471 Amend 346 ZoningCITY OF YELM
ORDINANCE NO. 471
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LOW TRAFFIC COMMERCIAL (C-3)
ZONE, AMENDING CITY OF YELM ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 346 AND
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER TO THE YELM MUNICIPAL CODE TO BE
KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS SECTION 17.31.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YELM, THURSTON COUNTY,
WASHINGTON, as follows:
SECTION 1. That Title 17 of the Yelm Municipal Code be and the
same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new section
17.31 as follows:
Sections•
17.31.010 Purpose.
17.31.020 General requirements.
17.31.030 Permitted uses.
17.31.040 Conditional uses.
17.31.050 Special uses and planned development districts.
17.31.060 Standards.
17.31.010 Purpose
The Low-Traffic Commercial (C-3) zone is intended to provide for
commercial land uses which generate relatively low levels of
automobile traffic, which are not oriented toward pedestrian
activities, and which may require large areas of land or convenient
arterial access.
17.31.020 General requirements.
Only the following uses are permitted and allowed in this zone.
These uses are subject to off-street parking requirements of
Chapter 17.38 and the general provisions and exceptions set forth
in this title.
17.31.030 Permitted uses.
Uses permitted outright are:
All uses permitted in the Residential Agriculture zone, except
residential, subject to any more restrictive or permissive
provisions of this zone.
Automobile repair and service shops including auto body repair and
tire sales, but excluding sale of fuel.
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Appliance sales and service, limited to large appliances not
readily transportable by pedestrians.
Churches and cemeteries.
Wholesale and retail construction material sales buildings and
yards.
Furniture sales for households and offices.
Golf driving ranges.
Hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities for wastes
generated on site, subject to state siting criteria.
Horticultural nurseries.
Livestock sales.
Lumber yards and sales, including hardware and retail sales related
to construction.
Mobile home and manufactured housing sales and storage yards.
Parking lots; including park-and-ride lots.
Public services buildings.
Recreational vehicle parks, storage and sales.
Residences, single-family only, each on lots of one acre or more.
Truck, bus and other transportation terminals, including accessory
fuel sales.
Utility facilities, excluding offices.
Vehicle, trailer, boat, motorcycle, snowmobile and similar sales,
rental and storage areas.
Warehouses, including mini-warehouses, but excluding manufacturing
and production facilities.
Similar uses as determined by the City Council.
Accessory uses to those listed above.
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17.31.040 Conditional uses.
Uses permitted subject to the granting of a conditional use permit
by the city council are:
Outdoor and drive-in theaters.
17.31.050 Special use/combining and planned development districts.
Special use/combining and planned development districts in the C-3
zone shall be in compliance with standards set forth in Chapters
17.34 and 17.36.
17.31.060 Standards
Those standards set forth at Chapter 17.40 applicable to the C-1
zone shall be applicable to the C-3 zone. Except the minimum lot
size, where, in the C-3 Zone shall be one acre.
SECTION 2. Severability - If any provision of this chapter be
held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision,
or the application thereof, which can be given effect without the
invalid provision or application, and to this and the provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective five (5) days
from and after its passage, approval land publication as provided
by law.
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Kathryn Wo f, May r
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Agn - P. Colombo, City Clerk
PASSED AND APPROVED: July 14, 1993
PUBLISHED: Nisqually Valley News, July 22, 1993
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