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Home My WebLink About1998-058 Land Use Map • ORDINANCE NO. 98- 58 AN ORDINANCE concerning land use comprehensive planning and the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan: (1) to adopt an amended Future Land Use Map; and (2) to adopt Figure III -3; and (3) to amend Commercial Land Use Definitions to allow residential uses in all commercial districts; and • (4) to adopt an Updated Transportation Plan. WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Area Regional Planning Agreement, the Regional Planning Commission and the Joint Board have reviewed and recommended the following proposed amendments to the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan for enactment by the City of Yakima; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the following proposed amendments to the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan and finds that it is in the best interest of the City to enact the proposed amendments; now therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTC)N: 1 Section 1. The document labeled "Future Land Use Map Public Hearing 11/24/98" attached 2 to this ordinance is adopted as the Future Land Use Map of the Yakima Urban Area 3 Comprehensive Plan, and any previous Future Land Use Maps are removed from the plan. 4 Section 2. The document labeled "Proposed New Comprehensive Plan Figure III - 3" attached 5 to this ordinance is adopted as Figure III -3 of the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan. 6 Section 3. The following definitions of the Commercial Use Designations for the Future 7 Land Use Map element appearing at page III - 12 of the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive 8 Plan are amended to read as follows: 9 • Professional Office 10 Includes financial institutions, real estate, insurance, engineer, legal, medical offices and 11 other similar business uses, and all residential uses. 12 • Neighborhood Commercial 13 Small scale shopping centers, with shared parking and access, usually located on 14 arterial streets, and all residential uses. Neighborhood commercial centers are 15 dispersed throughout the Urban Service Area to provide convenience shopping to the 16 residential population. 17 • Large Convenience Center - 18 Provides areas for commercial activities to meet retail shopping and service needs of 19 - the community, and areas for all residential uses. Accommodates clusters of retail, 20 financial, professional service business and entertainment activities that attract 21 shoppers from an area significantly larger than a neighborhood. Regional centers may 22 be considered appropriate when they demonstrate that they will complement, and not 23 have a detrimental impact on existing commercial areas or surrounding land uses. Page 1 of 2 • 24 • Arterial Commercial 25 Land uses which require high auto visibility such as restaurants, service stations, car 26 washes, as well as wholesale and retail activities, and provides areas for all residential 27 uses. 28 • CBD Core Commercial • 29 The Yakima Downtown area is the regional center for commerce, cultural and 30 governmental land uses. This area provides for a wide variety of intense retail, office, 31 institutional and high dcnsity all residential land uses. Encouragement should be given 32 to supportive land uses which foster the unique, regional nature of the Yakima CBD. 33 Section 4. The document labeled "Transportation Plan February 1998" attached to this 34 ordinance is adopted as the Transportation Plan of the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive 35 Plan, and any previous versions of the Transportation Plan are removed from the plan. Section 5. Severability: If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or any provision of the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan established by this ordinance, is declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, or other provisions of the Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan established by this. ordinance. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL at a regular meeting and signed and approved this _. 24th day of November, 1998. / John Puccinelli, Mayor ATTEST: c — i City Clerk Publication Date: 11 -27 -98 Effective Date: 12 -27 -98 C: \word \gma \gma '98 \final '98 ords \comp plan amend.doc Page 2 of 2 Yakima Urban Area Comprehensive Plan PROPOSED FIGURE III -3: Zoning to Future Land Use Consistency FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION / SR R -1 R -2 R -3 B -1 B -2 HB SCC LCC CBDS CBD M -1 M -2 ZONING Low Density X X * Residential Medium Density * X * Residential High Density * X * Residential - Professional Office * X Neighborhood * X X X X * Commercial Large Convenience X * Center Arterial * * X * * Commercial CBD Core X Commercial Industrial * * X X Figure III -3 provides a guide to the compatibility of land use designations and zoning districts. Districts that fully implement the land use designation are marked with an "X ". In addition, districts that may implement the purposes of the land use designation based onsite - specific considerations are marked with " *" to indicate that the district may be considered compatible with the comprehensive plan designation as a Class 2 or 3 use, or if coupled with a Planned Development Overlay. The Planned Development Overlay is intended to allow specific projects to proceed when the include uses allowed in the underlying, provided they are . consistent with the objectives of the comprehensive plan policies and land use map designation. The overlay requires a detailed site plan, and may include restrictions on permitted uses, height, site coverage, setback, or other features, as necessary to assure compatibility with the comprehensive plan designation and neighboring land uses. All other rezone proposals are not consistent with the comprehensive plan, and require a comprehensive plan amendment. Under RCW 36.70A.130, those amendments may occur no more frequently than once every year. • BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. `7 For Meeting Of November 24. 1998 ITEM TITLE: Continued Joint Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Growth Management Implementation Ordinances SUBMITTED BY:. William Cook, Director Community and Economic Development CONTACT PERSONI/TELEPHONE: Don Skone, Planning Manager (575 -6163) SUMMARY EXPLANATION: On October 20, 1998 the Yakima City Council and Yakima County Commissioners opened a Joint Public Hearing to consider testimony regarding the adoption of a series of Implementation Ordinances, as recommended by the Yakima Urban Area Regional Planning Commission. The Hearing was continued to receive final testimony, and direct legislation. A series of ordinances has been prepared for consideration. Resolution _ [X] Ordinance s Contract _ Other (Specify) Staff Report Funding Source APPROVAL FOR SUBMITTAL: City Manager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Consider final testimony, consider previous testimony , direct changes as necessary and adopt ordinances BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Yakima Urban Area Regional Planning Commission recommended adoption of ordinances. Several ordinances and map changes have been submitted to the RPC recommendation and included herein. COUNCIL ACTION: