20C.60.10 Purpose and Summary Description.

20C.60.10-010 Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter of the Community Development Guide is to provide for:

(1)    Business and manufacturing employment opportunities for existing residents of the City and those in adjacent communities;

(2)    Opportunities for office, research and development use to community and regional economic development goals in a manner consistent with the Comprehensive Plan;

(3)    A variety of industrial uses, in limited and appropriate areas, to accommodate existing industries, and minimize adverse impacts to the environment and surrounding uses;

(4)    Protection of residential and other uses from adverse impacts from office, manufacturing, and industrial uses;

(5)    Protection of office park, manufacturing park, and industrial areas from other uses that may interfere with the purpose and efficient operation of those areas. (Ord. 2027)

20C.60.10-020 Summary Description.

(1)    This chapter describes the intent and specific characteristics of business and industrial development that may take place in Redmond. The chapter begins with a description of the business park, manufacturing and industrial zones, permitted land uses and site requirements. This chapter describes related regulations that affect development and use activities in these zones.

(2)    Additional requirements are found in other chapters of the Community Development Guide, such as parking (Chapter 20D.130 RCDG), outdoor storage (Chapter 20D.120 RCDG), landscaping (Chapter 20D.80 RCDG), design standards (Chapter 20D.40 RCDG), compatibility with neighboring zones (Chapter 20D.230 RCDG), transit supportive development (Chapter 20D.240 RCDG), limits on external effects of uses (Chapter 20D.95 RCDG), developing in environmentally sensitive areas (Chapter 20D.140 RCDG), and shoreline jurisdiction (Chapter 20D.150 RCDG). Additional requirements for specific neighborhoods outside the Downtown can be found in Chapter 20C.70 RCDG. Procedures for development applications, administrative review and design review procedures, public hearings, and other procedural requirements are found in RCDG Title 20F. The Comprehensive Plan provides policy guidance for the location and development of these business and industrial activities as provided in RCDG Title 20B. The Comprehensive Plan, RCDG Title 20B, is published as a separate document. (Ord. 2302; Ord. 2027)