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Ordinance 3318
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
RELATED TO MINOR LANDSCAPING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND
AMENDING SECTIONS 12.04.030 AND 12.04.075 OF THE PORT TOWNSEND
MUNICIPAL CODE
Recitals:
1. Amendments to the City of Port Townsend Nuisance Code (Chapter 9.08) to include
right-of-way maintenance require further amendments to Chapter 12.04 Transportation and
Right -of -Way to ensure that code provisions do not conflict.
2. This ordinance adds a definition for clear vision area and further clarifies the
landscaping allowed in the clear vision area.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment. Section 12.04.030(B) — Specific Definitions of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code is amended in substantially the same form as set forth below:
"City street standards" means those standards for right-of-way and transportation system
construction and improvement set forth in this chapter and in the city of Port Townsend
"Engineering Design Standards Manual," adopted by reference in PTMC 12.04.040, together
with any other requirements for streets provided by other ordinances of the city.
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"Complete application" means the application form and all accompanying documents, fees and
exhibits required of an applicant by the city for development review purposes, and determined in
writing by the city to be sufficient under PTMC 20.01.110.
SECTION 2. Amendment. Section 12.04.075(C)(3)(a) — Minor Landscaping in the
Right of Way is amended in substantially the same form as set forth below:
a. Does not exceed, and is maintained not to exceed, three feet in height, except within the clear
vision, area or „within 10 feet of an intersection or a driveway, where it shall not exceed (and is
maintained not to exceed) 30 inches in height. Heights are measured from original grade at the
street surface (and not from the addition of any material).
Exception: To allow for some variation in height, for every 25 feet of frontage, minor
landscaping may extend up to five feet in height for a distance not to exceed five feet in width.
This exception does not apply to the -a e -wit -141 the clear vision area
SECTION 3. Amendment. Section 12.04.075(F)(5) -- Departures of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code is amended by changing the exception noted between the first and
second graphics in substantially the same form as set forth below:
Exception: To allow for some variation in height, for every 25 feet of frontage, minor
landscaping may extend up to 5 feet in height for a distance not to exceed 5 feet in width. This
exception does not apply to the area within' n feet of a interseetio„ the clear vision area.
SECTION 4. If any section, 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 of any other section, sentence, clause, or phrase
of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days following its
publication in the manner provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a special
meeting thereof, held this 24th day of July 2023.
avid ,l. Faber
Mayor
Attest. Approved as to Form.-
Aly ssae.RZodf 'Ij ties
City Clerk
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City Attorney
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