Chapter 17.45
B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT
Sections:
17.45.050 Permitted primary uses.
17.45.060 Permitted accessory uses.
17.45.080 Additional regulations.
17.45.090 Development standards.
17.45.010 Title.
This chapter shall be called “B-l Business District.” (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.020 Application.
This chapter shall apply to all areas zoned B-1. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.030 Purpose.
The B-l zone should be applied to the historic city center. This area has traditionally served as the city’s center for financial, commercial, government, and professional services. This area also provides the greatest concentration of cultural amenities and pedestrian oriented commercial enterprises.
The purpose of the B-1 zone, and the following regulations, is to preserve and enhance the unique characteristics of the historic city center by encouraging the preservation, expansion, and establishment of smaller scale, pedestrian oriented businesses and uses, and by discouraging or prohibiting incompatible uses such as gas stations, outdoor storage yards, and drive-through uses. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.040 Authority.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of chapters 35.63, 35A.63, 36.70A and 36.70B RCW and other applicable laws. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.050 Permitted primary uses.
Hereafter all buildings, structures, or parcels of land shall only be used for the following, unless otherwise provided for in this title:
A. Administrative offices, provided they are located in a multistory building the ground floor of which must contain another permitted use listed in this section;
B. Multifamily dwellings, provided they are located in a multistory building, the ground floor of which must contain another permitted use as listed in this section;
C. Art, music and photography studios;
D. Automotive parts and accessories;
E. Customer service office, excluding drive-in facilities;
F. General personal and household retail sales and service;
G. Hotels;
H. Major durables, sales, service and rentals;
I. Health care facilities, provided such uses shall be prohibited along Fairhaven Avenue;
J. Multipurpose convenience store;
K. Eating and drinking establishments;
L. Schools, including art, business, barber, beauty, dancing, martial arts and music;
M. Specialty food store;
N. Theaters, except drive-in. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.060 Permitted accessory uses.
A. Accessory buildings or multi-building developments with uses complementary and related to a dominant or primary use; provided control of building design, location and site development is retained by the dominant use. In such coordinated developments the site area requirement shall apply to the group of buildings and the yard requirements to the site perimeter; provided, that construction of warehouse space accessory to another use shall be required to provide landscaping, comply with design review standards and shall not be permitted to be an all-metal building;
B. Automobile parking;
C. Outdoor seating associated with an eating and drinking establishment;
D. Caretaker apartment;
E. Macro telecommunication facilities, subject to the following standards:
1. Macro facilities may be located on buildings and structures; provided, that the immediate interior wall or ceiling adjacent to the facility is not a designated residential space.
2. The macro facility shall be exempt from review by the director if the antenna and related components are the same color as the existing building, pole or support structure on which it is proposed to be located.
3. The shelter or cabinet used to house radio electronic equipment shall be contained wholly within a building or structure, or otherwise appropriately concealed, camouflaged or located underground.
4. Macro facilities shall comply with the height limitation specified for all zones except as follows: Omnidirectional antennas may exceed the height limitation by 15 feet, or in the case of nonconforming structures the antennas may extend 15 feet above the existing structure. Panel antennas may exceed the height limitation if affixed to the side of an existing building and architecturally blends in with the building. Placement of an antenna on a nonconforming structure shall not be considered to be an expansion of the nonconforming structure. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.070 Conditional uses.
The following uses shall be considered conditional uses and shall require a conditional use permit:
A. Administrative offices located on the ground floor;
B. Multifamily dwellings without a permitted ground floor use;
C. Arcades;
D. Utility substations. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.080 Additional regulations.
A. Off-Street Parking and Loading Area Requirements. See chapter 17.85 BMC.
B. All uses shall be conducted entirely within a building or structure except:
1. Automobile parking lots;
2. Display or sales of goods that do not extend eight feet past the front of the building, do not block entrances or interfere with pedestrian travel, do not interfere with the parking areas and do not encroach upon public property;
3. Outdoor seating associated with an eating and drinking establishment, theater, or other entertainment;
4. Temporary uses as permitted by the fire marshal, building official, community development director or designee or city engineer pursuant to the applicable ordinances;
5. Unloading and loading areas;
6. Utility substations;
7. Refuse and recycling containers, provided they are fully screened from view in accordance with any applicable standards set forth in this title;
8. Play areas for child day care centers and schools.
C. Any on-premises repair work shall be incidental only, and limited to repairing the types of merchandise sold on the premises. The floor area devoted to such repair work shall not exceed 30 percent of the total floor area occupied by the primary use, except that the limitations of this subsection shall not apply to electronic devices, shoe, radio, television, or other small appliance repair services.
D. Storage shall be limited to accessory storage of commodities sold at retail on the premises or materials used in the limited fabrication of commodities sold at retail on the premises. No outside storage is permitted.
E. Operations conducted on the premises shall not be objectionable beyond the property boundary lines by reason of noise, odor, fumes, gases, smoke, vibration, hazard, or other causes.
F. 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 as regulated by International Fire Code. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).
17.45.090 Development standards.
A. Lot Area and Dimension.
1. Minimum lot size: none.
2. Minimum lot width: none.
3. Minimum lot depth: none.
B. Maximum Density. The maximum permissible density for multifamily development shall be calculated as follows: one unit per lot plus one additional unit for every 3,000 square feet of lot area; provided, that additional density may be permitted through the agricultural heritage credit program.
C. Maximum building and impervious surface coverage: none.
D. Minimum Setback Requirements.
1. Front: none;
2. Side: none;
3. Street: none;
4. Rear: none.
E. Maximum front setback along Fairhaven Avenue: zero feet; provided, that exceptions to this requirement may be authorized when:
1. A wider sidewalk or additional landscaping is approved at the building entrance; or
2. A greater setback is necessary to maintain the continuity of the street front because of the setback line of the buildings on either side.
F. Maximum setback requirement in all other locations: 10 feet from the property line on the front and street side. The maximum setback shall apply to each lot line adjacent to a street.
G. Maximum building height: 45 feet.
H. Fences. See BMC 17.70.070.
I. Parking. Parking shall not be located between a building and a street.
J. Landscaping. See chapter 17.80 BMC.
K. Signs. See chapter 17.95 BMC. (Ord. 1857 § 2 (Exh. B), 2018).