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AN ORDINANCE amending Section 15 of the Zoning Ordinance No. B -293, entitled "AN ORDINANCa
regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries; regulating
and limiting the use of buildings and premises; and the height and size of
buildings; providing for yards, courts and other open spaces; establishing
districts for said purposes, and providing for a board of adjustment, and re
pealing Ordinances Nos. B-22, B -35, - B.-43, B -51, B-71, B -126, B -147 and B -172"
requiring that any non - residential building or structure located on a desig-
nated arterial shall be set back not less than 50 feet the front lot
line, as to new construction, except in the downtown business district.
WHEREAS, the passage of this ordinance has been recommended by the_City Plan-
ning Commission by reason of the increased congestion of arterials and the lack of adequat-
off- street parking facilities; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 15 of the Zoning Ordinance No. B -293, passed on March 28,
1938, entitled as shown in the caption hereof, as amended, is hereby amended by adding
thereto at the end thereof an additional subsection to be designated "(g)" reading as
follows:
"(g) Any non - residential building or structure located on a designated
arterial shall be set back not less than fifty (50) feet from the front
lot line. This provision applies to new construction only, and does not
apply to the downtown business district as defined in the official map of
the "Downtown Business District" adopted as a part of this ordinance and
described as follows:
"Beginning at the intersection of the center line of East "C" Street and
North Naches Avenue, thence South along the center line of Naches Avenue
to the center line of East Walnut Street, thence West along the center
line of Walnut Street to the center line of 6th Avenue South, thence North
along the center line of 6th Avenue South to the center line of West Chest-
nut Street, thence West along the center line of West Chestnut Street to
the center line of 10th Avenue South, thence North along the center line
of 10th Avenue to the center line of Summitview Avenue, thence East along
the center line of Summitview Avenue to the center line of West Yakima
Avenue, thence East along the center line of West. Yakima Avenue to the
center line of 5th Avenue, thence North along the center line of 5th Avenue
to the center line of West "C" Street, thence East along the center line
of "C" Street to the point of beginning."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days
after its passage, approval and publication as provided by Law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved, this 6th day of September
1955.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No.
B-1738 entitled "AN ORDINANCE amending Section 15 of the Zoning Ordinance No. B -293, en-
titled "AN ORDINANCE regulating and restricting the location of trades and industries; re-
gulating and limiting the use of buildings and premises; and the height and size of build-
ings; providing for yards, courts and other open spaces; establishing districts for said
purposes and providing for a board of adjustment, and repealing Ordinances Nos. B-22,
B -35, B -43, B-51, B -71, B-126, B -147 and B -172 "; requiring that any non - residential build-
ing or structure located on a designated arterial shall be set back not less than 50 feet
from the front lot line, as to new construction, except in the downtown business district.'
as passed on the 6th day of September, 1955 and that has been published by law.
£i 4 L C I CLERK