ORD 2003-03 CONDITIONAL USES (INSTITUTIONAL & DESIGN REVIEW) ORDINANCE 2003-03
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bainbridge Island,
Washington, amending the City of Bainbridge Island Zoning
Code 18.108.040.C.l.g, adopting revised language on lot
coverage for certain institutional conditional uses permits and
applying design review standards to institutional uses.
WHEREAS, the City adopted the Municipal Code on September 1, 1994, subsequently
amended, that establishes the procedures for conditional use permit procedures; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reconsidered the application of the lot coverage
restrictions on public and private (K-12) educational conditional uses; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does not consider the lot coverage restrictions on public and
private K - 12 educational facilities and uses appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to add desitin standards for the review of Conditional
Use Permits for educational, cultural, governmental, religious or health care facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did meet and on January 23, 2003 held a public
hearing and forwarded a recommendation to the City Council to approve the amendment;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Land Use committee did meet; and
WHEREAS, a SEPA review was conducted and a Determination of Non-Significance was
made; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Intent to Adopt was sent to the Washington State Office of
Community Development on S~tem~ ~7; 2003i NOW, therefore
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN, as follows:
Ordinance 2003-03 (CLIP Amendment)
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Public Hearing/2 Reading: 11/12/03 City Council Meeting
Section 1.18.108.010 Purpose is amended as follows:
The purpose of this chaprter is to provide for certain conditionally allowed uses at the
neighborhood level. A conditional use permit is a mechanism by which the city may
require specific conditions on development or the use of land to ensure that designated uses
or activities are compatible with other uses in the same zone and in the vicinity of the
subject property. If imposition of conditions will not make a specific proposal compatible
the proposal shall be denied. (Ord. 94-03 § 2, 1994)
Section 2. 18.108.040 C.l.g. is amended as follows:
C. 1. Educational, cultural, governmental, religious or health care facilities in
residential zones must be processed as regular conditional use permits and meet the
following criteria, in addition to those listed above:
a. Applicants are required to submit a traffic report, showing the effects on level
of service on affected roads. Proposed mitigations for degradation of the LOS must be
submitted as part of the application.
b. All sites must front on roads classified as Residential Suburban or above on
the Bainbridge Island Functional Road Classification Map.
c. Noise levels shall be in compliance with BIMC 16.16.020 and 16.16.040.A.
d. The appropriate approvals of sewer and water supply must be submitted at the
time of application.
e. A fencing plan or alternative methods to protect the public health, safety and
welfare must be submitted at the time of application.
f. The applicant shall provide perimeter buffers of vegetation either retaining
existing or planting a new one in compliance with BIMC 18.85.070.D.4 (this only applies
to residential districts outside Winslow).
g. These conditional uses are limited in lot coverage to only 50 percent of the
allowable lot coverage in the zone in which they are located;
(1) Except that Public schools, defined as the common schools referred to in
Article IX of the State Constitution, established by law and maintained at public expense,
and those private learning institutions established by law and maintained at private
expense, offering kindergarten, primary and secondary education through the high school
level, shall be allowed the lot coverage established in the underlying zoning district in
which it is located, unless condition are required to limit the lot coverage to mitigate
impacts of the use in accordance with BIMC 18.108.
h. Vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle access and site cimulation must be
submitted at the time of application and approved by the city. The city engineer may modify
the requirements of BIMC 18.81.020.D and allow alternate driveway and parking area
surfaces; provided, that the allowed surface(s) meets city requirements for handling surface
water and pollutants.
Section 3. 18.108.040.C.l.i: is added as follows:
Ordinance 2003-03 (CUP Amendment)
Public Hearing/2nd Reading: 11/12/03 City Council Meeting
i. The applicant shall submit a site and building design proposal that meets the
design principles and guidelines found in BI/VIC 18.41.070, Light Manufacturing Design
Guidelines, and incorporates conditions deemed applicable by the director in accordance
with BIMC Chapter 18.108. Each proposal will be evaluated for adequate vegetated
roadside views, landscaping buffers for parking and service areas, scale of proposed
construction including bulk and height and harmonious architectural design features
compatible with the surrounding neighborhood.
Section 4 . 18.41.010.F: is added as follows:
F. Educatinnal, cultural, govemmental, religious or health care facilities in
residential zones.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be effective five days after passage, approval and
publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council this 17th day of December, 2003.
APPROVED by the Mayor this ~L7th day of ~_~cember, 2003.
Darlene Kordono'~f, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
~usan P. Kasper, City Clef~
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rod P, Kaseguma, City Attorney
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November 6, 2003
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: December 17, 2003
PUBLISHED: December 24, 2003
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 2003
ORDINANCE NO.: 2003-03
Ordinance 2003-03 (CUP Amendment)
Public Hearing/2nd Reading: 11/12/03 City Council Meeting