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An Ordinance Amending Title 20 Regarding Plant Nurseries and Food Processing
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' + direction from Council, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to review a request to amend Title 20,
official Whatcom County Zoning Code, to allow nurseries as a conditional use in residential zones and to allow
food processing as an outright permitted use in the Light Impact Industrial zone.
Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the requests.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION. The Director of Planning and Development Services recommends
Council uphold Planning Commission's recommendation to adopt this ordinance.
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
9/13/94• Council introduction
9/27/94: Council adopted the ordinance -with amendments.
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Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
Ord 94-056
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File 021- 94:ZT(1) 9/06/94 SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Planning_
INTRODUCTION DATE: 9/13/94
ORDINANCE NO. 94 -056
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 20 REGARDING PLANT NURSERIES AND
FOOD PROCESSING
WHEREAS, problems exist and future opportunities are needed in Title 20 regarding
plant nurseries and food processing; and
WHEREAS, plant nurseries are one of the anomalies that are treated differently in
different zoning regulations; and
WHEREAS, Title 20 specifies food processing in the General Manufacturing zone
and the Heavy Industrial zone, but does not allow it in the Light Industrial zone; and
10 WHEREAS, while the Light Impact Industrial zone does have a catch -all category to
11 allow other uses similar to uses listed for the zone, it is difficult for an administrator to allow
12 something that is specifically called out in two zones and yet not listed in the third industrial
13 zone. In addition, the Light Impact Industrial zone does have a conditional use related to
14 food (20.66.153) which specifically excludes processing activities; and
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WHEREAS, at Council request, the Planning Commission considered amending Title
20; and
WHEREAS, Determination of Non - Significance was issued by the Deputy SEPA
Official on July 27, 1994;
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70.590 legal notice was published in the
Bellingham Herald on Saturday, July 16, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on July 27, 1994 and
considered all testimony; and
WHEREAS, the Council at a public meeting on September 27, 1994, reviewed the
Planning Commission recommendation and found the proposed amendments in the best
interest of the public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the Council has adopted the following Findings and Conclusions:
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1 Findings
2 1. There have been several problems which have arisen lately which might be
3 helped with modifications to existing regulations.
4 2) There appears to be a market for plant nurseries in residential and the rural
5 zones, but these are not presently allowed in any of the three zones.
6 3) Nurseries have some attributes which make them desirable in residential zones
7 including large open areas and greenery.
8 4) Locating nurseries in residential zones has the potential to reduce or shorten
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10 5) Plant nurseries can create a number of problems including traffic generation,
11 noise, odor, and use of chemicals.
12 6) Most of the negative aspects of nurseries can be dealt with under the proper
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14 7) Food processing is not addressed in the Light Impact Industrial zone, except to
15 be specifically excluded as a conditional use, whereas it is specifically called out
16 in the General Manufacturing zone and Heavy Impact Industrial zone.
17 8) There are a wide range of uses under the rubric of food processing, many of
18 which are benign enough to fit in the Light Impact Industrial zone or lower
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20 9) The difficulty lies in sorting out what use would appropriately go where. A
21 number of ways exist to handle this which eventually come down to a
22 performance standard judgement.
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24 Plant Nurseries
25 Properly conditioned, nurseries could be allowed in most residential or rural areas.
26 Food Processing
27 Food processing in general is appropriate in Light Impact Industrial zones. Applying
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that:
2 Section 1. The text amendments be adopted for Title 20 as described below:
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3 Section 2. Adjudication of invalidity of any of the sections, clauses, or provisions of
4 this Ordinance shall not affect or impair the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any
5 part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.
6 ADOPTED this 27th day of September , 1994.
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10 Ramona Reeves, Council Clerk
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APPROV AS TO FORM:
Karen Frakes
Civil Deputy Prosecutor
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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13664h A. Imhof, CoupciNChair
(Approved ( ) Denied
Shirley Van Za ten, E cutive
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