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Joan Davenport, AICP, Director
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anning Joseph Calhoun, Manager
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City of Yakima Planning Commission
PUBLIC MEETING
City Hall Council Chambers
Wednesday October 9, 2019
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Chairwoman Patricia Byers, Vice -Chair Jacob Liddicoat, Al Rose, Bill Cook, Robert McCormick,
Leanne Hughes -Mickel, and Philip Ostriem
Council Liaison: Dulce Gutierrez (District 1)
City Planning Staff:
Joan Davenport (Community Development Director), Rosalinda Ibarra (Community Development
Administrative Assistant), Joseph Calhoun (Planning Manager), Eric Crowell (Associate Planner),
Trevor Martin (Associate Planner), Colleda Monick (Community Development Specialist),
and Lisa Maxey (Planning Technician)
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Staff Announcements
IV. Audience Participation (for items not listed on the agenda)
V. Approval of Meeting Minutes of August 28, 2019
VI. Discussion with Andrew Holt, Executive Director of Downtown Association of Yakima
(DAY) Regarding Downtown Development
VII. Discussion on Landscaping Requirements
VIII. Other Business
IX. Adj ourn
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City of Yakima Planning Commission
City Hall Council Chambers
Wednesday October 9, 2019
Beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Public Meeting
*PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY'
City of Yakima Planning Commission (YPC) Meeting Minutes
Joint Meeting with the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC)
City Hall Council Chambers
August 28, 2019
Call to Order
Chairwoman Patricia Byers called the joint meeting to order at approximately 3:00 p.m.
Roll Call
YPC Members Present: Chairwoman Patricia Byers, Bill Cook, Al Rose, Leanne Hughes -
Mickel, Philip Ostriem
YPC Members Absent: Vice -Chair Jacob Liddicoat, Robert McCormick (both unexcused)
HPC Members Present: Cynthia Hall, Alixanne Pinkerton, Paul Edmondson, Dawn King
HPC Members Absent: Joe Mann (excused)
Staff Present: Joseph Calhoun, Planning Manager; Trevor Martin, Associate
Planner; Lisa Maxey, Planning Technician
Council Liaison: YPC - Dulce Gutierrez, District 1 (absent); HPC — Jason White,
District 2 (absent)
Others: Sign -in sheet in file
Staff Announcements — Planning Manager Joseph Calhoun announced that City Council will
hold public hearings on September 3, 2019, to consider the Planning Commission's
recommendation regarding text amendments to the Yakima Municipal Code (YMC) Chapter 15.29
Wireless Communications Facilities, as well as a proposed rezone submitted by Gary Delaney
for property located at 1414 S 2nd Ave.
Approval of Meeting Minutes — It was motioned by Commissioner Rose and seconded by
Commissioner Cook to approve the YPC meeting minutes of August 14, 2019; the motion carried
unanimously.
It motioned by Commissioner Edmondson and seconded by Commissioner Pinkerton to approve
the HPC meeting minutes of July 24, 2019; the motion carried unanimously.
Audience Participation — None noted.
Northwest Vernacular Presentation on Fruit Row —Associate Planner Trevor Martin explained
that the city received a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant from the Department of
Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) to provide funding for hiring a consultant to
conduct an intensive -level survey and inventory of the buildings along "Fruit Row," which is an
area of N 1St Ave between Yakima Ave and D St. Spencer Howard of Northwest Vernacular made
a presentation detailing the information that came out of the survey and concluded that:
24 of the 26 properties that were surveyed may be eligible for the National Register of
Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district;
The property at 201 N 1St Ave may be eligible for the NRHP and the Washington Heritage
Register for its integrity, distinctive architectural character, and historical associations; and
13 of the 26 properties may be eligible for the Yakima Register of Historic Places (YRHP)
in addition to the NRHP listing.
Howard informed the commissions that the final report will be submitted to DAHP by September
3, 2019, and the next step would be for property owners to decide if they would like to pursue a
historic district listing and on which historical register. Staff clarified that if nominations are made,
the commissions will review changes to the Historic Preservation Element of the city's
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Comprehensive Plan, and the YPC will make a recommendation to City Council to update the
plan accordingly.
Appoint New Historic Preservation Commission Chair —The HPC members had consensus
to postpone this agenda item to their next meeting as not all members were present.
Grant Update — Martin announced that the city applied for another grant from DAHP for $12,000
to do a reconnaissance -level survey of Naches Ave between Yakima Ave and H St in order for
that portion of the Naches Parkway area to potentially be registered as a historic district.
Discussion on Potential Text Amendments: Congregate Living Facilities — Calhoun provided
examples of how other jurisdictions regulate boardinghouse -type uses. He also gave the YPC
members the language from their recommendation to City Council in 2018 that Council did not
accept, which consisted of a new definition of "Congregate Living Facility" to replace the current
"Boardinghouse" definition within the YMC, along with recommendations on which zoning districts
the use should be allowed in and at what levels of review. It was reiterated that the Council took
issue with the, primarily residential, zoning districts where congregate living facilities were
proposed to be permitted.
After discussion, the YPC had general consensus for staff to amend their draft text amendment
proposal as follows:
Prohibit the "Congregate Living Facility" use in the Suburban Residential (SR) zoning
district;
Remove "maximum occupancy of the facility shall be determined by the Building Official"
from the proposed Congregate Living Facility definition; and
Retain the two-tiered approach from their original proposal from 2018 which has
"Congregate Living Facility Up to 10" as one line within the Table of Permitted Land Uses in
YMC Ch. 15.04 with its own designated levels of review and permitted zoning districts, and
"Congregate Living Facility 11+" as separate line within the table.
It was decided to propose a Type 2 level of review in the Central Business District (CBD) (which
is consistent with the current level of review required for boardinghouses in the CBD) for "up to
10" and prohibit it in the CBD for 11+" for the purpose of finalizing this draft to send out for public
comment, with an understanding that additional discussion and debate may take place at the
public hearing as the commission did not come to a full agreement on this issue.
Other Business — Calhoun informed the YPC that the Yakima Tree City USA Board will meet in
September. Staff may be able to report back after that meeting on the Tree Board's response to
the YPC's request for their draft tree recommendations list to include text about tree types that
are compatible with Yakima's climate and provisions on how far away trees should be planted
from sidewalks and structures.
Brief discussion took place on the potential Naches Parkway project previously mentioned.
Adjourn — A motion for the YPC to adjourn to September 11, 2019 was passed with unanimous
vote. A motion for the HPC to adjourn to September 25, 2019 was passed with unanimous vote.
This joint meeting adjourned at approximately 4:16 p.m.
Chairwoman Byers
Date
This meeting was filmed by YPAC. Minutes for this meeting submitted by: Lisa Maxey, Planning Technician.
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Joan Davenport, AICP, Director
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Joseph Calhoun, Manager
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October 3, 2019
Re: Discussion on Landscaping Requirements
On August 14, 2019, the City of Yakima Planning Commission discussed current landscaping
standards required by the Urban Area Zoning Ordinance, along with the street tree list
mentioned in the Public Tree Ordinance; clarification from the Yakima Tree Board was
requested regarding the street tree list.
This matter was discussed at the Yakima Tree Board's monthly meeting on September 9, 2019.
The current tree list is final as of January 2019, and is in compliance with the Public Tree
Ordinance, though it may be updated as needed, and will eventually be formatted in a manner
that is suitable for display online for public viewing. All trees on the list are intended to be
compatible with Yakima's climate, and take into account the minimum planting width as noted in
YMC § 8.77. 100: ... no trees may be planted closer to any curb or sidewalk than the following:
small trees, two feet, medium trees, three feet, and large trees, four feet. These spacing
standards are intended for the planting strip between the curb and sidewalk.
Preceding that, per YMC § 8.77.090, the spacing of street trees will be in accordance with the
species size classes (small, medium, and large) as identified by the list of approved street trees
on file with the city public works office, and no trees may be planted closer together than the
following: small trees, thirty feet, medium trees, forty feet, and large trees, fifty feet; except in
special plantings designed or approved by a landscape architect.
Trees that are susceptible to disease and pests were not included on the list. In fact, a few
species documented during the public tree inventory undertaken by the Tree Board were not
previously included on the tree list due to their problematic nature.
If there are any other questions or recommendations, the Board can certainly consider them.
The Board can also look further into the issue of whether there should be a certain amount of
spacing from structures to trees planted on private property.
Eric Crowell
Associate Planner
Liaison to the Yakima Tree Board
SMALL TREES UNDER 30'- Strips >5'& <10'- Okay under utility lines
Common Name
Botanical Name
Varieties
Height
Spread
Comments
Landscape Features
Serviceberry
Amelanchier x grandiflora
Autumn Brilliance, Princess
Diana
20-25'
15'
Usually multi -trunked
Fragrant, white flower clusters in early
spring produce purple -black berries.
Green leaves turn red/orange in fall
Serviceberry
Amelanchier spp.
Snowbud
25'
15'
Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum
25'
20'
Slow grower but long lived
Leaves emerge red, mature to green
then back to red for fall
Hedge Maple
Acer Campestre
35'
35'
Dark green leaves turn bright yellow in
fall
Miyabe Maple
Acer miyabei
Rugged Ridge, State Street,
Morton
35-45'
30'
Dark green leaves turn yellow in fall
Amur Maple
Acerginnala
Flame
20'
20'
Japanese Maple
Acer palmatium
Seriyu, Osakazuki,
Shindeshojo
15-25'
10-15'
Varieties good for wind and heat: Seriyu,
and Osakazuki; Good for afternoon
shade: Shindeshojo
Must have water, especially important
when tree goes into winter
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
Columnare, Crimson Sentry
30-35'
15'
Prone to ice damage—stick with these
narrow forms
Hornbeam, American
Carpinus caroliniana
30'
20'
Green leaves turn golden yellow in fall
Catalpa Umbrella
Catalpa bungei'nana'
15-20'
15-20'
Large heart shaped leaves
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
Cornus mas
18'
15'
Dogwood, eastern
Cornus florida
15-20'
15-20'
rotect from afternoon sun. Leaves will
get crispy
Flowering pink in April
Kousa or Korean Dogwood & family
Cornus kousa
Venus, Chinensis, Eddie's
White Wonder, Stellers pink,
Satomi
20'
20'
Blooms late spring. A bit tougher than
the cornus florida
Medium green leaves turn red for fall.
Flower colors vary from variety to variety
of whites and like pinks
Easter Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Oklahoma, Merlot, Burgundy
Hearts, Forest Pansy
20'
25'
Magenta flowers early spring
Chinese Fringe Tree
Chionanthus retusus
20'
20'
Can be shruby if not trained to a single
leader
Fragrant sprays of white flowers
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triaconthos
Imperial
30'
30'
Any thornless, seedless variety
Golden Chain, Vossi
Laburnum x watereri'vossii'
25'
20'
All parts poisonous
Abundant clusters of yellow flowers in
spring
Spring Snow Crabapple
Malus sp.
Spring Snow
Fruitless variety, flowering white in
spring
Amur Maakia
Maackia amurensis
25'
25'
Tolerant of many conditions
Stewia
Japanese art
Stewartia pseudocamellia
20-30'
20-30'
Likes afternoon shade
Summer flowering, exfoliating bark
Japanese Tree Lilac
Syringa reticulata
Ilvory Silk
25'15'
Japanese Snowbell
Styrax japonica
20-25'
20-25'
Recommended Trees
SMALL TREES UNDER 30'- Strips >5'& <10'- Okay under utility lines
Common Name
Botanical Name
Varieties
Height
Spread
Comments
Landscape Features
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
20-25'
10-15'
Prefers soil of 7.2 or less. Slow growing
Intense fall color
Golden Desert Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
25'
35'
Good street tree
Persian Parrotia
Parrotia percica
20-40'
20-30'
Good landscape and street tree
Sargent Cherry
Pruns sargentii
Pink Flair
25'
15'
Birch, Summer Cascade
Betula nigra 'summer
cascade'
12-15'
8-10'
Bronze birch beaver resistant
Green leaves that turn golden yellow.
Winter in forest cramy brown bark that
exfoliates
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Emerald Sentinel,
'Clydesform'
30'
12'
Proneto ice damage—stick with narrow Green leaves turning to yellow/orange
forms tone
Zelkova
Zelkova serrata
lWireless, Village Green
24'
36'
lGood landscape and street tree
Recommended Trees
SHRUBS - Strips >5'& <10'- Okay under utility lines
Common Name
Botanical Name
Varieties
Height
Spread
Comments
Landscape Features
Large panicle or painted cluster of white
Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
10-15'
10-15'
Shrub
flowers. In summer leave flowers to dry
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Shrub
Witchhazel
Hamamelis x intermedia
6-8'
6-8'
Shrub
Compact Burning Bush
Euoymus alata'compacta'
Compacta
5-6
5'
Shrub
white flowers in spring, dark green leaves
Chokeberry
Aroma melanocarpa
Autumn Magic
5-6'
5-6'
Shrub
turn bright red to purple tones. In fall,
Viburnum, Snowball tree (Not
Green leaves turn to red tones in fall. Ball
recommended—many other superior
shaped clusters of white flowers cover
forms)
Viburnum opulus'Sterile'
10'
10'
Shrub
tree in May
kilmanjaro, Compactus,
Viburnum spp.
Shasta
Shrub
Red stems are great for winter interest.
Cornus alba argenteo-
Green with white margins are great for
Dogwood, Variegated Red Twig
marginata
6-10'
5-8'
Also, native red twig dogwood
summer interest
Foliage color ranges from green to purple
red with brilliant red and orange fall
color. In late spring, clusters of smokey
Smoke Tree
Cotinus coggygna
15-20'
15-20'
Shruby
purple puff like paricles flowers appear
Green leaves that turn are yellow- brown
in fall. In spring, has small yellow pea-
Peashrub, Siverian (SUCKERS)
Caragana arborescens
5-10'
6-8'
Has thorns
shaped flowers
Forsythia x intermedia 'spring
Forsythia spring glory (SUCKERS)
glory'
10'
10'
Shrub
LARGER TREES - OVER 30'- DO NOT PLANT UNDER POWER LINES
Common Name
Botanical Name
Varieties
Height
Spread
Comments
Landscape Features
Autumn Blame, Brandywine,
October Glory, Northwood,
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Armstrong, Redpointe
40-60'
40-60'
Norway Maple
Acer Platanaides
Prone to stem failure
45-60'
40-60'
Dark green turns golden yellow in fall
Emerald Queen, Deborah
easy Street, Crimson King,
Acer Platanaides
Etc.
Maple, Parkway
Acer platanoides
Columnare bread
40'
25'
Dark green turn golden yellow in fall
Bright green leaves with bright yellow fall
Sugar Maple
Acersaccharinum
Silver Cloud
50-60'
30'
color
Bright green leaves with bright yellow fall
Sugar Maple
Acersaccharinum
Silver Queen
50'
40'
color
Medium green coliage that turns orange
Sugar Maple
Acersaccharinum
Green Mountain
50-70'
35-40'
The Arboretum's are failing
in fall
Dark green foliage that turns orange, red
Armstrong (columnar form),
and yellow in fall. Color change and fall
Freeman Maple
Acerx freemanii
Autumn Blaze
50-60'
40'
color varies by variety
Sensation has green leaves that turn red.
Variegated has green with white edged
Boxelder
Acer negundo
sensation and variegated
35'
25-30'
Can attract box elder bugs
leaves
Black Alder
Alnus glutinosa
40-70'
20-40'
Nitrogen fixer
Green leaves turn to golden yellow in fall.
Has exfoliating bark of cream, orange
River Birch
Betula nigra
Dura -Heat
40-50'
30-40'
Heat and Bronze Birch Borer resistant
and brown. Bark color varies by variety
Hornbeam, European
Carpinus betulus
40-60'
25-40'
Green leaves turn golden yellow in fall
American Yellowwood
Cladrastis lutea
30-50'
40-50'
Red Fox (shorter variety with
Thin bark can sunburn. Protect young
Katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
purple leaves)
40'
40'
Compacted soil can be a problem
bark in winter
Leaves emerge purple and mature to
green. Flower in late spring with clusters
Catalpa, Purple
Catalpa x erubescens
40'
30'
New growth is purple
of white blooms.
Common hackberry
lCeltis occidentalis
1
50-75'
50'
Not a street tree but if you havethe
Fern -leaved beech Fagus sylvatica Asplenifolia 80' 45' room it's a great tree for the yard
Rivers Purple Beech Fagus sylvatica Riversii 50' 40' Purple leaves
Recommended Trees
LARGER TREES - OVER 30'- DO NOT PLANT UNDER POWER LINES - continued
Common Name
Botanical Name
Varieties
Height
Spread
Comments
Landscape Features
Tricolor Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Roseomarginata
40-45'
35-50'
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Shademaster, Skyline
30-70'
30-70'
Gingko (Mate strains)
Gingko biloba (male)
Princeton Sentry, Saratoga
Autumn Gold
45-50'
25-40'
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Gymnocladus dioica
50'
35'
Tolerant to our area. Green leaves turn
yellow for fall.
Goldenrain tree
Koelreuteria paniculata
30-40'
30'
In late spring, panicles of yellow blooms
cover the tree. Seed pools resemble
Chinese lazarus.
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
'Slender Silhouette'
50'
5'
Very slender form
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
70-90'
35-50'
Green tulip -shaped leaves turn yellow in
fall
American Hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
20-40'
25'
Adaptive tree with green leaves
Amur Cork Tree
Phellodendron amurense
40'
35'
1
Dark green leaves that turn yellow in fall
Sycamore, London Plane Tree
Platanus x acerifolia
Varieties resistanct to
Anthracnose: Bloodgood,
Columbia and liberty
90'
50'
Anthracnose resistant
Durable trees that are for large areas
that need quick shade.
Sargent Cherry
Prunus sargentii
40'
Scarlet Oak
Quercus coccinea
75'
50'
Green leaves turns rusty red in fall
Forest Green Oak
Quercus frainetto
50'
30'
1
Dark glossy green leaves with yellow fall
color
Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
40-70'
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
60-50'
60-50'
Will get very large
Green leaves with deeply lobed leaves.
Turns yellow in fall
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
50'
50'
Dark green with yellow fall colors
Northern Red oak
Quercus rubra
50-60'
50'
Green leaves that turn orange -red in fall
Sawtooth Oak
Quercus acutissima
40-50'
Shumard oak
Quercus shumardii
40-60'
Littleleaf Linden
Tilia cordata
60-50'
30-35'
Green leave turn yellow for fall. In June,
clusters of small, fragrant, yellow flowers
appear.
Silver Linden
Tilia tomentosa
70'
40'
Green leaves turn yellow in fall. In June,
clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers
American Linden
Tilia americana
40-60'
25-30'
appear.
Dutch elm disease resistant, varieties
Glossy dark green foliage that turns
Lace bark elm
Ulmus parvifolia'Allee'
50'
35'
available
yellow-orange to rust red.
EVERGREEN TREES - LARGE AREAS
Common Name
Botanical Name
Height
Spread
Comments Landscape Features
Fir, Concolor blue (white)
Abies concolor conionsblue
30'
15-30'
Cedar, Blue Atlas
Cedrus atlantica
30-40'
20-30'
Spruce, Colorado
Picea Pungens
40-60'
20-25'
Requires regular watering
Pine Scotch
Pinus sylvestris
40-60'
20-25'
Giant Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
50'
30'
Cedar, western red
Thuja plicata
50'
20-30'
Needs winter watering
Eastern Red Cedar
juniperus virginiana
40'
10'
Tolerant of adverse conditions
Japanese Cryptomeria
cryptomeria japonica
50-60'
25'
Cedar of Lebanon
cedrus libani 'stenocoma'
40-50'
30-50'
Slow growing
Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia
glyptostroboides
70'
25'
Deciduous
Weeping Alaska Cedar
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
'Pendula'tenis
60-90'
20-30'
EVERGREEN TREES - SMALL AREAS
Common Name
Botanical Name
Height
Spread
Comments Landscape Features
Fir, Horstmann Korean
Abies koreana'horstmann's
silberlocke'
12-15'
8-10'
Needs winter water
Cedar incense
Calocedrus decurrens
30-40'
43025
Needs winter water
cedar, blue atlas hybrids, granny louise,
himolanon blue, weeping pendula
Cedrus atlantica hybrids
20-30'
15-20'
Cedar, deodar family
Cedrus deodara hybrids
20-30'
143028
1 Best protected from wind
Cedar, Weeping Alaskan
Clamaecypair nootkatensis
'pendula'
20-30'
43025
Hinoki Cypress and family
Chamaecyparis obtusa
5-12'
3-15'
Afternoon shade needed
Juniper, Tolleson's Blue Weeping
Juniperus scopulorum
10-20'
10-15'
Spruce, serbian family bruns weeping
dwarf
Picea omorika hybrids
6-15'
10-115
spruce Colorado hybrids fat albert hoopsi
bacheri, etc.
Picea pungens hybrids
15-30'
8-15'
Requires regular water, not very drought
Itolerant
Pine, Bristlecone
Pinus aristata
20'
S'
Can be hard to find
Pine, Vanderwolf's Pyramid
Pinus vanderwolf pyramid
20-25'
10-15'
Pine, bosnia red cone
Pinus heldreichii leucodermis
20'
10'
Pine, Thunderhead
Pinus 'thunderhead'
10-12'
10-12'
Pine, Dwarf Eastern White
Pinus strobus'nono'
6-10'
Pine, Dwarf Japanese Red
Pinus densifloria
'unbraculifera'
10-15'
1
lReddish/orange exfloiating bark
Pine, Japanese Umbrella
Sciadopitys verticillata
20-30'
1
Slow growing, protect from hot
afternoon sun