HomeMy WebLinkAbout2862 Adoption of Historic Preservation Committee Design Guidelines on an Interim Basis
Ordinance No. 2862
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND PROVIDING
FOR THE ADOPTION OF mSTORIC PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE DESIGN GUIDELINES ON AN INTERIM BASIS
WHEREAS, the City's Historic Preservation Committee (HPC) has formulated
design guidelines ("guidelines) relating to the following:
. Draft Revised Design Review Guidelines - Overall;
. Design Guidelines for Signs in the Special Overlay Design Review District
and National Landmark Historic District;
. Port Townsend's National Landmark Historic District Approved Color
Palette;
. Design Guidelines for Awnings in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District;
. Design Guidelines for Murals in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District;
. Design Guidelines for Exterior Mechanical System Elements in the Special
Overlay Design Review District and National Landmark Historic District;
. Design Guidelines for Neon Signage in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District.
WHEREAS, the HPC has utilized the guidelines for a number of years in
reviewing applications, for purposes of providing consistent treatment to applicants;
and
WHEREAS, the guidelines provide for City Building and Community
Development (BCD) staff to take certain actions on routine design items (for example,
vents) without HPC, as otherwise provided by the code, thereby saving applicants, staff
and HPC time and expenses; and
WHEREAS, the guidelines have not been adopted by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that adoption of the guidelines on an
interim basis, pending further review of the guidelines, is a useful and necessary matter
in the administration of the City and HPC design review process, because they provide
a consistent treatment to applicants on the matters in the guidelines, and further same
applicants, staff and HPC time and expense on routine matters; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the guidelines would preserve the status quo with
respect to how applications relating to matters covered by the guidelines have been
handled for a number of years; and
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WHEREAS, RCW 35A.63.220 (applicable to code cities such as Port
Townsend), and RCW 36.70A.390 (a part of the Growth Management Act), authorize
cities to enact interim regulations to preserve the status quo while new plans for
regulations are considered and prepared.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains
as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts by reference the HPC design
guidelines set forth below, which are contained in a notebook entitled "HPC Design
Guidelines" (a copy of which is on file and available to the public for viewing and
examination at the office of the City Clerk), and makes them applicable in reviewing
development improvements subject to the City's Historic Preservation Code (Chapter
17.30, Port Townsend Municipal Code):
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Draft Revised Design Review Guidelines - Overall;
Design Guidelines for Signs in the Special Overlay Design Review District
and National Landmark Historic District;
Port Townsend's National Landmark Historic District Approved Color
Palette;
Design Guidelines for Awnings in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District;
Design Guidelines for Murals in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District;
Design Guidelines for Exterior Mechanical System Elements in the Special
Overlay Design Review District and National Landmark Historic District;
Design Guidelines for Neon Signage in the Special Overlay Design Review
District and National Landmark Historic District.
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SECTION 2. Public Hearings on Ordinance. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.390,
the City shall hold a public hearing on this ordinance within sixty (60) days. At or
immediately after the public hearing, the City Council shall adopt findings of fact on
the subject of these interim regulations either justifying their continued effect, or cancel
the regulations, or take other appropriate action.
SECTION 3. 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.
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SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect five days after
passage. Publication of this ordinance shall be by a summary thereof consisting of the
title.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a
regular meeting thereof, held this twenty-first day of June, 2004.
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Catharine Robinson, Mayor
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John P. Watts, City Attorney
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