HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-03 - Ord. Amending Ord. 82-96 and 134-02 Interim County Development Regulation for Auto Impound Yards ORDINANCE NUMBER 03 -03
INTERIM MASON COUNTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATION FOR
AUTO IMPOUND YARDS , AMENDING ORDINANCE 82- 96 and
INTERIM ORDINANCE 134- 02
AN ORDINANCE adopting interim amendments to Mason County development regulations, 82-96,
under the authority of Chapters 36 . 70 and 36 . 70A RCW.
WHEREAS , Mason County has received inquiries regarding the establishment of motor vehicle
impound yard in the Urban Growth Area of Shelton;
WHEREAS , a motor vehicle impound yard in an enclosed building is identified as a permitted use
in the Urban Area by the Matrix of Permitted Uses , Section 1 . 03 . 020 of the Mason County
Development Regulations, but un-enclosed impound yards are not permitted prior to the adoption
of Ordinance 134- 02 ;
WHEREAS , Mason County adopted changes to the Mason County development regulations on an
interim basis to allow an alternative to the requirement that impound facilities be enclosed in a
building;
WHEREAS , in application of the provision, it has been found that the alternative provided may be
unsuitable to some sites but that adequate buffering of the site using different vegetation and fencing
options would be possible ;
WHEREAS , Mason County will be amending its regulations for the Shelton urban growth area in
cooperation with the City of Shelton, but this process will take several months before any action is
taken; and
WHEREAS , there is an immediate need for locations for such impound yards which serve a vital
public purpose for law enforcement and for the safety of the public by providing controlled
temporary storage place for the vehicles seized by law enforcement or wrecked in accidents which
can not wait until the planning processes currently underway in the urban areas is completed .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED , that the Board of Commissioners of Mason
County hereby approves the attached findings of fact and ADOPTS an amendment to the
Development Regulations , Ordinance 82- 96 , and Ordinance 134-02 , as follows :
Section 1 . Modify Section 1 . 03 . 105 as follows :
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Mason County Ordinance No . 03 - 03
1 . 03 . 105 Motor vehicle impound yards
Motor vehicle impound yards and their accessory structures are permitted in designated
Urban Growth Areas at sites where there is an existing industrial use, or at sites which are
designated for industrial or commercial/industrial mix in the City of Shelton Comprehensive
Plan Future Land Use Map .
Unless the adjacent uses are also industrial, the impound yard storage area shall be enclosed
within a structure, or the operation shall be contained within one of the following buffers :
1 ) a minimum 20 foot wide buffer consisting of a type F4 fence on the project side
of the buffer, together with type Bl Berm, and plants as specified in a Bufferyard E;
2) a minimum 20 foot wide buffer consisting of the security and sight obscuring
fencing on the project side of the buffer, together with 4 canopy trees , 12 under story
trees , 48 evergreen shrubs , 24 deciduous shrubs per 100 lineal feet of buffer; or
3 ) a minimum 20 foot wide buffer consisting of the security and sight obscuring
fencing on the project side of the buffer, together with plantings as specified in an
landscape plan prepared by a certified landscape architect to be approved by the
Administrator, which shall have an arrangement of plantings to provide the
maximum protection to adjacent properties and which shall be sufficiently large and
planted in such a fashion that a year-round screen at least eight feet in height shall be
produced within three growing seasons .
If the adjacent uses are industrial, then the standard Bufferyard C shall be required .
Guard dogs shall not be used.
Section 2 . These interim amendments shall remain in effect through July 1 , 2003 .
DATED this 14th day of January, 2003 .
Board of Commissioners , Mason County, Washington
ATTEST : 99
Absent 1 / 14 / 03
Herb Baze, Commissioner Clerk of the Board
-�i <w✓ APPROVED AS TO FORM :
Wesley EJohnson Commissioner
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Jaym Kamin, Commissioner
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