HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1988-028INTRODUCED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Plannin,. commission
DATE: April 7, 1988
ORDINANCE NO. 88 -28
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TEXT OF TITLE 20, THE OFFICIAL WHATCOM
COUNTY ZONING CODE, TO ALLOW HOTELS AND HOTELS IN THE GENERAL
COMMERCIAL ZONE AND MODIFY EXISTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING HOTELS
AND MOTELS :IN THE TOURIST COMMERCIAL ZONE
WHEREAS, an application was made to modify the text of Title 20 to allow
hotels and motels in the General Commercial zone as a permitted use subject to:
(1) a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet; (2) a maximum floor area ratio of
0.60, and (3) located adjacent to a designated Tourist Commercial zone; and
WHEREAS, this was an opportunity to review permitting hotels and motels
in all commercial zones as outright permitted uses and therefore the hearing
was so advertised; and
WHEREAS, a determination of non - significance was made on February 8,
1988 by the Deputy SEPA Official; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 36.70.590 and Council directive, legal notices
were published on March 2, 1988 in the Westside Record Journal and on March 5,
1988 in the Bellingham Herald; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposal
on March 15, 1988; and
WHEREAS, after due deliberation the Planning Commission accepted the
findings and reasons for action as presented by the staff and unanimously moved
to recommend to the County Council that hotels and motels be allowed outright
in the General Commercial zone with a floor area ratio of .60, and that hotels
and motels also be allowed as outright permitted uses in the Tourist Commercial
zone instead of conditional uses and that the minimum parcel size of 20,000
square feet be deleted in the Tourist Commercial zone; and
WHEREAS, this recommendation was submitted to the Council by the
Commisiion in an agency report;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council:
1. Title 20, the Official Whatcom County Zoning Ordinance, is hereby
amended as follows:
20.62 GENERAL COMMERCIAL (GC) DISTRICT
Add:
.064 Hotels and motels.
20.62.300 MINIMUM DENSITY
.301 Hotels and motels shall not exceed a floor area ratio of .60.
x0.63 TOURIST COMMERCIAL (TC) DISTRICT
Add:
.063 Hotels and motels.
Delete:
-151 Hotels- and - motels
-251 Hotels -and- motels - shall- Grave- a- mipimdm- +yet- 9arc�l- 5i�e of -- 211,-000 - square
feet:
2. The Council accepts the Planning Commission's findings which state that
hotels and motels are desirable uses and should be allowed as outright
permitted uses in the General Commercial zone. They should also be out-
right permitted in the Tourist Commercial zone, with no change recom-
mended for the Resort and Neighborhood Commercial zone districts. The
requirement for 20,000 square foot minimum lots in the Tourist Commercial
zones serves no useful function and should not be made a requirement in
the General Commercial zone and should be deleted from the Tourist
Commercial zones. The proposed floor area ratio of .60 is reasonable and
should be maintained in the Tourist and Resort Commercial zones and
required in the General Commercial zone as proposed. The proposed
requirement; to allow hotels and motels only in those commercial zones
contiguous to Tourist Commercial is unnecessary and should be deleted.
3. The Council further finds the public health, safety and general welfare
are promoted by redesignation of the subject property to limited
commercial use.
Adjudication of invalidity of any of the sections, clauses, or provisions of
this Ordinance shall not affect or impair the validity of the Ordinance as a
whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.
PASSED this 21st day of
ATTEST:
i1
Clerk of the Council
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Davl? Cottin
Civil Deput rosecuting Attorney
Published April 13, 1988
April
, 1988.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
William P. Roehl Chairperson
(4-APPROVED ( ) VETOED
IL
Shirley Van Zlanten, unty Executive
Date April 22, 1988
and April 27, 1988 1988