. 4. Examples of essential public facilities include, but are not limited to: airports; state educational facilities; state or regional transportation facilities; prisons,jails, and other correctional facilities; solid waste handling facilities; inpatient facilities such as group homes and mental health facilities; sewage treatment facilities; and communication towers and antennas. "Essential use" means that use for the preservation or promotion of which the use district was created, and to which all other permitted uses are subordinate. "Establishment" means an economic unit, generally at a single physical location, where business is conducted or services are offered. "Fairgrounds" means an area that is set aside for fairs and other major public events. Typically, fairgrounds include exhibition halls, arenas for competitions like rodeos, horse races, and animal agility trials, and open space for setting up booths and other entertainments. Campgrounds for transient use may also be included within a fairground. Fairgrounds may host a broad range of events attracting a community-wide audience (e.g., county fairs, truck competitions, exhibitions, carnivals, or circuses) to small gatherings (e.g., club meetings, educational workshops, private parties/weddings, charity events, weekend sales events). ="1=aaVilymm tlr �� +tutu; a 1rr .i.�. ay:. ls ..i lta .wlst l +lel a► ate r c t l ww 1 1 l ea ,€ 7 w la .m itl ;�l o ml ti r 1.1.c+� 1� i - 1, rr ?-Offit "Family home child care" means a facility licensed to provide direct care, supervision and early learning opportunities for 12 or fewer children at any one time, in the home of the licensee where the licensee resides and is the primary provider, as presently defined and hereafter amended (WAC 1 7 0-296-0020). Farmers Market. See "Swap meet." "FCC" means the Federal Communications Commission. "Fence" means any artificially constructed barrier of any material or combination of materials erected to enclose, screen or separate areas. This definition does not include arbors, trellises, and Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 3 of10 other framework installations which are either freestanding or integral to a fence or wall or hedges. See also "Arbor" and "Hedge." "Ferry landing" means a dock used for loading passengers or motor vehicles to any commercial waterborne vessel on which transportation is offered for compensation. "Financial institutions" means establishments such as, but not limited to, banks and trust companies, credit agencies, investment companies, brokers and dealers of securities and commodities, and other similar uses. "Flag" means the officially recognized symbol of a government jurisdiction displayed on cloth or similar flexible fabric. "Flashing sign" means a sign or a portion thereof which changes light intensity or switches on and off in a repetitive pattern, or uses electrical energy to provide motion or the optical illusion of motion. "Flea market" means an occasional sales activity held within a building, structure, or open area where groups of individual sellers offer goods, new and used, for sale to the public, but not to include private garage sales. See also "Swap meet." "Floor" means the top surface of an enclosed area in a building (including basement) (i.e., the top of a slab in concrete slab construction or the top of wood flooring in wood frame construction). The term does not include the floor of a garage used primarily for the parking of vehicles and where openings are installed to allow the free passage of water. "Floor area, gross" means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of a building or buildings, measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls and from the centerline of division walls. Floor area shall include: basement space, elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor, mechanical equipment rooms or attic spaces with headroom of seven feet six inches or more, penthouse floors, interior balconies and mezzanines, enclosed porches. Floor area shall not include: accessory water tanks and cooling towers, mechanical equipment or attic spaces with headroom of less than seven feet six inches, exterior steps or stairs, terraces, breezeways and open spaces. "Floor area, ground" means the gross floor area for the first floor of a structure only. The first floor which is at or above grade level. "Floor area, net total" means the sum of the gross floor area for all floors excluding that portion of upper floors with sloping rooms with a ceiling height of less than five feet. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 4 of10 "Floor area ratio (FAR)" means the gross floor area of all of the floors of any building or buildings on a lot, divided by the area of such lot, or in the case of planned unit developments, by the net lot area. "Floor area, usable" means any floor area within the outside walls of a building exclusive of areas in cellars, basements, unfinished attics, garages, open porches, and accessory buildings. "Food hub" means a facility where agricultural, aquaculture, or fishery products are aggregated, cut, cleaned and packaged for redistribution. These facilities do not include slaughter of animals. "Food stores" means stores primarily engaged in selling food and beverages for home preparation and consumption. It includes grocery stores; meat and fish markets, including freezer provisioners; fruit and vegetable markets; candy, nut, and confectionery stores; dairy products stores; retail bakeries; wine and beer shops; liquor stores; and miscellaneous stores specializing in items such as spices, coffee, or health foods. As an accessory use, a food store may also sell prepared products for on-site or off-site consumption. "Foster home" means a home licensed and regulated by the state and classified by the state as a foster home, providing care and guidance for not more than five unrelated juveniles, adults or both. "Fourplex" means a single building containing four attached dwelling units, either side by side or above one another separated by fire-resistive common wall or common floor/ceiling assemblies. Over and under fourplexes shall have common floor-ceilings between dwelling units. For purposes of this title, fourplexes are considered single-family dwellings within R-I and R-II districts; provided, that the base density requirements of the district are not exceeded. See also "Duplex" and"Triplex." "Fraternal organization" means a group of people formally organized for a common interest, usually cultural, religious, or entertainment, with regular meetings, rituals, and formal written membership requirements. (Note: this is not a "fraternity"). "Fraternity, sorority, or student cooperative" means a building occupied by and maintained exclusively for students affiliated with an academic or professional college or university, or other recognized institution of higher learning and regulated by such institution. "Freestanding sign" means a sign which is supported by uprights or braces connected permanently to the ground and which is not connected to a building. See also "Pole sign." "Fuel storage facility" means an area that is used or planned to be used for the bulk storage of petroleum, propane, and similar products used for heating purposes, powering motor vehicles, boats and ships, and aircraft, and operating electrical generating plants. The facilities may be aboveground or underground storage tanks. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 5 of10 "Full cutoff lighting fixture" means, as defined by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), a full cutoff luminaire (fixture) has no direct uplight (light emitted above horizontal) and eliminates glare by limiting the intensity of light from the fixture in the region between 80 and 90 degrees above a point on the ground directly below the fixture. A "fully shielded" fixture eliminates direct uplight but may not reduce or eliminate glare. "Funeral parlors and mortuaries" means businesses primarily engaged in conducting funerals and preparing the dead for burial, but not including crematoriums. "Furniture, home furnishings, and appliance stores" means businesses primarily engaged in the retail sale of goods used for furnishing the home, such as furniture, floor coverings, draperies, lighting fixtures, wood stoves, domestic cook stoves, refrigerators, and other household electrical and gas appliances. This category also includes rental of furniture, appliances, and the like. Consumer electronics such as televisions, stereo equipment, and personal computers are classified under "Specialty stores." Mini-computers and mainframe computers are classified under office supplies and equipment stores. See also "Specialty stores." "Garage, private residential" means a structure that is accessory to a residential building and that is used for the parking and storage of vehicles owned and operated by the residents thereof, and that is not a separate commercial enterprise available to the general public. "Garage, public parking" means a building, or portion of building, or area beneath a building or structure, except those described as a private garage, used only for the parking of motor vehicles. "General merchandise store" means a store that sells a wide variety of grocery and nongrocery items. Stores that sell nongrocery items (such as consumer electronics, hardware, building materials, apparel, sporting goods, automotive supplies or the like) as a major component of their business (i.e., 30 percent or more of display area) are classified as general merchandise stores. Stores that primarily sell groceries (i.e., 70 percent or more of their display area) are classified as grocery stores. "Golf course" means a tract of land laid out for at least nine holes for playing the game of golf and improved with tees, greens, fairways, and hazards, and that may include a clubhouse and shelter. See also "Country club." Grade. 1. "Finished grade" means the lowest point of elevation of the finished surface of the ground, paving or sidewalk, within the area between the building and the property line or, when the property line is more than 10 feet from the building, between the building and a line 10 feet from the building. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 6 of10 2. "Natural grade" means the elevation of the ground level in its natural state, before construction, filling, or excavation. 3. For the purposes of Chapter 17.76 PTMC, Signs, "grade" means the average elevation of the ground surface immediately below the sign after construction, exclusive of any filling, berming, mounding or excavating solely for the purpose of locating the sign. In cases in which the grade cannot reasonably be determined, sign height shall be equal to the elevation of the nearest point of the crown of a public street or the grade of the land at the main entry to the principal building, whichever is lower. 4. "Average grade" means a reference established by averaging the grade elevations at the four corners surrounding a building. "Grand opening" means the celebration or promotional period beginning on or shortly after the date when a new, permanent business or use is open for business in a permanent, fixed building, Grand opening events must be related to: opening of a new business; a change of business location; construction of a new business structure; major remodeling or expansion valued at $50,000 or more; change of ownership; or change of name. "Greenbelt" means a strip of land, variable in width, for the planting, growing and maintaining of cultivated landscaping. "Greenhouse" means an enclosed building, permanent or portable, that is used for the growth of small (i.e., less than 10 feet in height) plants. "Grocery store" means a subcategory of food store which is primarily engaged in the retail sale of a wide variety of fresh foods, packaged foods and household supplies for preparation and consumption in the home. Commonly known as a supermarket, grocery store, or minimarket, this type of store sells such goods as tea, coffee, spices, sugar, flour and packaged foods; fresh and/or frozen fruits and vegetables; fresh and/or prepared meats, fish, and poultry; domestic cleaning products and paper goods; and miscellaneous small items for home use. See also "Food stores." A store which also sells a wide variety of nongrocery items (such as automotive supplies, consumer electronics, hardware, building materials, apparel, sporting goods or the like) as a major part of its sales (i.e., 30 percent or more of its display area) is classified as a general merchandise store. "Gross acreage" means the total area within the lot lines of a lot or parcel of land before public streets, easements or other areas to be dedicated or reserved for public use are deducted from such lot or parcel. "Group home for the disabled" means a dwelling shared by four or more disabled persons, and resident staff, who live together as a single housekeeping unit and in a long-term, family-like Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 7 of10 environment in which staff persons provide care, education, and participation in community activities for residents with the primary goal of enabling the resident to live as independently as possible in order to reach their maximum potential. As used herein, "disabled" means: 1. Having a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities so that such person is incapable of living independently; 2. Having a record of having such an impairment; or 3. Being regarded as having such an impairment. However, "disabled" shall not include current illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance, nor shall it include any person whose residency in the home would constitute a direct threat to the health and safety of other individuals. "Group home for the disabled" shall not include alcoholism or drug treatment centers, work-release facilities for convicts or ex-convicts, or other housing facilities serving as an alternative to incarceration. "Guest house"/"detached bedroom" means a detached building used as sleeping quarters with a bathroom but without a kitchen located on the same lot with a principal building and occupied for the sole use of members of the family, temporary guests, or persons permanently employed on the premises. One guest house/detached bedroom is permitted as an accessory use to a single- family dwelling. See also "Accessory dwelling unit." "Guyed tower," as used in Chapter 17.78 PTMC, Personal Wireless Service Facilities, means a monopole or lattice tower that is stiffened or anchored to the ground or other surface by cables. "Halfway house" means a licensed home for inmates on release from more restrictive custodial confinement or initially placed in lieu of such more restrictive confinement wherein supervision, rehabilitation, and counseling are provided to mainstream a person back into society. "Hazardous substance" means any liquid, solid, gas or sludge, including any material, substance, product, commodity, or waste, regardless of quantity, that exhibits any of the characteristics or criteria of hazardous waste as described in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules adopted under Chapter 70.105 RCW. "Hazardous waste" means all dangerous and extremely hazardous waste, including substances, composed of both radioactive and hazardous components, regulated under either Chapter 70.105 RCW, or the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) rules adopted pursuant thereto. "Hazardous waste facility" means any facility on which the treatment or storage of hazardous waste occurs, including but not limited to those facilities defined in WAC 173-30.3..-04.01. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 8 of10 "Health club" means gymnasiums (except those associated with educational institutions), steam baths, saunas, private clubs (athletic, health, or recreational), reducing salons, and weight control establishments. "Heavy manufacturing" means a use engaged in the basic processing and manufacturing of materials or products predominantly from extracted or raw materials, or a use engaged in the storage of or manufacturing processes that potentially involve hazardous or commonly recognized offensive conditions. See also "High-impact use." "Hedge" means any self-supporting barrier of living vegetation that encloses, screens, or separates areas. "Height," as used in Chapter 17.78 PTMC, Personal Wireless Service Facilities, means the vertical distance measured from the lowest preexisting ground level within the footprint of the facility to the highest point on the facility, including but not limited to the antenna or antenna array. See also "Building height." "High-impact use" means a business establishment which is considered to be dangerous and/or noxious due to the probability and/or magnitude of its effects on the environment. High-impact uses shall include but are not limited to: 1. Battery manufacturing, reprocessing; 2. Crude petroleum refinery and storage; 3. Creosote manufacture and treatment; 4. Distillation of wood, coal or bones, or manufacture of byproducts; animal black or bone black manufacturing; 5. Fuel (illuminating or heating) manufacture or storage; 6. Incineration or reduction of garbage, offal, dead animals, or refuse; 7. Manufacture of poisons, pesticides and herbicides; 8. Manufacture of Class IA or 1B flammable liquids as defined by the International Fire Code, storage of same in aboveground containers; 9. Manufacture or substantial use of ammonia, chlorine, asbestos, oxygen, hydrogen acids (hydrochloric, nitric, picric, sulfurous, sulfuric); 10. Rendering of fat, tallow, lard; extraction of animal or fish fats and oils; Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 9 of10 11. Smelting of ore; 12. Stockyards, hog farms, slaughterhouses, including packing and freezing; 13. Storage of explosives, as defined by the International Fire Code; 14. Tanneries; and 15. Wood pulp manufacture. See also "Heavy manufacturing." "Historic district" or"historic overlay district" means that area within the city of Port Townsend nominated to the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1976, the boundaries of which are described as: Beginning at Port Townsend Bay in a northwesterly direction co-linear with Polk Street and continuing to the edge of the bluff along Water Street, then following the bluff toward the southwest to the vacated Scott Street right of way, along that vacated right of way to its intersection with Jefferson Street, southwest along Jefferson one half block then 90 degrees to the northwest along a line parallel to Scott Street continuing to Lawrence Street, northeast along Lawrence to Walker Street, northwest along Walker to Blaine Street, northeast along Blaine to Van Buren Street, southeast along Van Buren to Garfield Street, northeast along Garfield to Harrison Street, northwest along Harrison to Chestnut Street, north along Chestnut to F Street, east along F to Oak Street, north along Oak to Taft Street, along Taft to a point midblock between Adams and Quincy Streets, then 90 degrees to the northwest along a line parallel to Quincy then 90 degrees to the northeast taking in the property at the west corner of Quincy and Taft Streets, returning along Quincy to Taft and continuing along Taft Street northeast to Admiralty Inlet. "Historic structure" or "historic building" means any building or structures individually listed or eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places or Port Townsend register of historic places. "Home occupation" means any profession, trade, occupation, or activity carried on for a livelihood or engaged in with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage to the participant or another person or class, directly or indirectly, for profit, and which is conducted as a customary, incidental, and accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit or an associated accessory structure. Home occupations shall only be allowed as regulated pursuant to Chapter 17.56 PTMC. "Homeless shelter" means a facility operated by a public entity or nonprofit organization providing transient shelter, or food and transient shelter, for a limited period of time (i.e., an Ordinance 3247 Exhibit A Page 10 of10 individual may occupy the shelter for no more than 29 consecutive calendar days or as otherwise specified in the conditions of the permit) to individuals and/or families having neither a home nor means to obtain a home or other temporary lodging. Homeless shelters shall meet any applicable state licensing requirements. An established religious organization may establish a homeless shelter within buildings on the property as an accessory use subject to the requirements of the zoning district. "Horticulture" means the science and art of cultivating flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants. "Hospital" means a facility providing primary health services and medical or surgical care to persons, primarily inpatients suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, other abnormal physical or mental conditions, chemical or substance dependency or abuse, and including as an integral part of the institution related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient facilities, and training facilities. Hospital, Animal. See "Veterinary hospital or clinic." "Hostel" means a budget-oriented transient accommodation where guests share dormitory-style sleeping rooms, bathrooms, lounge areas, and sometimes kitchens for short-term stays. "Hotel" means any building or portion thereof containing five or more rooms which share a common entry to the building that are rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes for compensation. A central kitchen and dining room and accessory shops and services catering to the general public may be provided. All rooms located within a hotel shall be under common ownership. Hotel rooms cannot be owned individually. Not included are institutions housing persons under legal restraint or requiring medical attention or care. A hotel is a"short term rental." Hotel, Apartment. See "Apartment hotel." ffouseheI4:-See-�"Ea .i.ly:!7 "HPC" or "Port Townsend historic preservation committee" means the committee created by Port Townsend Ordinance No. 2035 and codified in Chapter 2.72 PTMC. (Ord. 3172 § 5 (Exh. D), 2017; Ord. 3154 § 4(1) (Exh. C), 2016; Ord. 3037 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 3035 §§ 2, 3, 2010; Ord. 2982 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2977 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2939 § 3, 2007; Ord. 2898 § 6, 2005; Ord. 2867 § 2, 2004; Ord. 2840 § 2(Exh. E), 2003; Ord. 2792 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2782 § 4, 2001; Ord. 2700 § 4, 1999; Ord. 2571 § 2, 1997). Ordinance 3247 Exhibit B Exhibit B 17.16.020 Permitted, conditional and prohibited uses —Accessory dwelling units. C. Accessory Dwelling Units—Limitations on Use. One accessory dwelling unit (ADU) may be established only as an accessory use to a single-family, detached residence (and specifically, not including a duplex, triplex or fourplex), provided the following conditions are continuously met: 1. A certificate of occupancy pursuant to the currently adopted city construction codes shall be obtained from the building official and posted within the ADU. The code inspection and compliance required to obtain a certificate of occupancy in an existing building shall be restricted to the portion of the building to be occupied by an ADU and shall apply only to new construction rather than existing components, except that any high hazards (i.e., smoke detectors, fire exits, stairways, LP gas appliances and fire separation) shall be corrected. Where additional fire separation is unduly burdensome, the building official may authorize a fire alarm system in lieu of required fire separation. 2. Neither the main nor accessory dwelling unit shall be used as a short term rental, except as provided for in PTMC 1,1...,m7m.(ml;0(B)(2). 3. ADUs established in an outbuilding shall not exceed 800 square feet in floor area and �P exceed X-- 1000 ADU§ establishedwithinor attached to the rimar......re„s„residence shall no„t... ....�........—..._,-00 ._ §quare feet, and under no circumstance shall the total lot coverage of the primary residence along with the ADU exceed the standard allowed in the underlying zoning district. 4. In order to preserve the outward appearance of single-family neighborhoods, the front of the house shall have only one exterior entrance. 5. An ADU may be established in a residence or outbuilding that is legal, nonconforming with respect to required setbacks if entrances are no closer than five feet to neighboring property lines, and if each side window that is closer than five feet to a side property line and that is also closer than 20 feet to either the front or rear property line is permanently glazed with translucent material; provided, that the director may permit an entrance as close as three feet to a neighboring property line upon a finding that no feasible alternative exists. 6. Repealed by Ord. 2939 Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page I of 11 Exhibit C Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable ..... ......... ....__ DISTRICT I R-I R-IIR-III R-IV�A..................................................... PPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES Accessory dwelling units P P P X PTMC 1 7.1-6.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. For ADUs in the R-III zone, the ADU shall be counted toward the maximum housing density as provided in PTMC 17.16._030. Adult family homes (for 6 or P P P P PTMC 17.16,030, Bulk, dimensional and fewer adults) density requirements. Emergency shelter (6 or fewer P P P P Same as above. adults) Emergency shelters P P P P This provision recognizes the Red Cross's established by the American desired use of various facilities located in the Red Cross during a time of residential zoning districts during a time of public emergency public emergency. _...�...__...... ........ _ Group homes for the disabled P P P P PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and (6 or fewer residents) density requirements. Manufactured homes (on P P P X Manufactured homes, whether used as individual lots) single-family residences or as an ADU, meeting the definition for "manufactured home" and set on a permanent foundation with the space from the bottom of the home to the ground enclosed by either load-bearing concrete or decorative concrete or masonry Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 2 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES blocks so that no more than one foot of the perimeter foundation is visible above grade, are permitted on individual lots in R-I, R-II and R-III zoning districts, subject to PTMC 17,1 ,0g, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Title to the manufactured home shall be eliminated as a condition of building permit approval, and no certificate of occupancy shall issue until the applicant has completed correctly the title elimination process. The placement of manufactured homes that were constructed more than three years prior is prohibited. ..-..........._............. _ ........................... Mobile homes and trailer X X X X homes (on individual lots) Modular homes P P P X PTMC ,17.1 , Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Modular homes are constructed in accordance with the International Building Code and are considered a type of single-family dwelling. Single-family dwellings P P P X PTMC 17.16-030, Bulk, dimensional and (including duplexes, triplexes, P density requirements. Single-family dweliirngm and fourplexes which meet in the R-IV zone are limited to four lexes. the base density requirements of the applicabledistrict) Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 3 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICTR-I R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Cottage housing C P P X Ch. 17.34 PTMC, Cottage Housing developments Development Design Standards; Ch. 17.46 PTMC, Commercial, Multifamily, Cottage Housing Developments, and Mixed Use Architectural and Site Design Review Processes; Ch. 18.20 PTMC, Binding Site Plans; Ch. 19.06 PTMC, Article III — Standards for Tree Conservation. __. _...__. .. _...........__. Transient use of single-family X X X X See PTMC 17.08.060, "Transient residential uses (including accommodation." duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes and cottage housing) MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES Apartment houses X C P P Chapter 17.36 PTMC, Multifamily Residential Development Standards; and PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Regardless of any other code provision, applications for conditional use permits for apartment houses in the R-II zone are minor conditional uses and processed as Type II permits per Chapter 20.01 PTMC. Boardinghouses (six or fewer P P P P Same as above. roomers) Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 4 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICT R-1 R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Lodging houses (seven or X X P P Same as above. more roomers) Congregate care or assisted X X P P Same as above. Also, noncommercial living facilities (with seven or medical marijuana collective gardens are more dwelling permitted subject to the standards of units/bedrooms) PTMC 17.1 .026(C). Foster homes P P P P Same as above. Fraternities, sororities and X X C C Same as above. student cooperatives ._._......... _._._......... Halfway house X X X X See definition PTMC 17.08.030. Multifamily dwellings X C P P Same as above. Nursing, rest, or convalescent X C P P Same as above. Also, noncommercial homes (seven or more medical marijuana collective gardens are persons) permitted subject to the standards of PTMC 17.1 , 26(C). ......_........ Residential treatment facilities C C P P Residential treatment facilities X X P P "Group homes" are considered an "essential including group homes for the public facility" under RCW 3 .7A,200; disabled (for seven or more "...their siting cannot be precluded by residents) development regulations..."; and PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements,. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 5 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICT R-1 R-IIR-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Townhouses or rowhouses X X P P Ch. 17.36 PTMC, Multifamily Residential (zero lot lines) Development Standards; and PTMC 17.1 6.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Transient use of multifamily X X X X See PTMC 17`.06.060, "Transient residential uses accommodation." _._._............_._ __ ._. ...... .................. _._. COMMERCIAL USES .......... ........ __.. Adult entertainment facilities X X X X .._. __.............-._ ......._ .._._._. _ — __ _-._--._- Bed and breakfast inns C C C C PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Child day care centers and C1 C1 C C... (1m) See PTMC 17.52.020(6) for child care as stand alone preschools an accessory use. Child day care centers may be permitted in any residential zone through the planned unit development (PUD) process, see Ch. 17.32 PTMC. Ch, 17.52 PTMC, Child Care Facilities; and PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Commercial uses as part of a P P P P PTMC 17.32,060, Modification of permitted planned unit development uses — Commercial uses. Family home child care and P P P P Same as above. in-home preschools Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 6 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICT R-1 R-11 R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Home occupations P P P P Ch. 17.56 PTMC, Home Occupations; and PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Tourist homes C C C C PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. ACCESSORY USES Accessory buildings P P P P PTMC 17,16.030, Bulk and dimensional requirements. Detached office/studio P P P X Subject to home occupation regulations, Ch. 17.56 PTMC. Fuel oil and kerosene P P P P Such containers require a permit and containers inspection pursuant to Ch. 16.04 PTMC, Building Code, may only be permitted for domestic heating purposes, must be located aboveground, and may not exceed 750 gallons' capacity. Guesthouse/detached P P X X See definition PTMC 17.08.030. bedroom Garages, private residential P P P P PTMC 17,16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. AGRICULTURAL USES Barns P C X X PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 7 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not ........ . applicable . ..... DISTRICT R-1 R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Community agricultural center C C X X Ch. 17.84 PTMC, Conditional Uses. Structures including farmer/apprentice housing are subject to PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Community agricultural centers are limited to locations fronting onto principal arterial, collector, and minor arterial streets. All office and retail uses shall be secondary to the agricultural component of the center. Concession stands, P P* X X PTMC 17.16.080, Bulk, dimensional and agricultural or produce density requirements; temporary agricultural or produce stands are subject to Ch. 17.60 PTMC, Temporary Uses. *In the R-II zone, concession stands are limited to locations fronting onto principal arterial, collector, and minor arterial streets. Crop or tree farming (no retail P P X X sales) Crop or tree farming with P P X X All parking shall be off-street, community supported agriculture sales Stables, private and riding P C X X PTMC 17.16,080, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 8 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts – Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable DISTRICT R-1 R-11 R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Plant nurseries, landscaping C C X X Same as above. materials, greenhouses (commercial) Small animal husbandry, C X X X Same as above. commercial Small animal husbandry, P P P P Same as above. noncommercial U-pick sales of cropsP P X X All parking shall be off-street. ---J—I— —L OTHER USES Cemeteries C C X X Churches C C C C Church buildings must comply with the requirements of PTMC "17.16.031, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements; however, towers, spires and steeples exceeding the height requirements of that section may be allowed, provided they comply with International Building Code. Community clubhouses P P P P PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Fraternal organizations C C C X Same as above. Kennels, animal C X X X Same as above. Medical marijuana, personal P P P P PTMC 17.16.025(6); PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, cultivation dimensional and density requirements. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 9 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; NIA = Not ........ ................._...._ . applicable DISTRICT R-1 R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Medical marijuana, P P P X, PTMC 17.16.06(C); PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, noncommercial collective dimensional and density requirements. garden (1) A noncommercial collective garden is allowed on a parcel containing a congregate care, assisted living, nursing, rest or convalescent home. Public facilities P P P P Same as above. Personal wireless service N/A N/A N/A N/A Refer to Chapter 17.78 PTMC, Personal facilities Wireless Service Facilities, for list of permitted, conditional and prohibited uses and other substantive requirements. Radio and television towers C C C C Such facilities are allowed in all zoning districts subject to the conditional use permit requirements of Ch. 17.84 PTMC; however, such facilities are prohibited within the limits of the Port Townsend National Register Historic District; and PTMC 71 6.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements, except as provided in applicable Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations. Satellite dishes, P P P P Satellite dishes and antennas shall meet the noncommercial, and antennas requirements of PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements, LL .--- ... --- - --- --- ...... ... ...... ... ...................... except as provided in applicable Federal Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 10 of 11 Table 17.16.020 Residential Zoning Districts — Permitted, Conditional and Prohibited Uses Key to table: P = Permitted outright; C = Subject to a conditional use permit; X = Prohibited; N/A = Not applicable _. .... __.....�.................................... .......W W DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III R-IV APPLICABLE REGULATIONS/NOTES Communications Commission rules and regulations. Schools, higher education X X C C PTMC '17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Schools (public or private) C C C X PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and density requirements. Stadiums, arenas, and C C X X PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and assembly halls density requirements. Veterinary hospitals C X X X Same as above. TEMPORARY USES Contractor offices and model P P P P PTMC 17.16.030, Bulk, dimensional and homes density requirements; and Ch. 17.60 PTMC, Temporary Uses. Rummage or other outdoor P P P P Ch. 17.60 PTMC, Temporary Uses. sales Shipping or temporary storage P P P P Permitted as a temporary use not to exceed containers 14 days; provided, that the director of the development services department may establish a longer time frame in conjunction with an approved development permit or separately Y as a temporary use subject to Ch. 17.60 PTMC, Temporary Uses. p Y Yard or garage sales P P P P Same as above. Ordinance 3247 Exhibit C Page 11 of 11 (Ord. 3241 § 1 (Exhs. A, B), 2019; Ord. 3172 § 7 (Exh. F), 2017; Ord. 3112 § 1 (Exh. B), 2014; Ord. 3035 §4, 2010; Ord. 3026 § 1 (Exh. A-6§ 1), 2010; Ord. 2982 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2977 § 1, 2008; Ord. 2939§§4, 5, 8, 2007; Ord. 2916 §4, 2006; Ord. 2898 §§2, 3, 2005; Ord. 2893 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2867 §2, 2004; Ord. 2864 § 5(Exh. D§2), 2004; Ord. 2837 §2(Exh. B §7), 2003; Ord. 2825§4, 2003; Ord. 2792 § 2, 2001; Ord. 2782 §4, 2001; Ord. 2700§§ 9, 10, 1999; Ord. 2670 § 3.2, 1998; Ord. 2571 §2, 1997). Ordinance 3247 Exhibit D Page 1 of 5 Exhibit D Table 17.16.030 Residential Zoning Districts — Bulk, Dimensional and Density Requirements .. [ . DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III R-IV 4 dwelling units 8 dwelling units 16 units per 40,000 24 units per (Multiple dwelling units (Multiple dwelling sf of lot area 40,000 sf of on a single lot must be units on a single lot lot area contained within a single must be contained MAXIMUM structure, except: a within a single HOUSING permitted accessory structure, except: a DENSITY dwelling unit (ADU) may permitted accessory (units per be established in a dwelling unit (ADU) 40,000 square separate building if may be established foot area) allowed by in a separate PTMC 17...16 020) building if allowed (10,000 sf of lot area per by unit) PTMC 17 1a. Y" ) (5,000 sf of lot area per unit) 10 units where a 15 units MINIMUM parcel and/or AVERAGE contiguous parcels HOUSING under single DENSITY ownership are (units per 12,000 square feet 40,000 square in size or greater; foot area) minimum average density = 1 unit/4,000 sf MAXIMUM 4 (Note: limited Structures with five, No limit No limit NUMBER OF structures with more six, seven, or eight DWELLING than 4 dwellings perdwellings may be Ordinance 3247 Exhibit D Page 2 of 5 Table 17.16.030 Residential Zoning Districts — Bulk, Dimensional and Density Requirements --- ....................._. DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III R-IV UNITS IN ANY structure may be permitted through a ONE permitted through the conditional use STRUCTURE PUD process, see permit Chapter 17.32 PTMC.) 10,000 sf= single-family 5,000 sf= single- 3,000 sf = single- detached family detached family detached; 5,000 sf = single- family attached (duplex); 7,500 sf= MINIMUM LOT single-family SIZE attached (triplex); and 10,000 sf= single-family attached (fourplex) and 12,500 sf= multifamily') MINIMUM LOT 50' 50' 30' except: ..... WIDTH 100' = multifamily 20' except: 10' except: 20' except: 10' 20' except: 50' = barns and 20' for garages with w/side or rear 10' w/side agricultural buildings vehicle access parking/garages; or rear facing a street right- garages with parking; no MINIMUM of-way and vehicle access setback for FRONT YARD 50' = barns and facing a street multifamily SETBACKS agricultural right-of-way must structures buildings be set back 20'; no located setback for within 200 multifamily feet of an structures located abutting Ordinance 3247 Exhibit D Page 3 of 5 Table 17.16.030 Residential Zoning Districts — Bulk, Dimensional and Density Requirements ....... W DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III R-IV within 200 feet of mixed use an abutting mixed zoning use zoning district district 20' except: 10' except: 10' except: 15' except: 50' = barns and 100' = barns and no setback for 20' if agricultural buildings, agricultural multifamily directly and 100' if abutting an buildings structures located abutting an R-II, R-III, or R-IV zoning within 200 feet of R-I or R-II district an abutting mixed district; no MINIMUM use zoning district setback for REAR YARD multifamily SETBACKS structures located within 200 feet of an abutting mixed use zoning district 15' minimum total with 15' minimum total 5' except: 15' except: 10' minimum on one side with 10' minimum 10' = along a street 20' if and 5' minimum on the on one side and 5' r-o-w; 20' for directly MINIMUM other side. minimum on the garages with abutting an SIDE YARD 10' = abutting a street r- other side. vehicle access R-I or R-II SETBACKS o-w; 20' for garages with 10' = abutting a facing a street district; no vehicle access facing a street r-o-w; 20' for right-of-way and no setback for street right-of-way and garages with setback for multifamily 50' = barns and vehicle access multifamily structures agricultural buildings and facing a street right- structures located located Ordinance 3247 Exhibit D Page 4 of 5 Table 17.16.030 Residential Zoning Districts — Bulk, Dimensional and Density Requirements DISTRICT R-I R-II R-III rabutting 100' if abutting an R-II, of-way and 100' = within 200 feet of R-III, or R-IV zoning barns and an abutting mixed district agricultural use zoning district buildings mxeuse zoning district MAXIMUM 30' 30' 35' 35' BUILDING HEIGHT MAXIMUM 25% 35% except 40% 45% 50% LOT where an ADU is COVERAGEincluded in the lot. Maximum.w It fer th Ma.xisn -n-wa## Not apt licable Not M t4l M Ul�'N without modu#ation= 20'1 length-without applicable 3iir�irnum r�°roduNation n�odu#anion �...2Omt MODULATION ON PRIMARY deptt'a- 2 i m141+r•RA 3g'-i-rimir eTa��T modrul-ation wrdth-= 8',, mod-ulation depth STREET AGADF 2°4,-r inm,u,r + modutwation width = 8' �.—._. ._. ..._.............. Any lot line abutting a Any lot line abutting Any lot line Any lot line public r-o-w = 4'; any lot a public r-o-w = 4'; abutting a public r- abutting a MAXIMUM line not abutting a public any lot line not o-w = 4'; any lot public r-o-w FENCE r-o-w = 8'; rear abutting abutting a public r- line not abutting a = 4'; any lot HEIGHT* a public street r-o-w = 4'; o-w = 8'; rear public r-o-w = 8'; line not see note below abutting a public rear abutting a abutting a street r-o-w = 4'; public street r-o-w public r-o-w see note below = 8'; rear Ordinance 3247 Exhibit D Page 5 of 5 Table 17.16.030 Residential Zoning Districts — Bulk, Dimensional and Density Requirements DISTRICT R-I R-IIR-III R-IV = 4'; see note abutting a below public street r-o-w = 4'; see note below r) In order to achieve the minimum density, a subdivision of parcels 12,000 square feet or greater shall not allow individual lots larger than 4,000 square feet unless it can be assured that the minimum density will be achieved. "Note: Maximum heights for up to 100 percent solid fences apply within any required front, side, or rear setback area or along the lot line except within the clear vision area; refer to Chapter 17.68 PTMC, Fences, Walls, Arbors and Hedges, for specific requirements. Standards apply to open and unopened right-of-way (r-o-w). (Ord. 3241 § 1 (Exhs. A, B), 2019; Ord. 3042 § 1 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord., 3038§ 1 (Exh. A), 20101; Ord. 3035 § 5, 2010; Ord. 2982 § 2, 2008; Ord, 2967 §4.2, 2008; Ord. 2939 §§ 1, 2, 2007; Ord. 2913§ 2, 2005; Ord, 2825 §4, 2003; Ord. 2782 §4, 2001; Ord. 2716 §4.3, 1999; Ord. 2700 § 11, 1999; Ord. 2571 §2, 1997). Ordinance 3247 Exhibit E Exhibit E 17.34.030 Density, number of cottage housing units and minimum lot area. A. In cottage housing developments the permitted densities shall be as follows: R-II Medium R-III Medium Zoning District R-I Low DensityDensity Single- Density Residential Family Multifamily Maximum Cottage Density 1 cottage dwelling 1 cottage 1 cottage dwelling unit per 5,000 sf dwelling unit per unit per 2-,857 8 338 2500 sf 2500 sf Minimum number of cottages per 4 4 4 cottage housing development Maximum number of cottages per 8 12 14 cottage housing development Minimum lot size (accommodates 20,000 sf 13,382 10,000 sf 11,428 10,000 sf 4 cottages) B. Projects that exceed the above maximums must be processed as planned unit developments per Chapter 17.32 PTMC. (Ord. 2864 § 3, 2004).