17.39.040 Design standards.
A. Yard Requirements. There shall be no required yards, except as follows:
1. Yards shall not be less than 40 feet when adjacent to a residential zone or residential use. This requirement shall not apply to caretaker’s dwellings, as permitted by this zone.
2. Yards shall not be less than 15 feet when adjacent to a commercial zone or commercial use.
3. Yards shall not be less than 15 feet when adjacent to a public roadway.
B. Building/storage height. A building shall not exceed a height of 80 feet. Outside storage in a required yard shall not exceed 10 feet in height;
C. Perimeter Treatment. The purpose of perimeter treatment, or buffering, is to provide visual barriers which block the glare of lights, signs, and structures; provide privacy and protection; and reduce or eliminate potential adverse impacts of visual or noise pollution between M-1 zoned properties and adjacent residential development. Perimeter treatment or buffering typically consists of dense landscaping, fencing, or block walls or combination of these elements. Utilities, sidewalks, and bikeways may be located within required perimeter treatment areas.
1. When abutting or facing a residential zone or residential use, refuse containers and outside storage shall be enclosed by a sight-obscuring fence or masonry wall. The fence or wall shall obstruct the containers or storage from view on the sides of the property abutting or facing a residential zone. The fence or wall shall be of such material and design as will not detract from adjacent residences, shall be free of advertising, and shall be constructed according to plans submitted by the owner or his authorized agent and approved by the planning director.
2. All parking and loading areas which abut or face a residential zone or residential use, or arterial or major collector street, shall be screened by a sight-obscuring fence or vegetative screen. All other building openings which face or abut a residential use or zone shall be kept to a minimum and shall be kept closed to the maximum extent possible during business operation.
3. A buffer yard shall be provided along all perimeters which abut a residential or commercial zone, existing residential or commercial use, or public roadway. The purpose of the buffer yard is to reduce the building scale, provide transition between contrasting uses and architectural design, and to soften, rather than block, the view of incompatible or undesirable views. At a minimum buffer yards adjacent to residential zones or uses shall be 15 feet in width, have a six-foot tall wood or masonry fence located along the inside edge of the yard, and landscaping to include two canopy trees, four evergreen trees, three understory trees, 12 shrubs, and groundcover for each 100 lineal feet of perimeter. Buffer yards adjacent to commercial zones or uses shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width with landscaping to include one canopy tree, three evergreen trees, two understory trees, eight shrubs, and groundcover for each 100 lineal feet of perimeter. Buffer yards adjacent to a public roadway shall be a minimum of eight feet in width with landscaping to include street trees a minimum of eight feet in height and two inches in caliper and spaced appropriate to their species; shrubs; and groundcover. Buffer yards of less than 100 lineal feet shall provide landscaping at a density equal to or greater than that required herein, or as may be required by the Landscape Review Committee. Maintenance of the buffer yard shall be the continuing obligation of the property owner.
D. Off-street parking and loading (see Chapter 17.60 MMC);
E. Clear vision (see MMC 17.54.080(A) and (B));
F. Landscaping (see Chapter 17.57 MMC). (Ord. 4912 §3, 2009; Ord. 4900 §2, 2008; Ord. 4522 §1 (part), 1992).