2458• ORDINANCE NO. 2458
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18.31 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE NC, NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL ZONE"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 18.31 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Additional Requirements in the NC,
Neighborhood Commercial Zone" is amended as follows:
18.31.030 Setbacks:
A. Front Yard: Each business shall have a front yard not less than ten feet (10') deep and not
greater than twenty feet (20') deep or equal to the front yards of existing buildings within the
same block.
1.Front setbacks may be modified from private streets and access corridors, provided front
setbacks are maintained from all public streets.
2.Setback exceptions may trigger additional requirements under provisions of the State
Building Code.
3.At least fifty percent (50%) of the length of the ground level street-facing facade of the
structure shall be within the maximum setback.
4.Except as otherwise provided in this section, no structures are allowed within the minimum
setback.
B. Side Yards: None required, unless the side lot line adjoins an existing residential development,
a residential zone, or a street.
1.Existing residential development or residential zone: fifteen feet (15').
2.Street: Twenty feet (20'). Required side yards shall be landscaped or covered with a hard
surface or a combination of both. No accessory buildings or structures shall be located in
such yards unless otherwise permitted by this title.
C. Rear Yard: None required, unless the rear lot line adjoins an existing residential development,
a residential zone, or a street:
1. Existing residential development or residential zone: fifteen feet (15').
ORDINANCE NO. 2458
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18.31 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE NC, NEIGHBORHOOD
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Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on May 12, 2009.
Ronald C. Covey,
ATTEST:
onald R. Cone, Finance Director
APPR VED AS TO FORM:
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2. Projections or Equipment. Attached or detached mechanical structures or equipment such
as but not limited to electrical equipment boxes, heat pumps, air conditioners, emergency
generators, and water pumps are allowed in a street setback. However, mechanical
structures or equipment shall not be allowed in a required setback or buffer abutting a
residential zone. Landscaping shall screen such structures. Where there is no alternative
location and the equipment will generate no noise, electrical or utility equipment boxes may
be located in a setback adjoining a residential zone, but not a buffer.
E. Private Streets and Access Corridors: Setbacks from private streets and access corridors
shall be met when the private street or access corridor serves more than two (2) lots.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days after its passage and publication
of its summary as provided by law.
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2. Projections or Equipment. Attached or detached mechanical structures or equipment such
as but not limited to electrical equipment boxes, heat pumps, air conditioners, emergency
generators, and water pumps are allowed in a street setback. However, mechanical
structures or equipment shall not be allowed in a required setback or buffer abutting a
onricraninn chall cesppn such structures. Where there is no alternative