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07/01/2019 - Minutes1 City of Port Orchard Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes – July 1, 2019 Committee Members Present: Scott Diener (chair), Fred Chang, Shawn Cucciardi City Officials and Staff: Mayor Rob Putaansuu, Community Development Director Nick Bond, Assistant City Clerk Jenine Floyd, Long Range Planner Keri Sallee Chair Diener called the meeting to order at 9:32 am. 1. Discussion: Residential Parking Permits. Council Member Chang said that he has received complaints from several downtown residents that the City’s current mail notice system for notifying residents that they need to renew their residential parking permits is confusing and inadequate, and the lack of an online renewal option is inconvenient. The committee agreed that Chang will prepare a memorandum to the Mayor with recommended actions to make permit renewal notifications more informational and to make renewal options more user- friendly. 2. Initial Discussion: “Bounce Houses” at City Parks. Assistant City Clerk Floyd said that the Clerk’s Office recently received a citizen request to put a rented inflatable “bounce house” in the City’s waterfront park for a child’s birthday party. The City’s municipal code does not address such an action one way or another. Floyd said that the City’s insurer has been contacted for advice, but a response has not yet been received. The committee agreed that this discussion should be deferred until the City has been advised by its insurer, after which the matter will come back to the committee. 3. Discussion: Request to Purchase Property Adjacent to 2451 Sidney Lane. The City received a request from resident Scott Farnam to vacate and purchase an area of right of way next to his property at 2451 Sidney Lane. After discussion, the committee indicated that additional information from the Public Works Department would be required to determine any potential impacts or concerns, and to provide a recommendation for committee action. Public Works Director Mark Dorsey will be asked to address these issues at the next committee meeting. 4. Discussion: KeyBank Letter of Intent to Renew Lease. KeyBank has sent a letter to the City asking if the City wishes to continue its lease to KeyBank of right of way adjacent to 1301 Bay Street after the current expiration on September 30, 2021. After reviewing the proposed lease area description and terms, the committee agreed that KeyBank should review and revise the proposal in several areas: (1) KeyBank may need to revise the legal description, and subsequently the appraisal amount, for the lease area since it appears that the area currently being used is smaller than in previous times (e.g., some former parking spaces are no longer used or striped); (2) the public as well as KeyBank should be provided the right of ingress/egress within the Maple Street Waterway right of way; and (3) the lease term should be for 5 years with an option to renew, instead of 20 years. The Clerk’s Office will contact KeyBank regarding these issues. 5. Discussion: Potential Revisions to Tax Abatement Zones/Requirements. Community Development Director Bond said that there has been continuing discussion at the City Council level about the intent and the qualification requirements of the City’s existing tax abatement zones. The general feeling has been that the cost of both rental and owner-occupied housing in Port Orchard is already low compared to other areas of Kitsap County, and that the City should receive more for tax abatement incentives besides just housing that is considered “affordable” based on a countywide standard. Bond said that the Council may wish to review a 2 number of potential revisions to the tax abatement code, such as requiring garage parking instead of a parking lot for new multifamily, mixed use or commercial buildings of a certain size, which could allow the City to recover more tax money over the long term. The City could also consider options for requiring affordable housing tiers, percentages or quotas based on the median income of Port Orchard residents (as opposed to the countywide median), or for limiting abatement to areas of infill or redevelopment only. Tax abatement requirements may also be customized based on individual center characteristics and desired growth and transit visions. Bond will prepare a memorandum for discussion by City Council. 6. Discussion: Development Regulations Revisions (Nine Lot Short Plats, Onsite Recreation Space, LDAP Requirements). Bond presented several proposed updates to Title 20 of the City’s code, including increasing the allowed number of lots in short plats from four to nine per RCW 58.17.020(6); requiring onsite recreation space in new single-family subdivisions; and clarifying submittal and processing requirements for land disturbing activity permit applications. The updates have received a recommendation of approval from the Planning Commission after a public hearing. The committee approved moving this item forward to the July 16 Council work study meeting. 7. Discussion: Zoning Map Corrections and Rezones. Bond said that since the City Council adopted a new Zoning Map in March 2019, his staff has become aware of several zoning designations that require correction. These include two churches that were overlooked when religious institutions were rezoned as Civic & Institutional (CI), a small park and a public works property that were misdesignated. An area on the west side of Mitchell Avenue between Bay and Taylor also is proposed to be rezoned to R3 from the current R4, since it was determined that the R4 zoning made a number of properties nonconforming due to their existing building type (single family) which they are unable to rectify by developing multifamily units because of their small size. Additionally, a church on Bethel Rd has requested to have its undeveloped parcels rezoned from CI to Commercial Mixed Use so they can potentially be sold for development. These revisions have received a recommendation of approval from the Planning Commission after a public hearing. The committee approved moving this item forward to the July 16 Council work study meeting. Chair Diener adjourned the meeting at 9:58 a.m. Next Meeting/Location: August 5, 2019 at 9:30 am in the DCD Building (720 Prospect St) conference room.