Planning Commission Meeting

Agenda City of Ocean Shores Planning Commission Meeting Join Zoom Meeting Online Click Here Join Zoom Meeting by Phone Phone Number: 1.253.215.8782 US Meeting ID: 829 0005 3018 Passcode: 316192 Tuesday Ocean Shores Library October 11, 2022 573 Point Brown Ave. NW 2:00 PM Ocean Shores, WA 98569 Page Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Meeting Agenda Approval of Minutes 3-4 1. Approval of minutes for the Regular City of Ocean Shores Planning Commission Meeting on September 27, 2022. Public Comments Planning Commission is accepting written Public Comments to be sent via email to the City Clerk at slogan@osgov.com no later than 1:00 PM October 11, 2022 Old Business 2. Applicability of 40% Lot coverage of all Structures in all Zones • Presented by: Planning Commission Chair, Gary Pease New Business 5 - 14 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses • Presented by: Planning Commission Chair, Gary Pease Discussion Reports Page 1 of 14 Page 4. Planning Commission Member(s) Report • Dan Bricker • Gary Pease • Brian Bachman • Thorn Ward • Eleanor Dorman Future Meeting Date October 25, 2022 at 2:00 PM Adjourn _________________________________________________________ Public Notice: • Persons requiring auxiliary aids or special arrangements in order to participate in meetings should call 360.940.7498 at least two business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Page 2 of 14  MINUTES Ocean Shores Planning Commission Regular Meeting Tuesday, 9/27/2022 – 2:00 p.m. Ocean Shores Public Library Meeting Room 573 Point Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA Minutes taken by Commissioner Pease 1. Call to Order Chair Gary Pease called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Planning Commissioners present: Gary Pease, Eleanor Dorman, Thorn Ward, Brian Bachman Planning Commissioners absent: • Commissioner Bricker excused. • City Staff present: City Planner, Marshall Read; City Clerk, Sara Logan 3. Approval of Meeting Agenda • Commissioner Dorman moved to approve the meeting agenda. • Commissioner Bachman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 4. Approval of Minutes • Commissioner Ward moved to approve the meeting minutes from 9/13/2022. • Commissioner Dorman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Public Comments No public comments 6. Reports: No reports 7. Continued Business: • Discussion of applicability of 40% lot coverage restriction to all zones. To be continued. • Continued discuss discussion of 2019 Land Use Designations Agreement to focus on Gateway corridor. 8. New Business: • None 9. Members of the Commission Reports • None 10. Secretary for Next Meeting Chair Gary Pease appointed Commissioner Bricker as secretary for the 10/11/2022 Meeting. Page 1 of 2 1. Approval of minutes for the Regular City of Ocean Shores Planning Com... Page 3 of 14  11. Future Meetings • Next meeting is at 2:00 p.m. on 10/11/2022. • Meeting will be held at the Ocean Shores Public Library meeting room located at 573 Point Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA. • Prior to attending, please confirm the meeting location on the official agenda. The agenda is easily accessed by clicking on the meeting posted on the city calendar at the bottom of the city website homepage at www.osgov.com. 12. Adjournment • Commissioner Dorman moved to adjourn. • Commissioner Bachman seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. • Chair Gary Pease adjourned the meeting at approximately 4:00p.m. Page 2 of 2 1. Approval of minutes for the Regular City of Ocean Shores Planning Com... Page 4 of 14  OCEAN SHORES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 3.10 COMMERCIAL LAND USE CATEGORIES Gateway Corridor Gateway Corridor applies along Point Brown Boulevard between SR115 to Albatross, and along the adjacent side streets. Generally, more intense commercial uses and larger structures should be located near the street edge with less intensive uses and smaller structures farther from the street to transition to adjacent zoning designations. Opportunities to live, work, shop and recreate will be located within walking distance of these areas. Typical uses in Gateway Corridor include: • Commercial developments: retail, service, office, restaurant • Hotels/motels • Residential: mixed-use associated with retail or office development • Assembly: indoor and outdoor spaces • Government facilities • Financial businesses • Recreational Services/Professional Offices Services/Professional Offices applies along the streets that flank Gateway Corridor and Commercial/Residential. It accommodates a wide range of offices, services, limited retail uses with mixed-use residential and moderate-to-high density multifamily housing. Typical uses in Public Services/Professional Offices include: • Banking • Medical services • Real estate • Personal services • Auto services • Mini storage • Contractors • Long term vehicle storage • Repair • Commercial/Residential • Restaurants The majority of Commercial/Residential uses are found in the southern end of the city where it applies along Point Brown Avenue from Tonquin Avenue to the Marina. Wherever Commercial/Residential is located, it accommodates a range of services, retail, and mixed-use including: • Commercial developments: retail, service, office • Hotels/motels Land Use Element Chapter 3 Ocean Shores Draft Comprehensive Plan Page 27 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 5 of 14  OCEAN SHORES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Residential: mixed-use associated with retail or office development • Restaurants • Neighborhood Center Neighborhood Center provides for neighborhood-oriented convenience businesses with small parks or other public spaces. In general, neighborhood centers should be focused on serving nearby residents, be well integrated with adjacent land uses, and have excellent pedestrian and bicyclist access, with minimal car parking. The commercial center in Oyhut Bay is an example of a neighborhood center. Typical uses in Neighborhood Center include: • Small scale retail • Cafes and coffee shops • Residential on a second floor 3.11 RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CATEGORIES A major objective of the Land Use Chapter is to maintain the vitality, quality and character of Ocean Shores residential neighborhoods. The neighborhoods vary widely in age, size and style of housing. These diverse attributes make them unique and desirable places to live. Residential Low: Residential Low (RL) land use designation is the primary residential land use designation. It allows a maximum density of six dwelling units per acre. Purpose: To establish areas for low-density, detached single-family dwellings, to assure maximum light, air, open space, privacy, and protection of property values. Description: These areas should be composed primarily of detached single-family dwelling units. Though flexibility in dwelling type may be allowed through the planned development process, overall density should not exceed six units per acre or significantly diverge from an overall single-family character. Residential Medium: Residential Medium density (RM) land use designation allows a maximum density of 24 dwelling units per acre. Purpose: To meet the demand for housing that balances the need for economies in construction with the desire for open space amenities by providing space for relatively low intensity and multifamily uses. This designation can also provide a buffer between single-family areas and higher density uses. Land Use Element Chapter 3 Ocean Shores Draft Comprehensive Plan Page 28 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 6 of 14  OCEAN SHORES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Description: These areas should be composed primarily of attached multi-family dwelling units up to a maximum density of 24 units per acre. Housing types should include single family, duplex, tri-plex, four-plex, five-plex or six-plex structures. Residential High: Residential High (RH) land use designation allows a maximum density of 62 dwelling units per acre. Purpose: To provide space for location and construction of multi-family high density structures, to assure adequate light, air, open space, privacy, and the protection of property values while providing recreational and affordable housing. Description: This designation should include a variety of densities up to a maximum of 62 units per acre. Housing types should include detached single-family dwellings, duplex, townhomes, row houses and multi-family. 3.12 REZONE, REVIEW, AND DECISION CRITERIA Proposed rezones must demonstrate compliance with these criteria: • Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan • Consistency with the city’s development regulations that implement the Comprehensive Plan • Compatibility with adjoining zoning districts and with transitions to ensure compatibility • Demonstrate that adequate infrastructure is in place to support the development potential of the proposed zoning or commit to providing that infrastructure The review and approval process should: • Apply standards in a fair and uniform manner • Preserve the special character and quality of Ocean Shores by raising the level of community expectations for the quality of the built environment by encouraging originality and creativity in site planning and architecture • Preserve and enhance property values • Ensure that new developments maintain or improve neighborhood character and livability • Communicate these aspirations to applicants and assist applicants in achieving excellence • Consider the applicant’s needs and goals and the broader public impact of any proposal Land Use Element Chapter 3 Ocean Shores Draft Comprehensive Plan Page 29 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 7 of 14  OCEAN SHORES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The following criteria must be considered when making land use and development decisions: • New development should incorporate design elements to ensure compatibility with existing land uses and that enhance the city image • Land uses that generate high traffic volumes should have access limited to arterial roads • Development proposals should include provisions to mitigate adverse noise, air quality, visual, and other environmental factors that affect compatibility with surrounding uses and the community • Development should be sensitive to the natural features of the site and vicinity 3.13 ACTION PLAN: LAND USE Eliminate the provisions in the current zoning code that allow single-family residential development in commercial zones. Allow mixed-use development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or industrial uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, in the downtown commercial areas. Encourage planned unit developments by allowing reduced setbacks, reduced lot size, mixed uses, and similar standards in exchange for open space, superior design and urban amenities that are incorporated into the project. Implement a design review board to foster the attractiveness and functional utility of the community as a place to live and work. Land Use Element Chapter 3 Ocean Shores Draft Comprehensive Plan Page 30 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 8 of 14  B-1 B-2 B-3 This district is intended for This district is intended for a This district is designed for retail commercial uses and wide variety of commercial hotels and a variety of resorts providing day-to-day goods uses including those and multiple-family and services. Financial, requiring outdoor activity, residences. They can be professional, personal and adult entertainment, and freestanding or part of a commercial services are storage. Uses of a less resort community or planned intended for this district as attractive nature and unit development. Resort well as mercantile, lodging, requiring less visibility are tourist locations capitalize on food and other common intended for this district; good transportation, the goods and services. All uses however, no use causing any physical amenities of the and structures are to be of pollution, nuisance, hazard, area, and recreational or good appearance, well blight, odor or congestion will shopping opportunities. designed and free of be permitted. Resort tourist areas often hazards, nuisances or other include some ancillary retail, unattractive attributes. cultural, and recreational uses. In some areas of the community, lower density may be required to preserve beach character and environmental features, or it may be necessary due to other physical constraints of the specific area. High-density residential uses with a resort character and lifestyle may be integrated into resort uses and may share resort amenities. Resort tourism uses often are placed next to open spaces as a key amenity. grocery and drug stores grocery and drug stores, grocery stores, drug stores hardware stores hardware stores hotels, motels hotels, motels hotels, motels restaurants, cafes, taverns, restaurants, cafes, taverns, restaurants, cafes, taverns, cocktail lounges cocktail lounges cocktail lounges banks banks banks professional offices professional offices general offices general offices specialty shops specialty shops specialty shops jewelry shops jewelry shops jewelry shops childcare centers childcare centers childcare centers light equipment rental light equipment rental recreational equipment rental light manufacturing storage equipment rental or sales auto, truck and recreational vehicle sales fuel storage repair shops kennels Marinas Boat repair 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 9 of 14  Adult entertainment storage other uses of a similar nature other uses and structures of a other commercial uses of a similar and compatible nature similar nature 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 10 of 14  B-1 ZONE—RETAIL COMMERCIAL Sections: 17.34.010 Purpose. 17.34.020 Permitted uses. 17.34.030 Conditional uses. 17.34.040 Prohibited uses. 17.34.050 Density regulations. 17.34.060 General regulations. 17.34.070 Oyhut Bay special district. 17.34.010 Purpose. This district is intended for retail commercial uses and providing day- to-day goods and services. Financial, professional, personal and commercial services are intended for this district as well as mercantile, lodging, food and other common goods and services. All uses and structures are to be of good appearance, well designed and free of hazards, nuisances or other unattractive attributes. (Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 136 § 3.15 (part), 1974) 17.34.020 Permitted uses. Permitted uses shall be as follows: A. One-family, two-family and multifamily dwellings, grocery and drug stores, hardware stores, hotels, motels, restaurants, cafes, taverns, cocktail lounges, banks, professional offices, general offices, specialty shops, jewelry shops, child care centers, light equipment rental and other uses of a similar nature, and on-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities; provided, that such facilities comply with the state siting criteria adopted in accordance with RCW 70.105.210 or its successor. B. Marijuana retailer and retail outlets are permitted except in the mixed commercial and hotel area defined solely as Ocean Shores Boulevard between Damon Road and the 600 block, and subject to the applicable sensitive use buffers outlined in Section 5.10.050. C. Nonaccessory structures in compliance with the provisions of Section 17.50.115. D. Accessory structures and uses as follows: 1. Residential garages and carports, private workshops, private greenhouses, and other uses of a similar and compatible nature, all 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 11 of 14  subject to Section 17.50.110; 2. Fences, walls and hedges subject to Sections 17.50.120 and 17.50.130; 3. Off-street parking subject to Chapter 17.54; 4. Permitted accessory uses include drive-in windows for banks and eating places and any use of structure customarily accessory to permitted uses. (Ord. 1028 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1012 § 2, 2018: Ord. 897 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008: Ord. 760 § 1, 2003; Ord. 759 § 11, 2003; Ord. 477 § 2, 1989: Ord. 371, 1983: Ord. 136 § 3.15(a), 1974) 17.34.030 Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the B-1 zone upon approval of a conditional use permit in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17.52.040 through 17.52.080; provided, that they do not detract from the retail commercial character of the zone: A. Public and semi-public uses as provided in Section 17.50.040. B. Resource extraction as provided in Section 17.50.050. C. Airports and heliports as provided in Section 17.50.220. D. Row house and other common wall residential developments where the underlying land is subdivided to allow ownership of the individual lot and home. E. Storage units may be allowed in conjunction with a permitted use. F. Uses that have some outdoor characteristics may be permitted if it can be shown that such outdoor activity is customarily a part of such uses or that some public benefit will accrue by location of such use in this district. Examples are automobile service stations, public buildings and facilities, nurseries, lumberyards, and other uses of a similar and compatible nature. G. Homeless services uses. 1. A homeless services use requires approval of a conditional use permit unless the city council agrees to negotiate a development agreement. Refer to Chapter 17.52. (Ord. 1076 §§ 2, 3, 2021; Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008) 17.34.040 Prohibited uses. A. All uses not specifically listed as permitted or conditional uses in this district are prohibited uses; provided, that the city planner may 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 12 of 14  determine that a proposed use is substantially similar to a listed permitted use and authorizes the use in accordance with Section 17.06.050; provided further, that uses similar to listed conditional uses may be processed for consideration by the hearing examiner pursuant to Section 17.06.060. B. Camping and other temporary housing. (Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008) 17.34.050 Density regulations. A. One single-family dwelling is allowed per established and recorded lot according to the plats existing as of August 1, 2003, or as legally created thereafter under the provisions of the city short plat and subdivision requirements. B. Two-family and multifamily dwellings shall have a minimum lot size of seven hundred square feet per dwelling unit. C. Subdivisions, short plats, replats and/or boundary line adjustments shall have a minimum lot size of seven thousand two hundred square feet; provided, that upon approval of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 17.34.030, platting to a minimum of seven hundred square feet per lot may be allowed in conformance with the terms of the conditional use permit and the provisions of Section 17.50.190. (Ord. 897 § 1 (part), 2011: Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008) 17.34.060 General regulations. A. Minimum side yard depth in feet to be determined by the building and fire codes; B. Minimum rear yard depth in feet to be determined by the building and fire codes; C. Yard requirements for residential uses shall be as provided in the R-1 zone; D. All equipment and merchandise display and storage must be conducted within an approved permanent structure with the following exceptions: 1. Moped rentals, nurseries, lumberyards and similar uses that require outdoor storage and display; provided, that such outside display or storage is conducted adjacent to and in connection with property adjoining an approved permanent structure; 2. Businesses are permitted fifteen days of sidewalk sales or 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 13 of 14  special event outdoor sales per year; provided, that such sales are conducted adjacent to and in connection with property adjoining an approved permanent structure. Nonprofit organizations are permitted six days of sidewalk or special event outdoor sales per year. (Ord. 907 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 897 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 837 § 1 (part), 2008) 17.34.070 Oyhut Bay special district. The zoning classification of New Lot 1 and New Lot 2 of that Certain City of Ocean Shores, The Villages at Ocean Shores, Boundary Line Adjustment, as recorded under Auditor’s File No. 2014-10220004, Grays Harbor County, State of Washington (Re-Recorded Boundary Line Adjustment recorded October 22, 2014 under Auditor’s File No. 2014-10220, Corrected Legal Description of Boundary Line Adjustment filed February 25, 2015 under Auditor’s File No. 2015- 02250022); AND Lot 3 and Lot 4 of that Certain City of Ocean Shores, The Villages at Ocean Shores, Boundary Line Adjustment, as recorded under Auditor’s File No. 2008-04100055, Volume 29 of Surveys, pages 28- 31, records of Grays Harbor County, State of Washington; AND Lot 41 and Lot 42, Block 12, Ocean Shores Division No. 17, as per plat recorded in Volume I of Plats, page 34, records of Grays Harbor County; AND Lot 100, Lot 101, Lot 102, Lot 103 and Lot 104, Block 11, Ocean Shores Division No. 16, as per plat recorded in Volume 9 of Plats, page 3, records of Grays Harbor County; Situate in the County of Grays Harbor, State of Washington (all together the “Site”), is changed from R-1 or R-7 to B-1 subject to compliance by the owner with the following conditions: A. All development shall be consistent with the March 10, 2014, Development agreement between the city of Ocean Shores and Ocean Shores Villages, LLC for Oyhut Bay Development, recorded on March 20, 2014, Grays Harbor County recording number 2014- 03200040 (“development agreement”) as it may be amended from time to time. B. If the site is not developed in accordance with the terms of the development agreement, or if the development agreement is otherwise terminated, then the underlying zoning shall revert to the prior zoning of R-1 or R-7 and CUP 13-03 shall expire. (Ord. 957 § 2, 2015: Ord. 937 § 2, 2014) 3. Gateway Corridor Definition and Permitted Uses Presented by: Planning... Page 14 of 14