HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986-2953 CITY’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ORDINANCE NO. 29 5 3
AN ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; pertaining
to the City's environmental policy; establishing
exemptions from requirements pertaining to
environmental impact; adopting documents by
reference as part of the City's environmental
policy; amending Section 6.88.070 and Subsection
6.88.160 (4) (c) of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code; and declaring an emergency.
WHEREAS, the City of Yakima and Yakima County recently
enacted a Yakima Urban Area Zoning Ordinance which will become
effective on April 7, 1986; and the City's Environmental
Policy, Chapter 6.88 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code,
must be amended as provided by this ordinance so that its
references to the newly enacted zoning ordinance will be
accurate; and the amendments provided by this ordinance must
become effective simultaneously with the effective date of
that zoning code to prevent inaccuracies in the codes and
their administration; and the City Council hereby finds and
declares an emergency to exist so that this ordinance shall
become effective on April 7, 1986, without the lapse of the
thirty day period required for non-emergency ordinances, now,
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 6.88.070 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.88.070 Flexible thresholds for categorical
exemptions. (1) Effective April 7, 1986, the City
establishes the following exempt levels for minor construction
under WAC 197-11-800(1)(b) based on local conditions:
(a) For residential dwelling units in WAC 197-11-
800(1)(b)(i):
(i) 20 dwelling units in the R-2, R-3, B-1,
B-2, SCC, LCC, CBD, and CBDS zoning
districts.
(ii) 4 dwelling units in all other zoning
districts.
(b) For agricultural structures in WAC 197-11-800
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(i) 30,000 square feet in the SR, M-1 and M-2
zoning districts.
(ii) 10,000 square feet in all other zoning
4110 (c) For office, school, commercial, recreational,
service or storage buildings in WAC 197-11-800
(1)(b)(iii):
(i) 8000 square feet and 40 parking spaces in
the B-1 zoning district.
(ii) 12,000 square feet and 40 parking spaces
in the B-2, SCC, LCC, CBD, CBDS, M-1, and
M-2 zoning districts.
(iii) 4,000 square feet and 20 parking spaces
in all other zoning districts.
(d) For parking lots in WAC 197- 11- 800(1)(b)(iv):
(i) 40 parking spaces in the R -3, B -1, B -2,
SCC, LCC, CBD, CBDS, M -1 and M -2 zoning
districts.
(ii) 20 parking spaces in all other zoning
districts.
(e) For landfills and excavations in WAC 197-11 -
800(1)(b)(v):
(i) 500 cubic yards in all zoning districts."
Section 2. Subsection 6.88.160(4)(c) of the City of
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Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.88.160 Substantive authority.
(4)(c) Effective April 7, 1986, the City adopts
by reference the policies in the following City codes, ordi-
nances, resolutions, plans and other documents:
Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan, with
amendments and supplements thereof; Zoning Code
(Title 15 Yakima Municipal Code); WAC 173 -19 -4706
(Shoreline Management); Solid Waste Management Plan
(Chapter 4.76 Yakima Municipal Code); Comprehensive
Plan for the Domestic Water System of the City of
Yakima; Litter Control (Chapter 6.86 Yakima
Municipal Code); Agreement for Wastewater Treatment
and Disposal Service (dated February 23, 1976) as
amended; Urban Yakima Area Regional Planning
Agreement (dated January 25, 1977), as amended;
Yakima Urban Area Growth Policy; Annexation Policy;
Outside Utility Service Policy (Resolution No. D-
1250, as amended); Greenway Park Development Plan;
Flood Damage Prevention (Chapter 11.58 Yakima
Municipal Code)."
Section 3. The provisions of Section 6.88.070 and
Subsection 6.88.160(4)(c) as they exist at the time of the
enactment of this ordinance shall remain in full force and
effect until April 7, 1986, at which time the amendments
enacted by this ordinance shall become effective.
Section 4. This ordinance is one to provide for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health,
safety and welfare of the people of the City of Yakima and an
emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall
be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law and by the City
Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 3
day of___, A_, 1986.
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Publication Date MAR 2 8 1986
Effective Date MAR 2 9 1986
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