Chapter 17.69
PFT-2 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION ZONE
Sections:
17.69.050 Permitted primary uses.
17.69.080 Additional regulations.
17.69.090 Development standards.
17.69.010 Title.
This chapter shall be called “PFT-2 Public Facilities and Transportation Zone.” (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.020 Application.
This chapter shall apply to all uses and developments in areas zoned PFT-2. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.030 Purpose.
The PFT-2 zone is intended to implement the PFT comprehensive plan designation by identifying and designating lands needed for public services and facilities. The uses and developments permitted in this zone are compatible with, or necessary to support, public facilities and services with an industrial character that could negatively impact residential or commercial uses. Examples of uses allowed in the PFT-2 include maintenance and storage yard, equipment repair, major utility installations such as sewage treatment plans, and high capacity regional transportation facilities such as freeways, transit centers, and railways. The regulations of this chapter are intended to ensure public facilities are compatible with surrounding development patterns and encourage long-range planning and coordination between public agencies, utility providers, and various levels of government.
The PFT-2 zoning designation should be applied to all lands occupied by one of the permitted uses listed below on or before the effective date of this chapter. New lands may be designated PFT-2 consistent with the applicable policies identified in the public services and facilities element of the Burlington comprehensive plan. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.040 Authority.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of chapters 35A.63, 36.70A, and 36.70B RCW and other applicable laws. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.050 Permitted primary uses.
Buildings, structures, and parcels of land shall only be used for the following, unless otherwise provided for in this title. In order to be considered permitted, a use must be both listed below and clearly identified in, and consistent with, the city’s capital improvement plan (CIP) and the public facilities and services element of the comprehensive plan. Private utilities shall be subject to the requirements of chapter 17.90 BMC and shall not be regulated under this chapter.
A. Emergency housing;
B. Automobile parking and vehicle charging stations;
C. Public restrooms;
D. Emergency services;
E. Transit stops and services;
F. Transit centers;
G. Public facilities, administrative and customer service;
H. Public facilities, minor and major industrial;
I. Public streets, pedestrian paths, and multiuse trails;
J. State highways;
K. Intercity passenger rail facilities;
L. Transmission towers;
M. Utilities, all types;
N. Outdoor storage yards;
O. Vehicle repair, minor and major;
P. Heavy vehicle and equipment repair. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.060 Conditional uses.
A. Public facilities, high impact industrial;
B. Heliports, when accessory to a healthcare facility, hospital, or emergency services facility;
C. Shooting range, indoors. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.070 Accessory uses.
The following uses and developments may be authorized as accessory uses. Accessory uses shall only be permitted when incidental and subordinate to a legally established primary use.
A. Storage buildings and yards;
B. Caretaker dwellings and employee or student housing;
C. Fueling stations;
D. Automobile parking facilities and charging stations;
E. Telecommunication macro facilities, subject to the following requirements:
1. Macro facilities may be located on buildings and structures; provided, that the immediate interior wall or ceiling adjacent to the facility is not a designated residential space.
2. The macro facility shall be exempt from review by the community development director or designee if the antenna and related components are the same color as the existing building, pole or support structure on which it is proposed to be located.
3. The shelter or cabinet used to house radio electronic equipment shall be contained wholly within a building or structure, or otherwise appropriately concealed, camouflaged or located underground.
4. Macro facilities shall comply with the height limitation specified for all zones except as follows: Omnidirectional antennas may exceed the height limitation by 15 feet, or in the case of nonconforming structures the antennas may extend 15 feet above the existing structure. Panel antennas may exceed the height limitation if affixed to the side of an existing building and architecturally blends in with the building. Placement of an antenna on a nonconforming structure shall not be considered to be an expansion of the nonconforming structure. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.080 Additional regulations.
A. Public uses with an industrial character directly abutting a less intensive or residential zone shall provide for a transition area and screening consistent with the requirements of chapters 17.70 and 17.81 BMC.
B. Outdoor Storage Yards and Service Areas. All service yards shall be surrounded on all sides not adjacent to, and directly abutting, a building by a solid site obscuring fence or wall six feet in height and landscaped in accordance with the requirements of chapter 17.81 BMC. Outdoor storage yards and service areas shall be located behind, between, or alongside buildings and shall not be located between a building and a street. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).
17.69.090 Development standards.
A. Lot Area and Dimension.
1. Minimum lot area: none.
2. Minimum lot width: none.
3. Minimum lot depth: none.
B. Maximum Building and Impervious Surface Coverage.
1. Building coverage: none.
2. Impervious surface coverage: 80 percent.
C. Minimum Setbacks.
1. Front: none.
2. Side: none.
3. Street: none.
4. Rear: none.
D. Maximum building height: 45 feet except:
1. Buildings may exceed 45 feet if one foot of setback is provided from each property line for each foot the building exceeds 45 feet; and
2. An additional 15 feet of height may be permitted when parking is located under the building.
E. Fences. See chapter 17.70 BMC.
F. Parking. See chapter 17.85 BMC.
G. Landscaping. See chapter 17.81 BMC.
H. Signs. See chapter 17.95 BMC.
I. General Development Standards. See chapter 17.70 BMC. (Ord. 1933 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).