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ORDINANCE NO. 4 6 6 2
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CITY
3 OF AUBURN ZONING CODE CHAPTER 18.34 TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL
RECREATION INCLUDING ANIMAL RACE TRACKS IN THE M-2
4 DESIGNATION, SUBJECT TO A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
5 WHEREAS, La Terra Limited Partnership has :requested the
6 Zoning Code be amended to allow for a thoroughbred race track
7 facility in the M-2 zone, subject to a conditional use permit;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on the proposed amendment at their March 8, 1994
meeting at the conclusion of which it was the decision of the
Planning Commission to recommend to the City Council to amend
the M-2 zone and allow for a commercial recreation use,
including animal race tracks, subject to the issuance of a
conditional use permit;
WHEREAS, on March 21, 1994, during a regular meeting, the
City Council conducted a public hearing and adopted the
Planning Commission's recommendation to approve the requested
amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to
amend the Auburn Zoning Code to allow commercial, recreation,
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including animal race tracks in the M-2 zone subject to the
issuance of a conditional use permit.
Section Z. City of Auburn Zoning Code Chapter 18.34 is
hereby amended as delineated in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and incorporated herein.
Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement
such administrative procedures as may be necessary to carry
out the directions of this legislation.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect and
force five (5) days from and after
publication as provided by law.
be in
its passage, approval and
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
APPROVED:
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
Robin Wohlhueter,
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Acting City Attorney
Ordinance No. 4662
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EXHIBIT A
Chapter 18.34
M-2 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
Sections:
18.34.010
18.34.020
18.34.030
18.34.040
18.34.050
Intent.
Permitted uses.
Uses requiring administrative permit.
Uses requiring conditional use permit.
Development standards.
18.34.010 Intent.
Heavy industrial zones are intended to provide for general manufacturing and
processing and grouping of industrial enterprises which possess common or similar
characteristics and performance standards involving manufacturing, assembling,
fabrication and processing, bulk handling of products, large amounts of storage and
warehousing, outdoor storage, processing and other related uses that cannot meet the
development standards of the M-1 zone.
While other uses may be sited within this zone, permits for such uses should not
be issued if such uses will discourage use of adjacent sites for heavy industry, interrupt
the continuity of industrial sites, or produce traffic in conflict with the industrial uses.
18.34.020 Permitted uses.
Hereafter all buildings, structures, or parcels of land shall only be used for the
following, unless otherwise provided for in this Title:
A. Alcoholic beverage processing, distilling and fermenting;
B. Basic wood processing including sawmills, planing mills, veneering and
laminating of wood;
C. Building movers;
D. Caretakers quarters, not more than one per establishment;
E. Commercial laundries;
F. Cold storage plants;
G. Contractor trade services including storage yards;
H. Eating establishments limited to serving a permitted use on same site;
I. Enameling, galvanizing and electroplating;
J. Equipment repair and storage;
K Heavy equipment and truck repair;
L. Household movers and storage;
M. Janitorial services;
N. Job training and vocational education;
O. Lumber yards;
Manufacturing, assembling and packaging of articles, products, or merchandise
from previously prepared natural or synthetic materials, including but not limited
to bristles, canvas, cellophane, and similar synthetics, chalk, clay (pulverized
only, with gas or electric kilns), cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass
(including glass finishing), graphite, hair, horn, leather, paper, paraffin, plastic
and resins, precious or semi-precious metals or stones, putty, pumice, rubber,
shell, textiles, tobacco, wire, wood, wool, and yarn;
Manufacturing establishments engaged in electronic, automotive, aerospace,
missile, airframe, or related manufacturing and assembly activities, including
precision machine shops producing parts, accessories, assemblies, systems,
engine, major components, and whole electronic or electrical devices,
automobiles, aircraft, missiles, aerospace, or underwater vehicles, but
specifically excluding explosive fuels and propellants;
Manufacturing, processing, assembling and packaging of precision components
and products, including precision machine shops for products such as radio and
television equipment, business machine equipment, home appliances, scientific,
optical, medical, dental, and drafting instruments, photographic and optical
goods, phonographic records and pre-recorded audio-visual tape, measurement
and control devices, sound equipment and supplies, personal accessories, and
products of similar character;
Manufacturing, processing, treating, assembling and packaging of articles,
products or merchandise from previously prepared ferrous, nonferrous or alloyed
metals;
Manufacturing, processing, blending and packaging of products such as the
following:
1. Soaps, detergents and other basic cleaning and cleansing materials;
2. Mineral products such as abrasives, asbestos, chalk, pumice, etc.;
3. Clay and cement products such as brick, tile, pipe, etc.
Manufacturing, processing, blending and packaging of the following:
1. Drugs, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, and cosmetics;
2. Food and kindred products, such as confectioners products, chocolate,
cereal breakfast food, bakery products, paste products, fruits and
vegetables, beverages, prepared food specialties (such as coffee,
dehydrated and instant food, extracts, spices and dressings) and similar
products;
3. Dairy products and by-products such as milk, cream, cheese and butter,
including the processing and bottling of fluid milk, and cream and
wholesale distribution;
Manufacturing, assembling, packaging and development of computer equipment
and software, and related products';
Motor freight terminals and transportation;
Outside storage yards;
Offices related to an on-site permitted use or larger than 50,000 square feet of
floor area;
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Z. Printing, publishing, and allied industries including such processes as
lithography, etching, engraving, binding, blueprinting, photocopying, and film
processing;
AA. Research, development and testing of a permitted use;
BB. Retail and wholesale trade of products manufactured, processed or assembled
on-site;
CC. Warehousing and distribution facilities, to include wholesale trade not open to
general public;
DD. Other similar uses and accessory uses and buildings appurtenant to a principle
use which the Planning Director finds compatible with the principle permitted
uses described in this chapter and consistent with the purpose and intent of the
M-2 zone;
EE On-site day-care serving a specified permitted use;
FF. On-site recreational facilities serving a specified permitted use.
18.34.030 Uses requiring administrative permits.
The following uses and activities may be permitted by means of an
administrative permit, issued in accord with Section 18.64.020(B), if the development
plan of such use is found by the Planning Director to be consistent with the purpose of
the zone and the related policies of the Comprehensive Plan:
A. Auction houses, excluding animals;
B. Automobile service station;
C. Automobile service and repair;
D. Automobile washes;
E. Banks and financial institutions;
F. Convenience grocery stores;
G. Delicatessens;
H. Equipment rental and leasing and sales;
I. Health and physical fitness clubs;
J. Mini storage warehouses;
K. Personal service shops;
L. Professional offices including corporate headquarters;
M. Reupholstery and furniture repair;
N. Restaurants;
O. Retail sales of the following and similar related products;
1. Bottled gas,
2. Computers,
3. Farm and garden supplies,
4. Hardware and equipment,
5. Lumber and building materials,
6. Office supplies;
Small appliance repair;
Secretarial services;
Day-care, including mini day-care center,
nursery schools.
day-care centers, preschools or
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18.34.040 Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
The following uses may be permitted when a conditional use permit has been
issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 18.64.:
A. Animal auction houses;
B. Automobile sales new and/or used to include passenger trucks and recreational
vehicles;
C. Automobile wrecking and salvage;
D. Animal and food processing including the following:
1. Tanning and dressing of hides,
2. Rendering of animal or fish grease or tallow,
3. Animal slaughtering,
4. Curing, canning, freezing, canning and processing of meat and seafood,
5. Pickling and brine curing;
E. Asphalt batch plants;
F. Bulk storage or processing of oil, gas, petroleum, butane, liquid petroleum, gas
and similar products, unless clearly incidental and secondary to support a
principally permitted use;
G. Bulk storage of explosives and fireworks;
H. Concrete mixing and batching plants, including ready-mix concrete facilities;
I. Drive-in theaters;
J. Government facilities;
K. Heavy metal processing, including blast furnaces, drop forges, and similar heavy
metal operations;
L. Heliports;
M. Manufacture of:
1. Ammunition and explosives,
2. Paving and roofing materials or other products from petroleum
derivatives;
N. Motels;
O. Processing or pulping of wood or other fibers;
P. Radio and television transmitting towers;
Q. Rock crushing plants;
R. Refining of materials such as petroleum, metals and ores, fats and oils;
S. Salvage yards for the storage of metals, paper, glass, rags, building materials,
and similar activities;
T. Taverns;
U. Utility substations, unless clearly incidental and part of a permitted use. Then
the substation shall be permitted outright;
V. Warehouse sales, open to the public, must have a minimum of 50,000 square
feet of floor space;
W. Solid waste processing facility;
X. Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities subject to compliance
with the state siting criteria (Chapter 70.105 RCW).
Y. Commercial recreation, includin,q animal racetracks.
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18.34.050
A. Minimum lot area:
B. Minimum lot width:
C. Minimum lot depth:
D. Maximum lot coverage:
Development standards.
none required.
none required.
none required.
none required.
H.
I.
J.
K
Maximum building height: forty-five (45) feet. For those structures that
exceed forty-five (45) feet, one additional foot of setback shall be provided for
each foot the structure exceeds forty-five (45) feet.
Minimum yard setbacks:
1. Front: thirty (30) feet.
2. Side, interior: none required.
3. Side, street: thirty (30) feet.
4. Rear: none required.
An additional thirty (30) feet of setback shall be required for any and each yard
that abuts, adjoins, or is separated by a street, less than fifty (50) feet in width,
any residentially zoned property. This additional setback requirement also
applies to residentially zoned property that is unincorporated County land.
Fences and hedges: see Chapter 18.48.
Parking: see Chapter 18.52.
Landscaping: see Chapter 18.50.
Signs: see Chapter 18.56.
Performance standards: see Chapter 18.58.
18.34.060
A.
Supplemental development standards.
No on-site hazardous substance processing and handling, or hazardous waste
treatment and storage facilities shall be permitted, unless clearly incidental and
secondary to a permitted use. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage
facilities shall be subject to the state siting criteria (Chapter 70.105 RCW).
~"~exhiba
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