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ORDINANCE NO. 2460
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 18.41 OF THE MOSES LAKE MUNICIPAL
CODE ENTITLED "BP, BUSINESS PARK ZONE"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 18.41 of the Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "BP, Business Park Zone" is amended
as follows:
18.41.015 Additional Requirements: Additional requirements are found in other chapters of the Municipal
Code and other adopted City regulations, including but not limited to the following:
A.MLMC 18.10, Citywide Regulations
B.MLMC 18.45, Conservation and Reclamation Zone
C.MLMC 18.49, Site Plan Review
D.MLMC 18.51, Conditional and Unmentioned Uses
E.MLMC 18.53, Flood Hazard Areas
F.MLMC 18.54, Off-Street Parking and Loading
G.MLMC 18.57, Landscaping
H.MLMC 18.58, Signs
I.MLMC 19.03, Classification and Designation of Resource Lands and Critical Areas and
Regulations for the Conservation and Protection of Resource Lands and Critical Areas
J.MLMC 19.06, Classification and Designation of Wetlands and Regulations for the
Conservation and Protection of Wetlands
K.City of Moses Lake Shoreline Master Program
18.41.020 Permitted Uses:
A.Only those uses listed below, and uses similar in nature as determined by the Community
Development Director, may be permitted in the BP Zone.
B.Uses listed below, or uses similar in nature, as determined by the Community Development
Director, utilizing quantities of hazardous materials exceeding the quantities in State Building
Code Table 3-D, Exempt Amounts of Hazardous Materials Presenting a Physical
Hazard—Maximum Quantities Per Control Area, and Table 3-E, Exempt Amounts of Hazardous
Materials Presenting a Health Hazard—Maximum Quantities Per Control Area, as presently
constituted or subsequently amended, will require a conditional use permit pursuant to MLMC
Chapter 18.51.
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use shall be allowed.
D. Each use is more fully described in the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual" 1987
edition. The number in parentheses following each of the listed uses refers to the Standard
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E The following uses are permitted subject to the requirements of this chapter:
1. Services, limited to the following:
a.Business services (73)
b.Engineering, accounting, research, management, and related services (87)
c.Legal services (81)
d.Medical and dental clinics and laboratories (801-804 and 809)
e.Repair services (76), excluding repair of automobiles and other large or motorized
vehicles
f.Personal services (72)
g.Recreational services, such as health clubs, athletic clubs, swimming pools, and tennis
courts (791, 7991, and 7997), but not including theaters, bowling alleys, amusement
arcades, and the like
h.Museums and art galleries (841)
i.Social services (83), including nursery schools and day care centers
j.Educational institutions (82)
k.Business associations, professional associations, fraternal lodges, and similar uses
(861-865, 869)
I. Churches and other religious institutions (866)
m. Conference and meeting facilities (no SIC code)
2. Finance, insurance, and real estate institutions and services (60-67)
3. Light manufacturing, fabrication, and assembly of the following and closely related
products:
a.Food products (20), excluding meat packing
b.Apparel, fabric, and textile products (22 and 23)
c.Lumber and wood products (24)
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E. The following uses are permitted subject to the requirements of this chapter: • 1. Services, limited to the following:
- h. PTa-stit—alierr01515er "proci u cis (30)
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i.Stone, clay, glass, ceramics, pottery, china, and similar products (32)
j.Fabricated metal products, except machinery and transportation equipment (34)
k.Computer and office equipment (357)
I. Small electrical equipment and components, such as appliances, lighting, electronics,
and communication equipment (36
m.Measuring, analyzing, and controlling instruments; photographic, medical, and optical
goods; watches and clocks (38)
n.Toys, jewelry, musical instruments, signs, and other miscellaneous items (39)
4. Wholesale trade of general merchandise, products, supplies, materials, and equipment,
including sales offices of these goods (50 and 51). However, motor freight transportation
and warehousing (42), transportation by air (45), and packing and crating (4783) are
prohibited.
5. Building and special trade contractors (15 and 17)
6. Retail trade, limited to the following:
a.Restaurants (5812)
b.Nurseries and greenhouses for the growing and sale of plants (5261)
c.Retail uses selling products and providing services which are of a type and are located
and designed to serve other business park tenants without attracting a significant
number of patrons from outside the business park
7. Public facilities, including the following:
a.Public park (no SIC code)
b.Government offices and facilities (91-97)
c.Public utilities (48 and 49), excluding the production or storage, other than for use by
the utility, of petroleum products
8.Residential uses that are for the convenience of a resident watchman or custodian shall be
permitted. Residential structures may only be permitted appurtenant to the primary use.
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H. I ne following table sets forth the required development standards applicable to properties
located in the BP Zone.
Property Development Standards—BP Zone I
Minimum site area 20 acres, except as allowed by MLMC
18.41.050.B
Minimum lot area per building site As shown on approved master plan
Minimum lot width As shown on approved master plan
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Property Development Standards—BP Zone I
Minimum lot depth As shown on approved master plan
Minimum front yard setback 30'
Minimum rear yard setback 30'
Minimum interior side yard setback 15'
Minimum exterior side yard setback 30'
Minimum landscaped buffer along any
common boundary with residentially-zoned
property
35'
Minimum street frontage As shown on approved master plan
Maximum lot coverage 50%
Maximum building height 50'. See MLMC 18.41.050.0
Minimum landscaped setback from principal
or minor arterial as designated in the
comorehensive plan
25'
B.Minimum Site Area: The minimum area of a business park eligible for master plan approval
shall be twenty (20) acres unless the Planning Commission finds that a smaller area is
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, as well as the purpose and intent of the Business
Park Zone. Business parks containing less than the minimum site area shall be allowed if the
site adjoins a business park with a previously approved master plan and the application for the
new business park is processed as an amendment to the previously approved master plan in
accordance with MLMC 18.41.040.E.2.
C.Setbacks:
1. Within the setback area shown on Table 2, no building or structure (as defined in
18.06.610) shall be allowed, except flagpoles, street furniture, transit shelters, signage,
fencing, slope stability structures, and improvements less than thirty inches (30") above
grade, including decks, patios, walks, and driveways. Some of these structures and
improvements require a permit.
D.maximum 01[W...11_11C ncitil IL.
1.Within the first thirty-five feet (35') of setback from an adjoining public street or residential
zone, the maximum building height shall be equal to the proposed building setback. The
maximum building height may be increased by one and a half feet (1.5') for each additional
one foot (1') of setback in excess of thirty-five feet (35') up to a maximum of fifty feet (50').
2.Building heights within required setbacks shall be measured from the grade of the public
sidewalk or centerline of the public street adjoining the site, or from the grade of the
property line adjoining a residential zone.
Adopted by the City Council and signed by its Mayor on May 12, 2009.
Ronald C. Covey, M. or
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3. For buildings or structures located more than five hundred feet (500') from any
residentially-zoned property, the Planning Commission may allow such buildings or
structures to be erected to an additional height following a public hearing and examination
of the location and upon due proof to the satisfaction of the Commission that such
additional height will not be detrimental to the surrounding properties.
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.
ATTEST:
Ronald R. Cone, Finance Direct-6r
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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mes A. Whitaker, City Attorney
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