03/12/1998 - Special - MinutesPort Orchard, Washington
March 12, 1998
Acting Mayor Pro-tem Robert Geiger called the Council of the City of Port Orchard, Washington, to order in
special session at 7:30 P.M. at City Hall, 216 Prospect Street.
Council members present: Clauson, Wyatt, Geiger, Van Zee, and Stansbery.
Staff present: City Planner Gross, City Engineer Curies and Deputy Clerk Merlino.
Acting Mayor Pro-tem Geiger reopened the Draft Zoning Ordinance Public Hearing which was continued
from March 11, 1998. The purpose of holding a series of continued meetings that constitute one public
hearing is to allow a detailed and thorough review and discussion on the Draft Zoning Ordinance. Public
input is invited and encouraged during discussions on the Draft Zoning Ordinance.
City Planner Gross confirmed the meeting dates for the next Draft Zoning Ordinance as follows:
Saturday, March 14, 1998
Wednesday, March 18, 1998
City Planner Gross started discussed with the Landscape design requirement chart on page 194-A.
Council expressed a concern with the landscape design becoming too restrictive and made the following
addition to Section 12 on page 200 as follows:
(g) Creative designs using groupings of trees maybe utilized.
The Council made the following revisions to the chart on page 194-A as follows:
Title of chart to read as follows:
Landscape design requirements: See section 12 for alternatives
Change titles on chart to read as follows:
Roadway corridors — commercial streets developments
Roadway corridors — residential stfeets developments
Planting materials
Large deciduous trees
Medium deciduous trees
Small deciduous trees
Conifers/broadleaf trees
Deciduous shrubs
Evergreen shrubs
Groundcovers
Planting mixes -- approximate
Percent in deciduous trees
Percent in evergreen trees
Plant spacing — feet on center
Evergreen trees
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> No change
> Change 15' planting space to 30' for Roadway
Corridors — parkways; Urban buffers — urban
parking lots; Urban buffers — filtered screening;
Urban buffers — full screening; Greenways —
uplands; Greenways - wetlands
> Change 25' to 40' planting spaces for Shorelines
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Deciduous trees > Change 20' planting space to 30' for Roadway
Corridors — parkways; Urban buffers — urban
parking lots; Urban buffers — filtered screening;
Urban buffers -- full screening; Greenways —
uplands, Greenways - wetlands
Evergreen Shrub > Delete plant space requirement for Roadway
corridors —commercial development; Roadway
corridors — residential development; Roadway
corridors — parkways.
> Change 4' planting space to 5' for Urban buffers --
urban parking lots.
Plant scale at time of planting
Trees — minimum height in feet > No change
Trees — minimum caliper in inches > No change
Shrubs — minimum height in inches > Change 2 1 " to 18" for all categories
Groundcover —years to full coverage > No change
Buffer — depth in feet
Council requested staff to review buffer depth for street frontage and interior lot line. Specifically to allow
for a sliding percentage for various sized lots also for a buffer depth for landscaping between commercial
businesses.
Discussion will continue at the next meeting with parking lots -- stalls/tree spacing.
At 9:30 P.M. Acting Mayor Pro -tern Geiger declared the Public Hearing continued to Saturday, March 14,
1998 at 8:00 am.
Michelle Merlino, Deputy Clerk Ro ert Geig4r, Acting Wayor Pro -tern