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AN ORDINANCE relating to land development fees, including fees
regarding pedestrian skybridges, and amending
Section 15.26.010 of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section I. Section 15.26.010 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows
"15.26.010 Interest - Land Development Fees. A. Intent.
It is the purpose of this chapter to consolidate land
development fees formerly charged under Chapters 15.11.
and 15.04, Zoning, Chapter 6.88, Environmental Policy,
Chapter 14.15, Short Subdivisions, Chapter 14.25, Subdi-
visions, environmental checklists and statements, as
well as fees for street and alley vacations, shoreline
permits, and pedestrian skybridges into one chapter.
Consolidation will provide easy access to related charges
and create a simplified means for future fee adjust-
ments.
A. Land Development Fee and Schedule.
(1) Urban Area Zoning Ordinance Chapter 15.01 to 15.25 of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
a. CLASS 1 REVIEW
i. Development Permit for Class
1 Use (Table 4-1) No charge
ii. Temporary Uses (YMC 15.04.100) No charge
iii. Class 1 Home Occupations
(Table 4-2) $
b. CLASS 2 REVIEW
1. Development Permits for Class
2 Uses, except those below $205
ii. Single or Double-wide Manu-
factured Homes requiring Class
2 Review (Table 4-3) S205
111. Temporary Hardship Units S 90
iv. Class 2 Home Occupations
(Table 4-2) 5205
Changes o class 1 or 2
developments requiring Class 2
Review 5205
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c. CLASS 3 REVIEW
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i. Development Permits for uses
requiring Class 3 Review, except
as listed below $350
11. Single or Double-wide Manu-
factured Homes requiring Class
3 Review (Table 4-3) $300
iii. Class 3 Home Occupations
(Table 4-2) $300
iv. Changes to existing or approved
Class 3 developments or Adjust-
ments of Development Standards
to existing Class 3 Use $300
v. A change from one nonconforming
use to another, or expansion of
a nonconforming use $300
d. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS OF DEVELOP-
MENT STANDARDS OE CLASS 1 AND CLASS 2
USES (YMC 15.10.020) $100
e. MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORIZED UNDER YMC 15.17.040 AND
15.17.050 $ 50
f. APPEALS
i. To the Hearing Examiner $100
ii. To the Legislative Body $100
q. VARIANCES 8105
h. INTERPRETATIONS BY THE HEARING
E\AMINER
i. No hearing $ 50
with hearing $100
1. REZONE
ACRES
REQUESTED LESS 20.0
ClASSITCATTON THAN 2.9 3,0=9.9 10.0-19.99 ORMORE
To Industrial
Zone (M-1,M-2) $365 5500 $575 $b50
To Commercial
Zone (B-1, B-2
HB, SCC, LCC, DBE'S,
CBD) $365 $500 $575 $650
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To Residential
Zone $275 $365 $400 $500
j. MASTER APPLICATIONS See YMC Section 15.11.110B
(2) SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE YMC TITLE 14
a. Subdivisions
1. Preliminary Plat $200 plus $10 per lot
ii. Final Plat $50
iii. Plat Variance $100
b. Short Plats
i. Application $125 plus $5 per lot
ii. Exemptions No charge
iii. Appeals $100
iv. Variance $100
(3) STREET OR ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY
VACATIONS (RCW 35.79) $200 per application
(4) STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (SEPA)
a. Environmental Checklist
YMC 6.88 $100
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Statements Actual costs including
but not limited to
staff wages, benefits,
overhead, & consultant
services.
(5) SHORELINE PERMITS $125 per application.
(6) PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGES YMC 11.60
a. Permit Application
(YMC Section 11.60.040 B) $400
h. Appeal of Permit Revocation or
Suspension, or imposition of
Conditions (YMC Section 11.60.070 C) $ 90"
Section2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as
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provided by law and by the City Charter.
r eASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 40
day of grA , 1990.
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Mayor
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City Clerk
Publication Date J PA I 3 1990
Effective Date: MAY 1 2 1990
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CITY OF YAKIMA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES
FOR SKY BRIDGE APPLICATIONS
AS ADOPTED BY THE YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 10„ 1990
1 Once a skybridge application form, attachments and fee have been filed with
the City of Yakima Department of Community and Economic Development, the
application will be reviewed by the staff to determine the completeness When
determined to be sufficient, a date will be scheduled for review by the Design Review
Team and a tentative hearing date scheduled.
2 Prior to the Public Hearing the staff will conduct a technical review (DRT)
involving notification to all City Departments, Public Agencies and the applicabt(s)
which may have an interest in the right of way City Staff will prepare a
recommendation, based upon the comments received by the Planning Department
from various agencies and departments.
3 Notice of the Public Hearing will be published within 12 days of the hearing
4 All property owners within three hundred feet of the subject area and the
applicant(s) will be notified by mail, using the records of the Yakima County Assessor,
at least ten days prior to the Public Hearing The applicant(s) are to be provided
posting notices and are to return signed statements acclaiming the property was
properly posted.
5 The Hearing Examiner will issue a written recommendation to the Yakima City
Council within ten working days after the Public Hearing The City Council action is at
a Public Meeting The final action by City Council requires a two-step process of set
date for public meeting and the actual public meeting to affirm or reject the
recommendation of the Hearing Examiner
If the recommendation from the Hearing Examiner is for approval staff shall prepare an
information packet for the City Council, and agenda sheet. The City Legal Department
will prepare an ordinance to enact the vacation which includes the terms and
conditions of the vacation.
If the Hearing Examiner recommends denial of the application, staff shall forward to
the City Council the Recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and pertinent contents
of the application file
6 The applicants are to be notified of the final action of the City Council.
CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION FOR PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGE PERMIT
CITY OF YAKIMA, 129 NORTH SECOND STREET, YAKIMA , WA 98901
509/ 575-6113
INSTRUCTIONS
1 Please print or type your answers
2 This application must include all required information and attachments. An
application cannot be processed unless it is complete and the filing fee paid.
FEE
A non-refundable fee of $400 is required for the processing of this application,
payable to the "CITY OF YAKIMA" at the time of filing of the application and petition
CONTACT PERSON
The following is to identify the contact person for this application It is important to
establish which party is responsible for supplying the technical or detailed information
required in this procedure
Name
Address
Telephone.
PROPERTY OWNERS (APPLICANTS)
An owner of interest of each property to which the skybridge is to be connected must
join in the application for a skybridge permit. The following individuals hereby attest
that they are an owner of the described property and join in this application
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REQUIRED INFORMATION
I The application shall include the following
a. Conceptual drawings of the proposed skybridge, which shall include its
location, size, height above ground surface, and cost estimate,
b. Conceptual drawings of alternatives to the skybridge, with cost estimates,
c. Drawings of the proposed skybridge showing its visual appearance,
d. Photographs of the location and immediately surrounding area,
e An environmental checklist as required (and may be amended) by Section
6 88.090 of in Yakima Municipal Code substantially in the form provided by
WAC 197-11-960 (and as may be amended),
f A statement of the reasons for the necessity of the proposed skybridge, and
g Any additional information deemed necessary by the Department for
processing the application
II The application should include a narrative addressing the following
a. Public need for or benefit from the proposed skybridge
b Adequacy of horizontal and vertical clearance
c. Assurance of structural adequacy
d Potential conflict with existing or proposed utilities, street lighting, or traffic
control devices,
e View blockage,
f Interruption or interference with existing streetscape,
g Reduction of natural light,
h Reduction of pedestrian activity at street level,
i The number of pedestrian projects to use the skybridge,
J Effect on commerce and enjoyment of neighboring land use,
k. Availability of reasonable alternatives,
I Effect on traffic and pedestrian safety,
m Consistency with the city's comprehensive plan,
n Accessibility for elderly and handicapped, and
o Such other matters as the Department deems necessary to the public health,
safety, and welfare
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ATTACHMENTS
The following items should be submitted to complete this application These items
may be waived by the Department of Community and Economic Development, if just
cause for such waiver is submitted by the applicant.
1 A title search or report, is required to be submitted describing the legal status
and ownership of the right of way (this requirement may be waived),
2. A survey of the area to be vacated (this requirement may be waived) ,
3. An accurate legal description of the area in which the skybridge is to be sited.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
In addition to the requirements of Ch 11 60 Y M.0 and applicable building codes, the
following provides guidance and direction as to the design standards and guidelines
that will be used in reviewing skybridge construction plans Additional standards or
requirements may also be required
1 Design
A The skywalks should be an enclosed structure and should have at least
seventy percent transparency, excluding structural framing members, distributed
evenly along the length of the skywalk so as to achieve an open character and reveal
pedestrian use of the structure Finish materials on the exterior of the structure should
be restrained, conservative and noncompetitive in character with the connecting
buildings and other pedestrian skywalks within the central business district.
B. Skybridges are to be designed by a State of Washington Licensed
Structural Engineer
C. All glazing within the skywalk structure shall be not less than one-quarter
inch thick tempered glass set in metal frames Skywalks must have internal,
controlled, year-round drainage to adjoining building systems or to storm sewer,
constructed and maintained to the satisfaction of the City of Yakima.
2. Dimensions--Angulation--Slope.
A Skywalks should be no less than eight feet nor more than fourteen feet in
width, and no more than fourteen feet in height.
B The horizontal angulation of a skywalk off the centerline of the street should
not exceed five percent of the width of the street. Skywalks should be level to within
one percent tolerance between building contact points
3. Arch -- Vertical Clearance
A. No skywalk should have an arch with a rise between the lowest end and the
midpoint greater than five percent.
B Skywalks should have a minimum of sixteen and one-half feet clearance
above the existing street grade in the center lane, and a minimum of fifteen feet
clearance above the street pavement at the curb and over alleys.
4 Ramps -- Malls and Walkways.
A. Ramps within the skywalk structure should be distributed continuously,
uniformly, and symmetrically at an incline not exceeding one foot vertically for every
twelve feet of horizontal distance (approximately eight and three tenths percent)
There should be no steps within a skywalk structure or in walkways associated with
skywalks
B. Malls and walkways continuing from skywalks through buildings shall be
maintained reasonably clear of obstructions so as to permit the skywalk system to
effectively function in accordance with its purpose, to move pedestrian traffic rapidly
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5 Signs -- Lighting.
A. No advertising, readerboards, or other signs, except City traffic signs, shall
be permitted on the internal or external portions of the skywalk structures Distinct
internal directional signs designating routes within the skywalk system may be
permitted, and such signing indicating routes to street access shall be provided at all
vertical accesses. Decorations for holiday, seasonal, and civic events may be placed
on skywalk structures, on a temporary basis, subject to the prior written approval of the
director of public works.
B. Skywalks must have inconspicuous, nonglare, internal lighting, and where
necessary for pedestrian safety and convenience, inconspicuous external lighting
C Signs located on or facing on the sidewalk indicating the direction to and
location of skywalk entrances shall conform to guidelines established by the City and
shall meet the following criteria
1. Skywalk entrance direction signs on sidewalks or placed on a structure
fronting on the sidewalk should be reasonably standardized and uniform throughout
the downtown area.
2. The signs should not be a safety hazard or unduly restrict pedestrian
% movement.
3. The signs should be aesthetically pleasing and complementary with existing
street furniture
4 Signs should be simple, readable, and contain no advertising
5. The costs of the sign except City traffic signs, and associated maintenance
shall be borne by the property owners.
6. Street Access.
Consideration should be made for skywalks to have adequate pedestrian
access to and from the street level, such access to be available at, at least, one of the
termini points of each skywalk.
7. Limitation on Permits
A. No more than one permit for a pedestrian skywalk should be granted in any
one block of street frontage In cases of unusually long blocks, or unusual property or
physical problems, two skywalks may be permitted so long as their combined width
does not exceed ten percent of the length of the block.
B Structures other than skywalks spanning public streets shall not preclude a
pedestrian skywalk in the same block and such structures shall not be calculated in
the ten percent limitation set forth hereinabove In each case, the application review
shall carefully evaluate the need for an additional structure across such street and the
location of the proposed pedestrian skywalk in relation to the existing structure with the
intent of keeping the structures spanning the street to the minimum number necessary
for a successful pedestrian skywalk system.
8. INSPECTIONS
Periodical inspections by a registered structural engineer will be required in
accordance with Local, State or Federal Regulations.
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EXCERPT FROM DECEMBER 12, 1989 YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
16. CONSIDERATION OF Pd ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS. FOR SKYBRIDGES
Council member Barnett pointed out that this proposed ordinance on
the skybridges does not comply with the Hearing Examiner's process
and asked if it could be re-written to incorporate that process. Mr.
Skone indicated the ordinance was prepared by Preston Thorgrimson's
office, however, it can be rewritten if that is Council's desire. It
was MOVED BY FOY, SECONDED BY BEAUCHAMP, THAT THE ORDINANCE BE
REWRITTEN TO CONFORM TO THE HEARING EXAMINER'S PROCESS. The motion
carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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