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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/15/2025 - PacketORCHARD co4t Meeting Location: 216 Prospect Street Port Orchard, WA 98366 Contact us: Phone (360) 876-4407 cityhall@portorchardwa.gov www. portorchardwa.gov Land Use Committee Land Use Committee Regular Meeting Wednesday, October 15, 2025 4:30 PM Remote Access Only Zoom Webinar Public Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81034433449 Webinar ID: 810 3443 3449 Dial -in Number: 1-253-215-8782 1. Welcome and Introduction Land Use Committee members and City staff introductions 2. Discussion Items A. Discussion: Shopfront House B. Discussion: HB 1998 — Co -living Housing C. Discussion: Multi -family Tax Exemption D. Discussion: Quarterly Inspections Report E. Discussion: Vacant Lands 3. Adjounment Next Land Use Committee Meeting: November 19, 2025 ADA Requirements In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need accommodations to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's office at (360) 876-4407. 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October 15, 2025 Meeting Agenda ORDINANCE NO. *** AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, AMENDING PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE (POMC) CHAPTERS 20.12 (DEFINITIONS), 20.32 (BUILDING TYPES), 20.39 (USE PROVISIONS), AND 20.124 (PARKING AND CIRCULATION) TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE BILL 1998 (RCW 36.70A.535) REGARDING CO -LIVING HOUSING; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CORRECTIONS, AND PUBLICATION; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature enacted Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1998 (ESHB 1998) during the 2024 Regular Session to address the housing affordability crisis by enabling co -living housing as a permitted residential use; and WHEREAS, ESHB 1998 (codified as RCW 36.70A.535) requires cities planning under the Growth Management Act to allow co -living housing in urban growth areas where multifamily residential uses with a density of 6 or more units are permitted and where mixed use development is allowed; and WHEREAS, co -living housing provides affordable, market -rate rental options for individuals with moderate to low incomes, seniors, and others seeking community -oriented living arrangements; and WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard recognizes the need to expand housing options and comply with state law by amending its development regulations accordingly; and WHEREAS, the City of Port Orchard issued a SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) on October 8, 2025, pursuant to Chapter 43.21C RCW and WAC 197-11, finding that the proposed amendments would not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment and this ordinance is not subject to challenge under SEPA per RCW 36.70A.535(10); and WHEREAS, the Port Orchard Planning Commission reviewed the proposed amendments to the Port Orchard Municipal Code at its regularly scheduled meeting on October 7, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Port Orchard City Council Land Use Committee reviewed the proposed amendments to the Port Orchard Municipal Code at its regularly scheduled Work Study meeting on October 15, 2025; and WHEREAS, the Port Orchard City Council reviewed the proposed amendments to the Port Orchard Municipal Code at its regularly scheduled Work Study meeting on October 21, 2025; and WHEREAS, on October 21, 2025, a Notice of Hearing was published in the City's newspaper of record, advertising a public hearing to be held by the Planning Commission on the proposed Port Orchard Municipal Code amendments, and the notice was provided to the public, agencies 11120853.1 - 366922 - 0021 3 Ordinance No. *** Page 2 of 4 and other interested parties in accordance with the requirements of POMC Chapter 20.04.080; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on November 4, 2025, to receive public comment and consider the proposed amendments, and subsequently recommended approval to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City did/ did not receive comments regarding the proposal; and WHEREAS, the City transmitted the proposed amendments to the Washington State Department of Commerce on October 8, 2025, for expedited review in accordance with RCW 36.70A.106; and WHEREAS, the required state agency review period has now passed, and no comments or objections were received that would preclude adoption of the proposed amendments; WHEREAS, on November 28, 2025, the City Council considered all public testimony received, considered the Planning Commission's recommendation and finds that it is in the public interest to adopt the proposed amendments to the Port Orchard Municipal Code; NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council hereby adopts the above recitals as findings in support of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. As additional findings and conclusions in support of this Ordinance, the City Council finds that the amendments adopted by this Ordinance are consistent with the goals and policies of the City's adopted 2024 Comprehensive Plan and are consistent with the state Growth Management Act and other applicable law. SECTION 3. The City Council finds that the amendments adopted by this Ordinance will not, individually or cumulatively, result in adverse effects to the public health, safety or welfare. SECTION 4. The City Council finds that no adverse impacts to the environment are anticipated to result from the amendments adopted by this Ordinance. SECTION 5. Chapter 20.12 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Definitions" is hereby amended to read as shown on Exhibit "A" to this Ordinance. SECTION 6. Section 20.32.010 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Building Type Descriptions" is hereby amended to read as shown on Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. SECTION 7. Section 20.39.040 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Use Table" 11120853.1 - 366922 - 0021 4 Ordinance No. *** Page 3 of 4 is hereby amended to read as shown on Exhibit "C" to this Ordinance. SECTION 8. Sections 20.39.100 and 20.39.110 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Household living" and "Group living", respectively, are hereby amended to read as shown on Exhibit "D" to this Ordinance. SECTION 9. A new Section 20.39.115 entitled "Co -living" is hereby added to the Port Orchard Municipal Code to read as shown on Exhibit "E" to this Ordinance. SECTION 10. Section 20.124.140 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Parking quantities" is hereby revised as shown on Exhibit "F" to this Ordinance. SECTION 11. Severability. If any sentence, section, provision, or clause of this Ordinance or its application to any person, entity or circumstance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the Ordinance, or the application of the provision to other persons, entities, or circumstances is not affected. SECTION 12. Corrections. Upon the approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and/or code publisher is authorized to make any necessary technical corrections to this Ordinance, including but not limited to the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, Ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any reference thereto. SECTION 13. Publication and Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after posting and publication as required by law. A summary of this Ordinance may be published in lieu of the entire Ordinance, as authorized by state law. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk in authentication of such passage this 28th day of November 2025. Robert Putaansuu, Mayor ATTEST: Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sponsored by: 11120853.1- 366922 - 0021 5 Ordinance No. *** Page 4 of 4 Charlotte A. Archer, City Attorney PUBLISHED: EFFECTIVE DATE: ATTACHMENTS: Jay Rosapepe, Councilmember Exhibit "A" Section 20.12 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Definitions" Exhibit "B" Section 20.32.010 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Building Type Descriptions" Exhibit "C" Section 20.39.040 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Use Table" Exhibit "D" Sections 20.39.100 and 20.39.110 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Household living" and "Group living" Exhibit "E" Section 20.39.115 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Co -living" Exhibit "F" Section 20.124.140 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code entitled "Parking quantities" 11120853.1 - 366922 - 0021 6 Exhibit A 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 Chapter 20.12 DEFINITIONS Sections: 20.12.010 Definitions. 20.12.020 A -Definitions. 20.12.030 B- Definitions 20.12.040 C - Definitions. 20.12.120 K -Definitions. 20.12.130 L -Definitions. 20.12.140 M -Definitions. 20.12.150 N -Definitions. 2O-12.160 20.12.170 O -Definitions. P -Definitions. 20.12.180 O -Definitions. 20.12.190 20.12.200 R -Definitions. S -Definitions. 20.12.210 T -Definitions. 20.12.220 U -Definitions. 20.12.230 V -Definitions. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 9 20.12.240 W -Definitions. 20.12.250 X -Definitions. 20.12.260 Y -Definitions. 20.12.090 Z -Definitions. 20.12.010 Definitions. The definitions in this chapter shall apply to this title unless a specific definition is set forth in a subsequent section, chapter, or subtitle in which case that definition shall apply but be limited to that section, chapter, or subtitle as specified therein. Words that are not defined in the code shall have their common meaning as applied and interpreted by the director. 20.12.020 A -Definitions "Accessible electric vehicle charging station" means an electric vehicle charging station where the battery charging station equipment is located within accessible reach of a barrier -free access aisle (minimum 44 -inch width) and the electric vehicle. "Accessory building" means any building of which the form and use are subordinate in both purpose and size, incidental to and customarily associated with a principal permitted building and use located on the same lot. Also see POMC 20.39.010 and Article VII, Accessory Uses, of Chapter 20.39 POMC. "Accessory dwelling unit" means a separate, complete dwelling unit attached to or contained within the structure of the primary use or a detached single-family residential dwelling unit (accessory apartment), or contained within a separate structure that is accessory to the primary use or detached single-family dwelling unit (backyard cottage) on the premises. Also see POMC 20.39.600. "Adequate public facilities" means facilities which have the capacity to serve development without decreasing levels of service below locally established minimums. (WAC 365-196- 210(3).) "Administrative design review" means a development permit process whereby an application is reviewed, approved, or denied by the planning director or the planning director's designee based solely on objective design and development standards without a public predecision hearing, unless such review is otherwise required by state or federal law, or the structure is a designated landmark or historic district established under a local preservation ordinance. The city may utilize public meetings, hearings, or voluntary review 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 10 boards to consider, recommend, or approve requests for variances from locally established design review standards. "Aggrieved person" means: (1) The applicant and the owner of property to which the land use decision is directed; or (2) Another person aggrieved or adversely affected by the land use decision, or who would be aggrieved or adversely affected by a reversal or modification of the land use decision. A person is aggrieved or adversely affected within the meaning of this section only when all of the following conditions are present: (a) The land use decision has prejudiced or is likely to prejudice that person; (b) That person's asserted interests are among those that the local jurisdiction was required to consider when it made the land use decision; (c) Ajudgment in favor of that person would substantially eliminate or redress the prejudice to that person caused or likely to be caused by the land use decision; and (d) The petitioner has exhausted their administrative remedies to the extent required by law. "Agricultural processing" means preparing harvested crops or products of animal or poultry husbandry for marketing, transportation or further processing. Also see POMC 20.39.500. "Agricultural products" means items resulting from the practice of agriculture, including crops such as flowers, fruits, vegetables, grains, seed, feed, and plants, or animal products such as eggs, milk, and meat, or animal byproducts such as fertilizer. Also see POMC 20.39.500. "Alley" means a public or private access way, either unimproved or improved, which provides a secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property. Alley width shall be considered the distance between the alley right-of-way lines. "Alteration" means a change or rearrangement of the structural parts or exit facilities, or an enlargement by extending the sides or increasing the height or depth, or the moving from one location to another. "Animal — Small" means animals, other than livestock or animals considered predatory or wild, which are kept outside a dwelling unit all or part of the time. Animals considered 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 11 predatory or wild shall be considered small animals when they are taken into captivity for the purposes of breeding, domestication, training, hunting or exhibition. "Appeal" means to seek review of a decision or determination from a higher authority. An appeal may be from a staff decision or determination to the examiner; or from an examiner decision to the city council; or from a city council decision to the superior court or other court of competent jurisdiction; however, some permit processes follow different appeal procedures, which procedures are set forth in the corresponding chapter. "Applicant" means the owner of land proposed for land development or use or its representative who shall have express written authority to act on behalf of the owner. Written consent shall be required from the legal owner of the property. "Arborist" means an individual trained in the art and science of planting, caring for, and maintaining individual trees, and who is currently certified by the International Society of Arboriculture. "Available public facilities" means that public facilities are in place, or a financial commitment has been made to provide the facilities concurrent with development. For the purposes of transportation facilities, "concurrent with development" means that the improvements or strategies are in place at the time of development or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. (RCW 36.70A.070(6)(b).) "Awning" means an architectural projection for a building that is wholly supported by the building to which it is attached and comprised of a lightweight rigid skeleton structure over which a covering is attached. 20.12.030 B- Definitions. "Battery charging station" means an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540. "Battery electric vehicle (BEV)" means any vehicle that operates exclusively on electrical energy from an off -board source that is stored in the vehicle's batteries, and produces zero tailpipe emissions or pollution when stationary or operating. "Binding site plan" means a drawing to scale which: (1) identifies and shows the areas and locations of all streets, roads, improvements, utilities, open spaces, and any other matters identified in Chapter 20.94 POMC; (2) contains inscriptions or attachments setting forth such appropriate limitations and conditions for the use of the land as are established by 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 12 the decision -maker with authority to approve the site plan; and (3) contains provisions making any development be in conformity with the site plan. "Biologist" means a person who has a minimum of a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences or a related field from an accredited college or university and two or more years of experience; or a person who has five or more years of experience as a practicing biologist. "Block" is a group of lots, tracts or parcels within well-defined and fixed boundaries. "Board" means the design review board (DRB), which makes recommendations to the development director or designee. Also see Chapter 2.78 POMC. "Bond" means a form of security provided by a bonding company in an amount and form satisfactory to the city attorney, intended to ensure that required improvements are installed and/or maintained, and/or to otherwise guarantee compliance with applicable provisions of this title. "Boundary line adjustment" means a division made for the purpose of alteration by adjusting boundary lines, between platted or unplatted lots or both, which does not create any additional lot, tract, parcel, site or division nor create any lot, tract, parcel, site or division which contains insufficient area and dimensions to meet minimum requirements for width and area for a buildable lot pursuant to this title. "Brushing" means an allowed practice of removing ground cover, shrubs and vegetation not defined as a tree to create better visibility on a site for purposes of public safety, surveying or marketing. "Buffer" means a nonclearing native vegetation area which is intended to protect the functions and values of critical areas. "Building" means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. "Building area" means the area included within the surrounding interior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of courts. "Building envelope" means the area of a lot that delineates the limits of where a building may be placed on the lot. "Building facade" means that portion of any exterior elevation of a building extending from the grade of the building to the top of the parapet wall or eaves for the entire width of the building elevation. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 13 "Building height" means, except when otherwise specified in this code, the vertical distance from grade plane to the average height of the highest roof surface. "Building official" means the city employee designated as the building official, or the consultant to the city who has been designated by contract as the building official. "Building permit" means the permit required for new construction and additions pursuant to the city's adopted building code. The term "building permit," as used herein, shall not be deemed to include: permits required for temporary dwellings; or permits required for remodeling, rehabilitation, or other improvements to an existing structure or rebuilding a damaged or destroyed structure, provided there is no increase in the applicable unit of measure (for nonresidential construction) or number of dwelling units (for residential construction) resulting therefrom. "Building site" means the physical portion of the real property upon which the structures are situated within one lot, and which portion of the lot satisfies the applicable zoning code standards for physical placement, lot coverage, construction of structures, critical areas buffers and setbacks, and all other location and dimensional requirements for the structures. "Business or occupation of outdoor advertising" shall mean the business of renting or selling space by the owner of any billboard or outdoor advertising structure to any other party for valuable consideration. 20.12.040 C - Definitions. "Caliper" means the diameter of a tree trunk, applied onlyto new or replacement nursery - grown trees, measured six inches above the ground for up to and including four -inch caliper size trees and 12 inches above the ground for larger size trees. "Campground" means an area of land on which accommodations for temporary occupancy, such as tents or recreational vehicles without hook-up facilities, are permitted and which is used primarily for recreational purposes on an extended basis over a season or year-round and/or as a commercial activity. Also see POMC 20.39.340. "Capital facilities" means the facilities or improvements included in a capital facilities plan. "Capital facilities plan" means the capital facilities plan element of the city's comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW, and any amendments to the plan, which may include by reference a capital facilities plan of the school district within the city. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 14 "Charging level" means the standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage, at which an electric vehicle's battery is recharged. Levels 1, 2, and 3 are defined by the electrical output, per the following specifications: (1) Level 1. Voltage including the range from zero through 120. (2) Level 2. Voltage is greater than 120 and includes 240. (3) Level 3. Voltage is greater than 240 and is considered fast or rapid charging. "City" means the city of Port Orchard, Washington. "City clerk" means the city employee appointed to that position in accordance with the provisions of POMC Title . "City council" means the city council of the city of Port Orchard, Washington. "City engineer" means the city employee appointed to that position in accordance with the provisions of POMC Title . "Clearing" or "land clearing," for purposes of this title, means the direct and indirect removal of trees, including topping and limbing, and the destruction, disturbance or removal of other vegetation from any public or private undeveloped, partially developed, or developed lot, public lands, public right-of-way, or utility easement by physical, chemical, or other means. This shall also include any destructive or inappropriate activity applied to a tree or other vegetation that will result in its death or effectively destroy the functionality. "Clearing" shall not include landscape maintenance, brushing, or pruning consistent with accepted horticultural practices which does not impair the health, survival or function of trees or other vegetation. Any proposed activities within a critical area or buffer require compliance with Chapter 20.162 POMC. "Closed record appeal" means an administrative appeal that is heard by the hearing examiner. See POMC 2.76.150. "Closed record appeal hearing" means a hearing held pursuant to POMC 2.76.150. "Closed record public hearing" means a public hearing before the city council following an open record hearing, in which no new evidence is considered or allowed. Oral argument shall be permitted in favor or against the recommendation of the hearing examiner; however, such oral arguments shall be strictly limited in accordance with this provision. "Co -living" means a residential development with sleeping units that are independently rented or owned and lockable and provide living and sleeping space with residents sharing kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building 11119443.3-366922 - 0021 15 "Commission" means the planning commission of the city of Port Orchard, Washington. "Common ownership" means ownership by the same person, corporation, firm, entity, partnership or unincorporated association, or ownership by different corporations, firms, partnerships, entities or unincorporated associations, in which a stockbroker, partner or associate, or a member of their family owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity or unincorporated association. "Community residential facility (CRF)" means living quarters meeting applicable federal and state standards that function as a single housekeeping unit and provide supportive services for a group of individuals comprising more than a family (eight or more individuals excluding staff), including but not limited to counseling, rehabilitation, and medical supervision, including drug and alcohol detoxification but excluding prisoner release participants. "Community residential facility (CRF) — Prisoner release" means living quarters meeting applicable federal and state standards that function as a single housekeeping unit and provide supportive services for a group of individuals comprising more than a family (eight or more individuals excluding staff), including but not limited to counseling, rehabilitation, and medical supervision, excluding drug and alcohol detoxification, specifically for prisoner release participants and programs such as halfway houses. "Comprehensive plan" or "comprehensive land use plan" means the plan adopted in Chapter POMC, pursuant to Chapter 36.701 RCW. "Concurrency" or "concurrent with development" means that adequate public facilities are available when the impacts of development occur, or within a specified time thereafter. This definition includes the concept of "adequate public facilities" as defined above. For the purposes of transportation facilities, concurrent with development means that strategies or improvements are in place at the time of development or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. (RCW 36.70A.07. (6)(b).) "Congregate care facility" means a residential care facility that provides housing. meals. and assistance with daily living iving activities for elderly or disabled individuals who do not require 24 -hour medical care. These facilities offer a communal living environment that promotes socialization and independence while also providing necessary support services. Residents typically have their own private rooms or apartments and share common areas such as dining rooms. living rooms. and recreational spaces. Staff members are available to provide assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 16 medication management. Adult Congregate Living Facilities may also offer transportation services, housekeeping. and laundry services. "Congregate living facilities" means a building or part thereof that contains sleeping units where non -transient residents share bathroom or kitchen facilities, or both. "Nontransient" with respect to congregate living facility use means occupancy of a sleeping unit for not less than 30 days at a time. Congregate living facilities shall be located in a countywide center as designated in the city's comprehensive plan, shall be in a location that is within a one -quarter -mile radius of a transit route or that is served by demand -responsive transit service, shall have 24 -hour resident management with responsibility for the operations and maintenance of the facility, and shall not provide medical care or social welfare services on sit "Consistency" means that no feature of a plan or regulation is incompatible with any other feature of a plan or regulation. Consistency is indicative of a capacity for orderly integration or operation with other elements in a system. "Construction — New" means structures for which the start of construction commenced on or after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title and preceding ordinances. "Cottage housing" means residential units on a lot with a common open space that either: (1) is owned in common; or (2) has units owned as condominium units with property owned in common and a minimum of 20 percent of the lot size as open space. Council. See "City council." "Courtyard" or "court" means a space, open and unobstructed to the sky, located at or about grade level on a lot and bounded on three or more sides by the walls of a building. "Courtyard apartments" means up to four attached dwelling units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or court. "Coverage - Lot" means the percentage of the area of a lot or parent lot that is built upon or covered over with impervious materials. "Critical areas" means any of those areas in the city which are subject to natural hazards or those lands with features which support unique, fragile, or valuable natural resources, including fish, wildlife, and other organisms and their habitat and such resources which in their natural state carry, hold or purify water. "Critical areas" means those areas identified as: (1) Wetlands; 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 17 (2) Areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water; (3) Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas; (4) Geologically hazardous areas; and (5) Frequently flooded areas. "Critical facilities" means those facilities necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare. These facilities include but are not limited to schools, hospitals, police stations, fire departments and other emergency response facilities, and nursing homes. Critical facilities also include sites of hazardous material storage or production. "Critical root zone" means the area where the tree's roots are located and is the area surrounding a tree measured at a radial distance from the trunk equal to one foot for every one -inch diameter of tree. "Cul-de-sac" means a road closed at one end by a circular area of sufficient size for turning large emergency response vehicles. 20.12.050 D - Definitions. "DBH" means diameter at breast height. DBH is a tree's diameter in inches at four and one- half feet above the ground at the lowest point surrounding the trunk, and is used to measure existing trees on a site. On multi -stemmed or multi-trunked trees, the diameter shall be the diameter equivalent to the sum of trunk areas measured at DBH. "Dedication" means the deliberate appropriation of land or rights in land by its owner for any general and public use, reserving to themself no other rights than such as are compatible with the full exercise and enjoyment of the public use to which the property has been devoted. The intention to dedicate shall be evidenced by deed, or other instrument of conveyance, or by dedication on a duly filed and recorded plat (or short plat). Dedications by short plat may require city council acceptance. "Department" means the city of Port Orchard, Washington, department of community development or its successor agency, unless otherwise specified. Design Review Board. See "Board." "Designated accessible space" means an accessible parking space required byWAC 51- 50-005 and designated for the exclusive use of parking vehicles with a state disabled parking permit. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 18 "Detention facilities" means stormwaterfacilities designed to store runoff while gradually releasing it at a predetermined controlled rate. "Detention facilities" shall include all appurtenances associated with their designed functions, maintenance and security. "Developer" means the person or entity that owns or has development control over property for which development activity is proposed. "Development activity" or "development" means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use; any change in the use of a building or structure; or any changes in the use of the land that creates additional demand for public facilities (such as a change which results in an increase in the number of vehicle trips to and from the property, building or structure) and requires a development permit from the city. (RCW 82.02.090(1).) "Development agreement" means the agreements authorized in RCW 36.70B.170. "Development approval" means any written authorization from the city that authorizes the commencement of a development activity. "Development approval authority" means the city official or tribunal having code authority to approve a development. "Development site" means the legal boundaries of the parcel or parcels of land for which an applicant has or should have applied for authority from the city to carry out a development activity. "Director" or "development director" means the community development director of the city of Port Orchard or their duly authorized designee, or as otherwise indicated in this title. "Dock" means a floating or fixed platform used as a landing place for marine transport or for recreational purposes and attached to the shore or a fixed pier by a loosely coupled ramp. "Domestic water system" means any system providing a supply of potable water which is deemed adequate pursuant to RCW 19.27.097 for the intended use of the development. "Downtown marquee" means the marquee located at the 700 and 800 blocks of Bay Street and adjacent streets and which was constructed with funds from LID No. 65. "Drip line" of a tree means an imaginary line on the ground created by the horizontal projection of the foliage at its greatest circumference. "Duplex" means a residential building with two attached dwelling units. "Dwelling unit" means one or more rooms designed for occupancy by a person or family for living and sleeping purposes, containing kitchen facilities, lavatory, and closet, and rooms 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 19 with internal accessibility, for use solely by the dwelling's occupant, including but not limited to bachelor, efficiency, and studio apartments, and modular and manufactured homes. 20.12.060 E - Definitions. "Easement" means a right granted by the owner of land to another party for specific limited use of that land. "Electric scooters and motorcycles" means any two -wheel vehicle that operates exclusively on electrical energy from an off -board source that is stored in the vehicle's batteries and produces zero emissions or pollution when stationary or operating. "Electric vehicle" means any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an off -board source, that is stored on -board for motive purpose. "Electric vehicle" includes: (1) a battery electric vehicle; (2) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; (3) a neighborhood electric vehicle; and (4) a medium -speed electric vehicle. "Electric vehicle charging station" means a public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment and that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle. An electric vehicle charging station equipped with Level 1 or Level 2 charging equipment is permitted outright as an accessory use to any principal use. "Electric vehicle charging station — Public" means an electric vehicle charging station that is: (1) publicly owned and publicly available (e.g., park and ride parking, public library parking lot, on -street parking); or (2) privately owned and publicly available (e.g., shopping center parking, nonreserved parking in multifamily parking lots). "Electric vehicle charging station — Restricted" means an electric vehicle charging station that is: (1) privately owned and restricted access (e.g., single-family home, executive parking, designated employee parking); or (2) publicly owned and restricted (e.g., fleet parking with no access to the general public). "Electric vehicle infrastructure" means structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations. "Electric vehicle parking space" means any marked parking space that identifies the use to be exclusively for the parking of an electric vehicle due to the presence of electric vehicle charging equipment. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 20 "Enhancement" means an action or actions performed to improve the condition of an existing degraded critical area (e.g., wetlands or streams) such that the functions or values are of a higher quality; provided, that this activity does not significantly degrade another existing function or value. "Equipment — Heavy" means high -capacity mechanical devices for moving earth or other materials, and mobile power units including, but not limited to: (1) Carryalls; (2) Graders; (3) Loading and unloading devices; (4) Cranes; (5) Drag lines; (6) Trench diggers; (7) Tractors; (8) Augers; (9) Bulldozers; (10) Concrete mixers and conveyers; (11) Harvesters; (12) Combines; or (13) Other major agricultural equipment and similar devices operated by mechanical power as distinguished from manpower. "Equipment — Light" means such construction machinery as chainsaws, wheelbarrows, posthole diggers and all handheld tools. "Erosion" means the process whereby the land surface is worn away by the action of water, wind, ice or other geologic agents, by processes such as gravitational creep or events such as landslides caused by natural or manmade impacts. "Escrow" means a deposit of cash with the city or escrow agent, pursuant to a written agreement, in order to secure the promise to perform some act. "Evergreen" means a plant species with foliage that persists and remains green year-round. Examiner. See "Hearing examiner." 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 21 "External buffer" means a naturally vegetated area or vegetated area along the exterior boundaries of an entire development processed in accordance with a subdivision application, which is landscaped and maintained as open space in order to eliminate or minimize conflicts between such development and adjacent land uses. 20.12.070 F- Definitions. "Facade" means the entire building front or street wall face, including grade, to the top of the parapet or eaves and the entire width of the building elevation. "Family" means any number of persons related by blood, marriage or legal adoption and including foster children and exchange students living together as a single housekeeping unit. "Family" also means the following when living together as a single, not -for-profit housekeeping unit: (1) A group of not more than four related and unrelated adults and their related minor children, but not to exceed a total of eight related and unrelated persons; or (2) Not more than eight disabled persons, whether adults or minors, living together in a consensual residential living arrangement, but not to exceed a total of eight persons; or (3) State licensed adult family homes as defined by RCW 70.128.010; or (4) State licensed foster family homes and group care facilities as defined in RCW 74.15.020. For the purposes of this definition, an adult is a person 18 years of age or older, and a minor child is a person under the age of 18 years. "Fee" or "filing fee" means the fee for filing an application, as said fee is established annually by resolution of the city council. Unless otherwise indicated, all fees must be paid at the time the application is submitted to the city. "Fence" means a barrier for the purpose of enclosing space or separating lots, composed of: wood, metal or concrete posts connected by boards, rails, panels, wire, mesh, masonry, or concrete, excluding retaining walls. Final Plat. See "Plat — Final plat." "Financial commitment" means those sources of public or private funds or combinations thereof that have been identified as sufficient to finance public facilities necessary to support development and that there is reasonable assurance that such funds will be timely put to that end. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 22 "Fiveplex" means a residential building with five attached dwelling units. "Floor— Ground" means the ground floor of a building defined as the three-dimensional interior building space which sits immediately above the basement, crawl space, or floor slab and below the ceiling or joists supporting a roof or second floor and which is nearest in floor elevation to the lowest street elevation located adjacent to the parcel on which the building is located. This includes any loft space. "Floor — Lowest" means the lowest floor of the lowest enclosed area (including basement). An unfinished or flood -resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking of vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor; provided, that such enclosure is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this code. "Floor — Second" means the second floor defined as the three-dimensional interior building space which sits above the ground floor and which is not a loft. "Forest land" means land devoted primarily to growing and harvesting forest and timber products and designated as a forest production district. "Forest practice" means any activity conducted on or directly pertaining to forest land and relating to growing, harvesting, or processing timber, or removing forest biomass, including but not limited to: (1) Activities in and over typed water; (2) Road and trail construction; (3) Harvesting, final and intermediate; (4) Precommercial thinning; (5) Reforestation; (6) Fertilization; (7) Prevention and suppression of diseases and insects; (8) Salvage of trees; and (9) Brush control. "Forest practice" does not include: forest species seed orchard operations and intensive forest nursery operations; or preparatory work such as tree marking, surveying and road flagging; or removal or harvest of incidental vegetation from forest lands such as berries, 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 23 ferns, greenery, mistletoe, herbs, mushrooms, and other products which cannot normally be expected to result in damage to forest soils, timber or public resources. "Fourplex" means a residential building with four attached dwelling units. 20.12.080 G -Definitions. "Geologist" means a person who has a bachelor of science degree in geologic sciences from an accredited college or university and has a minimum of four years' experience in soil or slope evaluation under the direct supervision of a practicing geologist or licensed geotechnical engineer. "Geotechnical engineer" means a practicing geotechnical/civil engineer licensed as a professional civil engineer with the state of Washington, with professional training and experience in geotechnical engineering, including at least four years' professional experience in evaluating geologically hazardous areas. "Golf facility" means a recreationalfacility, under public or private ownership, designed and developed for uses including, but not limited to: (1) Golf course; (2) Driving range; (3) Pro shops; (4) Caddyshack buildings; (5) Restaurants; (6) Office and meeting rooms; and (7) Related storage facilities. "Grade plane" means a reference plane representing the average of the finished ground level adjoining the building at its exterior walls. Under conditions where the finished ground level slopes significantly away from the exterior walls, that reference plane is established by the lowest points of elevation of the finished surface of the ground within an area between the building and lot line, or where the lot line is more than six feet (1,829 mm) from the building, between the building and a line six feet (1,829 mm) from the building. "Grading" means any excavating, filling, grubbing, recontouring or removal of earth materials on the surface layer, or any combination thereof. "Grazing area" means any open land area used to pasture livestock in which forage is maintained at an average height of three inches over 80 percent of the area. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 24 "Gross floor area" (GFA) means the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors of a building measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, or from the centerline of walls separating two buildings. The gross floor area of a building shall include basement floor area when one-half or more of the basement height is above natural grade for more than 50 percent of the total perimeter. The gross floor area shall also include elevator shafts and stairwells to each floor, penthouses, attic space having headroom clearances that meet building code minimum ceiling heights, interior balconies and mezzanines, enclosed porches, floor area devoted to accessory uses, and floor space used for mechanical equipment, except equipment located on the roof, unless otherwise specified in this title. In determining the gross floor area of an individual use within a multiple tenant building, the gross floor area is the sum of the gross horizontal areas measured from the interior faces of the interior walls of the space occupied by the use. "Ground cover" means any living plant material normally terrestrial, growing low to the ground, or other small trees less than four inches at DBH and not defined as a tree, all of which are intended to stabilize soils and protect against erosion. "Growth Management Act— GMA" means the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA), Chapter 17, Law of 1990, First Extended Session, Chapter 36.70A RCW et seq., and Chapter 32 Laws of 1991, First Special Session, RCW 82.02.050 et seq., as now in existence or hereafter amended. "Grubbing" means the removal of vegetative matter from underground, such as sod, stumps, roots, buried logs, or other debris, and shall include the incidental removal of topsoil to a depth not exceeding 12 inches. 20.12.090 H -Definitions. "Hard surface" means an impervious surface, a permeable pavement, or a vegetated roof. "Healthy soil" means soil that is of good quality, with the capacity to sustain plant, animal, and human life by providing nutrients, air and water space to infiltrate, pollutant absorption and filtering, and habitat. "Hearing examiner" means a person appointed to hear or review certain land use decisions pursuant to Article XI, Section 11 of the Washington State Constitution, Chapters 35.63 and 58.17 RCW, and Chapter 2.76 POMC. "High intensity nonresidential use" means manufacturing/industrial (Chapter 20.36 POMC) land uses and any commercial or mixed use (Chapter 20.35 POMC), civic or institutional (POMC 20.37.010), or public facilities (POMC 20.37.030) land use with over 120,000 square feet gross floor area. Also see POMC 20.39.400 and 20.39.410. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 25 "Hospital" means an establishment primarily engaged in providing diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment including surgical services, and other hospital services, as well as continuous nursing services. A hospital has an organized medical staff, inpatient beds, and equipment and facilities to provide complete health care. "Hospital" does not include convalescent homes. Also see POMC 20.39.325. 20.12.100 I -Definitions. "Impact" means any additional demand and need for public facilities or services that is reasonably related to the proposed development. "Impact fee" means the amount of money determined necessary by the city or the school district and imposed upon new development activity as a condition of development approval or permitting to pay for public facilities needed to serve new growth and development, and that is reasonably related to the new development that creates the additional demand and need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the cost of the public facilities and that is used for facilities that reasonably benefit the new development. "Impact fee" does not include a reasonable permit or application fee. (ROW 82.02.090(3).) "Impervious surface" means a nonvegetated or compacted surface area that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle as it entered under natural conditions preexistent to development, or a nonvegetated or compacted surface area which causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that present under natural conditions preexistent to development. Common impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, roof tops, concrete or asphalt paving, paved walkways, patios, compacted gravel, driveways, parking lots and storage areas, packed earthen materials, and oiled, macadam, or other surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration of surface water. "Indoor emergency housing" means temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that are intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families. Indoor emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or occupancy agreement. "Indoor emergency shelter" means a facility that provides a temporary indoor shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. An indoor emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Indoor emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 26 20.12.110 J -Definitions. Reserved. 20.12.120 K -Definitions. "Kitchenette" means a room or part of a room which is used. intended, or designed to be used for basic food preparation, with a sink and at least one 120v electrical outlet. "Kitchen" means a room or part of a room which is used, intended, or designed to be used for preparing food. The kitchen includes facilities, or utility hookups for facilities, sufficient to rreepare, cook. and store food. and wash dishes. including, at a minimum. countertop kitchen -style sink, space and utilities sufficient for a gas or 2201240v electric stove and oven, and a refrigerator. 20.12.130 L -Definitions. "Landscape architect" means an individual currently licensed by the state of Washington as a landscape architect. "Landscaping" means an area devoted to or developed and maintained predominantly with native or nonnative plant materials, including lawn, ground cover, trees, shrubs, and other plant materials; and also including accessory decorative outdoor landscape elements such as ornamental pools, fountains, paved or decorated surfaces (excluding driveways, parking, loading, or storage areas), and sculptural elements. "Landslide" means episodic down -slope movement of a mass of soil or rock, including snow avalanches. "Level of service" means an established minimum capacity of public facilities or services that must be provided per unit of demand or other appropriate measure of need. "Livestock" means grazing animals kept either in open fields or structures for training, boarding, home use, sales, or breeding, and production, including but not limited to cattle, riding and draft horses, hogs, sheep, and goats. "Loading space" means a space for the temporary parking of a vehicle while loading or unloading cargo or passengers. "Loft" means an upper interior space of a building, typically consisting of an open unpartitioned floor area that is accessible from the ground floor and that is below the second floor or roof. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 27 Long Subdivision. See "Subdivision." "Lot" means a fractional part of legally divided lands having fixed boundaries, being of sufficient area and dimension to meet minimum zoning requirements for width and area. The term shall include tracts or parcels. For purposes of this code, adjoining lots under common ownership, which were created without subdivision or short subdivision approval from applicable city or county governments, shall be considered as one lot and subject to the regulations contained herein. The terms of this section shall apply regardless of whether the individual adjoining lot meets current zoning requirements. "Lot — Corner lot" means a lot that has frontage on more than one intersecting street. A street that curves with angles of 120 degrees or less, measured from the center line of the street, is considered two intersecting streets for the purpose of evaluating whether a lot is a corner lot. See Figures below. Corner Lots Lot / Lot Lot ICormer Corder[ Lot ---------a' i i Lat Lai o i +51 Lot ` Corner Lot treat Cerrtarliec H2O i i i i street A or I Lat I Garner Corner [ Lot Lot Lot r "Lot — Flag lot" means an irregular lot with two distinct parts: (1) The flag, which is the only building site; and is located behind another lot; and 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 28 (2) The pole, which connects the flag to the street; provides the only street frontage for the lot; and at any point is less than the minimum lot width for the zone. "Lot — Interior lot" means a lot that has frontage on one street only. "Lot —Irregular lot" means a lot that is shaped so that application of setback requirements is difficult. Examples include a lot with a shape that is not close to rectangular, or a lot with no readily identifiable rear lot line, or a flag lot. Lot Lines on Irregular Lots REAR LOT LINT: [ill'I , I 'ip �r �r % I m I �!U I fRONTIOT1J STREET "Lot — Parent" means a legal lot which establishes the exterior boundary of a unit lot subdivision. "Lot — Through" means a lot having frontage on two parallel or approximately parallel streets. "Lot — Unit" means a portion of a parent lot, the fee of which may be independently transferred upon recording of a unit lot subdivision. "Lot — Zoned predominantly for residential use" means residential zoning districts in Chapter 20.34 POMC in which residential dwellings are the predominant use. This excludes lands zoned primarily for commercial, industrial, and/or public uses, even if those zones allow for the development of detached single-family residences. This also excludes lands zoned primarily for mixed uses, even if those zones allow for the development of detached single-family residences, if the zones permit by -right multifamily use and a variety of commercial uses, including but not limited to retail, services, eating and drinking establishments, entertainment, recreation, and office uses. "Lot area — Minimum" means the minimum or smallest amount of total lot area in a single ownership, expressed in square feet, necessary to satisfy the physical development standards defined in this code. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 29 "Lot line — Interior" means a lot line that delineates property boundaries along those portions of the property which do not abut a street. "Lot line interior —Zero" means the elimination of one side setback so that a side building line can be constructed on the lot line. Zero lot lines must be designated on a plat. "Lot lines" means: (1) "Lot front line" means a lot line at which vehicular access is off of a public right- of-way, private street, access easement or tract; (2) "Lot rear line" means a lot line which is opposite and most distant from the lot front line. For the purpose of establishing the lot rear line of a triangular or trapezoidal lot, or of a lot the rear line of which is formed by two or more lines, the following shall apply: (a) For a triangular- or gore -shaped lot, a line 10 feet in length within the lot and farthest removed from the lot front line and at right angles to the line comprising the depth of such lot shall be used as the lot rear line; (b) In the case of a trapezoidal lot, the rear line of which is not parallel to the front line, the lot rear line shall be deemed to be a line at right angles to the line comprising the depth of such lot and drawn through a point bisecting the recorded lot rear line; (3) "Lot side line" means any lot boundary line that is not a lot front line or a lot rear line. "Low impact development (LID)" means a stormwater and land management strategy that strives to mimic pre -disturbance hydrologic processes of infiltration, filtration, storage, evaporation, and transpiration by emphasizing conservation, use of on -site natural features, site planning, and distributed stormwater management practices that are integrated into a project design. "Low impact development best management practices (LID BMPs)" means distributed stormwater management practices integrated into a project design that emphasize pre - disturbance hydrologic processes of infiltration, filtration, storage, evaporation, and transpiration. LID BMPs include, but are not limited to, bioretention, rain gardens, permeable pavements, roof downspout controls, dispersion, soil quality and depth, vegetated roofs, minimum excavation foundations, and water reuse. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 30 "Low impact development principles" means land management strategies that emphasize conservation, use of on -site natural features, and site planning to minimize impervious surfaces, native vegetation loss, and stormwater runoff. "Low intensity nonresidential use" means a small scale commercial or mixed use (Chapter 20.35 POMC), civic or institutional (POMC 20.37.010), or public facilities (POMC 20.37.030) land use which does not have outdoor storage along the site edge requiring a landscape buffer per POMC 20.128.070, and which has less than 25,000 square feet gross floor area. 20.12.140 M -Definitions. "Major transit stop" means a stop on a high capacity transportation system funded or expanded under the provisions of Chapter 81.104 RCW, commuter rail stops, stops on rail or fixed guideway systems, and stops on bus rapid transit routes. "Marijuana" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. "Marijuana business" or "marijuana businesses" means and incorporates all marijuana uses licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, including, but not limited to, marijuana producers, marijuana processors, marijuana retailers, and marijuana retail outlets, each as separately defined herein. "Marijuana -infused products" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. "Marijuana processor" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. "Marijuana producer" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. "Marijuana retail outlet" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended, and shall also include marijuana retailers with a medical marijuana endorsement, as defined herein. "Marijuana retailer" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.50.101, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. "Marijuana retailer with a medical marijuana endorsement" has the meaning established pursuant to RCW 69.51A.010, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. Marquee. See "Downtown marquee." 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 31 "Material error" means substantive information upon which a permit decision is based that is submitted in error or is omitted at the time of permit application. "Maximum lot coverage" means the maximum percentage in area of a lot that may have a hard surface constructed thereon. "May" means optional and permissive, and does not impose a requirement. "Medical marijuana cooperative" means a cooperative established and registered with the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board pursuant to Chapter 69.51A RCW, and that may produce and process marijuana for the medical use of its members pursuant to the regulations under RCW 69.51A.250, as currently adopted or hereafter amended. Also see POMC 20.39.650. "Medium -speed electric vehicle" means a self-propelled, electrically powered four - wheeled motor vehicle, equipped with a roll cage or crush -proof body design, whose speed attainable in one mile is more than 25 miles per hour but not more than 35 miles per hour and otherwise meets or exceeds the federal regulations set forth in 49 CFR 571.500. "Metes and bounds" means a description of real property which starts at a known point of beginning and describes the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries of the property, and is completed when the description returns to the point of beginning. "Mid -block connection" means a thoroughfare connecting two sides of a residential block, usually located near the middle of said block and intended for pedestrian and bicycle use. "Middle housing" means buildings that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single-family houses and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered homes including duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes, sixplexes, townhouses, stacked flats, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing. "Mitigation" or "mitigate" means any action which avoids any negative or adverse impact, or which ameliorates any such impact. "Mobile home — Park" means a tract of land developed with individual sites and facilities to accommodate two or more mobile homes. "Model home" means a dwelling unit used initially for display purposes, which typifies the type of units that will be constructed in the subdivision and which will not be permanently occupied during its use as a model. "Moderate intensity nonresidential use" means any commercial or mixed use (Chapter 20.35 POMC), civic or institutional (POMC 20.37.010), or public facilities (POMC 20.37.030) 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 32 land use featuring at least 25,000 square feet gross floor area or featuring outdoor storage along the site edge requiring a landscape buffer per POMC 20.128.070. "Modification - Major" means a major alteration of a site plan that includes any one of the following: (1) Any enlargement of proposed building(s). (2) Any site relocation of proposed building(s). (3) Any change in exterior design. (4) Any modification that creates new traffic circulation patterns. "Multifamily" means a building that contains six or more dwelling or co -living sleeping units. The term also includes any dwelling or co -living sleeping units that are within a mixed -use building. "Must" means the same as "shall" herein, and is mandatory and imposes a requirement. 20.12.150 N -Definitions. "Native vegetation" means plant species that are indigenous and naturalized to the city's region and which can be expected to naturally occur on a site. Native vegetation does not include noxious weeds. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" (or a low -speed electric vehicle) means a self-propelled, electrically powered four -wheeled motor vehicle whose speed attainable in one mile is more than 20 miles per hour and not more than 25 miles per hour and conforms to federal regulations under CFR 571.500. "New evidence" means any and all evidence that is submitted or received after the date the examiner, or city council as the case may be, closes the official record. The official record is closed at the end of the hearing, unless the examiner specifically allows the official record to remain open for a time certain. "Nonelectric vehicle" means any motor vehicle that does not meet the definition of "electric vehicle." "Noxious weed" means any plant which when established is highly destructive, competitive, or difficult to control by cultural or chemical practices (see Chapter 17.10 RCW). The state noxious weed list in Chapter . u-,,). WAC is the officially adopted list of noxious weeds by the noxious weed control board and recognized by Port Orchard. 20.12.160 O -Definitions. 11119443.3-366922 - 0021 33 "Off site" means any premises not located within the area of the property proposed for a development or use activity, whether or not in the common ownership of the applicant. "Official file" means: (1) All materials accepted by the examiner, or the city council as the case may be, for purposes of the hearing, or created during the hearing, including but not limited to: (a) All application materials submitted by the applicant; (b) The staff report for the hearing; (c) All written comments received by the city prior to the hearing, or received into the official record during the hearing; (d) The list of persons who signed in to the public hearing indicating a desire to testify, or who wish to be notified of a decision or recommendation on the matter; (e) The electronic recording of the hearing on the matter, or a transcript of the electronic hearing on the matter, certified under oath to be a transcript of the electronic recording of the hearing on the matter; (f) The recommendation or decision of the examiner. (2) If a decision of the examiner is appealed to the council, the following will also be included in the official file: (a) The letter or notice of appeal; (b) The staff report on the appeal; (c) Any legal motions, briefs or other written appeal documents submitted by a party of record. (3) If the decision of the council is appealed to superior court, the following will also be included in the officialfile: (a) The electronic recording of the appeal to council and minutes of the same, or a transcript of the electronic hearing on the matter, certified under oath to be a true and correct transcript of the electronic recording of the hearing on the appeal; (b) The decision of the council. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 34 "Official plans" means the comprehensive plan, these development regulations, and other documents adopted by the city council of the city of Port Orchard. "Official record" means the written and oral information, exhibits, reports, testimony and other evidence submitted in a timely manner and accepted by the examiner, or the city council, if applicable. An electronic recording or transcript certified as a true and correct transcript of an electronic recording of the hearing is a part of the official record. "Open record hearing" means a hearing, conducted by a single hearing body or officer authorized by the city to conduct such hearings, that creates the city's record through testimony and submission of evidence and information, under procedures prescribed by the hearing body or officer. "Open space" means a portion of land, excluding building sites and parking areas, which is designated and maintained as an area for leisure, recreation and other activities normally carried on outdoors. Open space may include greenbelt and recreational areas. "Ordinances" means legislative enactments of a city or county. "Owner" means the owner of record of real property, although when real property is being purchased under a real estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered the owner of the real property, if the contract is recorded. (ROW 82.02.090(4).) 20.12.170 P -Definitions. "Parapet" means that portion of a building wall that extends above the roof of the building. "Park" means a site designed or developed for recreational use by the public, including but not limited to: indoor facilities, such as gymnasiums, swimming pools, or activity centers; and outdoor facilities, such as playfields, swimming pools, courts, playgrounds, fishing and boating access areas, or picnicking and other group activity areas, and areas and trails for hikers, equestrians, or bicyclists. Also see POMC 20.39.315 and 20.39.340. "Parking lot aisle" means that portion of the off-street parking area used exclusively for the maneuvering and circulation of motor vehicles and in which parking is prohibited. "Parking space" means an area accessible to vehicles, improved, maintained, and used for the sole purpose of parking a motor vehicle. "Parking space — Off-street" means a space on private property with access to a public street or alley used to park a motor vehicle. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 35 "Party" or "party of record" means the applicant, the property owner of the property for which a land use application has been filed, and any person who has submitted written comments or testified as part of the official record of a land use action. "Pavement width" means the actual paved surface measured from edge to edge of a street or alley road surface. "Peak hour" means the hour during the morning or afternoon when the most critical level of service occurs for a particular roadway or intersection. "Permanent supportive housing" means subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housing is paired with on -site or 24 -hour off -site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community -based health care, treatment, or employment services. Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in Chapter 59.18 RCW. "Permit" or "project permit" means any land use or environmental permit or license required from the city, including, but not limited to: building permits, land disturbing activity permits, subdivisions, binding site plans, conditional use permits, variances, shoreline substantial development permits, site development permits, temporary use permits, permits or approvals required by critical areas regulations, and site -specific rezones. "Permit — Temporary use" means a permit to allow a use for a limited duration and/or frequency. "Person" means any individual, organization, society, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, governmental agency, public or private utility, cooperative, interstate body or other legal entity. "Pervious surface" means a surface material that allows stormwater to infiltrate into the ground. Examples include, but are not limited to, lawn, landscape, pasture, native vegetation area, and permeable pavements. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 36 "Place of worship" means a place where religious services are conducted, and including accessory uses in the primary or accessory buildings, such as religious education, reading rooms, assembly rooms, and residences for nuns and clergy. "Planning commission" means the city of Port Orchard, Washington, planning commission. "Plat" means a map or representation of a subdivision, showing thereon the division of a tract or parcel of land into lots, blocks, streets and alleys or other divisions and dedications. "Plat certificate" means a title report by a title insurance company certifying the ownership, deed restrictions, covenants, etc., of the land being subdivided. "Plat — Final plat" means the final drawing of the subdivision and dedication prepared for filing of record with the county auditor, and containing all elements and requirements set forth in Chapter 58.17 RCW and Chapter 20.90 POMC. "Plat — Long plat" means the map or representation of a long subdivision, showing thereon the subdivision of a tract or parcel of land with lots, blocks, streets, and alleys or other subdivisions, easements and dedications as authorized by Chapter 58.17 RCW and in Subtitle V of this title. "Plat — Preliminary plat" means a neat and approximate drawing of a proposed subdivision showing the general layout of streets and alleys, lots, blocks and other elements of a subdivision consistent with the requirements of this title. The preliminary plat shall be the basis for the approval or disapproval of the general layout of a subdivision of 10 or more lots. "Plat — Short plat" means the map or representation of a short subdivision. "Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)" means an electric vehicle that: (1) contains an internal combustion engine and also allows power to be delivered to drive wheels by an electric motor; (2) charges its battery primarily by connecting to the grid or other off -board electrical source; (3) may additionally be able to sustain battery charge using an on -board internal -combustion -driven generator; and (4) has the ability to travel powered by electricity. "Port Orchard" means the city of Port Orchard, Washington. Preliminary Plat. See "Plat — Preliminary plat." "Principal building" means a building in which is conducted the main or primary use of the lot on which it is located. Generally, this use will be a principal permitted use as provided in 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 37 POMC 20.39.010. It is possible for a lot to have more than one principal building and principal use. "Private" means solely or primarily for the use of residents or occupants of the premises, e.g., a noncommercial garage used solely by residents or their guests is a private garage. "Private street" means a privately owned right-of-way which provides access for up to 10 residential units and meets the requirements of the city's public works standards. "Project improvements" means site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project, and are not system improvements. No improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan approved by the city council shall be considered a project improvement. (ROW 82.02.090(5).) "Project permit" or "project permit application" means any land use or environmental approval required from the city for a project action, including but not limited to building permits, subdivisions, planned unit developments, conditional uses, shoreline substantial development permits, site plan review, permits or approvals required by this title, critical areas and natural resources, site -specific rezones authorized by a comprehensive plan or subarea plan, but excluding the adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan, subarea plan, or development regulations except as otherwise specifically included in this land use regulatory code. Property Owner. See "Owner." "Protected area" means all land where no construction activity, tree removal, vegetation removal, or soil compaction is allowed and includes the critical root zone of those trees to be preserved. "Pruning" means cutting back of limbs larger than one and one-half inches in diameter. "Public agency" means any agency, political subdivision, or unit of local government of this state, including but not limited to municipal corporations, special purpose districts, counties, and local service districts; any agency of the state of Washington, the United States or any state thereof; or any Indian tribe recognized as such by the federal government. "Public agencyyard" means a facility operated by a public agency for open or enclosed storage, repair, and maintenance of vehicles, equipment, or related materials, excluding document storage. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 38 "Public facilities" means facilities which are owned, operated and maintained by a public agency. "Public right-of-way" means any road, alley, street, avenue, arterial, bridge, highway, or other publicly owned ground or place used or reserved for the free passage of vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic or other services, including utilities. Public Street. See "Public right-of-way." 20.12.180 O -Definitions. Reserved. 20.12.190 R -Definitions. "Rapid charging station" means an industrial grade electrical outlet that allows for faster recharging of electric vehicle batteries through higher power levels and that meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by Chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540. "Reasonable use" has the meaning established by the most recent applicable state or federal court decision. "Recreational vehicle (RV)" means a vehicle designed primarily for recreational camping, travel or seasonal use, which has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle, including but not limited to: travel trailer, folding camping trailer, park trailer, truck camper, motor home, and multi -use vehicle. "Recreational vehicle parks" means the use of land upon which two or more recreational vehicle sites, including hookup facilities, are located for occupancy by the general public of recreational vehicles as temporary living quarters for recreation or vacation purposes. "Recyclable material" means a nontoxic, recoverable substance that can be reprocessed for the manufacture of new products. "Regional utility corridor" means a right-of-way tract or easement which contains transmission lines or pipelines for utility companies, excluding distribution lines contained within street rights -of -way or lines serving individual lots or developments. "Reserve strip" means a strip of land dedicated or created in fee for the purpose of controlling the access to streets or other public rights -of -way from adjoining property. "Resident" means a person who occupies a residential dwelling within the city of Port Orchard on an ongoing and continual basis, and who actually lives within the home, as distinguished from a visitor or transient. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 39 "Restoration" means the actions to return a stream, wetland or other critical area to a state in which its stability, functions, and values approach its unaltered state as closely as possible. "Retention facilities" means drainage facilities designed to store runoff for gradual release by evaporation, plant transpiration, or infiltration into the soil. Retention facilities shall include all such drainage facilities designed so that none of the runoff entering the facility will be discharged as surface water. Retention facilities shall include all appurtenances associated with their designed function, maintenance, and security. "Right-of-way" or "ROW" means a strip of land platted, dedicated, condemned or established by prescription, or otherwise legally established, for the use of pedestrians, vehicles or utilities. 20.12.200 S -Definitions. "Sale or lease" means any immediate or future transfer of ownership, or any possessory interest in land, including contract of sale, lease, devise, intestate succession, or other transfer of an interest in a subdivision or part thereof, whether by metes and bounds or lot and block description. "Sanitary sewer systems" means all facilities, including approved on -site disposal facilities, used in the collection, transmission, storage, treatment, or discharge of any waterborne waste, whether domestic in origin or a combination of domestic, commercial or industrial waste. "School" means an institution primarily for academic instruction, public, private or parochial, and accredited by the State Department of Education. "School bus base" means an establishment for the storage, dispatch, repair, and maintenance of coaches and other vehicles of a school transit system. Also see POMC 20.39.210. "School district" means South Kitsap School District No. 402. "School district support facility" means uses (excluding schools and bus bases) that are required for the operation of a school district, including centralized kitchens, and maintenance or storage facilities. "Seasonal decoration" means temporary decorations for holidays which do not fall under the definition of a sign. Decorations, which fall under the definition of a sign, must conform to all provisions of the sign code. "Senior" means a person aged 55 or older. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 40 Sensitive Area. See "Critical areas." "SEPA responsible official" means the development director, or such other person as the development director has designated in writing to serve as the SEPA responsible official. "Setback" means the minimum required distance between a structure or portion thereof and a lot line of the lot on which it is located, or another line as described in a particular section of this title. See POMC 20.40.02 for additional information. "Shall" means the same as "must" herein, and is mandatory and imposes a requirement. "Shared kitchen" means a kitchen that is used. intended, or designed to be used by residents of multiple dwelling or sleeping units for preparing food simultaneously. (1) Shared kitchens shall be subject to the following standards: (a)At least one shared kitchen shall be provided for every fifteen sleeping units. (b) At least one shared kitchen shall be provided on each floor that also contains sleeoina units. "Shoreline jurisdiction" means the area extending landward for 200 feet in all directions as measured on a horizontal plane from the ordinary high water mark; floodways and contiguous floodplains areas landward 200 feet for such floodways, and all wetlands associated with streams, lakes and tidal waters. "Shoreline master program" means the shoreline master program for the city of Port Orchard, and the use regulations, together with maps, diagrams, charts, or other descriptive material and text, a statement of desired goals, and standards developed in accordance with the policies enunciated in RCW 90.58.020. Short Plat. See "Plat - Short plat." "Short subdivision" means the division or redivision of land into nine or fewer lots, tracts, parcels or divisions for the purpose of sale or lease. "Should" means strongly advisable, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. "Single-family zones" means those zones where single-family detached residences are the predominant land use. In Port Orchard the "single-family zones" are the residential 1 (R1) and residential 2 (R2) districts as described in Chapter 20.34 POMC. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 41 "Site area — Minimum" means the minimum or smallest amount of total site area in a single ownership expressed in acres necessary to support development consistent with the zoning district provisions of this code. "Sixplex" means a residential building with six attached dwelling units. "Sleeping unit" means an independently rented or owned and lockable unit that provides living and sleeping space. (1) Sleeping units shall be subject to the following standards: (a) A sleeping unit shall be no more than 300 square feet: (b) Sleeping units may include kitchenettes but shall not include kitchens. (c) Sleeping units must include a private bathroom. (d) All sleeping units must have access by interior or covered exterior walkway to a shared kitchen. (2) For the purposesof calculating density and required open space, a sleeping unit counts as one quarter (1/4Lof a dwelling unit. (3) Sleeping units shall be treated as one-half (1/2) of a dwelling unit for the purpose of calculating fees for sewer connections. "Soil amendments" means materials added to soil to improve its physical or chemical properties. Unlike fertilizers, the exact ingredients and chemical composition of soil amendments vary among different sources. Examples could include compost, lime, gypsum, and clay. Soil amendments can be used to improve the permeability and water retention characteristics of soil. "Specified sexual activities" means human genitalia in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; acts of human masturbation; sexual intercourse or sodomy; erotic fondling, touching or display of human genitalia, pubic region, buttock, or female breast; peep shows, topless dancing, and nude dancing. "Stacked flat" means dwelling units in a residential building of no more than three stories on a residential zoned lot in which each floor may be separately rented or owned. "State" means the state of Washington. "Stream" has the meaning established pursuant to Chapter )0.58 RCW as currently adopted or hereafter amended. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 42 "Street" (including the words "avenue," "boulevard," "circle," "court," "drive," "lane," "loop," "parkway," "place," "road," "spur," "terrace," and "way") means: (1) Any public way, either unimproved or improved, which affords the principal means of access to abutting properties. A street width shall be considered the distance between its right-of-way lines. (2) A public or recorded private thoroughfare providing the main pedestrian and vehicular access through neighborhoods and communities and to abutting property. "Street block" means a group of lots or properties on the same side of a street between two street intersections or a street intersection and a dead end. "Street frontage" means the portion of a lot property line that abuts a public right-of-way. "Street standards" means the city of Port Orchard "Public Works Engineering Standards and Specifications" (PWESS) for streets as adopted by ordinance of the Port Orchard city council. "Structure" means anything permanently constructed, walled, and roofed, including a gas or liquid storage tank that is principally in or on the ground, or over the water, excluding fences less than six feet. "Subdivider" means any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision. "Subdivision" means the division or redivision of land into 10 or more lots, tracts, parcels, sites or divisions for the purpose of sale or lease, or transfer of ownership, and includes all resubdivision of land. "Subdivision, unit lot" means the division of land into two or more contiguous buildable lots, provided the parent lot meets all requirements for dimension, setbacks, building types, density, open space, or any other applicable development standard set forth in this title. "Substantial development or improvement" means: (1) Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either: (a) Before the improvement repair is started; or (b) If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. For the purposes of this definition, substantial improvement is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 43 ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure. (2) The term does not, however, include either: (a) Any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or (b) Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historical Places or a State Inventory of Historical Places. "Survey monument" or "monument" means the physical structure, along with any references or accessories thereto, used to mark the location of a land boundary survey corner, geodetic control point, or local control point. "Surveyor" means a registered professional land surveyor licensed to practice surveying in the state of Washington. "System improvements" means public facilities that are included in the city's capital facilities plan and are designed to provide service to areas within the city and community at large, in contrast to project or on -site improvements. (ROW 82.02.090(9).) 20.12.210 T -Definitions. "Testamentary" means given or bequeathed by a will. "Tract" means a nonbuildable or buildable unit of land created by a subdivision, short subdivision, deed, or other instrument recorded with the appropriate county recorder. Tracts are usually held in common by the owners of an organization, such as a homeowners' association, for common benefit and are not in every instance required to meet minimum lot size and dimensional requirements of the applicable zone. "Trails" means manmade pathways designed and intended for use by nonmotorized transportation modes, including walking, biking, horseback riding, and/or recreational uses. "Transitional housing" means a facility that provides housing and supportive services to homeless persons or families for up to two years and that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless persons and families into independent living. "Transportation facilities" means capital facilities related to air, water or land transportation. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 44 "Transportation level of service standards" means a measure which describes the operational condition of the travel stream and acceptable adequacy requirements, as identified in the city's comprehensive plan (as required by ROW 36.70A.070(6)(b)). "Transportation system management (TSM)" means low cost projects that can be implemented in a short time frame designed to increase the efficiency of existing transportation facilities. This also includes transit and/or ride -sharing measures to decrease single -occupancy vehicle trips. "Tree" means any woody plant characterized by one main stem or trunk and many branches, or multi -stemmed trunks which have a diameter individually or cumulatively of four inches DBH or larger. "Tree enhancement plan" means a plan prepared by a certified arborist, licensed landscape architect, or certified forester and required of all commercial or industrial properties greater than two acres in size when any tree removal or tree clearing takes place. The tree enhancement plan shall combine tree preservation of existing trees to the extent feasible, along with tree replacement and replanting equal to at least 15 percent of the number of significant trees existing on the site prior to any tree removal. The tree enhancement plan shall incorporate trees in as many areas as feasible, such as tree tracts, boundary trees, perimeter landscaping, parking lot landscaping, street and driveway trees, facade landscaping, or other viable stands of trees, considering the type of commercial or industrial development. "Tree inventory" means a detailed list of all trees of four inches DBH or larger, located on a site for which a tree permit is required, and which is prepared by a certified arborist, licensed landscape architect, certified forester, or other qualified tree professional. A tree inventory shall be included on a site plan drawn to scale, and provide the number, size, approximate height, specific location, and tree species of all trees of four inches DBH or larger, with a summary of all significant trees in sufficient detail for the city to review. "Tree owner" means the owner of the real property where 51 percent or more of the diameter of the trunk of the tree at ground level is located. "Tree topping" means the severe cutting back of limbs to stubs larger than three inches in diameter within the tree's crown to such a degree so as to remove the normal canopy and disfigure the tree. "Tree, vegetation and soil protection area (TVSPA)" means a separate tract of land, which may or may not be deeded as such, specifically set aside for the preservation of healthy soil and the preservation or planting of existing and/or native vegetation and trees. Stormwater retention/detention facilities, critical area buffers and other common areas 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 45 may be considered TVSPA if they currently, or are improved to an extent where they can, support healthy soils and the growth of native vegetation and trees. The purpose of these areas (for preserving healthy soils, preserving and/or planting native vegetation and trees) is stated on the face of the plat when applicable. "Triplex" means a residential building with three attached dwelling units. "Townhouses" means buildings that contain three or more attached single-family dwelling units that extend from foundation to roof and that have a yard or public way on not less than two sides. 20.12.220 U -Definitions. "Ultimate roadway section" means a designation that the maximum roadway or intersection capacity has been reached and further right-of-way acquisition and/or improvements are not feasible to increase peak hour vehicle capacity. "Understory" means the low layer of plants forming an underbrush or underwood. "Unit density" means the number of dwelling units allowed on a lot or parent lot. "Use — Principal" means the primary use for a lot, structure, or building or the major portion thereof, as designated or actually used. "Use — Secondary" means an incidental or accessory use for which a lot, structure or building is designated or employed in conjunction with, but not subordinate to, its primary use. "Utilities" or "public utilities" means enterprises or facilities serving the public by means of an integrated system of collection, transmission, distribution and processing facilities through more or less permanent physical connections between the plant of the serving entity and the premises of the customer. Included are systems for the delivery of natural gas, electricity, telecommunications services and water, and for the disposal of sewage. Also see POMC 20.39.260 and 20.39.270. 20.12.230 V -Definitions. "Vacation rental" means a self-contained single-family residence including condominiums, apartments and detached residences that may be rented by groups or individuals. Not to be confused with hotels/motels or bed and breakfast facilities. Also see POMC 20.39.345. "Vegetation" means any and all organic plant life growing at, below or above the soil surface. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 46 20.12.240 W -Definitions. "Wall, blank" means wall (including building facades and retaining walls) over 10 feet in height, has a horizontal length greater than 15 feet, and does not include a transparent window or door. "Wall frontage" means the length of an outside building wall on a public right-of-way. "Wall plane" means the flat vertical surface on a building facade, which may include doors, windows, openings, or other incidental recessions that do not extend through to the roof line. "Wastewater treatment facility" means a plant for collection, decontamination, and disposal of sewage, including residential, industrial, and agricultural liquid wastes, and including any physical improvement within the scope of the definition of "water pollution control facility" set forth in WAC 173-90-015(4) as amended. Also see POMC 20.39.480. "Waterwise plant" means a plant that requires regular water while being established. However, once established, it will need less water than most traditional plants, but will not necessarily withstand periods of drought. "Wetland" or "wetlands" means areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Wetlands do not include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from non -wetland sites, including, but not limited to, irrigation and drainage ditches, grass -lined swales, canals, detention facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, farm ponds, and landscape amenities, or those wetlands created after July 1, 1990, that were unintentionally created as a result of the construction of a road, street, or highway. Wetlands may include those artificial wetlands intentionally created from non -wetland areas to mitigate the conversion of wetlands. 20.12.250 X -Definitions. Reserved. 20.12.260 Y -Definitions. Reserved. 20.12.090 Z -Definitions. Reserved. 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 47 11119443.3 - 366922 - 0021 48 Exhibit B 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 49 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 50 20.32.010 Building type descriptions. (1) Detached House. (a) A building type that accommodates a single-family dwelling unit with yards on all sides. An accessory dwelling unit may be located within a detached house. A new manufactured home shall be considered a detached house for the purposes of this title. "New manufactured home" means any manufactured home required to be titled under RCW Title 46, which has not been previously titled to a retail purchaser, and is not a "used mobile home" as defined in RCW 82.45.032(2). A new manufactured home shall be treated as a u detached house for the purposes of this title. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (2) Backyard Cottage. (a) A small self-contained accessory dwelling unit, carriage house, or carriage house containing an accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot as a detached house but physically separated. _ (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (3) Carriage House. (a) A self-contained accessory dwelling located on the same lot as a detached house, townhouse, duplex, triplex, fourplex, apartment, or courtyard apartment, but physically separated for use as a complete, independent living facility, with provisions for cooking, sanitation and sleeping. Carriage house dwelling units are located above enclosed ground - level off-street parking facilities, or common facilities including, but not limited to, laundry, 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 51 recreation space or other uses commonly associated with residential development for the associated on -site dwellings. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (4) Cottage Housing. (a) A middle housing building type comprised of a group of detached houses on a lot with a common open space that either: (i) is owned in common; or (ii) has units owned as condominium units with property owned in common and a minimum of 20 percent of the lot size as open space. Cottage housing may be in a configuration that accommodates up to 12 residential units. Accessory buildings such as a community building and common storage facilities are allowed. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (5) Duplex. (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates two attached dwelling units. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (6) Stacked Flat. 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 52 (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates dwelling units in a residential building of no more than three stories on a residentially zoned lot in which each floor may be separately rented or owned. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (7) Triplex. (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates three attached dwelling units vertically and/or horizontally integrated. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (8) Fourplex. (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates four attached dwelling units vertically and/or horizontally integrated. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (9) Fiveplex. 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 53 (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates five attached dwelling units vertically and/or horizontally integrated. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (10) Sixplex. (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates six attached dwelling units vertically and/or horizontally integrated. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (11) Townhouse. (a) A middle housing building type that contains three or more attached single-family dwelling units that extend from foundation to roof and that have a yard or public way on not (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (12) Apartment. 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 54 (a) A multifamily residential building type that accommodates ftye-six or more dwelling units vertically and/or horizontally integrated. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (13) Courtyard Apartment. (a) A middle housing building type that accommodates up to four attached dwelling units arranged on two or three sides of a yard or court. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (14) Forecourt Apartment. (a) A multifamily building type that accommodates at least five multifamily dwellings arranged on two or three sides of a forecourt. Forecourt apartments shall feature a forecourt as described in POMC 20.122.040 along the primary street. ,r L (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (15) Live -Work. 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 55 (a) A building type that accommodates three or more units. Units allow for residential and nonresidential uses in the same physical space. Units may be vertically or horizontally mixed. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (16) Shopfront House. (a) A building type that typically accommodates ground floor retail, office or commercial uses with upper -story residential or office uses at a scale that complements the existing residential character of the area. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (17) Single -Story Shopfront. (a) A single -story building type that typically accommodates retail or commercial uses. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 56 (18) Mixed Use Shopfront. (a) A building type that typically accommodates ground floor retail, office or commercial uses with upper -story residential or office uses. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (19) General Building. (a) A building type that typically accommodates ground floor retail, office, or commercial iIr uses with upper -story residential or office uses. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to POMC 20.32.015(1). (20) Manufactured or Mobile Home Park. (a) A cluster of manufactured or mobile homes configured such that more than one mobile home is located on a lot, parcel, or tract. A manufactured or mobile home park typically features land or unsubdivided lots leased or rented by the manufactured or mobile home owner. (b) Zones where permitted: none. New manufactured or mobile home parks are not permitted. Existing legal nonconforming manufactured or mobile home parks may be maintained and the homes therein may be replaced. (21) Accessory Building. 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 57 (a) An accessory building is any building of which the form and use are subordinate in both purpose and size, incidental to and customarily associated with a permitted principal building and use, other than a backyard cottage, located on the same lot. (b) Zones where permitted: Refer to 20.32.015(1). 11119460.3 - 366922 - 0021 58 Exhibit C 59 60 20.39.040 Use table. (Gray shading separates categories into residential, commercial and industrial, and civic/parks.) Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 nn Residential Uses All household living, as listed below: Single-family P P detached (including new manufactured homes) Designated -- -- manufactured home, manufactured or mobile home (except for new designated manufactured homes) New designated P P manufactured home Accessory dwelling P P unit P ----P P -- -- -- P ---------------------------------20.39.100 P --------- -- -- -- -- -----------------20.39.100 P 11 ` P P P ----------------------------------20.39.100 P ----P-- P -- -- -- P ----PP ------------20.68 61 se Category pecific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI i ngle-family PP P ------P P -- -- -- P -- -- -- -- -- ttached (2 units) ingle-family -- -- P P P -- P P P P P P ttached (3 units) ----- — i ngle-family -- -- P P P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ttached (4 units) ----- ingle-family -- -- P P P -- P P P P P P ttached (5 units) Ingle family P P P =P ttached (6 units) -- — ultifamily ( —6 or ��p P P P��P' P �pl �pl �pl 'ore units) anufactured or -------------------------------- -- -- -- -- obile home park CI PR PF Definition/Standards -- -- - 20.39.100 P II-- VP II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- 1120.39.100 P II-- VP II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- 1120.39.100 P II-- IIP II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- 1120.39.100 62 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards facilities Indoor emergency ---------------C C C -- -- C C housing Indoor emergency ------------------------------C C C -- -- C C -- -- -- -- -- -- shelter C C C C C C C C C C P C C C supportive housing 111111 Group home (upto8 P P P P P P P P -- -- -- P --------------20.39.100 residents), except as follows: Adultfamilyhome P P P -- -- P P P -- -- -- P -- -------20.39.100 Aligroup living (9 or -----C C -- P C P C -- P P -------------20.39.110 more residents) Socialservices -------------------------------- -- -- -- P P P P P -----------------20.39.120 facilities 63 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 Secured high risk -- -- social services facilities Public Uses All civic uses, as listed below: Community college, -- -- university, trade or technical school (8,000 square feet or less) Community college, -- -- university, trade or technical school (more than 8,000 square feet) Club or lodge Public use -- Museum, library ��-- I-- -- PF Definition/Standards -- 20.39.122 20.39.240 C 20.39.240 20.39.240 P 20.39.240 P 20.39.240 64 Use Category Place of worship C C C C C -- -- P -- P P P ------------------P -- School (K-12) ------------- -- -- -- ----------C -- Jailordetention ------------------ -- -- -- -- --------------CC C -- center lot Transfer station ---------------- -- -- -- ---------- P -- -- Transitbus base ----------- -- -- -- -- --------------P P -- -- All open space and park uses, as listed below: Cemetery C----------------------------o Golfcourse C C C ---------- -- -- -- C ----------------P Park, recreation field --------- P P P P -----P below: as Listed HHHHU H___ Minor utilities P P P P P P P P P P P L�nrnffpF PF Definition/Standards -- 20.39.240 J20.39.240 C 20.39.240 P 20.39.220 P 20.39.230 P 20.39.210 J20.39.250 J20.39.250 P 20.39.250 P 20.39.260 65 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 Major utilities -- -- Wireless telecommunication facilities, as listed below: Amateur radio P P operator tower Small cell wireless P P telecommunication facility Wireless C C telecommunication tower (excludes small cell facilities) Commercial Uses P� All day care, as listed below: Family day care (6 P P children or fewer) ]R3R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU IBP m u CC CH IF ]LIHI CI PR PF Definition/Standards II-- IIP IIP Op Op IIP II-- O 020.39.260 P P ,o3sz,o P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P 20.39.270 P ----P -- -- -- -- -- P -------------------20.39.305 66 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards Group day care (mini C C C -- -- C C P P -- P P P ----------20.39.305 day care) (7 to 12) --- Day care center (13 C C C P C P P ---------------------------20.39.305 or more) ------------- All indoor recreation, ------------C P C P -- P P ------------------C -- except as listed below: -----� -�� Shooting range --------- -- --------------C C -- - 20.39.315 Special event facilityIHH-- -C C C C C C C ��C- C C C 20.39.315 Commercial ----------------- P P P P P P P -------------------- entertainment, except as follows: — -- ----- Adult entertainment C C --------------20.39.320 All outdoor --------------C C C P -- PP -----CC recreation, except as WHWH H_WI___ listed below: Campground, travel C C 20.39.340 trailer park, RV park 67 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards (does not include mobile home park) C 20.39.340 Horse stable, riding ------------C academy, equestrian center 20.39.340 -- C C -- C C CCC C C C 20.39.385 Shooting range ---------C Marina (upland ---------------- areas) All overnight lodging, as listed below: PP P P P P P P P P P P Level1: Vacation rentals or similar short-term ----20.39.345 house/room rentals C C C P P Level 2: Bed and breakfast (up to 7 HHC WLLW20.39.345 rooms) - 20.39.345 Level 3: Motel _flflflflflft_nrrrnm Level 4: Hotel I I I II I P P P flP h hi-- -- -- -- 20.39.345 68 Use Category Specific Use R1 -- R2 -- All medical, except as listed below: [T] Hospital -- All office, except as listed below: Bail bonds Surface parking: -- -- commercial parking, commuter lease parking or park and ride, remote parking -- -- Commercial parking garage — standalone P P Electric vehicle charging stations All personal service, -- except as listed below: Funeral home -- -- -- C C P P P P P --------P -- -- -- -- C C C C ------------------C 20.39.325 C C P P P P P P P -------------------- -- C C C C P P -------------------------20.39.335 -- C C C C PP P ------------------C20.39.350 C C P C P P P P C -------------------- iHU H____________ LLtLW20.39.355 69 Jse Category ipecific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards ;rematorium ----------P P P P P P- - 20.39.355 knimal shelter or -------I I I Pc Pc Dc Dc Pc Dc II-- IIC 120.39.230 adoption center ndooranimalcare care Outdoor animal care Business services Conference center All restaurants except as listed below: Food truck All retail sales, as listed below: P P P ---------------------20.39.360 lII�I�I�I�I�IIaIlallallallallallllllIIIIIIE Zetail establishment -- -- -- up to 5,000 gross loor area) lsl�Ilallallallallallalllllllllillm 70 Jse Category ipecific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI ietail establishment -------------------------------- P P P -- P P P -- 5,001 - 15,000 gross loor area) Retail establishment (15,001 - 50,000 gross floor area) Retail establishment (over 50,000 gross floor area) Fireworks sales in accordance with Chapter 5.60 POMC Recreational marijuana sales Convenience store with fuel pumps - II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- lip II-- lip lip lip II-- I=II1Im P OP II-- - II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- II-- lip lip II-- lip convenience store C C C -- -- without fuel pumps------- =uel station, -------------------------------- -- -- -- ncluding fuel pumps CII-- MIiii2 C 0 --OP HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards 20.39.375 20.39.375 20.39.375 20.64; 20.39.375 20.39.375 20.39.375 71 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards and fuel sales, without convenience store Automobile service -------------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- C -- P ------------------20.39.300 station All vehicle and tool/construction equipment sales and rental, as listed below: Light vehicle and --------- -- -- -- -- --P P P -----------20.39.375 light tool or construction equipment sales and rental Heavyvehicle and -----------------P P P P --------------20.39.375 heavy tool or construction equipment sales and rental 72 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards All vehicle service and repair, as listed below: ----- Car wash ------------P P P ----------------------20.39.440 Vehicle service and --------- -- -- -- -- P P P P-----------------20.39.440 repair, minor ----- — Vehicle service and --------- -- -- -- -- --P P P P--------------20.39.440 repair, major ----- — Vehicle service and --------- -- -- -- -- -- --P P P --------------20.39.440 repair, commercial vehicle Industrial Uses P II All heavy industrial ---------------- P 20.39.400 All light -- -- -- -- -- -- -- PPP -- -- -- manufacturing, except as listed below: Commercial laundry, -------------PP=--20.39.410 dry cleaning or 73 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards carpet cleaning facility Brewery, distillery ------------P P P -- -- -- -- -- -- under 5,000 square feet Brewery, distillery -------------------------------- -- C C -- C P P -- - 5,001 -15,000 square feet Brewery, distillery ------------------ -- -- -- -- ---------- -- -- P P ------------ over 15,000 square feet Craft shop HHH-- P P P P P PP PPP --------------20.39.410 Food and beverage --------P P P P P -- P P P P P -20.39.410 processing, boutique (area used for processing less than 3,000 square feet) Food and beverage --------------------------------P P P P -------------20.39.410 processing, industrial 74 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 Recreational -- -- marijuana production All research and -- -- development Resource extraction - mining, dredging, raw mineral processing, except: Timber harvesting in -- -- the absence of concurrent development -- -- Sand and gravel mining Stockpiling of sand, -- -- gravel or other aggregate materials Sheet metal, -- -- welding, machine ]EELTC P P P o ,o3s<,o 75 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards shop, tool and equipment manufacturing, vehicle painting facility All warehouse, C C C C C ------------ --------------- -- -- -- - storage and distribution, as listed below: -----� -�-�� — Enclosed storage ---------P PPP P J20.39.450 Self-service storage, ----------- C C C C 20.39.460 mini -warehouse Storage yard ------------- -- -- -- -- C C P P -- P J20.39.470 All waste -related -------------------------------- -- -- -- - ------------------C -- -- P 20.39.480 service, including wastewater treatment facilities, decant facilities and recycling centers Agricultural Uses 76 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards All agriculture, as listed below: --- Agricultural -------------------------------- -- -- -- -- -- -- C P P --------------20.39.500 processing, excluding marijuana processing ----- — Community garden P P P P P -- P P P P P 120.39.500 Nursery P P P P------------------20.39.500 Winery C C C C P P P P-------------------20.39.500 Accessory Uses �---- Accessory uses not otherwise listed below, as determined by the administrator: LJWW i I U U I U U U Accessory dwelling units, as listed __WflTh_________________________________________________________________________________ below: 77 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 Accessory P P apartment (attached dwelling) Backyard cottage P P dwelling Drive -through facility Home occupation P P Home business P P Livestock keeping P P Outdoor display -- -- Outdoor storage as listed below: Low -impact High -impact Ffl Self storage as - - accessory use to apartment building p -- -- p -- -- -- -- -- P -----------------------------------20.39.600, 20.68 P P P ---------------------------------20.39.600 P PP ,o�ss,o PPFP�P�PF-Flr_�r]P P ---------------------------------20.39.620 P P P P P P PPP_ _,°3493° oPPPP _ __ PPP ,o3s63= -- P P -- -- -- -- -- -- ------------------ 20.39.640 78 Use Category Specific Use R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 GB RMU NMU CMU DMU GMU BPMU CC CH IF LI HI CI PR PF Definition/Standards Vehicle service and P P --------------P P P ---------------------------20.39.645 repair, accessory to a residential use ----- Park as accessory P P P P P -- P P P P P P -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- use to residential development Medical marijuana P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P----------20.64;20.39.100 cooperative Key: P = Permitted Use C = Conditional Use -- = Use Not Permitted When part of a mixed -use building. multifamily may consist of two (2) or more dwelling units. 79 Exhibit D 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 80 Chapter 20.39 USE PROVISIONS Sections: Article I. Use Classifications and Table 20.39.010 Use classification. 20.39.020 Establishment of uses. 20.39.030 Use table key. 20.39.040 Use table. Article II. Residential Uses 20.39.100 Household livin 20.39.110 Groua living. 20.39.120 Social services. 20.39.122 Secured high risk social service facilities. Article III. Public and Civic Uses 20.39.200 Animal shelter. 20.39.210 Transit bus base (includes school bus bases 20.39.220 Transit park -and -ride lot. 20.39.230 Transfer station. 20.39.240 Civic uses. 20.39.250 Parks and open space. 20.39.260 Utilities. 20.39.270 Wireless telecommunication facilities. Article IV. Commercial Uses 20.39.300 Automobile service station. 20.39.305 Day care facility. 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 81 20.39.310 Conference center. 20.39.315 Indoor recreation. 20.39.320 Commercial entertainment. 20.39.325 Medical uses. 20.39.335 Office uses. 20.39.340 Outdoor recreation. 20.39.345 Overnight lodging. 20.39.350 Parking. 20.39.355 Personal services. 20.39.360 Animal care (indoor). 20.39.365 Animal care (outdoor). 20.39.370 Restaurant. 20.39.375 Retail sales. 20.39.380 Business services. 20.39.385 Marina. 20.39.390 Fuel station. Article V. Industrial Uses 20.39.400 Heavy industrial uses. 20.39.410 Light manufacturing. 20.39.420 Research and development. 20.39.430 Resource extraction. 20.39.440 Vehicle service and repair. 20.39.450 Warehouse, storage and distribution. 20.39.460 Self storage (mini warehouse). 20.39.470 Storage yard. 20.39.480 Waste -related services. 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 82 Article VI. Agricultural Uses 20.39.500 Agriculture. Article VII. Accessory Uses 20.39.600 Accessory dwelling units. 20.39.610 Drive -through facility. 20.39.615 Home occupation. 20.39.620 Home business. 20.39.625 Livestock keeping. 20.39.630 Outdoor display, 20.39.635 Outdoor storage. 20.39.640 Indoor self storage as accessory use to apartment buildings. 20.39.645 Vehicle service and repair accessory to residential uses. 20.39.650 Medical marijuana cooperatives. 20.39.660 Residential yard,garage, and estate sales. 20.39.670 Charitable auctions and rummage and jumble sales in residential zones. 20.39.100 Household living. (1) Defined. Residential occupancy of a dwelling unit by a household. Household living includes the following: (a) Single-family detached (including a new manufactured home); (b) Accessory dwelling unit; (c) Multifamily; (d) Designated manufactured home, manufactured home or mobile home (excluding a new designated manufactured home); (e) New designated manufactured home; (f) Manufactured or mobile home park; (g) Group home; 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 83 (h) Adult family home; and (i) Middle housing. (2) Single -Family Detached. One dwelling unit in a single principal structure; may also contain an accessory dwelling unit(s) consistent with the requirements of Chapter 20.68 POMC in an attached accessory apartment or a backyard cottage. A new manufactured home shall be treated as a single-family detached home for the purposes of this chapter. (3) Two -Family. Two dwelling units in a single principal structure. (4) Single -Family Attached. Two or more dwelling units where each unit is attached; includes middle housing building types at the unit densities prescribed in Chapter 20.34 POMC and the applicable building type in POMC 20.32.015. (5) Multifamily. f-fve-Six or more dwelling units in a single principal structure that do not meet the definition of single-family attached in subsection (4) of this section, or the definition of middle housing as defined in POMC 20.12. , multifamily is allowed as a use and located as described in the specific building type.EOI purposes of this section. when incorporated within a mixed -use building, a multifamily residential use shall be deemed to consist of two (2) or more dwelling units and located as described in the specific building type. A lobby or other entrance is allowed on the ground floor. (6) Designated Manufactured Home, Manufactured Home or Mobile Home. Designated manufactured homes, manufactured homes or mobile homes (excluding new designated manufactured homes) shall only be permitted within an existing manufactured or mobile home park. (7) Medical Marijuana Cooperative. (8) Manufactured or Mobile Home Park. A cluster of manufactured or mobile homes configured such that more than one mobile home is located on a lot, parcel, or tract. A manufactured or mobile home park typically features land or unsubdivided lots leased or rented by the manufactured home owner. New manufactured or mobile home parks are not permitted in the city. Existing manufactured or mobile home parks may be maintained insofar as the individual homes within a manufactured or mobile home park may be swapped out, but the number of manufactured homes in the manufactured home park may not be increased. (9) Group Home. 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 84 (a) A dwelling unit containing up to eight unrelated persons who are mentally or physically impaired who are protected under the Fair Housing Act, along with support or supervisory personnel or family members who may reside at the facility. (b) The term mental or physical impairment includes conditions such as blindness, hearing impairment, mobility impairment, HIV infection, mental retardation, alcoholism, drug addiction, chronic fatigue, learning disability, head injury, and mental illness. (c) Current users of illegal controlled substances, persons convicted for illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, sex offenders, and juvenile offenders are not considered mentally or physically impaired under the Fair Housing Act. (d) The Fair Housing Act affords no protections to individuals with or without disabilities who present a direct threat to the persons or property of others. Determining whether someone poses such a direct threat must be made on an individualized basis, however, and cannot be based on general assumptions or speculation about the nature of a disability. (10) Adult Family Home. A dwelling, licensed by the state of Washington, in which a person or persons provide personal care, special care, room and board to more than one but not more than six adults who are not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the service. (Ord. 008-25 § 8 (Exh. G); Ord. 011-19 § 4 (Exh. 1)). 20.39.110 Group Living. (1) Defined. Residential occupancy of a structure by nine or more people that does not meet the definition of household living. Generally, group living facilities have a common eating area for residents, and residents may receive care or training. Group living includes the following: (a) Assisted living facility; (b) Boarding house, rooming house, or lodging house; (eb) Congregate care facility; (d) Dormitory; (ec) Hospice; (fd) Monastery or convent; (ge) Nursing or care home; 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 85 (hf) Independent living facility; and (kg) Skilled nursing care facility. - - 11119451.2 - 366922 - 0021 86 Exhibit E 11120859.1- 366922 - 0021 87 20.39.115 Co -living. (1) Defined. Residential occupancy of a structure with sleeping units that are independently rented or owned and lockable and provide living and sleeping space with residents sharing kitchen facilities with other sleeping units in the building. Co -living may include the following (a) Boarding house. rooming house. or lodging house: (b) Dormitory; (c) Congregate living facility. (2)2) Co -Living is allowed in any residential zone that allows at least six (6) multi -family units. including on a lot zoned for mixed use development. 11120859.1- 366922 - 0021 88 Exhibit F 20.124.140 Parking quantities. (1) Vehicle parking minimum quantities shall be provided in accordance with Table 20.124.140. Nothing in Table 20.124.140 precludes development from providing more off- street parking than the minimum required. (2) With the exception of accessible parking spaces as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act, minimum parking requirements are not required for the following activities: (a) A building undergoing a change of use from a nonresidential to a residential use or a change of use for a commercial use; (b) Residential dwelling units with a GFA equal to or less than 1,200 square feet; (c) Commercial spaces with a GFA less than 3,000 square feet; (d) Affordable housing; (e) Senior housing; (f) Facilities which serve alcohol; (g) Child care centers as defined in RCW 43.216.010 that are licensed or certified by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families; (h) Ground level nonresidential spaces in mixed use buildings; (3) Bicycle parking minimum quantities shall be provided in accordance with Table 20.124.140. In no case is a single use required to provide more than 24 bicycle parking spaces. Table 20.124.140 Land Use Minimum Parking Minimum Bicycle Parking Requirement Requirement Residential Uses Single-family residential dwellings 0.5 stall per dwelling unit None required (equal to or greater than 1,200 sq. ft. GFA) Multifamily residential dwellings 0.5 stall per dwelling unit 0.25 per dwelling unit (equal to or greater than 1,200 sq. ft. GFA) Table 20.124.140 Land Use Minimum Parking Minimum Bicycle Parking Requirement Requirement Multifamily residential dwellings 0 stall per dwelling unit 0.25 per dwelling unit (less than 1,200 sq. ft. GFA) Co -living 0.25 stall per sleeping 1 per 16 sleeping units unit' Public Uses All civic uses, except as listed 1 stall per 300 square 5% of provided vehicle parking below: feet office with a minimum of 3 spaces Community college, high school, 1 stall per classroom 5% of provided vehicle parking university, trade or technical and 1 stall per 5 with a minimum of 10 spaces school students Elementary, middle, or junior high 1 stall per classroom 5% of provided vehicle parking school and 1 stall per 50 with a minimum of 10 spaces students Club or lodge 1 stall per 3 fixed seats 5% of provided vehicle parking with a minimum of 3 spaces Place of worship 1 stall per 3 fixed seats 5% of provided vehicle parking with a minimum of 3 spaces All open space and park uses, 5% of provided vehicle parking except as listed below: with a minimum of 10 spaces Golf course 1 stall per hole None required All utilities No min. None required Commercial Uses All day care 0 stalls None required 91 Table 20.124.140 Land Use Minimum Parking Minimum Bicycle Parking Requirement Requirement Commercial spaces (equal to or 1 stall per 1,000 sq. ft. of 5% of total minimum off-street greater than 5,000 sq. ft. GFA) GFA parking requirement (minimum 3) Industrial Uses All light manufacturing 1 stall per 1,000 square 5% of total minimum off-street feet parking requirement (minimum 3) All research and development 1 stall per 1,000 square 5% of total minimum off-street feet parking requirement (minimum 3) All warehouse, storage and 1 stall per 1,000 square 5% of total minimum off-street distribution feet parking requirement (minimum 3) No off-street parking shall be required within one-half (1/2) mile walking distance of a major transit stop as defined in POMC 20.12 92 ORDINANCE NO. _ -20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER 3.48 MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OF THE PORT ORCHARD MUNICIPAL CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CORRECTIONS; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the city previously offered a Multifamily Tax Exemption (MFTE) program as codified in POMC 3.48 but repealed the program in 2023 by passing ordinance 026-23; WHEREAS, after studying the options for providing tax incentives to encourage the development of multi -family housing, the City Council wishes to adopt a new MFTE code; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to encourage increased residential opportunities, within those areas of the city designated as residential targeted areas in Figure 1 of the proposed POMC 3.48; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to further the City's goals of redevelopment and additional, affordable residential units within the City's downtown area, which is likely to have higher costs for development and redevelopment due to the nature of building below - grade parking and building on shoreline fill; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to stimulate rehabilitation and redevelopment of existing vacant and underutilized buildings and properties for multifamily housing in designated residential targeted areas and centers, to increase and improve housing opportunities, including affordable housing; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to encourage the development of higher value residential projects than those currently being constructed by providing incentives with the aim of increasing long term property tax revenues; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt requirements for 12 -year tax exemptions to establish standards to be met and to obtain a greater percentage of housing that is more affordable than previously required, in order to maximize public benefit; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt requirements for 8 -year tax exemptions to establish certain performance and project value standards, in order to maximize public benefit; and WHEREAS, on August 28, 2025, the City Council's Land Use Committee reviewed the 93 Ordinance No. -20 Page 2 of 16 amendments to Chapter POMC 3.48, and recommended that they be forwarded to the full City Council for review and approval; and WHEREAS, on September 16, 2025, the City Council reviewed the amendments to Chapter POMC 3.48 at their regularly scheduled Work Study Session, and; WHEREAS, on September 19, 2025, the City submitted the proposed amendments to POMC Chapter 3.48 to the Department of Commerce along with a 15 -day request for review; and WHEREAS, on October 7, 2025, the City's SEPA official issued a determination of non -significance for the proposed amendments to POMC Chapter 3.48, and there have been no appeals; and WHEREAS, on , 202_, the City Council reviewed the amendments at its work-study meeting, and directed staff to bring the amendments forward for Council adoption with certain changes; and WHEREAS, the City Council, after careful consideration all public comment and the Ordinance, finds that this Ordinance is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan and development regulations, the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW, and that the amendments herein are in the best interests of the residents of the City; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings and Recitals. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted and incorporated as findings in support of this Ordinance. SECTION 2. Chapter 3.48 of the Port Orchard Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sections: 3.48.010 Purpose. 3.48.020 Definitions. 3.48.030 Residential targeted areas — Criteria — Designation. 3.48.040 Residential targeted areas — Types 1 through 3 3.48.040 Terms of the tax exemption. 94 Ordinance No. -20 Page 3 of 16 3.48.050 Project eligibility. 3.48.060 Application procedure. 3.48.070 Application review — Issuance of conditional certificate — Denial — Appeal. 3.48.080 Extension of conditional certificate. 3.48.090 Application for final certificate. 3.48.100 Issuance of final certificate. 3.48.110 Annual compliance review — Reporting. 3.48.120 Cancellation of tax exemption. 3.48.130 Conflict of provisions. 3.48.010 Purpose. As provided for in Chapter 84.14 RCW, the purpose of this chapter is to provide limited exemptions from ad valorem property taxation for multifamily housing in designated residential targeted areas to: (1) Encourage increased housing opportunities in residential and mixed -use projects, including affordable housing units, middle housing, infill housing, mixed -use shopfront buildings containing housing, and apartments, within areas of the city designated by the city council as residential targeted areas; and/or (2) Stimulate new construction or rehabilitation of existing vacant and underutilized buildings for multifamily housing in designated residential targeted areas to increase and improve housing opportunities, including affordable housing; and (3) Accomplish the planning goals required under the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW, as implemented by the city's comprehensive plan. 3.48.020 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Affordable housing" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (2) "Department" means the city department of community development. (3) "Director" means the director of the department of community development, or designee. (4) "Fair market rent" means the federal department of housing and urban development's estimate of what a household seeking a modest rental home in a short amount of time can expect to pay for rent and utilities in the current market, as updated annually. 95 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 4 of 16 (5) "Household" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (6) "Median family income" means the median family income for the Bremerton -Silverdale Metropolitan Statistical Area, as calculated by the federal department of housing and urban development and updated annually. (7) "Middle Housing" means the definition provided for in POMC 20.12 for buildings consisting of at least four (4) dwelling units. (8) "Mixed -use shopfront building" means the definition provided in POMC 20.32. (9) "Multifamily housing" (for the purposes of this chapter) means a building having 4 or more dwelling units not designed or used as transient accommodations and not including hotels and motels. Multifamily units may result from new construction or rehabilitated or conversion of vacant, underutilized, or substandard buildings to multifamily housing. (10) "Owner" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (11) "Permanent residential occupancy" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (12) "Rehabilitation improvements" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (13) "Residential targeted area" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010 and the area(s) that have been so designated by the city council pursuant to this chapter. (14) "Substantial compliance" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. (15) "Urban center" means the definition provided for in RCW 84.14.010. 3.48.030 Residential targeted areas — Criteria — Designation. (1) Following notice and public hearing as prescribed in RCW 84.14.040 of the city council's intention of designating a residential targeted area, the city council may, in its sole discretion, designate one or more residential targeted areas. Each residential targeted area must meet the following criteria, as determined by the city council: (a) The area is within an urban center; and (b) The area lacks sufficient available, desirable, and convenient residential housing, including affordable housing, to meet the needs of the public who would be likely to live in the urban center if affordable, desirable, attractive, and livable residences were available; and (c) Providing additional housing opportunities in the area will assist in achieving one or Ordinance No. -20 Page 5 of 16 more of the purposes of this chapter. (2) In designating a residential targeted area, the city council may also consider other factors including, but not limited to: (a) Additional housing in the residential targeted area will attract and maintain an increase in the number of permanent residents; (b) An increased permanent residential population in the residential targeted area will help to achieve the planning goals mandated by the Growth Management Act under Chapter 36.70A RCW, as implemented through the city's current and future comprehensive plans; (c) Encouraging additional housing in the residential targeted area is consistent with public transportation plans; or (d) Additional housing may contribute to revitalization of a distressed neighborhood or area within the city. (3) At any time the city council may, by ordinance, and in its sole discretion, amend or rescind the designation of a residential targeted area pursuant to the same procedural requirements as set forth in this chapter for original designation. 3.48.040 Designated residential targeted areas. In accordance with section 3.48.030, the City Council has designated a residential targeted area, as provided below and as shown on Figure 1. Figure 1 is provided for planning purposes only, and all development that is proposed to qualify for tax exemption within these areas must meet the criteria of this chapter, as well as all other relevant City standards, including but not limited to: the comprehensive plan, Unified Development Code, building code, public works standards, critical areas regulations and the shoreline master program. The project must also comply with any other standards and guidelines adopted by the city council, including but not limited to those listed in section 3.48.060. 97 Figure 1. Residential Target Areas. Ordinance No. -20 Page 6 of 16 0RCHARQ. City of Port orchard Multi -Family Tax Exemptior Residential Target Areas Figure 1 202,eFTETARoET AREA N„F Mue• ERectiva oats rf Ordirsrrn XXX-2`. A 00-102 04 06 08 m Miles 3.48.050 Terms of the tax exemption. (1) Duration of Exemption. The value of new housing construction, conversion, and rehabilitation improvements qualifying under this chapter is exempt from ad valorem property taxation, as follows: (a) For both 8 -year and 12 -year exemptions, the exemption begins on January 1St of the year immediately following the calendar year of issuance of the tax exemption certificate. (b) For 12 -year exemptions, the number of residential units identified to meet the requirements for an affordable housing component per 3.48.040(1)(c) shall continue to be made available for the length of the exemption period. (iii) The mix and configuration of housing units (e.g., studio, one -bedroom, two - bedroom) used to meet the requirement for affordable units shall be substantially proportional to the mix and configuration of the total housing units in the project. Ordinance No. -20 Page 7 of 16 (iv) When a project includes more than one building with multifamily housing units, all of the affordable housing units required in this subsection must not be located in the same building. (2) Limits on Exemption. The exemption does not apply: (a) To the value of land or to the value of non -housing -related improvements not qualifying under this chapter. (b) In the case of rehabilitation of existing buildings, to the value of improvements constructed prior to submission of the completed application required under this chapter. (c) To increases in assessed valuation made by the Kitsap County Assessor on nonqualifying portions of building or other improvements and value of land nor to increases made by lawful order of a county board of equalization, the Department of Revenue, or Kitsap County, to a class of property throughout the county or specific area of the county to achieve the uniformity of assessment or appraisal required by law. (3) Conclusion of Exemption. At the conclusion of the exemption period, the new or rehabilitated housing cost shall be considered as new construction for the purposes of Chapter 84.55 RCW. 3.48.060 Project eligibility. A proposed multifamily housing project must meet all of the following requirements for consideration for a property tax exemption: (1) Location. The project must be located within a residential targeted area as provided in POMC 3.48.040. (2) Tenant Displacement Prohibited. The project must not displace existing residential tenants of structures that are proposed for redevelopment. If the property proposed to be rehabilitated is not vacant, an applicant shall provide each existing tenant housing of comparable size, quality, and price and a reasonable opportunity to relocate. (3) Noncompliance with Building Codes. Existing dwelling units proposed for rehabilitation must fail to comply with one or more standards of the applicable state or city building codes. (4) Size of Project. The new, converted, or rehabilitated multiple -unit housing must provide for a minimum of 50 percent of the space (excluding structured parking) for permanent residential occupancy. The project, whether new, converted, or rehabilitated multiple -unit housing, must include at least 10 units of multifamily housing within a residential structure or as part of an Ordinance No. -20 Page 8 of 16 urban development. In the case of existing multifamily housing that is occupied or which has not been vacant for 12 months or more, the multifamily housing project must also provide for a minimum of four additional multifamily units for a total project of at least 10 units including the four additional units. Existing multifamily housing that has been vacant for 12 months or more does not have to provide additional units. (5) Proposed Completion Date. New construction of multifamily housing and rehabilitation improvements must be completed within three years from the date of approval of the application. (6) Project performance standards and form. To qualify for a limited exemption from ad valorem property taxation pursuant to this chapter, the proposed project must meet one of the following performance standards and forms in addition to meeting all other requirements of this chapter. (a) The multi -family housing project must be in a mixed -use shopfront building containing commercial ground floor uses measuring at least 4,000 square feet or 40% of the building's footprint, whichever is less; or (b) The multi -family housing project must be in a building containing at least 4 stories of residential units and achieving at least 40 units per net acre (gross acreage, less critical areas and associated buffers). All portions of buildings must contain 4 -stories of multi -family units. Where buildings step down following topography, each portion of the building must contain 4 - stories; or (c) The multi -family project must provide middle housing and be on a parcel/lot measuring less than 15,000 square feet with between 4-12 multi -family units; or (d) The multi -family project must provide 100% of any on -site parking below grade. (7) Additional performance standards for 12 -year tax exemption. To qualify for a 12 -year limited exemption from ad valorem property taxation, and affordable housing component is required: (a) A minimum of 20 percent of all residential units in the development shall be rented for at least 25 percent below fair market rent for 12 years, to tenants whose household annual income is: • At or below 40% of median family income, for housing units in congregate residences or small efficiency dwelling units; 100 Ordinance No. -20 Page 9 of 16 • At or below 65% of median family income for one -bedroom units; • At or below 75% of median family income for two -bedroom units; and • At or below 80% of median family income for three -bedroom and larger units. (b) If calculations for the minimum 20 percent of the residential units required under subsection 1 of this section result in a fraction, then the minimum number of residential units required to meet the affordable housing requirement shall be rounded up to the next whole number. (c) For the purpose of administering this chapter, the Department of Community Development shall publish annual rent limits and a utility allowance which may be subtracted from the rent limits required by this chapter. This annual allowance shall be published by July 1 annually, provided that all relevant data is made available by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). If publication of HUD data is delayed, the prior year's limits shall remain in effect until new data is released. Project owners may choose to include utilities (other than telephone) in the rent charged or may deduct the annually released utility allowance from the maximum allowed rent. 3.48.070 Application procedure. A property owner who wishes to propose a project for a tax exemption shall complete the following procedures: (1) The exemption application provided by the city shall be completed and filed with the department prior to issuance of a building permit for the project. The completed application shall be accompanied by the application fee as authorized by RCW 84.14.080 and as set forth in the city's current fee resolution. (2) The exemption application shall contain and require such information as deemed necessary by the director, including: (a) A brief written description of the project, including timing and construction schedule, setting forth the grounds for the exemption. (b) Floor and site plans of the proposed project, which may be revised by the owner, provided such revisions are made and presented to the director prior to the city's final action on the exemption application. 101 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 10 of 16 (c) For rehabilitation projects, the applicant shall provide a report prepared by a registered architect identifying property noncompliance with current building codes. This report shall identify specific code violations and must include supporting data that satisfactorily explains and proves the presence of a violation. Supporting data must include a narrative and such graphic materials as needed to support this application. Graphic materials may include, but are not limited to, building plans, building details, and photographs. (d) If applying for a 12 -year exemption, it shall include information describing how the applicant will comply with the affordability requirements set forth in POMC 3.48.040(1)(c). (e) A statement from the owner acknowledging the potential tax liability when the project ceases to be eligible under this chapter. (f) An affidavit signed by the owner stating the occupancy record of the property for a period of 12 months prior to filing the application. (g) Verification of the correctness of the information submitted by the owner's signature and affirmation made under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington. 3.48.080 Application review — Issuance of conditional certificate — Denial — Appeal. (1) Director's Decision. The director may certify as eligible an application which is determined to comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter. A decision to approve or deny an application shall be made within 90 calendar days of receipt of a complete application. (2) Approval of Application — Contract Required. If an application is approved, the applicant shall enter into a contract with the city, regarding the terms and conditions of implementation of the project, and pursuant to the following: (a) The contract shall be subject to approval by the city council, in the form of a resolution, regarding the terms and conditions of the project and eligibility for exemption under this chapter. This contract shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be binding on the assigns, heirs, and successors of the applicant. (b) For any development project including owner -occupied units, the contract with the city shall also require that an owners' association organized under RCW 64.34.300 be formed for all owner -occupied units within the development, for at least the length of the exemption period granted, to assume the responsibility for collecting from all individual unit owners the information and documents required to complete the annual reporting requirements and for filing the required annual report with the city for each of the individual homeowners pursuant to POMC 3.48.120. 102 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 11 of 16 (c) Amendment of Contract. Within three years of the date from the city council's approval of the contract, an owner may request an amendment(s) to the contract by submitting a request in writing to the director. The fee for an amendment is as set forth in the city's current fee resolution. The director shall have authority to approve minor changes to the contract that are reasonably within the scope and intent of the contract approved by the city council, as solely determined by the director. Amendments that are not reasonably within the scope and intent of the approved contract, as solely determined by the director, shall be submitted to the city council for review and approval. The date for expiration of the conditional certificate shall not be extended by contract amendment unless all the conditions for extension set forth in POMC 3.48.090 are met. (3) Issuance of Conditional Certificate. Upon city council approval of the contract required under subsection (2) of this section, the director shall issue a conditional certificate of acceptance of tax exemption. The conditional certificate shall expire three years from the date of city council approval unless an extension is granted as provided in this chapter. (4) Denial of Application. If an application is denied, the director shall state in writing the reasons for denial and shall send notice to the applicant at the applicant's last known address within 10 calendar days of issuance of the denial. (5) Appeal. Per RCW 84.14.070, an applicant may appeal a denial to the city council within 30 calendar days of receipt of the denial by filing a complete appeal application and fee, as set forth in the city's current fee resolution, with the director. The appeal before the city council will be based on the record made before the director. The director's decision shall be upheld unless the applicant can show that there is no substantial evidence on the record to support the director's decision. The city council's decision on appeal will be final. 3.48.090 Extension of conditional certificate. (1) Extension. The conditional certificate and time for completion of the project may be extended by the director for a period not to exceed a total of 24 consecutive months. To obtain an extension, the applicant must submit a written request with a fee, as set forth in the city's current fee resolution, stating the grounds for the extension. An extension may be granted if the director determines that: (a) The anticipated failure to complete construction or rehabilitation within the required time period is due to circumstances beyond the control of the owner; provided, that financial hardship, regardless of the cause or reason, shall not be considered by the director as a circumstance beyond the control of the owner in order to grant an extension; (b) The owner has been acting and could reasonably be expected to continue to act in good 103 Ordinance No. -20 Page 12 of 16 faith and with due diligence; and (c) All the conditions of the original contract (and as amended) between the applicant and the city will be satisfied upon completion of the project. (2) Denial of Extension. If an extension is denied, the director shall state in writing the reason for denial and shall send notice to the applicant's last known address within 10 calendar days of issuance of the denial. (3) Appeal. An applicant may appeal the denial of an extension to the hearing examiner within 14 calendar days of receipt of the denial by filing a complete appeal application and appeal fee with the director. The appeal before the hearing examiner shall be processed as a closed record hearing. No appeal to the city council is provided from the hearing examiner's decision. 3.48.100 Application for final certificate. Upon completion of the improvements agreed upon in the contract between the applicant and the city and upon issuance of a temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy, the applicant may request a final certificate of tax exemption by filing with the director such information as the director may deem necessary or useful to evaluate the eligibility for the final certificate, including the following: (1) A statement of expenditures made with respect to each multifamily housing unit and the total expenditures made with respect to the entire property; (2) A description of the completed work and a statement of qualification for the exemption; (3) The total monthly rent or total sale amount of each multifamily housing unit rented or sold to date; (4) A statement that the work was completed within the required three-year period or any authorized extension; (5) If a 12 -year exemption, information on the applicant's compliance with the affordability requirements of this chapter; and (6) Any additional information requested by the city pursuant to meeting any reporting requirements under Chapter 84.14 RCW. 3.48.110 Issuance of final certificate. (1) Director's Decision. Within 30 calendar days of receipt of all materials required for a final certificate, the director shall determine whether the specific improvements satisfy the requirements of the contract, application, and this chapter. 104 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 13 of 16 (2) Granting of Final Certificate. If the director determines that the project has been completed in accordance with this chapter and the contract between the applicant and the city, and has been completed within the authorized time period, the city shall, within 10 calendar days of the expiration of the 30 -day review period above, file a final certificate of tax exemption with the Kitsap County assessor. The director is authorized to cause to be recorded, at the owner's expense, in the real property records of the Kitsap County department of records, the contract with the city, as amended if applicable, and such other document(s) as will identify such terms and conditions of eligibility for exemption under this chapter as the director deems appropriate for recording, including requirements under this chapter relating to affordability of units. (3) Denial of Final Certificate. The director shall notify the applicant in writing that a final certificate will not be filed if the director determines that: (a) The improvements were not completed within the authorized time period; (b) The improvements were not completed in accordance with the contract between the applicant and the city; or (c) The owner's property is otherwise not qualified under this chapter. (4) Appeal. An applicant may appeal a denial of a final certificate to the hearing examiner within 14 calendar days of issuance of the denial of a final certificate by filing a complete appeal application and appeal fee with the director. The appeal before the hearing examiner shall be processed as a closed record hearing. No appeal to the city council is provided from the hearing examiner's decision. 3.48.120 Annual compliance review — Reporting. (1) Within 30 calendar days after the first anniversary of the date of filing the final certificate of tax exemption and each year for the tax exemption period, the property owner shall be required to file a notarized declaration with the director indicating the following: (a) A statement of occupancy and vacancy of the multifamily units during the previous 12 months; (b) A certification by the owner that the property has not changed use and continues to be in compliance with the contract with the city and the applicable requirements of this chapter; (c) A description of changes or improvements to the property made after the city's issuance of the final certificate of tax exemption; 105 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 14 of 16 (d) The total monthly rent of each multifamily housing unit rented or the total sale amount of each unit sold during the 12 months ending with the anniversary date; (e) A breakdown of the number, type, and specific multifamily housing units rented or sold during the 12 months ending with the anniversary date; (f) If granted a 12 -year exemption, information demonstrating the owner's compliance with the affordability requirements of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the income of each renter household at the time of initial occupancy or the income of each purchaser of owner -occupied units at the time of purchase; (g) The value of the tax exemption for the project; and (h) Any additional information requested by the city pursuant to meeting any reporting requirements under Chapter 84.14 RCW. (2) City staff may also conduct on -site verification of the declaration and reporting required under this section. Failure to submit the annual declaration and report may result in cancellation of the tax exemption pursuant to this chapter and shall result in a review of the exemption per RCW 84.14.110. (3) If the city issues final tax exemption certificates pursuant to this chapter, the director shall submit the report required by RCW 84.14.100 to the state Department of Commerce by December 31st of each year. 3.48.130 Cancellation of tax exemption. (1) The director may cancel a tax exemption on a property if he/she determines any of the following: (a) The owner is not complying with the terms of the contract or this chapter; (b) The use of the property is changed or will be changed to a use that is other than residential; (c) The project violates applicable zoning requirements, land use regulations, building, or fire code requirements; or (d) The owner fails to submit the annual declaration and report specified in POMC 3.48.120. (2) If the owner intends to convert the multifamily housing to another use, the owner shall notify the director and the Kitsap County assessor in writing within 60 calendar days of the change in use. 106 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 15 of 16 (3) Cancellation may occur in conjunction with the annual review or at any such time noncompliance has been determined. (4) Upon cancellation of the tax exemption, additional taxes, interest, and penalties shall be imposed on the property, and a priority lien may be placed on the land, pursuant to state law. (5) Notice of Cancellation. Upon determining that a tax exemption is to be canceled, pursuant to RCW 84.14.110(2), the director shall notify the owner by mail, return receipt requested. (6) Appeal of Cancellation. The owner may appeal the determination of cancellation to the hearing examiner by filing a notice of appeal and appeal fee with the city clerk within 30 calendar days of the date of the notice of cancellation, specifying the factual and legal basis for the appeal. The appeal shall be heard by the hearing examiner as a closed record hearing. No appeal to the city council is provided from the hearing examiner's decision. 3.48.140 Conflict of provisions. If any provision of this chapter is in legal conflict with the provisions of Chapter 84.14 RCW, as currently adopted or hereafter amended, the provisions of Chapter 84.14 RCW shall apply as if set forth in this chapter. SECTION 3. Corrections. Upon the approval of the city attorney, the city clerk and/or code publisher is authorized to make any necessary technical corrections to this ordinance, including but not limited to the correction of scrivener's/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any reference thereto. SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this ordinance. SECTION 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of the city and shall take full force and effect five (5) days after the date of publication. A summary of this ordinance in the form of the ordinance title may be published in lieu of publishing the ordinance in its entirety. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this day of 2025. 107 Ordinance No. _-20 Page 16 of 16 Robert Putaansuu, Mayor ATTEST: Brandy Wallace, MMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sponsored by: Charlotte A. Archer, City Attorney Jay Rosapepe, Council Member PUBLISHED: EFFECTIVE DATE: 108 Dear Members of the Land Use Committee, On behalf of the Kitsap Building Association, we appreciate the opportunity to provide input on the City of Port Orchard's Multi-FamilyTax Exemption (MFTE) program. We want to first express our strong support for this program and recognize its critical role in helping the city meet its housing goals. The 8 -year MFTE has been utilized across Kitsap County to great effect. Because it does not require rent -restricted affordable units, the 8 -year program offers the flexibility needed for projects to be financially feasible while still adding valuable housing stock. This broader eligibility allows for more project viability, increasing housing supply, supporting economic growth and helping to stabilize local rents through greater availability. We understand the reasoning behind the additional conditions to qualify for the 8 -year program and do not think they are overly burdensome. We strongly recommend that the city reduce the affordability requirement to 20% or below. This adjustment would better balance the city's affordability goals with the economic realities of development, allowing the 12 -year program to remain a practical and effective tool. At this level, the program would still deliver meaningful affordable housing outcomes without discouraging new construction. In summary, it is appreciated and encouraging to see the MFTE program resumed. We accept the conditions placed on the 8 -year MFTE, but keeping the 12 -year requirement at or below 20% ensures that projects seeking to apply will have a chance to be economically viable. Thank you foryour time and consideration of our comments, and for your continued commitment to policies that support a healthy, balanced housing market in Port Orchard. Sincerely, Jamie Clough Government Affairs Director Kitsap Building Association 109 Starting Date Jan -25 January 2025 ti Ii iii •- 373 • • 30 38 43 16 February2025 287 33 24 36 18 March 2025 356 43 43 56 11 April 2025 293 26 27 59 21 May 2025 287 53 31 35 15 June 2025 321 34 20 38 29 July 2025 391 61 40 31 18 August 2025 373 20 28 32 19 September 2025 340 28 53 33 28 October 2025 0 0 0 0 0 November 2025 0 0 0 0 0 December 2025 Year Totals To Date 0 0 0 0 0 3021 328 304 363 175 -. .- .- Residential SFR .- • -. 3021 Multi -Family 328 Commercial 304 Misc 363 Fire 175 Total of All 4191 y:ii 'Aij '.iir r!AYt -- .. Sunday [• I . . 0 Monday 759 Tuesday 933 Wednesday 1017 Thursday 902 Friday 568 Saturday 14 ,1Ii January 25 February 20 March 25 April 21 May 21 June 22 July 27 August 24 September 24 October 0 November 0 December 0 Averages are inaccurate until the month is completed. 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 Jan Feb Mar Apr ■ May Jun Jul Aug ■ Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Summary Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 0 ■Residential SFR ■ Multi -Family ■Commercial ■ Misc ■Fire 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Q� a� `Gr \ as J�o ,J�� J5� mot moo` tea` moo` �a O es' <(o P Q� O o oG So �' O *Averages are inaccurate until the month is completed. 600 110 II City Building StatkCombined ■ 2024 -Residential SFR ■ 2025 -Residential SFR ■ 2024 -Multi -Family ■ 2025 -Multi -Family ■ 2024 -Commercial ■ 2025 -Commercial ■ 2024 Misc ■ 2025 Misc ■ 2024 Fire ■ 2025 Fire 0 100 200 300 400 500 2024 -Residential SFR 2025 -Residential SFR January February SFR FR March April May June July August September October November December iI SFR 2024-Residen 600 111 Port Orchard Housing Action Plan — June 2023 Page 56 4.3 — Public Land for Affordable Housing Actions: Consider rezonings, environmental assessments, pre -development activities, and partnerships to promote use of surplus public land for affordable housing. The City has a modest amount of surplus publicly -owned land. Some of it is well -located or positioned to merit consideration for housing development. Considerations for key properties and strategies are described in this section. Other public lands (such as those owned by Kitsap County, the Port of Bremerton, and other agencies) could be reviewed in the future. 4.3.1 — Disposition Policy Formally adopt a surplus land disposition policy that gives the right -of -first -refusal to affordable housing developers or other community -determined uses, consistent with the allowances of RCW 39.33.015 (note that some modifications to the affordability provisions of the statue were made in 2023 under House Bill 1695). The policy could be adopted by City Council resolution and embedded within the Comprehensive Plan's Housing Element (also see Strategy 4.2). 1.3.2 — Land Acquisition The cost of land can be a major cost for any housing development, and providing a discounted land lease or sale can help some projects become economically viable. Since the City does not have much surplus land, the City can identify and purchase underutilized or vacant properties that can be developed as affordable housing. Land assembly can be a powerful tool for putting together larger sites that can be redeveloped at a more economically feasible scale. This strategy could be focused on close -in locations (e.g. Downtown and the Bethel Avenue and Mile Hill Drive corridors) where land ownership is fragmented. Port Orchard may also focus on vacant, abandoned, or tax -delinquent properties. These sites usually have negative impacts on surrounding properties and the City's role would include resolving ownership issues and/or addressing tax liens or land encumbrances that otherwise deter developers from pursuing these properties.59 Once acquired and assembled, Port Orchard would lease or sell the land for affordable housing. See the related need for a land disposition policy in Strategy 4.4.1 4.3.3 — Tremont/Pottery Roundabout Property (Parcel 342401-4-016-2001 & 342401-4-015-2002) This is a one -acre vacant site within the Tremont Center and zoned Commercial Mixed Use. The site could be viable for townhomes or multifamily development with a small commercial component, potentially leveraging new single stair provisions (see Strategy 2.4.7). It is eligible for the Type 1 and Type 3 MFTE programs, which could improve the feasibility of affordable housing on the site. While Tremont Street is newly rebuilt with pedestrian and bike infrastructure, the general area is not walkable to services besides gas stations, medical offices, and schools. This and parking 59 "Support the Reuse of Abandoned, Vacant, & Delinquent Properties." Family Housing Fund. https://www.fhfund.orci/report/reuse-of-abandoned-properties/ 112 Port Orchard Housing Action Plan — June 2023 Page 57 requirements will require a significant portion of the site be dedicated to surface parking, limiting the housing capacity of the site. Some amount of structured parking might be economically feasible with the savings from a discounted land transfer, though the site's irregular shape could make efficient parking layouts a challenge. Parking could potentially be shared with the healthcare facility directly behind the site to the north. Development could fully or partially vacate Alder Lane, which is City right-of-way and does not serve any other properties (any utilities may need to be relocated). The site could also potentially expand by acquiring part of the adjacent healthcare facility site if there is underutilized parking there; that site is zoned as Public Facilities which does not allow any residential land uses. V*_ • I!1711 Legend City -Owned Parcels Other Parcels ii ..f , ' k 2. } Figure 20. City owned property at the Tremont and Pottery Roundabout 1.3.4 — Mitchell Avenue Property (Parcel 252401-3-045-2009) This is a 1.7 acre forested site within the Lower Mile Hill Center and it is zoned R4, which allows up to four-story buildings. The site boundary has a small cutout of R3 zoning where there is a cell phone tower. The site could be viable for townhomes or multifamily development. The site is across the street from South Kitsap High School and could be an ideal location for family housing (units with two or more bedrooms). It is eligible for the Type 1 MFTE program, which could improve the feasibility of affordable housing on the site. The site is moderately sloped, with a 70 feet elevation difference between the top and bottom of the property (a horizontal distance of 240 feet). Significant tree standards and topography may add construction costs and reduce housing capacity, but the economic feasibility may also be 113 Port Orchard Housing Action Plan — June 2023 Page 58 Figure 21. City owned property off of Mitchell Avenue improved with the savings from a discounted land transfer. A recent study by Portland State University suggested an increase of 40-50% in development costs for affordable housing built on sites of 20% slope or more.60 The site could potentially be configured with two separate clusters of buildings at the top and bottom of the hill. The site is bordered to the west and north by strips of undeveloped City right-of-way, which could be vacated to expand the site and/or provide access solutions. The site could also potentially expand by acquiring one or more of the adjacent parcels, particularly off Bethel Avenue, to increase circulation options and improve economies of scale. The adjacent commercial properties are either vacant or have low -value improvements, they are zoned Gateway Mixed Use, and they are within the Downtown Height Overlay District 5 which allows up to five -story buildings. Legend City -Owned Parcels Other Parcels 60"°Impact of Slope on Housing Development Costs." Portland State University. 2010. https://www. pdx.edu/realestate/sites/g/files/znldhr325l/files/2020- 10/01 impact of slope on development SU20 p2.pdf Note: This study also has other useful data on the impact of slope on development costs for various building types 114 Site Number Site Name Description Address 1 004 BOAT RAMP -LAUNCH GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 535 BAY ST 005 BRAVO TERRACE SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 505 SEDGEWICK RD 007 BUILDING WELL 6/DISTLIN BASIN GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 200 MAPLE AVE 008 CEDAR HEIGHTS SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2210 POTTERY AVE 009 PUBLIC WORKS SHOP GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1535 VIVIAN COURT 009 PUBLIC WORKS SHOP ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION 010 CITY HALL GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 216 PROSPECT ST 010 CITY HALL CHIHULY INSPIRED CHANDELIER 216 PROSPECT STREET 012 EAGLE CREST SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1091 EAGLE CREST PL 013 FLOWER MEADOWS SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 345 FLOWER MEADOW 014 GIVENS PARK RESTROOMS GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1025 TACOMA AVE 015 GOLDEN POND SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 385 GOLDEN POND ST 016 HARRISON SEWER PUMP STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 444 S KITSAP BLVD 017 LIBRARY GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 87 SIDNEY AVE 018 LOWES SEWER LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 150 SW SEDGWICK RD 020 MCCORMICK WELL FIELD NO. 11 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 5171 ST ANDREWS DR 021 MCCORMICK WOODS SEWER PUMP STATION NO.1 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1190 SW OLD CLIFTON RD 022 MCCORMICK WOODS SEWER PUMP STATION NO.2 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 3011 SW OLD CLIFTON RD 023 MORTON STREET WATER TANK, 90,000 TANK GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1701 ANNIE'S PL 027 PUMP STATION -CITY HALL/WELL NO.4 DISTLIN BASIN GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 540 BAY ST 029 PW STORAGE - SOUTH SHED GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2051 SIDNEY AVE 030 RESERVOIR -1,000,000 GAL GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1292 LLOYD PARKWAY 031 RESERVOIR -1 25,000 GAL GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2061 SIDNEY AVE 034 RESERVOIR-MCCORMICK WDS-450,000 GAL GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 4807 SW OLD CLIFTON RD 035 RESTROOMS-CNTRL PLAYFIELD GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 915 DWIGHT ST 037 THE RIDGE II SEWER LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2476 SW SISKIN CIRCLE 038 THE RIDGE III LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 4383 RIFLEBIRD PL 040 WELL #7 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 500 WEST AVE 041 WELL #8 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2514 SIDNEY AVE 042 WELL #9 VAN ZEE PARK GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 300 TREMONT STREET 043 WELL #10 GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1778 MITCHELL PT BEACH DR 044 ALBERTSON'S LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 350 SW SEDGWICK RD 045 CEDAR CANYON LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 512 CEDAR CANYON PL 046 ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATION ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATION TWO STATIONS (LOT 2) 048 POTTERY LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 2014 POTTERY AVE 050 BLACKJACK CREEK MULTI -MODAL BRIDGE GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 1301 AREA BAY ST 056 MCCORMICK MEADOWS LIFT STATION GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 4151 LONE BEAR LANE SW 057 MCCORMICK VILLAGE PARK GROUP OF LAND IMPROVEMENTS 3201 SW OLD CLIFTON ROAD 057 MCCORMICK VILLAGE PARK SPLASH PAD AT MCCORMICK VILLAGE PARK 3201 SW OLD CLIFTON ROAD 058 DOWNTOWN MARQUEE (CITY OWNED) MARQUEE DOWNTOWN BAY STREET 059 ELDON TRAILS ELDON TRAILS SEWER PUMP STATION - NO BUILDING 4888 CASTELTON ROAD SW CENTRAL PARK RETAINING WALL 915 DWIGHT ETTA TURNER PARK/BLACKJACK CREEK PARK 1301 BAY STREET AREA EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT (GRAVEL) 213 & 215 PROSPECT STREET LIGHT STANDARDS -29 VARIOUS SIGNAL CONTROL BOXES -6 VARIOUS SIGNAL LIGHTS -6 VARIOUS HENRICKSON PROPERTY DONATION PARK USE MCCORMICK VILLAGE PARK RESTROOMS 3201 SW OLD CLIFTON ROAD MCCORMICK STORM POND-MUIRKIRK NORTH LAKE AT MW MCCORMICK STORM POND- THE RIDGE RIDGE AT NW DIV 1 MCCORMICK STORM POND-HAWKSTONE HAWKSTONE AT MW MCCORMICK STORM POND-DIV 3 RIFLEBIRD RIDGE AT MW DIV 3 MCCORMICK STORM POND-DIV 3N ENTRANCE RIFLEBIRD RIDGE AT MW DIV 3 MCCORMICK STORM POND-RUFFERFORD RUTHERFORD AT MW MCCORMICK STORM POND-MCCORMICK 5171 ST ANDMCWS MCCORMICK STORM POND-MCCORMICK AND DUN RAVEN MW DIV 10 MCCORMICK MEADOWS DIV 1 SEWER LIFT STATION 4151 LONE BEAR LANE SW 640 BAY STREET 640 BAY STREET VICTORY ART SCULPTURE NE CORNER OF SEGMENT 5 BAY ST PATHWAY BRIDGE AT MCCORMICK WOODS VILLAGE PARK 3201 SW OLD CLIFTON ROAD FOOT BRIDGE AT MCCORMICK VILLAGE PARK 3201 SW OLD CLIFTON ROAD ROCKWELL PARK 1100 BLOCK OF BAY STREET