POMC 20.127 – Design Standards20.127.020 Applicability and compliance.
(1) Applicability. The provisions of this chapter apply to all development within Port
Orchard, except:
(a) Detached houses and middle housing, backyard cottages, cottage eourt,-,
side -by -side back-to-back ,
aitd
townhom as defined in Chapter 20.32 POMC and 20.12 POMC shall not be required to
comply with this chapter. Design standards for detached houses=, backyard cottages,
cottage courts (cottages), - -side dtipLexes, back-to-baek dtipLexes,
attached house&, -
and middle housing are found in Chapter 20.139 POMC. Subdivision
design standards are found in Chapter 20.100 POMC.
(b) Properties within the designated Old Clifton Industrial Park. See the figure below
for a map clarifying the location of properties which are exempt.
Figure 20.127.020(1)
Old Clifton Industrial Park
(c) Open-air structures such as pavilions, stages and gazebos for ornamental, performance
or recreational use.
(d) The director may waive these provisions in other employment - industrial/office zoned
properties where they are screened from view from the public right-of-way and adjacent
nonemployment - industrial/office properties by a minimum 20-foot-wide landscaped
buffer meeting the requirements of Chapter 20.128 POMC - full screening or by
preservation of comparable existing landscaping on the site.
(2) Relationship to Other Codes and Documents. Where provisions of this chapter conflict
with provisions in any other section of the Port Orchard design standards, this chapter
prevails unless otherwise noted herein.
(3) For building additions, remodels, and site improvements, three different thresholds
have been established to gauge how the design standards in this chapter are applied to
such projects. See Figure 20.127.020(3) below for examples of site development and the
respective types of improvements required under each of the three levels of improvements.
(a) Level I improvements include all exterior remodels, building additions, and/or
site improvements that affect the exterior appearance of the building/site or cumulatively
increase the gross floor area by up to 20 percent of the gross square footage that existed
three years prior to the date of permit issuance. The requirement for such improvements is
only that the proposed improvements meet the standards and do not lead to further
nonconformance with the standards.
For example, if a property owner decides to replace a building facade's siding, then the
siding must meet the applicable exterior building material standards, but elements such as
building articulation (see POMC 20.127.430) would not be required.
(b) Level II improvements include all improvements that cumulatively increase the
gross floor area by 20 percent or more, but not greater than 75 percent, of the gross square
footage that existed three years prior to the date of permit issuance. All standards that do
not relate to repositioning the building or reconfiguring site development apply to Level II
improvements. For example, if a property owner of an existing home in the BP zone wants
to convert the home to an office and build an addition equaling 45 percent of the current
building's area, then the following elements would apply:
(i) The location and design of the addition/remodel must be consistent with
the block frontage standards (see Article II of this chapter), to the extent possible
given the location of the existing building. For such developments seeking additions
to buildings where an off-street parking location currently does not comply with
applicable parking location standards, building additions are allowed provided they
do not increase any current nonconformity and generally bring the project closer
into conformance with the standards. See Figure 20.127.020(3) for an example of
this.
(ii) Comply with applicable site planning and design elements (see Article III
of this chapter).
(iii) Comply with all building design provisions of Article IV of this chapter,
except architectural scale and materials provisions related to the existing portion of
the building where no exterior changes are proposed. The entire building must
comply with building elements/details, materials, and blank wall treatment
standards of POMC 20.127.440 through 20.127.460.
(iv) The proposed improvements shall comply with the off-street parking,
Landscaping, and signage provisions of Chapters 20.124, 20.128, and 20.132 POMC.
(c) Level III improvements include all improvements that cumulatively increase the
gross floor area by more than 75 percent of the gross square footage that existed three
years prior to the date of permit issuance. Such developments must conform to all
applicable standards.
Figure 20.127.020(3)
Examples of Improvement Types and Required Compliance
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C. Fkade upgraded to meet applicable facade and building
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E- Pedewi2n access improvemenn (POMC 20.127.M)
E Parking lot landscaping improvemerrcs (Chapter 20.12E
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F. Landscaping improvements are encouragcd but
not required
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B. Landscaping improvements are encouraged but
not required
C. Site meets site planning standards (POMC
20.127.300-360)
(4) Review for Compliance. Proposals for development, including design standard
departure requests, shall be reviewed for consistency with the design standards as found
in this chapter in conjunction with every underlying permit applications) (i.e., building
permit, stormwater drainage permit, conditional use permit, binding site plan, etc.) at each
stage of the development. The city recognizes that every project is unique and that permits
are not always submitted in a single package simultaneously. For instance, a project may
require a conditional use permit, building permit, land disturbing activity permit, and
stormwater drainage permit. It is common that a building permit application be submitted
after site development activities have begun. It is also common to develop building pads
for future construction as part of an approved development.