Chapter 18.28 BP BUSINESS PARK ZONE DISTRICT

Chapter 18.28
BP BUSINESS PARK ZONE DISTRICT

Sections:

18.28.010 Intent.

18.28.020 Permitted uses.

18.28.030 Accessory uses.

18.28.035 Conditional uses.

18.28.040 Prohibited uses.

18.28.050 Development regulations.

18.28.010 Intent.

The intent of the business park (BP) zone district is to provide for the establishment of business parks which permit a wider variety of uses than other commercial zones and a greater degree of protection to the surrounding community due to coordinated development of large parcels of land.

(Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 883, Added, 05/06/1984)

18.28.020 Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in the BP district are as follows:

A. Business and professional offices, including financial institutions;

B. Wholesale business establishments, including warehousing and storage located entirely within an enclosed building but not more than fifty percent of any one building;

C. Restaurants;

D. Manufacturing, assembly, processing and/or fabrication activities conducted entirely within an enclosed building and ancillary to the primary office use (less than twenty-five percent of the floor area of the building);

E. All public and utility facilities;

F. Child day care center; child mini-day care center;

G. Planned unit development not including residential uses;

H. Park and recreation facilities;

I. Attached wireless communication facilities, except that it is prohibited to attach a nonaccessory wireless communication antenna on a single-family or two-family dwelling;*

J. Crematories;

K. Electric vehicle infrastructure;

L. Community gardens;

M. Farmers markets.

*Emergency communication towers and antennas and wireless communication facilities are subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards and approval if they apply, and furthermore both uses are subject to provisions for wireless communication facilities in TMC Chapter 11.20, Communication Antennas and Towers.

(Ord. O2010-029, Amended, 06/07/2011; Ord. O2010-015, Amended, 09/07/2010; Ord. O2008-017, Amended, 10/21/2008; Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 1288, Amended, 06/04/1991; Ord. 883, Added, 05/06/1984)

18.28.030 Accessory uses.

Accessory uses in the BP district are as follows:

A. Residential;

B. Off-street parking and loading;

C. Energy systems;

D. On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities;

E. Accessory wireless communication antenna.*

(Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 1166, Amended, 09/20/1988; Ord. 883, Added, 05/06/1984)

18.28.035 Conditional uses.

Conditional uses in the BP district are as follows:

A. Freestanding wireless communication facilities;*

B. The following essential public facilities:

1. Large scale or regional transportation facilities,

2. Sewage treatment facilities (not including individual or community wastewater treatment systems),

3. Emergency communication towers and antennas.*

(Ord. O97-019, Amended, 06/17/1997; Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 1144, Amended, 01/05/1988; Ord. 883, Amended, 05/06/1984)

18.28.040 Prohibited uses.

Prohibited uses in the BP district are as follows:

A. Any use not specified in this chapter;

B. Outdoor storage areas other than a designed parking area used for short-term parking of vehicles regularly used by a business;

C. Any outdoor storage of materials and/or equipment;

D. Extractive industries.

(Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 883, Added, 05/06/1984)

18.28.050 Development regulations.

Development regulations in the BP district are as follows:

A. Site Area.

1. All development shall be consistent with a master plan for the property approved in accordance with TMC Chapter 18.36 pertaining to PUDs.

2. Business park master plans shall cover not less than ten acres.

B. Lot Coverage. Buildings shall occupy no more than fifty percent of a lot zoned BP. Buildings, structures, parking, maneuvering and other surfaced areas shall, in total, occupy no more than seventy-five percent of a tract zoned BP.

C. Building Height Limit. The building height limit is fifty-five feet maximum; provided, however, that no structure shall penetrate imaginary airspace surfaces as defined by 14 C.F.R. Part 77. A map that provides detailed information on ground and imaginary airspace surface elevations is available for inspection in the community development department.

D. Yards.

1. Front: fifteen percent of the property depth to a maximum requirement of thirty feet;

2. Side: none;

3. Rear: none;

4. Any yard, front, side or rear, adjoining significant waterways shall be a minimum of one hundred feet from the building line to the top of the bank. (If this provision conflicts with the provisions of TMC Title 16, the more restrictive provision shall apply.);

5. No building shall be located closer than one hundred feet from external roads;

E. Access. All access to business within a business park shall be from an internal road network. Direct access to arterial streets shall be through a limited number of public streets designed to provide adequate traffic flow. No individual business shall access streets external to the business park.

(Ord. O2011-002, Amended, 03/01/2011; Ord. O2004-009, Amended, 12/07/2004; Ord. O96-022, Amended, 12/17/1996; Ord. O95-035, Amended, 12/19/1995; Ord. 883, Added, 05/06/1984)