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[}ATg ~//-~/~ Ordinance No. 2540
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
REPEALING AND REPLACING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP ADOPTED UNDER
CHAPTER 17.12.40 PTMC WITH AN INTERIM ZONING MAP THAT PARTIALLY
IMPLEMENTS THE PORT TOWNSEND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS REQUIRED
BY THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1990, AS AMENDED, (CHAPTER
36.70A RCW); DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
AND, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE PERIOD.
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend finds as follows:
The Washington State Legislature adopted the Washington State Grouah Management
Act of 1990 and amendments thereto, Chapter 36.70A RCW (the "Act"), requiring
selected counties and cities to prepare comprehensive plans consistent with the
provisions of the Act, and development regulations that are consistent with and
implement the comprehensive plan (Chapter 36.70A.040 RCW).
After review and recommendation from the Port Townsend Planning Commission, the
Port Townsend City Council has adopted a new Port Townsend Comprehensive Plan,
Ordinance No. 2539 (the "Plan"), to facilitate the orderly and coordinated growth and
development of the City.
The Plan includes a Land Use Map which graphically details the location of land for
various land uses, thereby establishing the character, quality, and pattern of the future
physical development of the City.
The City's existing zoning ordinance and official zoning map (Title 17 of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code), originally adopted in 1971, does not conform with the
land use designations and Land Use Map of the Plan, and must be repealed and
replaced by new development regulations and a new official zoning map in order to
achieve consistency with, and implement, the Plan.
Because of the scope and complexity of the changes directed by the Plan, the new
development regulations and new official zoning map will be prepared and adopted in
phases, beginning with the adoption of this interim ordinance.
Many of the land use designations referred to in the Plan, and graphically depicted on
the Land Use Map, are not defined within the current zoning ordmance, or graphically
depicted on the official zoning map. These designations cannot be implemented until
new development regulations and a new official zoning map are prepared and adopted.
INTERIM ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE NO. 2540
JULY 15, 1996
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Several land use designations referred to m the Plan, and graphically depicted on the
Land Use Map, are defined within the current zoning ordinance, and graphically
depicted on the official zoning map. These include the Neighborhood Commercial (C-
I), General Commercial (C-II), and Community (i.e., "Historic") Commercial (C-III)
designations and districts.
The City Council desires that expansions to the C-I, C-II, and C-III designations
graphically depicted on the Land Use Map of the Plan be immediately implemented
through an interim zoning map repealing and replacing the existing official zoning
map adopted pursuant to Chapter 17.12.040 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code.
At the present time, the City Council does not wish that contractions to the C-I, C-II,
and C-III designations graphically depicted on the Land Use Map of the Plan be
implemented through changes to the boundaries of the C-I, C-II, and C-III zoning
districts, since such contractions also imply expansions of adjacent Land Use Map
designations which are not defined within the text of the current zoning ordinance.
If not immediately implemented through an interim zoning map that repeals and
replaces the existing official zoning map and which expands the limits of the C-I, C-II,
and C-III zoning districts, subordinate, incompatible development in areas identified by
the Plan for expansions to the C-I, C-H and C-III zoning districts is likely to result in
the loss of valuable commercial lands which are necessary to fulfill the overall
purposes and intent of the Plan.
Specifically, incompatible development in areas identified by the Plan for expansions
to the C-I, C-II, and C-III zoning districts could irretrievably subvert the following
goals and policies of the Plan:
a. Land Use Element - Goal 8, and Policies 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 and 8.10;
b. Housing Element - Goal 6, and Policies 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3; and
c. Economic Development Element - Goal 4, Policy 4.9; Goal 5, Policies 5.1 and
5.3; Goal 7, Policy 7.5; and Goal 9, Policies 9.1 and 9.6.
In order to avoid circumvention of the Plan, which would not serve the public health,
safety, and welfare, and to prevent subordinate incompatible development in areas
needed for future commercial development, it is necessary to adopt this interim
ordinance to guide commercial growth and development until new development
regulations and an official zoning map implementing the Plan can be adopted.
This ordinance will operate as an emergency zoning control and will remain in effect
only until such time as the City can conduct studies, hold hearings, and adopt
permanent development regulations and a new official zoning map under Title 17 of
the Port Townsend Municipal Code. As such, this ordinance is consistent with, and
expressly authorized by Chapter 35.63.200 RCW and Chapter 36.70A.390 RCW.
INTERIM ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE NO. 2540
JULY 15, 1996
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The Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements prepared for the Plan, pursuant
to the State Environmental Policy Act (Chapter 43.21C RCW), fully analyze the
impacts related to the zoning changes directed by this ordinance. Nevertheless, this
ordinance is exempt from review under the State Environmental Policy Act pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 197-11-880 and Chapter 19.04 of the Port Townsend
Municipal Code.
This ordinance bears a substantial relationship to the public health, safety and welfare
of the City as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend in regular session
assembled does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1' Official Zoning Map, Repealed & Replaced. The official zoning map of the
City of Port Townsend, Washington, adopted pursuant to Chapter 17.12.040 of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code is hereby repealed and replaced with the interim zoning map
attached as Exhibit "A" to this ordinance.
Section 2: Filing. The interim zoning map shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be
available for public inspection upon the effective date of this ordinance.
Section 3: Preparation of Development Regulations & Official Zoning Map,. The Director
of the Port Townsend Building and Community Development Department, together with the
Planning Commission, are directed to begin preparation of development regulations and a new
official zoning map in order to timely comply with, and implement, the 1996 Port Townsend
Comprehensive Plan.
Section 4: Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions of this ordinance
shall for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect or invalidate any
other provision of this ordinance, but this ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such
invalid provision had not been contained therein; PROVIDED, that any provision which shall
for any reason be held by reason of its extent to be invalid shall be deeded to be in effect to
the extent permitted by law.
Section 5: Effective Period. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health, safety and welfare, and shall be in full force and effect five (5) days
following publication of the attached summary, which is hereby approved, and shall remain in
effect until January 18, 1997, or until such time as a permanent control may be enacted.
Section 6: Public Hearing Required. Pursuant to Chapter 35.63.200 RCW and Chapter
36.70A.390, a public hearing shall be held on the interim zoning map within sixty (60) days
following adoption of this ordinance (i.e., no later than Friday, September 13, 1996).
INTERIM ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE NO. 2540
JULY 15, 1996
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Section 6: Adoption. The interim zoning map attached as Exhibit "A", which depicts
expansions to the boundaries of the C-I, C-II, and C-III zoning districts, is approved as the
Official Zoning Map, Port Townsend, Washington.
Read for the first, second and third times and passed by the City Council of the City
of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this fifteenth day of July,
1996.
By
flie MeCul[ocfi, Mayor
Approved as to form: ~~ ~~
' ~~/MeMahan, City Attorney
First reading: July 15, 1996
Passage: July 15, 1996
Second reading: July 15, 1996
Publication: July 17, 1996
Third reading: July 15, 1996
Effective: July 22, 1996
Ordinance No.' 2540
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INTERIM ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE NO. 2540
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Summary of Ordinance No. 2540
On July 15, 1996, the Port Townsend City Council passed Ordinance No. 2540, an ordinance repealing and
replacing the official zoning map adopted under Title 17 of the Port Townsend Municipal Code (PTMC) to
partially implement the 1996 Port Townsend Comprehensive Plan (the "Plan"), as required by the Growth
Management Act of 1990 (Chapter 36.70A. RCW), declaring an emergency, and establishing an effective period
of July 22, 1996 through January 18, 1997. The new official zoning map graphically depicts expansions to the
Neighborhood Commercial (C-I), General Commercial (C-II), and Community (i.e., "Historic") Commercial (C-
III) zoning districts, as directed by the Plan, and is necessary to promote fundamental Plan goals and policies
which encourage economic development and the remedying of the City's jobs/housing imbalance. Following the
effective date of Ordinance No. 2540, the City will initiate the preparation of new development regulations
which, in part, will repeal and replace the existing zoning ordinance and official zoning map, ensuring that the
City's development regulations implement, and are consistent with, the Plan. A complete copy of Ordinance No.
2540 may be obtained without charge at the City Clerk's Office at City Hall, 540 Water Street, Port Townsend,
Washington, 98368.
INTERIM ZONING MAP
ORDINANCE NO. 2540
5 JULY 15, 1996