1667 - Ordinance - Open Storage YardsORDINANCE NO. 1667
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1469 AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1492
RELATING TO OPEN STORAGE YARDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: THAT Ordinance No. 1469, Section 4 (Definitions)
Open Storage Yard is amended to read as follows:
ADD: OPEN STORAGE YARD: A land area of 2,000 square feet or more
within a lot, used for the storage of any material, including
items for storage, sale, lease, processing and/or repair
(including vehicles), not in a structure comprised of at least
three walls and a roof. A lot used for the sale of motor
and/or marine vehicles is not an open storage yard.
SECTION 2: Paragraph 6.1(B)9(f) Chapter Six, Special Use
Permits is amended to read as follows:
f. Open Storage Yards shall comply with the following
provisions, except as modified by the City Council upon
good causeshown, in addition to applicable district
regulations and other conditions imposed by the City
Council.
1. Location: The open storage yard should not adversely
affect adjacent properties which are zoned
residential.
2. Site Characteristics: The site shall not store
materials which can adversely affect the neighborhood,
which include, but are not limited to the following:
barrels of hazardous materials, used automobile tires,
solid wastes; materials deemed a fire hazard by the
Fire Chief.
3. Screening: The open storage yard shall be screened
with a fence that will obstruct the view or with
suitable landscaping. The type and quality of the
fence will be reviewed by the City Council to minimize
visual impacts.
4. Exceptions: The following are exempt from open
storage regulations:
1. Outdoor christmas tree lots that are located on
site for less than 45 days.
Ordinance No. 1667
Page Two of Two
2. Outdoor amusement rides, carnivals and other
festivals.
3. Storage of items by non-profit groups that are on
site for less than 7 days.
SECTION 3: Existing open storage yards, not previously
permitted by specific zoning actions of the City Council, may remain for a
period of twelve months from the date of passage of this Ordinance. After
that date, the existing open storage yard shall either comply with the
Ordinance that has been issued appropriate zoning or shall be removed from the
site.
SECTION 4:
a. Repeal of Ordinance No. 1492. The City of Port Orchard
does hereby repeal Ordinance No. 1492.
b. Savings Clause. Ordinance No. 1492 which is repealed by
this ordinance, shall remain in force and effect until the effective date of
this ordinance.
PASSED by the City Council and SIGNED by the Mayor and Attested
by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 12th day of November,
1996.
LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAY
ATTEST: /
P tricia Parks, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
SPONSORED BY:
Councilman Morrison
NOTICE OF CITY OF PORT ORCHARD
ORDINANCE
The following is a summary of an Ordinance approved by the Port Orchard City
Council at their regular Council meeting held November 12, 1996.
ORDINANCE NO. 1667
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1469 AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1492 RELATING TO OPEN
STORAGE YARDS.
Copies of Ordinance No. 1667 are available for review at the office
of the City Clerk of the City of Port Orchard. Upon written request
a statement of the full text of the Ordinance will be mailed to any
interested person without charge. Thirty days after publication,
copies of Ordinance No. 1667 will be provided at a nominal charge.
City of Port Orchard
j-a �Michelle Hager
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Port Orchard Independent
November 20, 1996